Image series: visions of the void in Jacques Rivette
Daniel KasmanFrom La Belle noiseuse (1991); featuring Emmanuelle Béart; directed by Jacques Rivette; cinematography by William Lubtchansky:...pan up to reveal...
April 2008
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Now on DVD: "Blast of Silence" (Baron, 1961)
David PhelpsAbove: Allen Baron as Frank Bono. All pictures courtesy of the Criterion Collection. By the time of Blast of Silence, Walter Benjamin, if not Edgar Allan Poe himself, had long ago laid the connection
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Now on DVD: "Oyu-sama" (Mizoguchi, 1951)
Daniel KasmanAbove: Tanaka Kinuyo as the eponymous character in Mizoguchi's Oyu-sama. Oyu-sama, Kenji Mizoguchi's 1951 film, comes between such masterpieces as The Life of Oharu (1952) and The Love of Sumako the
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Video of the day
Dave McDougallJe vous salue Sarajevo (Godard, 1993) Text: In a sense, fear is the daughter of God, redeemed on Good Friday night. She's not beautiful, mocked, cursed and disowned by all. But don't get it wrong
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Georges Franju and the Terrible Waking Dream
Daniel KasmanThe films of Georges Franju are full of sleepwalkers, automatons, and prisoners.
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Jean-Paul Belmondo is 75.
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Image of the day
Daniel KasmanFrom La Belle noiseuse (1991); featuring Emmanuelle Béart; directed by Jacques Rivette; cinematography by William Lubtchansky: What is it about Rivette and doors? Come to think about it, what is it
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Image series: "Like hostages, their cries hold no hope."
Daniel KasmanTop: A cow to be slaughtered in Blood of the Beasts (Franju, 1949). Above: Edith Scob, at her father's masked ball in Judex (Franju, 1963). Text: Excerpt from English narration of Blood of the
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Link of the day
Daniel KasmanAn interview by Michael Guillén with Portuguese director Pedro Costa over at GreenCine, entitled Pedro Costa: "I Have to Risk Each Shot". It is a fantastic interview covering a wide range of subjects
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Now on DVD: The Embassy (Marker, 1973)
AcquarelloFilmed in the wake of the staged military coup d'état on September 11, 1973 that overthrew the leftist government of elected Chilean President Salvador Allende, Chris Marker's The Embassy is something
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Now in theaters: "Flight of the Red Balloon" (Hou, France)
Daniel KasmanAbove: Fang Song and Simon Iteanu in Hou Hsiao-hsien's Flight of the Red Balloon. Hou Hsiao-hsien once again travels abroad after his 2005 film Café Lumière, this time to France to pay homage to Albert
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Roger Deakins, Cinematographer
matthew swiezynskiCinematographer born in 1949 (Torquay, Devon, England), Roger Deakins is most widely known for his cinematography for the Joel and Ethan Coen’s films.Some influences: "I still remember watching The War