Records of Material Objects in Cinema #13
Daniel KasmanFrom Mikio Naruse’s Hideko, the Bus Conductress (1941).
Records of Material Objects in Cinema
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Records of Material Objects in the Cinema #12: Alec Guinness' White Suit
Srikanth SrinivasanA witty clothing detail in Alexander Mackendrick’s The Man in the White Suit (1951).
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Records of Material Objects in the Cinema #11: The Shadow of Charles L. Bitsch
Ignatiy VishnevetskyHints of a filmmaking conspiracy.
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Records of Material Objects in the Cinema #10: A Band-Aid on Anne Wiazemsky's Leg
Daniel KasmanAn unexpected detail in Robert Bresson’s 1966 masterpiece, Au hasard Balthazar.
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Records of Material Objects in Cinema #9: The Stunts of "Mad Max 2"
Ben SimingtonFrom a making-of documentary on George Miller’s Mad Max 2: The Road Warrior (1981).
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Records of Material Objects in the Cinema #8: Joan Bennett's Blonde Hair, Pt. 2
Daniel KasmanA scene of erotic reverie in Frank Borzage’s Doctors’ Wives featuring a young, gorgeous Joan Bennett.
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Records of Material Objects in the Cinema #7, or: How to Make An American Thriller in Europe
Daniel KasmanTwo thrillers by François Truffaut and Wim Wenders surprisingly share the exact same cinephilic object.
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Images of the Day. Records of Material Objects in Cinema #6: A Guide to the Things of "White Material"
Ignatiy VishnevetskyAt its essence, White Material is an exploded chamber drama. A Haneke-style family unit (complete with a brutally bored son) holed up mentally, emotionally, economically and geographically encounters
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Image of the Day. Records of Material Objects in the Cinema #5
Dave McDougallA publicity still of Anna Baldaccini's breasts, from Jean-Luc Godard's Sauve qui peut (la vie) [Every Man for Himself], a film about capitalism, prostitution, objects, commerce, and making movies. Sauve
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Image of the Day. Records of Material Objects in the Cinema #4
Matthew FlanaganA rug, at the feet of Linda Marlowe, in Stephen Dwoskin's Girl (1975), cinematography by Dwoskin.
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Images of the Day. Records of Material Objects in the Cinema #3: Joan Bennett's Blonde Hair, Pt. 1
Daniel KasmanIn a moment of beautiful exhaustion, Joan runs her hand through her brilliant, blonde hair in Frank Borzage’s Doctors’ Wives.
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Image of the Day. Records of Material Objects in the Cinema #2
Dave McDougallA winter melon, from Jean-Marie Straub and Danièle Huillet's Sicilia! (1999); cinematography by William Lubtchansky, one of the great artists of cinema, who passed away this week at age 73.