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Canted Angles: September 2009
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Personal perspectives on film and video. Sunday, September 20, 2009. Hello fellow cinemaniacs,. You may have noticed the Film Journal sidebar. I hope to be maintaining it on a biweekly basis. For those who might be curious about my summer viewings, I present the following list (from the seminal to the deplorable):. 1959) * * * * *. Synecdoche, New York. 2008) * * * * *. 2007) * * * *1/2. The Decline of the American Empire. 1986) * * * *1/2. 2009) * * * *1/2. 2008) * * * *. 2008) * * * *. 1984) * * * *.
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Canted Angles: May 2009
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Personal perspectives on film and video. Friday, May 8, 2009. The Politics of Interruption - Bamako. Admittedly, it’s been some time since I’ve engaged with a work as explicitly didactic as. This is an old complaint about politicized filmmaking generally, and some of the less dynamic representatives of third cinema. It was for this reason that I became an admirer of Sissako – particularly in his earlier works. Indeed, Bamako owes a great debt to his magnificent. Posted by Aaron Taylor, PhD. For me, Ginge...
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Canted Angles: April 2009
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Personal perspectives on film and video. Monday, April 27, 2009. I first became conscious of this during a film theory seminar that I was teaching at the time. Attempting to describe the blouse Monica Vitti wears in. Hence, this blog. On one level, I do sympathize with Stanley Cavell when he writes in. If I may. Somewhat in the spirit of Pauline Kael's dynamic rush to judgement (she was never one to linger over a film), my priority will be on immediacy in the hopes of responding in kind to the moveme...
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Canted Angles: SEPTEMBER VIEWING: THE GREATS - White Material (2009)
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Personal perspectives on film and video. Monday, October 24, 2011. SEPTEMBER VIEWING: THE GREATS - White Material (2009). While not as well-acquainted with Claire Denis as I ought to be (. Did not motivate an intrust in Jean-Luc Nancy, but. 35 Shots of Rum. Was a warm and moving family study), White Material. 8211; which initially explodes in the celebrated. Rating: * * * * *. Posted by Aaron Taylor, PhD. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Aaron Taylor, PhD. Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. Drive * * * *.
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Canted Angles: November 2009
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Personal perspectives on film and video. Monday, November 2, 2009. Where the Wild Things Are (Spike Jonze, 2009). 8220;As we awake refreshed from our dreams, better able to meet the tasks of reality, so the fairy store ends with the hero returning, or being returned to the real world, much better able to master life.”. Terms, and that private jungle will recede at his. Or even some of his more downbeat. Posted by Aaron Taylor, PhD. Sunday, November 1, 2009. Ikiru (1952) * * * * *. La Strada (1954) * *1/2.
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Canted Angles: June 2009
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Personal perspectives on film and video. Sunday, June 7, 2009. Summer viewing. 2008? As it's been a very busy last month, I haven't had much time at all to post anything new these last few weeks. I'd like to try to get back to a weekly schedule, but like the best laid plans of mice and men. At any rate, as a way of making up for my lack of new postings, I thought I'd be a little perverse and offer some, well,. Thanks for your indulgence, and enjoy the penicillin. Posted by Aaron Taylor, PhD. Finally - an...
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Canted Angles: SEPTEMBER VIEWING: THE GREATS - The Tree of Life (2011)
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Personal perspectives on film and video. Monday, October 24, 2011. SEPTEMBER VIEWING: THE GREATS - The Tree of Life (2011). The Tree of Life. 8217;s action through the consciousness of characters who are devout and/or struggling to contend with this simplistic polarity. It is an extraordinary humanist riposte to. 2001: A Space Odyssey. In which Malick movingly hypothesizes that human evolution might be driven by a yearning towards transcendence rather than the brute assertion of will. Rating: * * * * *.