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Dark Windows: The Phantom of Liberty (Le Fantôme de la Liberté) [1974]
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Monday, 17 December 2007. The Phantom of Liberty (Le Fantôme de la Liberté) [1974]. The Phantom of Liberty. Was Luis Buñuel’s penultimate film, made at the end of his long career. At the time of production, he was 74 years old and considering retirement. The film summarises many of the concerns that permeate his work and was one of his own favourites:. The Phantom of Liberty. Because it tries to work out just this theme.”. The Phantom of Liberty. Is also taken from this line of dialogue from his 1968 film.
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Dark Windows: Thirst (Törst) [1949]
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Thursday, 17 January 2008. 8216;Thirst’ certainly equals much of Bergman’s later work in its powerfully affecting use of sound and cinematography and, as an introduction to Bergman, it has the advantage of being a work of consequence that is only 84 minutes long. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Buy Dark Windows - The Novel. View my complete profile. Subscribe To Dark Windows. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976). The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Rob. The Ear (Ucho) [1970].
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Dark Windows: The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976)
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Tuesday, 22 January 2008. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976). Marx said that opium was the religion of the people, he got it wrong, it's money.". The Killing of a Chinese Bookie. John Cassavetes was a maverick, a self-confessed revolutionary whose disjointed Shadows. 1959) may have anticipated Breathless (1960) but, for my money, didn’t have the same ease of style and cinematic punch as Godard’s work of the 1960s. 1972), Mean Streets. 1973)] and their later eighties descendants [ Scarface. Cassavetes...
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Dark Windows: Paranoid Park (2007)
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Monday, 11 February 2008. Gus Van Sant's adaptation of Blake Nelson's novel is the third film in his trilogy about the mindset of contemporary American youth. It follows Alex (Gabe Nevins) as he reflects on his involvement in the tragic accidental killing of a railway security guard. The film uses amateur actors attracted via social networking sites and is shot in the detached, elliptical style of. 2003) and Last Days. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Buy Dark Windows - The Novel. The Death of Godard.
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Dark Windows: August 2008
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Tuesday, 26 August 2008. 22 year-old Elvis Presley stars as Deke Rivers in an early example of what was later termed Postmodernism. 1957 and Jackson Pollock was freshly dead - Elvis appears in a back-stage musical - some may call it bricolage. Maybe it's kitsch but there's intertextuality and self-reflexivity: TV threatens cinema audiences and acts as the national courtroom 'proving' that America believes in freedom. He has charisma - he is cinema. I'm Not There (2007). Glengarry Glen Ross (1992). Repeti...
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Dark Windows: I'm Not There (2007)
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Tuesday, 26 August 2008. I'm Not There (2007). Tod Haynes rings all the correct art-house bells in this experimental biopic of Bob Dylan. Possibly the best way to illustrate the life and times of Robert Zimmerman, the movie is aimed at Cine/Dylanophiles and may very well be the blueprint for all future cinematic biopics. Believe the hype about Cate Blanchett and watch this film. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Buy Dark Windows - The Novel. View my complete profile. Subscribe To Dark Windows.
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Dark Windows: March 2008
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Monday, 10 March 2008. The Red Desert (Il Deserto Rosso) [1964]. Antonioni’s Red Desert follows the stunning but troubled Giuliana (Monica Vitti), wife of a factory manager, through the bleak industrial landscapes of 1960s Italy. She has recently suffered an emotional breakdown following a car accident, appearing to lose her grasp of reality and looking to the mysterious outsider, Corrado (Richard Harris), for confirmation of her existence. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Buy Dark Windows - The Novel.
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Dark Windows: Loving You (1957)
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Tuesday, 26 August 2008. 22 year-old Elvis Presley stars as Deke Rivers in an early example of what was later termed Postmodernism. 1957 and Jackson Pollock was freshly dead - Elvis appears in a back-stage musical - some may call it bricolage. Maybe it's kitsch but there's intertextuality and self-reflexivity: TV threatens cinema audiences and acts as the national courtroom 'proving' that America believes in freedom. He has charisma - he is cinema. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Im Not There (2007).
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Dark Windows: January 2008
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Tuesday, 22 January 2008. The Killing of a Chinese Bookie (1976). Marx said that opium was the religion of the people, he got it wrong, it's money.". The Killing of a Chinese Bookie. John Cassavetes was a maverick, a self-confessed revolutionary whose disjointed Shadows. 1959) may have anticipated Breathless (1960) but, for my money, didn’t have the same ease of style and cinematic punch as Godard’s work of the 1960s. 1972), Mean Streets. 1973)] and their later eighties descendants [ Scarface. Cassavetes...
