If it's silent and has Antonin Artaud in it, I probably like it.
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1965
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Le Bonheur begins with a shot of the perfect symbol promised by its abstract title: the sunflower. Just in those few seconds, Varda communicates the film’s primary thesis: how the medium of film can be used to question the relationship between the signifier and the signified. It is easy to take for granted the artistic shorthand of using signs to suggest concepts. What is happiness if not flowers in full bloom, rays of warm sunshine and the perfect nuclear family?…
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1965
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Le Bonheur begins with a shot of the perfect symbol promised by its abstract title: the sunflower. Just in those few seconds, Varda communicates the film’s primary thesis: how the medium of film can be used to question the relationship between the signifier and the signified. It is easy to take for granted the artistic shorthand of using signs to suggest concepts. What is happiness if not flowers in full bloom, rays of warm sunshine and the perfect nuclear family?…
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1971
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“I …” Aschenbach begins as he gazes at an hourglass whilst recovering from exhaustion. Memory is all that Aschenbach has left. He is dying, stripped of his creativity, a failed father, husband and friend. He travels to Venice as it is a haven for people without futures. a time capsule disguised as a health retreat. All that he is to witness there, he cannot sunder from the echos of his memory. It is a city filled with ghosts of his…
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1934
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I first saw L’Atalante ten years ago, when I was 19. It deeply moved me, and caused a peculiar sadness that at the time I didn’t quite understand. Even today, it’s still difficult to truly grasp the emotions L’Atalante evoked, and continues to evoke, within me. The plot is straightforward: a couple marry, there is conflict, and eventually they unite. Yet, this basic structure allows a huge depth of feeling, accompanied by the gorgeous cinematography and an evocative musical score.…
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1971
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“I …” Aschenbach begins as he gazes at an hourglass whilst recovering from exhaustion. Memory is all that Aschenbach has left. He is dying, stripped of his creativity, a failed father, husband and friend. He travels to Venice as it is a haven for people without futures. a time capsule disguised as a health retreat. All that he is to witness there, he cannot sunder from the echos of his memory. It is a city filled with ghosts of his…
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1934
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I first saw L’Atalante ten years ago, when I was 19. It deeply moved me, and caused a peculiar sadness that at the time I didn’t quite understand. Even today, it’s still difficult to truly grasp the emotions L’Atalante evoked, and continues to evoke, within me. The plot is straightforward: a couple marry, there is conflict, and eventually they unite. Yet, this basic structure allows a huge depth of feeling, accompanied by the gorgeous cinematography and an evocative musical score.…
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