dir. Jamie Babbit
USA, 1999
Great fun.
Tuesday, 21 June 2011
Klute
dir. Alan J Pakula
USA, 1971
The first of his "paranoia trilogy" is less explicitly political, but has some amazing moments, like after a heavy-breather phone call the camera pans away from Jane Fonda's bed, through her darkened apartment, her sitting up in bed, terrified, the jangly chime-like music perfectly matching the isolation.
USA, 1971
The first of his "paranoia trilogy" is less explicitly political, but has some amazing moments, like after a heavy-breather phone call the camera pans away from Jane Fonda's bed, through her darkened apartment, her sitting up in bed, terrified, the jangly chime-like music perfectly matching the isolation.
Senna
dir. Asif Kapadia
UK, 2010
Brilliant and sad. Not really about F1, more about a person who lived on that thin line between life and death. Reminded me of Man On Wire.
UK, 2010
Brilliant and sad. Not really about F1, more about a person who lived on that thin line between life and death. Reminded me of Man On Wire.
Wednesday, 15 June 2011
Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?
dir. William Klein
France, 1966
Batty take-down of 60s Parisian fashion. Surely influenced by/influenced Monty Python, Terry Gilliam, the New Wave.
France, 1966
Batty take-down of 60s Parisian fashion. Surely influenced by/influenced Monty Python, Terry Gilliam, the New Wave.
The Social Network
dir. David Fincher
USA, 2010
Fincher has this amazing ability to make a broad, culturally on-the-ball film without it becoming empty. The closing image of Zuckerberg robotically refreshing his own Facebook page is an image for our time like Fight Club was for the 90s.
USA, 2010
Fincher has this amazing ability to make a broad, culturally on-the-ball film without it becoming empty. The closing image of Zuckerberg robotically refreshing his own Facebook page is an image for our time like Fight Club was for the 90s.
Sleep Furiously
dir. Gideon Koppel
UK, 2008
Masterfully controlled portrait of disappearing life in Wales.
UK, 2008
Masterfully controlled portrait of disappearing life in Wales.
Robinson in Ruins
dir. Patrick Keiller
UK, 2010
A little of the magic gone, but a much more mature interweaving of narration and image. The description of the financial crisis to the image of a spider building its web is masterful.
UK, 2010
A little of the magic gone, but a much more mature interweaving of narration and image. The description of the financial crisis to the image of a spider building its web is masterful.
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