The Good Conversationalist

Metropolitan (Whit Stillman, 1990)

The Last Days of Disco (Whit Stillman, 1998)

The strength of Whit Stillman's films lies in the flow of the dialogue. It's why I'm looking forward to seeing Damsels in Distress. In addition to Aubrey Plaza and Greta Gerwig.

Les séances de Guy Maddin

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SPIRITISMES, de Guy Maddin

~ watch live ~

Guy Maddin invite chaque jour les visiteurs du Centre Pompidou à assister au tournage d’un film inédit. Lors de « séances de spiritisme » charlatanesques, Maddin et ses comédiens se laissent posséder par les esprits errants de films disparus pour leur redonner vie.

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Lonely Star

The Artist (Michel Hazanavicius, 2011)

„Înăuntrul studiourilor, «star-systemul» era bine stabilit şi supus unui control permanent şi riguros. Ierarhia cinematografică este fără îndoială singura în care drumul se parcurge în ambele sensuri. Poţi să ajungi în vîrf şi apoi să cobori treptele foarte uşor.”

- Charles Ford, Istoria Hollywoodului,

trad. Ion Cantacuzino, ed. Meridiane, 1972

Îngheţată asortată #5

My Little Princess (Eva Ionesco, 2011)

Pretty Baby (Louis Malle, 1978)

Let's dance! #3

Cousin Ruthie dances to Carmen Miranda's South American Way in Radio Days (Woody Allen, 1987)

Cântece cu film #6

Cântecul: Blue Velvet, Bobby Vinton



Filmul: Blue Velvet (David Lynch, 1986)

Cântece cu film #5

Cântecul: This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody), Talking Heads



+ cu versiunea: This Must Be The Place (Naive Melody), Arcade Fire

Filmul: This Must Be The Place (Paolo Sorrentino, 2011)

We Were Promised Flying Cars

Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982)

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The out-of-print Blade Runner Sketchbook, for your reading pleasure:

Open publication - Free publishing - More blade runner | (via Geeks of Doom)

Le Voyage dans la Lune (carte de colorat)

Air - Sonic Armada:
soundtrack to a recolored, remastered version of
Le Voyage dans la Lune (Georges Méliès, 1902)

(via Stereogum)

Cinéma 68

source

Cinéma 68
Textes et entretiens réunis par Antoine de Baecque, Stéphane Bouquet, Emmanuel Burdeau
2008, Cahiers du cinéma

Book review for Projectorhead (India)

















(This is my first book review, so please be gentle. Plus, I have to admit that the transition from French to English wasn't the smoothest - my English sounds too international, and I hate that.)

At the time I wrote this I wasn't aware of OWS, it had just started, so I should add that the cinematic treatment of the Occupy movement also deserves attention in the near future. Actually, so far I haven't heard of any film projects that deal with the Arab Spring. The Occupy movement, on the other hand, seems to enjoy a promising cinematic future. A few links:

+ Occupy Cinema
+ Occupy Wall Street: The Movie; Will There Be A Definite Film of the Movement?
+ Occupy, the Movie

In 40 years from now (if I live that long), I would definitely be interested in reading a book on the cinematic legacy of the Occupy movement.