Category: film history
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French New Wave Cinema, Meet Top Chef
I was catching up with my old lover TiVo last night, having been occupied every night for the past week and a half (by the end of this busy stretch, I’ll have had daily & nightly obligations for a solid two weeks). Top priorities: America’s Next Top Model and Top Chef. Top Chef‘s episode of […]
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Godard/Truffaut
I was overjoyed yesterday when I saw in the Apr 7 issue of the New Yorker an extensive history/discussion of the impact of the friendship of Jean-Luc Godard and François Truffaut, two of the most important filmmakers of the last decade. Godard and Truffaut revolutionized French filmmaking and, I believe, had a big hand in […]
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Querelle
Fassbinder’s final film, Querelle tells the story of the titular sailor in the French navy who, while ashore in the town of Brest, embarks on a voyage of sexual awakening…in what we might call “the company of men.” It’s a strange film, oddly-hued with burnt yellows and oranges, conspicuously filmed on a sound stage. Among […]
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