Released just before commercial cinema began its descent into adolescent sensationalism, Resnais’ masterpiece of meaning, time and truth garnered numerous awards and recognition throughout Europe, but is summarily ignored by modern film theorists and practitioners. By presenting the narrative process as egotistical and damaging, Resnais … Read More →
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Mr. Freedom (1969; dir. William Klein)
Following on from his popular Qui êtes-vous, Polly Maggoo? (1966), helmer Klein attempts to marry his broad, pop-art satire to world affairs, taking as his primary target US political expansionism and cultural redundancy, typified by Harry Truman’s oft-quoted belief that the USA should “police the … Read More →
Le prix du danger (1983; dir. Yves Boisset)
This French co-production is another adaptation of Robert Sheckley’s satirical short story – previously filmed as Das Millionenspiel (1970; dir. Tom Toelle) and reviewed here. Taking its cue from crass Hollywood action films of the time, Boisset’s film is more concerned with visceral thrills than it … Read More →
All you need to make a movie is a misappropriated quote…
Alternative filmmakers’ poster-boy Jean-Luc Godard, whose work has recently suffered ill-judged attacks from spastic critics in this country, remains massively influential on educators and theorists, despite their unbalanced concentration on the first ten years of his film-making career, ignoring almost totally his later and vastly … Read More →