Mostly Asian, and why not?
David here: A correspondent asks: Why am I spending so much time at the Vancouver Film Festival watching Asian movies? Well, I have dabbled in other regions. Most recently, I enjoyed Eugène Greene’s...
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Where did the two-shot go? Here.
Our Sunhi (Hong Sangsoo, 2013). DB here: I’ve complained here and there about the rudimentary staging of scenes in mainstream American movies. (Short version of common practice: Cut a lot and move the...
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Picking up the pieces; or, a Blog about previous blogs
A not-so-intimate bedroom scene from Cinerama Holiday (1955). DB here: Many of our blog entries are written in response to current events–a new movie, a film festival in progress, a development in...
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Hou Hsiao-hsien: A new video lecture!
The Puppetmaster (Hou Hsiao-hsien, 1993). DB here: The Hou Hsiao-hsien seminar held in Antwerp at the end of May was an event I was sorry to miss. The title announced a focus on Hou’s style of...
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Venice 2017: Sensory Saturday; or, what puts the Virtual in VR?
La Camera Insabbiata (2017) by Laurie Anderson and Hsin-chien Huang. DB here (still at the Mostra): Kristin and I are Virtual Reality novices, so when we got a chance to sample some pieces at Venice...
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