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Nobody else makes a movie like Akerman. They just have that extraordinary strength of vision. To see and be near that as a 20-year-old made me see how deep and committed an artist could be - Andrew Bujalski, thefilmstage.com
Andrew Bujalski was not only a huge fan of the late great Chantal Akerman but he was also a student of hers so it only makes sense that he took a thing or two from her films and put them in his.
It wasn’t until I started watching more of his movies that I caught some major visual similarities between the two.
On the last entry (
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But after watching and rewatching a some of his films I caught a few more similarities that I found interesting.
I know I’ve opened myself up to people calling these similarities vague and/or not very unique. Fair enough. How many movies have scenes of people lying around or standing in a kitchen? But I think the fact that Bujalski was taught by Akerman and has shouted her out on a number of occasions means something a little deeper.
(This post will be ongoing and updated)
It is perhaps a little unfair to Chantal, who has the most diverse (yet consistent) portfolio of masterpieces of any auteur, that I still gravitate to her raw first feature. I can’t help it. At an impossibly young age, she’s got everything working already. Fully formed voice, piercing gaze, fearlessness, humor, invention, and—with apologies to Delphine Seyrig, Aurore Clément, Sylvie Testud—her finest leading lady - Andrew Bujalski, criterion.com
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Jeanne Dielman... / Mutual Appreciation
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