tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-88491135142863604492024-03-18T11:34:38.222-04:00PINNLAND EMPIREMarcushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09550373157852267023noreply@blogger.comBlogger1027125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849113514286360449.post-63274617993905702782024-03-15T09:23:00.004-04:002024-03-18T11:34:05.270-04:00A FEW (MORE) WORDS ON THE KILLER<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6gv3D2ATw8dRKnsSTrEBSu6Wyu2JCZ8AqU-jV1q5fhCXsG47sIe64G9jt0T7f2RFrHGCDPF9Iv7HpTqBOBfyWRhEOyLHDbFZw8DTmCnODDc0sZk8avAjiird4-5QEVyAFk0uIblGmWRW8fZJd5IGWJ51q8Jk4yrS7ZwS8q3Tq1YS9mu91HYoNz-6uT5TO/s500/MV5BOGFjZjAyODAtMWQ1MS00MDEyLTlhNWItZjNhNmY5NWIwMGY2XkEyXkFqcGdeQWFkcmllY2xh._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="500" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6gv3D2ATw8dRKnsSTrEBSu6Wyu2JCZ8AqU-jV1q5fhCXsG47sIe64G9jt0T7f2RFrHGCDPF9Iv7HpTqBOBfyWRhEOyLHDbFZw8DTmCnODDc0sZk8avAjiird4-5QEVyAFk0uIblGmWRW8fZJd5IGWJ51q8Jk4yrS7ZwS8q3Tq1YS9mu91HYoNz-6uT5TO/w640-h360/MV5BOGFjZjAyODAtMWQ1MS00MDEyLTlhNWItZjNhNmY5NWIwMGY2XkEyXkFqcGdeQWFkcmllY2xh._V1_QL75_UX500_CR0,0,500,281_.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><i>The Killer</i> has become my comfort movie. It's what I throw on when I can't sleep or just need something to watch. I don’t think it’s a masterpiece or any great cinematic achievement. It’s just a fun slick hitman thriller (emphasis on “fun” as there’s quite a bit of underrated humor that flows all throughout the film). I shared my initial thoughts on it last year (<b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.pinnlandempire.com/2023/11/a-few-words-on-killer.html">click here to read</a></span></b>), but now that I’ve watched it ten more times or so – I have a little more to say. <br /><br />First of all – this post is absolutely an excuse to share my throwaway Hitchcock/Fincher comparisons that didn’t make it in to my initial review (my main twitter account is still shadow-banned so perhaps someone will actually see my movie comparisons here). <br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">I think the best Hitchcock is when Hitch is peeping</span></b></i> - David Fincher, HITCHCOK/TRUFFAUT</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoUsH0mVqqZoOKQSOrd6G09I8kp0p88o0wrdz7SbjZ6nyQTgCl0Jr1hmsavamqhnTV_Z1T9Gm5lK2HxI1gRLxYlavTHD9dLarfD_3dWtVCm0CG_8GuhVNIIqLumet8hKBw73Pzkt2kSBfXVhHMtKEheSmB3gXcFTiKtP6YlZyiO42y8oy5V6hw7hjwsFeP/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoUsH0mVqqZoOKQSOrd6G09I8kp0p88o0wrdz7SbjZ6nyQTgCl0Jr1hmsavamqhnTV_Z1T9Gm5lK2HxI1gRLxYlavTHD9dLarfD_3dWtVCm0CG_8GuhVNIIqLumet8hKBw73Pzkt2kSBfXVhHMtKEheSmB3gXcFTiKtP6YlZyiO42y8oy5V6hw7hjwsFeP/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Vertigo/<br />The Killer</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUyzmlLjaZmhO5OxrYDmwgWFbzCgWkXJ_6nKE_E5cSc-ze7U4NQvpbQOrAcoVwSbrn496dC5QZLJXf7OjvTFL0Upp5nymACTh5BQC5mmsR-8g7Df8i4Gsx_m8T1e9_v8qXI-cgdA-JwVqCwDBs62tnXIxy2vtNN7wYW2Y2cmca_gm6vx749KVsDs_Cu3L3/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUyzmlLjaZmhO5OxrYDmwgWFbzCgWkXJ_6nKE_E5cSc-ze7U4NQvpbQOrAcoVwSbrn496dC5QZLJXf7OjvTFL0Upp5nymACTh5BQC5mmsR-8g7Df8i4Gsx_m8T1e9_v8qXI-cgdA-JwVqCwDBs62tnXIxy2vtNN7wYW2Y2cmca_gm6vx749KVsDs_Cu3L3/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Vertigo /<br />The Killer</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_fM-b1jbHprrs4WDKDO4x6OpnI07ICK2GlK89QWBVt4WHxHuFCcjmh9U4LYlFrxlGUsrpmDJ7943J4NP4usYVt00YNTL8thCDCpQuH5xbsHJKpLgSZ9_XpZZWqK-LL8XkXS7Jw3Et-1p4hOijAAThe2NXj2oSPD2S5Qg0n5wSga0JtjQ54dMTjdMjVXWr/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_fM-b1jbHprrs4WDKDO4x6OpnI07ICK2GlK89QWBVt4WHxHuFCcjmh9U4LYlFrxlGUsrpmDJ7943J4NP4usYVt00YNTL8thCDCpQuH5xbsHJKpLgSZ9_XpZZWqK-LL8XkXS7Jw3Et-1p4hOijAAThe2NXj2oSPD2S5Qg0n5wSga0JtjQ54dMTjdMjVXWr/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Rear Window /<br />The Killer<br /><br /></i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-JgakWIwHoop8PNMCPeZMQgLcBCVtYrCyX-5eM-kUyj7q_rAKnLGy3Vv_WYhto2_U-3yrTNE11QsILcBTbhz4hPKosGY_uTgZDgEih6pSnxUmn9O1AnqiVQu2A_8aYlGCUg1rbhhu4-Zhihc9o3Vm_YjSorYjGof1sNgUjP7uaK9YSe3oK1begtWbnmCC/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-JgakWIwHoop8PNMCPeZMQgLcBCVtYrCyX-5eM-kUyj7q_rAKnLGy3Vv_WYhto2_U-3yrTNE11QsILcBTbhz4hPKosGY_uTgZDgEih6pSnxUmn9O1AnqiVQu2A_8aYlGCUg1rbhhu4-Zhihc9o3Vm_YjSorYjGof1sNgUjP7uaK9YSe3oK1begtWbnmCC/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Rear Window /<br />Vertigo<br /><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjACtiuQyDtQfSX2_PwMgXT13WlJpr7yLTW6Iebia2Rh7JG17dcthCGLFxQHzGfmbhgoM4PEJ3Z5jojKnu3PromedbGWV7EdMRBVAJkT7nu8atRM-quXXbLQL_iWCM60aTOjEGhzx6L1IDXY5-2VGIzDaaoUnqn80PLzpt4ncyQ3l-rbWIoGCpGK19nRffr/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjACtiuQyDtQfSX2_PwMgXT13WlJpr7yLTW6Iebia2Rh7JG17dcthCGLFxQHzGfmbhgoM4PEJ3Z5jojKnu3PromedbGWV7EdMRBVAJkT7nu8atRM-quXXbLQL_iWCM60aTOjEGhzx6L1IDXY5-2VGIzDaaoUnqn80PLzpt4ncyQ3l-rbWIoGCpGK19nRffr/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Rear Window /<br />Vertigo</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Throwaway comparisons aside, I finally know why I enjoy this movie so much. If you’ve followed this blog for the last 2-3 years then you know my most consistent complaint about modern cinema is that I personally think most modern films are made for film twitter, tiktok and letterboxd film-brained people. It’s as if today's writers, directors and producers comb twitter and letterboxd and craft their stories to cater to those specific lanes of film discussion. And no that is <i>not</i> a good thing. You know the type of people that talk in to the camera phone with a forced snarky standup comedian voice (tiktok), or the types of folks/”critics” that put representation first before anything else (film twitter). The kind of folks with no sense of film history that don’t like a movie because they didn’t see themselves represented in any way therefore it couldn’t possibly be good. The people that can only critique something by saying “it’s just a bunch of toxic white dudes doing white dude stuff”. <br /><br />Think about it. From <i><a href="http://www.pinnlandempire.com/2023/10/a-few-words-on-barbie.html">Barbie </a></i>(which I did enjoy) to the large majority of A24 films and everything else in between - you can tell these movies were made to get all the cringey think-pieces flowing as opposed to any genuine film talk. <br /><br />Now…<i>The Killer</i> certainly has a main character that is white and is quite “toxic”. But that honestly isn’t what the story is about. And, going back to the humor in the movie, there’s plenty of material in <i>The Killer</i> to make for the typical cringey comedic letterboxd review but that’s collateral. I truly don’t believe this stuff was on Fincher’s mind like it is with other modern filmmakers. It is my belief that he just wanted to make a simple, styleish, Hitchcock-influenced hitman thriller and he succeeded in doing so. There’s no obvious message or anything having to do with social justice, race, gender or sexuality unless someone reaches to find it.<div><br /></div><div>More movies like this please!</div><div><br /></div>Marcushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09550373157852267023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849113514286360449.post-78073365277688181562024-03-01T03:01:00.046-05:002024-03-01T03:01:00.127-05:00MY WINNIPEG<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGvg42GRnz-LaA_Amw42mV-Jr27MsqkkRGmPROCElIxEE6rz7h_03SyK0CoPuYeaMD2ZE26Zn8A5XcGuLUzm9H3SVK4qgGpPogWWp27YGdgBWTpPOAOppo5eeYKWsq42sX4L1dv0LGzwOCIeVICl9AnZAFTw-eTiaDo5nW7kQV6pNbR6TnYBb3DfkNep4e/s887/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20093905.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="458" data-original-width="887" height="330" id="id_3e95_3b3a_bde4_d47c" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGvg42GRnz-LaA_Amw42mV-Jr27MsqkkRGmPROCElIxEE6rz7h_03SyK0CoPuYeaMD2ZE26Zn8A5XcGuLUzm9H3SVK4qgGpPogWWp27YGdgBWTpPOAOppo5eeYKWsq42sX4L1dv0LGzwOCIeVICl9AnZAFTw-eTiaDo5nW7kQV6pNbR6TnYBb3DfkNep4e/w640-h330/Screenshot%202024-02-07%20093905.jpg" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Last month we looked at <i>Cowards Bend The Knee </i>- Guy Maddin’s semi-autobiographical love letter to both Canada and some of his personal favorite filmmakers (<i><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.pinnlandempire.com/2024/02/cowards-bend-knee.html">click here to read</a></span></b></i>). To me - this film serves as a buffer for <i>My Winnipeg</i>. Like <i>Cowards</i>, <i>My Winnipeg</i> is also an autobiographical love letter to his home country but this time, instead of Bunuel & Lynch, he pays homage to the likes of Abel Gance, Fritz Lang, The Lumiere Brothers and Dziga Vertov…<br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">I was totally inspired by just how far [Abel] Gance was willing to go</span></b></i> - Guy Maddin, cineaste magazine</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_bef7_d8bd_fa4b_aae2" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQOIp9gCIe18s9sOWsrgWfXk9BN-QD8gqL2g-RD2mVx2-KBf-MBRE9E8BLo0PxjPG4iI7xesUVespDFlDek-tNWkG789s3R28fwCzTp-pzvJvlX64iPlJRD_SQg2JX7hDK-d60cRPLBzlUVaIDtSNuX0s5jqOj7uRd37kdf2CHrwErMhFiwpio6U1pd0uJ/s750/VideoToGif_GIF(3).gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="750" height="296" id="id_c859_e6fb_15c2_5c49" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQOIp9gCIe18s9sOWsrgWfXk9BN-QD8gqL2g-RD2mVx2-KBf-MBRE9E8BLo0PxjPG4iI7xesUVespDFlDek-tNWkG789s3R28fwCzTp-pzvJvlX64iPlJRD_SQg2JX7hDK-d60cRPLBzlUVaIDtSNuX0s5jqOj7uRd37kdf2CHrwErMhFiwpio6U1pd0uJ/w640-h296/VideoToGif_GIF(3).gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>J'accuse / My Winnipeg</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><b>I read about Abel Gance’s La Roue and thought I’d never be able to see it, so I decided to make my own version</b></i></span> - Guy Maddin, Art Forum</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_42c5_9dee_b0da_e411" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Ou4gGSxMHhQehDNCGHApP9L735QXU564vm5RK4tfp0HRH5ECc0Dzk6VD_jdGFlyXa4xVQBP7-Z89eI2XHspjWOxLsVu5RAIrhznQua4aif8F9krZWxFnomkWMrqWS0qJZUtNfdwP0ALkflRcrrzPrm8EJJNmflkLuSh9bNOBLwP66wLzJxnV4l1Ei4Ky/s750/VideoToGif_GIF(2).gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="750" height="240" id="id_1249_fd84_9f83_d095" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Ou4gGSxMHhQehDNCGHApP9L735QXU564vm5RK4tfp0HRH5ECc0Dzk6VD_jdGFlyXa4xVQBP7-Z89eI2XHspjWOxLsVu5RAIrhznQua4aif8F9krZWxFnomkWMrqWS0qJZUtNfdwP0ALkflRcrrzPrm8EJJNmflkLuSh9bNOBLwP66wLzJxnV4l1Ei4Ky/w640-h240/VideoToGif_GIF(2).gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>La Roue / My Winnipeg<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The early German silents seemed to work in ways similar to the best fairy tales, though with an external hipness that helped me see just how modern, cruel and eternally true these fairy tales are</span></b></i> - Guy Maddin, The Globe and Mail</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_1d12_d7c8_ebd0_f5cb" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE6I7SsdmA3JbG-pAL324DKwn5CPi2AV338PJISpoZydIsyEupEY6LSCZBKKxihVyXpophyUeNPCT7PGXuFxboroggkLgTRYMwYKtfBBDsBF38xSvpAlhjcz6Hxcy_TG0Wb6WC299wTOxdgdYKn5QG5jTNH-N27PXNvA0Rbloamj1H6c_T45A2KA948A5v/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="750" data-original-width="562" height="640" id="id_bc56_2c24_584a_eddf" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE6I7SsdmA3JbG-pAL324DKwn5CPi2AV338PJISpoZydIsyEupEY6LSCZBKKxihVyXpophyUeNPCT7PGXuFxboroggkLgTRYMwYKtfBBDsBF38xSvpAlhjcz6Hxcy_TG0Wb6WC299wTOxdgdYKn5QG5jTNH-N27PXNvA0Rbloamj1H6c_T45A2KA948A5v/w480-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 480px;" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Dr. Mabuse The Gambler / <br />My Winnipeg</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">I loved THREE SONGS ABOUT LENIN and MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA</span></b></i> - Guy Maddin, UAlberta </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_344f_2cba_63a7_9910" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUB59DoJ8DzE80pr_X2yKdV0KJ31b4qhBdufKv9TwmsV6YTV7Bj2qH2MKxldrbVXAirmjqqnusMANFh2dteZyCwPOicaiv-rIUVyLUNt4nZxOT9OEIdiVDXR6Vi-DxReFY9We24jVgDoXpt9YLQ4A-dO4HBqymQ2UEOuYMufWW7FcxCoRb8uOykRQFkMM2/s750/VideoToGif_GIF(5).gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="750" height="480" id="id_1242_d641_d2f4_4a2" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUB59DoJ8DzE80pr_X2yKdV0KJ31b4qhBdufKv9TwmsV6YTV7Bj2qH2MKxldrbVXAirmjqqnusMANFh2dteZyCwPOicaiv-rIUVyLUNt4nZxOT9OEIdiVDXR6Vi-DxReFY9We24jVgDoXpt9YLQ4A-dO4HBqymQ2UEOuYMufWW7FcxCoRb8uOykRQFkMM2/w640-h480/VideoToGif_GIF(5).gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Man With A Movie Camera / Three Songs About Lenin / My Winnipeg</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_5d34_de85_5cee_7ea7" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">I haven't seen a Lumière Brothers movie I haven't adored. And gosh I do wish I'd been one of the filmmakers who was invited to participate in that centennial project Lumière & Company</span></b></i> - Guy Maddin, Offscreen</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_9c49_f49e_bdfc_1715" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5DVDpkXXCNPf7_H23zz_XWLtpNN0m6LNwqj1Gs2GIeT7qGqL3quxiN13HMAEXcypBkiaMdXL3R0Y2Sxr2iebLDzt_o1eFyw91zGyW5MrfcESUA0pNOEIacwSkxPjLmcFflZUzUSWTWO35etdqstoX7dv-X7ZNR96sEkXybq8a-KER3G5_acTFgOC2BiEW/s550/VideoToGif_GIF(9).gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" id="id_cbb3_85db_72a0_e86" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5DVDpkXXCNPf7_H23zz_XWLtpNN0m6LNwqj1Gs2GIeT7qGqL3quxiN13HMAEXcypBkiaMdXL3R0Y2Sxr2iebLDzt_o1eFyw91zGyW5MrfcESUA0pNOEIacwSkxPjLmcFflZUzUSWTWO35etdqstoX7dv-X7ZNR96sEkXybq8a-KER3G5_acTFgOC2BiEW/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF(9).gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat Station / <br />My Winnipeg</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Maddin still does manage to sneak in a few Bunuel references…<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">One thing I do often - I watch a movie and I pretend Luis Bunuel is sitting beside me</span></b></i> - Guy Maddin, Av Club</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_8d77_5006_69af_4ea7" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqOf97sYuLe7ZMVdY3tLfjYeJ9mB44uSH1OL6pUuo6KKQBb8qLeBgkUT2xz-qD2JtuY8OShSPpUoFOAb1QWD_G9Dk2rqagggIyEmJRdiqLFNhQe5qQoaN6JTTr54y7ZOkuKmYTevoHnAmRUrC0DPbCbVYxlGKwJ4BH7En1rC7A1ULCbh_WrgW9xL8fqKMZ/s720/20210212_213613.GIF" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="544" height="640" id="id_a47f_600d_1013_a495" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqOf97sYuLe7ZMVdY3tLfjYeJ9mB44uSH1OL6pUuo6KKQBb8qLeBgkUT2xz-qD2JtuY8OShSPpUoFOAb1QWD_G9Dk2rqagggIyEmJRdiqLFNhQe5qQoaN6JTTr54y7ZOkuKmYTevoHnAmRUrC0DPbCbVYxlGKwJ4BH7En1rC7A1ULCbh_WrgW9xL8fqKMZ/w484-h640/20210212_213613.GIF" style="height: auto; width: 484px;" width="484" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>L'Age d'Or / <br />My Winnipeg</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_3245_b6c3_de4a_e2d0" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZAONXY_URVq2crTi9qK7zJB-e3nmxlwIvfXwMFX2V5dRCWcSZb-wOoIShFDrsZfDnCKOQ20OjXVNsoa4kEuQb_mQHJeY6nKTJzB-WZq8-SvyHfBqrjmo3IY24PIhct6oBTII387EyrzJ9EIQNHSZRhiB8TidRT3_jGLn0nprX6U1vNT_7GcwhW2uS993I/s550/VideoToGif_GIF(1).gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" id="id_f902_167c_cd92_e742" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZAONXY_URVq2crTi9qK7zJB-e3nmxlwIvfXwMFX2V5dRCWcSZb-wOoIShFDrsZfDnCKOQ20OjXVNsoa4kEuQb_mQHJeY6nKTJzB-WZq8-SvyHfBqrjmo3IY24PIhct6oBTII387EyrzJ9EIQNHSZRhiB8TidRT3_jGLn0nprX6U1vNT_7GcwhW2uS993I/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF(1).gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Mexican Bus Ride /<br />My Winnipeg</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Comparisons & homages are just one layer to this film. Maddin takes us deep in to his Canadian hometown...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><i>Coward Bend The Knee</i> doesn’t shy away from the sometimes negative reputation that precedes Winnipeg. While there are plenty of funny and/or quirky moments - this is a very cold & depressing story. Cold and depressing are sometimes common descriptors of Winnipeg.<br /><br />Now...I’ve never been there so I wouldn’t know. This is why I’m choosing my words carefully because no matter how cold & depressing it <i>might </i>be - I have an immense sense of hometown pride myself and I wouldn’t want someone badmouthing where I come from (I wouldn’t compare the cold of western Massachusetts to the cold of Canada, but I know what it’s like to come from a cold place that often gets overlooked and/or misrepresented). But…I’ve had folks <i>from </i>Winnipeg tell me how cold & isolating it can sometimes be and Maddin’s film pretty much aligns with what I’ve heard firsthand.<br /><br />I call <i>Cowards </i>a “buffer film” because <i>My Winnipeg</i> is an incredibly dense film that you don’t just blindly dive in to. It’s chaotic & funny and also depressing and informative in a dry textbook kind of way). I know that isn’t the greatest sell of a movie but if you like Guy Maddin or the aforementioned reference points - this is right up your alley (to be fair - I don't really consider what you're reading a "review" or an attempt to <i>sell </i>the movie. These are just my personal thoughts). In the film Guy Maddin mixes his personal relationship with his mother alongside the history of Winnipeg. He even goes so far as to cast his actual family members to act out scenes from his past in his former childhood home (Maddin really rented his Parent's old home from the present owners to shoot scenes in).</div><div><br /></div><div>Imagine a tattered schizophrenic cinematic journal found 30 years in to the future. <i>My Winnipeg</i> is an honest attempt at originality but is also intentionally alienating. I mean, for those of you reading this right now that aren’t familiar with Maddin’s work - does this sound like something you’d just blindly watch? Probably not. I’m sure a handful of you would, but between the very specific Canadian history and not-so obvious cinematic references, I’m sure a lot of you would pass or get more familiar with Maddin’s filmography first. Either way, this is a personal favorite of mine but I recommend it with caution. </div><div><br /></div><div><div><br /></div></div>Marcushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09550373157852267023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849113514286360449.post-20564682807067296492024-02-20T15:01:00.003-05:002024-02-28T10:03:49.729-05:00VISUAL REFERNCES IN TRUE DETECTIVE: NIGHT COUNTRY<p style="text-align: left;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMYdhUPnBCwFiuzq02Ebb2S4oDJIuNPVxNTeEFuKQ2mqHppPtj27YeSwwh8oMQUcNsrkUembSUShTfLkio1Hnbote9yjP4kOfs3wQxZ8D-PHqa9hWuSZrNA42ILHVuI4EIvp7NMS_QfHuGoirQpYCkoXHV0IWlHrWeg6EOAbTQ4ewJRqBBpTk-0AmH6WLH/s1800/IMG_3397.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1011" data-original-width="1800" height="360" id="id_3405_ca0a_84e4_adee" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMYdhUPnBCwFiuzq02Ebb2S4oDJIuNPVxNTeEFuKQ2mqHppPtj27YeSwwh8oMQUcNsrkUembSUShTfLkio1Hnbote9yjP4kOfs3wQxZ8D-PHqa9hWuSZrNA42ILHVuI4EIvp7NMS_QfHuGoirQpYCkoXHV0IWlHrWeg6EOAbTQ4ewJRqBBpTk-0AmH6WLH/w640-h360/IMG_3397.JPG" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><p style="text-align: center;"><br /></p><p>This entry isn't anything significant. I just felt like highlighting some of the standout references and homages from the latest season of True Detective. I've shared these on my twitter account but since I'm still shadowbanned, no one really sees them except for the bigger accounts that steal my tweets and passed them off as their own (none of these homages were hard to miss so I'm not that bent out of the shape about people stealing from me). The folks responsible for this season were quite open about their inspirations. All I did was make the comparisons based off of their own words (with a few speculations of my own at the end).</p><p>Enjoy...</p></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">One of the biggest influences that I ever will have in this genre, and honestly in cinema in general, is SE7EN</span></b></i> - Issa Lopez, Deadline.com</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_f734_8dbe_430_2336" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE_Jsi4jeMipq9jej6hmNvZ-_bE0f4LF4sNddhFoG2Qkcez4kvZuaHScnlfEKczruqJWVj8RDE3NTcBb631uNumPvcViiR0TgqsB0NL309eE_KkaNNC2GwQ99ASxJrSnJ0s8A-MJ58-c2txbzaCfhdZaOD_IqPIL84Dnzpa_wTIWEg1VpTNkDAZjXOuMt_/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="175" data-original-width="750" height="150" id="id_6ec6_d213_5a82_96c4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE_Jsi4jeMipq9jej6hmNvZ-_bE0f4LF4sNddhFoG2Qkcez4kvZuaHScnlfEKczruqJWVj8RDE3NTcBb631uNumPvcViiR0TgqsB0NL309eE_KkaNNC2GwQ99ASxJrSnJ0s8A-MJ58-c2txbzaCfhdZaOD_IqPIL84Dnzpa_wTIWEg1VpTNkDAZjXOuMt_/w640-h150/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Se7en / True Detective: Night Country<br /><br /></i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGt1r_pKm4CwClJ4rcOD2W2bxYNXtrvgKjMCiYNRrtbpAXRmgcKsn1zN3dnATAgdY33Ztz01BIt44zj7wVTJfwtA_CK58v2SLohe_8pZ-dH-sSlDx-iyqMvH9GxDprA13a77JiVqq7rPf32buBKPYypB3ePZsz6sLCd8wghw2OPWgXXftWmMhtGkLA5qPP/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="174" data-original-width="750" height="148" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGt1r_pKm4CwClJ4rcOD2W2bxYNXtrvgKjMCiYNRrtbpAXRmgcKsn1zN3dnATAgdY33Ztz01BIt44zj7wVTJfwtA_CK58v2SLohe_8pZ-dH-sSlDx-iyqMvH9GxDprA13a77JiVqq7rPf32buBKPYypB3ePZsz6sLCd8wghw2OPWgXXftWmMhtGkLA5qPP/w640-h148/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Se7en / True Detective: Night Country<br /><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_fb1_78be_f418_a68c" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPEeWqbkeSf5OhHJzVq8M9wnaKlWeijUW83LLzzwDArsk9uT6edekz7-3vrc-1RRETPERTRo_dsWJhu61mk9WnHoekZ3rqA1_5xZ841oUu7u9wZXgb10u0HdRhppJ_VewNy5R9FQc91AiQmBBbHMDs99OZP7b9obp7G6BAFnWeKB9lkPkpjso8BfcI0AAs/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" id="id_5195_de28_7597_d1d7" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPEeWqbkeSf5OhHJzVq8M9wnaKlWeijUW83LLzzwDArsk9uT6edekz7-3vrc-1RRETPERTRo_dsWJhu61mk9WnHoekZ3rqA1_5xZ841oUu7u9wZXgb10u0HdRhppJ_VewNy5R9FQc91AiQmBBbHMDs99OZP7b9obp7G6BAFnWeKB9lkPkpjso8BfcI0AAs/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Se7en / <br />True Detective: Night Country<br /><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_U9kYCRAXBIwOFt6Au0bWiuIPzoPYXID7mBX3m8Xx9B80Y7wcudVNgSDaOjGMNmmEcH6XtqdZHtb_QXEeDiagXCfV7Ziu7fpiele_oNjiG5RFzQi20mMavOjY0iKrvNviGxu1R3QZu8KYp1EvBbEQ8ZPuFdb_tqMH0JUgs1fv514GLGmyJw8-_4aIeXWn/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="176" data-original-width="750" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_U9kYCRAXBIwOFt6Au0bWiuIPzoPYXID7mBX3m8Xx9B80Y7wcudVNgSDaOjGMNmmEcH6XtqdZHtb_QXEeDiagXCfV7Ziu7fpiele_oNjiG5RFzQi20mMavOjY0iKrvNviGxu1R3QZu8KYp1EvBbEQ8ZPuFdb_tqMH0JUgs1fv514GLGmyJw8-_4aIeXWn/w640-h150/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Se7en / True Detective: Night Country</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_4f0e_5197_2f0f_57e0" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmJH3CBe4lQOkjkebxpVloT_SAYOrVZrKKX9HkinIgGYDNYeSSGfGpHw5Bg5i5Qyklm0j5QMmOWPntNrkrG3sI7hbViFUiFs7Zgc9kwjEENYw2F5dStORmcLYZ4zYSnijG4nCihNYSLWYT3ME1DoR-unRSXQ-5dSdKbS9PQQYCa68vyhxnUzv9YxSmasna/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="175" data-original-width="750" height="150" id="id_41a8_4844_611d_59ed" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmJH3CBe4lQOkjkebxpVloT_SAYOrVZrKKX9HkinIgGYDNYeSSGfGpHw5Bg5i5Qyklm0j5QMmOWPntNrkrG3sI7hbViFUiFs7Zgc9kwjEENYw2F5dStORmcLYZ4zYSnijG4nCihNYSLWYT3ME1DoR-unRSXQ-5dSdKbS9PQQYCa68vyhxnUzv9YxSmasna/w640-h150/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Se7en / True Detective: Night Country<br /><br /></i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">one of the biggest references for it is Carpenter's The Thing, no doubt</span></b></i> - Issa Lopez, The AVClub.com</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_c98f_8ace_47ee_c25a" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh-DaziuApGMvF4Q3zCyrpUuqpYign4bXXRFw0xjUU7bjFGf5SCQXS4kDbMKpg_uG_h43IkDXSB2aD2XcWwULbjjNB0640tDofb4IXwAIymOcT-TUM66bmKQNJ8uqQ7x3BkxgsvfIQ4IpkvlwyDPaHmYMFP5sIDbPnSHEYg-W1PPKXmwk9-rzIjrBScM50/s1800/IMG_3396.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1011" data-original-width="1800" height="360" id="id_5074_2544_7fac_d098" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh-DaziuApGMvF4Q3zCyrpUuqpYign4bXXRFw0xjUU7bjFGf5SCQXS4kDbMKpg_uG_h43IkDXSB2aD2XcWwULbjjNB0640tDofb4IXwAIymOcT-TUM66bmKQNJ8uqQ7x3BkxgsvfIQ4IpkvlwyDPaHmYMFP5sIDbPnSHEYg-W1PPKXmwk9-rzIjrBScM50/w640-h360/IMG_3396.JPG" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Thing / True Detective: Night Country</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_ac3_1afd_aabe_d3ab" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQQ9G2ZWn5aQQq4J5bLllk23uAi8HPf2CU1Xa9eZqwbo5MYL8A6V-LGegENqRkPxyh26MPgLwoRlE7xh8-w250Uzr2o6plARMojT33AIRa4VGDb484IcnskbLQQSqQz_rP5VG0MuG183NHPTyfzrxIPGtoTqoFXcq3mk4WUQR_ezTO6T0pzebNisWwyT5I/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="191" data-original-width="750" height="162" id="id_ac74_60cf_3367_e507" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQQ9G2ZWn5aQQq4J5bLllk23uAi8HPf2CU1Xa9eZqwbo5MYL8A6V-LGegENqRkPxyh26MPgLwoRlE7xh8-w250Uzr2o6plARMojT33AIRa4VGDb484IcnskbLQQSqQz_rP5VG0MuG183NHPTyfzrxIPGtoTqoFXcq3mk4WUQR_ezTO6T0pzebNisWwyT5I/w640-h162/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Thing / True Detective: Night Country</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Tsalal [the research station in Night Country] has undertones, the way we shot it, to Kubrik’s the Overlook</span></b></i> - Issa Lopez, The AVClub.com</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_6d93_e80d_230_66eb" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd4nzUH2WFJy_hl2SHIKXOlRE72RMWy_KpChWBDJvhPEnjR_bIKlY6jEnRjHAB_caxnrf5OnQvw_4CVT1e9Ug-joeJq5Y8xERAcCmfEWkSBEP600Wpo0vRZOt9HAU2xBY5G6tlG0IUqrRbZrWvevSneCPfBvmBN3kx_ibFfjY4IHwoiIAEB0uEzYwu0P-C/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="750" height="360" id="id_a85c_ef95_9cbd_4c3d" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd4nzUH2WFJy_hl2SHIKXOlRE72RMWy_KpChWBDJvhPEnjR_bIKlY6jEnRjHAB_caxnrf5OnQvw_4CVT1e9Ug-joeJq5Y8xERAcCmfEWkSBEP600Wpo0vRZOt9HAU2xBY5G6tlG0IUqrRbZrWvevSneCPfBvmBN3kx_ibFfjY4IHwoiIAEB0uEzYwu0P-C/w640-h360/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Shining / True Detective: Night Country</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_7ad1_e74b_8956_8aca" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNf8s_e0KGy6HYrgNlvn_52sUAIOHWK9B1gAEhXCa6CTdEx23OOBaOl5kaOMTmhpIR4kCwct6p56eeI9VFVWWZX5x3NgdGVWy07d_om8Mvde65nYcSl342v89sLcURuBcCPl716IG9baLAlj9f2jKlhrTf1P97NNXr1840Wb8EwcG6UqKc8F_yIVH7yNZn/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="253" data-original-width="750" height="216" id="id_9d89_480a_2466_8b1a" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNf8s_e0KGy6HYrgNlvn_52sUAIOHWK9B1gAEhXCa6CTdEx23OOBaOl5kaOMTmhpIR4kCwct6p56eeI9VFVWWZX5x3NgdGVWy07d_om8Mvde65nYcSl342v89sLcURuBcCPl716IG9baLAlj9f2jKlhrTf1P97NNXr1840Wb8EwcG6UqKc8F_yIVH7yNZn/w640-h216/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Shining / True Detective: Night Country<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_378d_291c_5513_6c97" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRTajothdJ2p2u7DCI_4z5Oqg_cUAxJFm3xCoJ0dF609kqzfua9wFS_nF28vk4OsJ_b_0e9KTXE20cAaKXR6XmQI-uckeF2oWGLWoTD8lu7hyJ3FFN5U9j-txnpb2TyjBsQI0zaACz09pzcxpk9fmPb3HtBNjc2v7lAmhXvs0EwfzgJXe_8sP4t_yNq4jX/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="176" data-original-width="750" height="150" id="id_eac9_ad79_1679_ffe4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRTajothdJ2p2u7DCI_4z5Oqg_cUAxJFm3xCoJ0dF609kqzfua9wFS_nF28vk4OsJ_b_0e9KTXE20cAaKXR6XmQI-uckeF2oWGLWoTD8lu7hyJ3FFN5U9j-txnpb2TyjBsQI0zaACz09pzcxpk9fmPb3HtBNjc2v7lAmhXvs0EwfzgJXe_8sP4t_yNq4jX/w640-h150/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Shining / True Detective: Night Country<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_d1a1_7be9_c03a_fdaf" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbrkrPrqHBeFKBqQFv99Dgbar8RVAW6J5RFLhepdNL59zvOOrlmvIp7qIbn-vs2KK5MseA52u6zvtovj9fQ7xFMXMQSto_ZX564oVSsNuGOfgzVyn6kboWB2OoJnvLVr952QUyBOFQT_T6MdmyLQZ5Uo7334LZgOOD9TGCq-gBq1vKCAMdAcf84XoVjwDm/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="195" data-original-width="750" height="166" id="id_f0b8_ea93_f197_b698" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbrkrPrqHBeFKBqQFv99Dgbar8RVAW6J5RFLhepdNL59zvOOrlmvIp7qIbn-vs2KK5MseA52u6zvtovj9fQ7xFMXMQSto_ZX564oVSsNuGOfgzVyn6kboWB2OoJnvLVr952QUyBOFQT_T6MdmyLQZ5Uo7334LZgOOD9TGCq-gBq1vKCAMdAcf84XoVjwDm/w640-h166/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Shining / True Detective: Night Country<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_2ad1_28eb_7793_d96f" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1PTrIvmgwNN6BChBCyPOqB87QV5Y3BdyVjuBH4AnFgylW2jGUbZsCDT6igNz15gs-YVyY5hlkDHjh5vl_hZajHxplS90RHUnGyWMyEPkAfbI_MIegR096jHuRN073T2JSU3IsgicCmjNg0H2SBsPMrYDG9gWjLlszMYcIIv7A9JEDChH40u5ZFDeiIsZU/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="175" data-original-width="750" height="150" id="id_6781_f441_5ca0_cda4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1PTrIvmgwNN6BChBCyPOqB87QV5Y3BdyVjuBH4AnFgylW2jGUbZsCDT6igNz15gs-YVyY5hlkDHjh5vl_hZajHxplS90RHUnGyWMyEPkAfbI_MIegR096jHuRN073T2JSU3IsgicCmjNg0H2SBsPMrYDG9gWjLlszMYcIIv7A9JEDChH40u5ZFDeiIsZU/w640-h150/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Shining / True Detective: Night Country<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Oh, this reminds me of The Silence Of The Lambs</span></b></i> - Issa Lopez, The AVClub</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlatMNyK5icFNTI3e6ks_4_luxghnw-w4nHBodjr-5LTWS3m9h6wxGOTYOhPOx5Q0aVNq4XO3JghNXxALQy5utJcBLuVPc1L1tY81FtYZQWi1rqnnS35gnXL7uzcT0YymO0xNgh0vwG-OHtk2LuvIv4juY1NsAlJdZhZSrCornUUdUN5kXDqTBbcbTPP9f/s1776/IMG_3401.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="542" data-original-width="1776" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlatMNyK5icFNTI3e6ks_4_luxghnw-w4nHBodjr-5LTWS3m9h6wxGOTYOhPOx5Q0aVNq4XO3JghNXxALQy5utJcBLuVPc1L1tY81FtYZQWi1rqnnS35gnXL7uzcT0YymO0xNgh0vwG-OHtk2LuvIv4juY1NsAlJdZhZSrCornUUdUN5kXDqTBbcbTPP9f/w640-h196/IMG_3401.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Silence Of The Lambs / True Detective: Night Country</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>None of these have been confirmed but here a re few more scenes that I felt were homages...</div><div><br /><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsTGrO7nTXGMYZpu7j84-DlhQ3HaacaU3JFEogoVX7Dqxw4MO_fjOsaPmgwboVLw36ssFbelOCXrjNBRnbg_Hmzy3V_0aKem3TF5KP-694gkUXNCEoiCeCcXgyGH7SCfYJjlIM_eaYLNgrszCtZTwBjEZ9pYO3H1eOV5qVvTayrpn0I2qdwX07TMlDa5mO/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsTGrO7nTXGMYZpu7j84-DlhQ3HaacaU3JFEogoVX7Dqxw4MO_fjOsaPmgwboVLw36ssFbelOCXrjNBRnbg_Hmzy3V_0aKem3TF5KP-694gkUXNCEoiCeCcXgyGH7SCfYJjlIM_eaYLNgrszCtZTwBjEZ9pYO3H1eOV5qVvTayrpn0I2qdwX07TMlDa5mO/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Aliens<br />/ True Detective: Night Country</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_40bc_b5a0_8819_a18d" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHstf6wiIgzjegrndDMGL1bhGED1BwVwTWmLKfjjeL6es0HCFxIaDeln3qF0vgHHYOo-IJgwZ6m7drnZOKVLyDUOtLmIwOIwGDBEPSq2NscB3e0m_3Zq9ASpr3Fu-I3QruqGUV9JIRAAd7PXvGchugkIzEVYtgU75JQIkftInIBNDL_n_VV292_NFg4Zds/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="216" data-original-width="750" height="184" id="id_7444_bbff_d49a_8843" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHstf6wiIgzjegrndDMGL1bhGED1BwVwTWmLKfjjeL6es0HCFxIaDeln3qF0vgHHYOo-IJgwZ6m7drnZOKVLyDUOtLmIwOIwGDBEPSq2NscB3e0m_3Zq9ASpr3Fu-I3QruqGUV9JIRAAd7PXvGchugkIzEVYtgU75JQIkftInIBNDL_n_VV292_NFg4Zds/w640-h184/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Blair Witch Project / True Detective: Night Country</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" id="id_67c7_6aec_3a4b_3213" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/CF54_1kIsmU?si=MM1ywiO9YRTs0WO7" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The Exorcist / True Detective: Night Country</i></div><div><i><br /></i></div></div></div>Marcushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09550373157852267023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849113514286360449.post-54514269054502916432024-02-09T03:01:00.067-05:002024-02-09T11:09:11.373-05:00COWARDS BEND THE KNEE<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFVaGeI_fSYgNS9-I_ZLlBP18lsd7BlEAzEb_M7S9m0dvHNrgPdqnbB2V5xKXmDtVNhAZHkJie4AI75GPzfVBU5fHhxPZj7rCsQH5SG6BSWgyyh3e8xMatpIpv8QAlSXZHKmEgEW1TyHBGqViAFp5miEOzDgo4w8gEMHb7tyqgt2k7jzOlv8f6ArBVFSVB/s1063/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20085927.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="1063" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFVaGeI_fSYgNS9-I_ZLlBP18lsd7BlEAzEb_M7S9m0dvHNrgPdqnbB2V5xKXmDtVNhAZHkJie4AI75GPzfVBU5fHhxPZj7rCsQH5SG6BSWgyyh3e8xMatpIpv8QAlSXZHKmEgEW1TyHBGqViAFp5miEOzDgo4w8gEMHb7tyqgt2k7jzOlv8f6ArBVFSVB/w640-h386/Screenshot%202024-02-05%20085927.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Guy Maddin is a unique mixture of a wholesome amount of Canadian pride and immense self-depreciation due to what he feels is always being in perpetual second place to the Americans (his words, not mine). Maddin’s films are sometimes <i>so</i> specifically Canadian that I often need someone from there to explain some of the humor or references I felt like I didn’t catch at first. That isn't a complaint. The relationship between Americans and English-speaking Canadians has always been fascinating to me. We're essentially like bickering first cousins always taking jabs at each other.<br /><br />Over a decade ago I interviewed Guy Maddin and his self-depreciation crept it's way out of nowhere when answering a question that had nothing even do with Canada or the Canadian/American relationship:<br /><br />PINNLAND EMPIRE: <i>Who, in your opinion, is the best active filmmaker working right now?</i><br /><br />GUY MADDIN: <i>Without a doubt, Sokurov. Then Malick,<b><u> for those of us, like all Canadians, interested in second place finishers.</u></b></i><b><u><br /></u></b><br /><br />Most Guy Maddin interviews are full of half comical self-hate like the exchange above. When asked about Fritz Lang’s influence on his work he had this to say:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Fritz Lang had his own voice; sometimes it’s too cynical. I have mine, all lugubrious self-pity interlarded with a weird species of self-loathing narcissism</span></b></i> - Guy Maddin, Vice</div><br /><br />Knowing this about Maddin adds a whole other layer to this films. A lot of his self-deprecation manifests itself through a lot of the weird kinks & kink-shaming found in his work. Often times when we see something sexual in his movies it borders on a cuckold fantasy or some weird obsession with parts of the female body that isn't as openly accepted. Russ Meyer was a boob guy. Tarantino is a foot guy and Maddin appears to be very obsessed with the legs & thighs of his actors (both men and women) in a an almost masochistic kind of way...<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWXFYZa8q9QsvrbSvL5kzHHhujwGB3Vb5TUxnzFU05NnEqVPWm9jtTotxoMqckusZGWBRmuVxeToDF8fdw32w4piNntSRyUXPGe_bNI_IebQ-o_FA8I_JLfVnrBVwQbEhVaOuILvLyZSvhdbQaX9UyBL3e-MrOLnpHyl7U2nBpllPOU2CMCKVmFKcpjVDm/s1800/IMG_2729.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="1800" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWXFYZa8q9QsvrbSvL5kzHHhujwGB3Vb5TUxnzFU05NnEqVPWm9jtTotxoMqckusZGWBRmuVxeToDF8fdw32w4piNntSRyUXPGe_bNI_IebQ-o_FA8I_JLfVnrBVwQbEhVaOuILvLyZSvhdbQaX9UyBL3e-MrOLnpHyl7U2nBpllPOU2CMCKVmFKcpjVDm/w640-h480/IMG_2729.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Saddest Music In The World / Keyhole<br />The Forbbidden Room / Cowards Bend The Knee</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Maddin himself has name dropped Busby Berkeley as an early influence on his work so perhaps that explains some of the leg obsession?<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">I wanted to be Busby Berkeley, for crying out loud! I wanted to have chorus girls stomping their heels in my casting office</span></b></i> - Guy Maddin, Quietus</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEBBlL6MBd5eR2vuMv4mmDAlC7E4ggb45FbqOWipiYfeT7XbfA8g3RlBE5NH90C7Tu1KKoSf__iiPEJTpTziT3EzwLfxiR4XWPHLg8LkmWTtHajkabNICtqtnxUEopmlY9B7ItSMpr6A6Gp2wmKUy9B5clUA-_fC0lHBaulyRrPsSGbNXQsls_ocm4P_HH/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="560" data-original-width="750" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEBBlL6MBd5eR2vuMv4mmDAlC7E4ggb45FbqOWipiYfeT7XbfA8g3RlBE5NH90C7Tu1KKoSf__iiPEJTpTziT3EzwLfxiR4XWPHLg8LkmWTtHajkabNICtqtnxUEopmlY9B7ItSMpr6A6Gp2wmKUy9B5clUA-_fC0lHBaulyRrPsSGbNXQsls_ocm4P_HH/w640-h478/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Gold Diggers / The Saddest Music In The World</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>He also had <i>this </i>to say about Berkeley’s films:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">I used to get really turned on watching Busby Berkeley movies, maybe because the configurations of females in them reminded me of my own bowels, I’m not too sure. But I think it was because I was always viewing them through a keyhole drilled through a door that was seven or eight decades thick. It wasn’t until I shot Cowards Bend the Knee in 2002 that I had really explicit nudity, big flapping penises and breasts that the camera held on for a long time</span></b></i> - Guy Maddin, TheBeliever.net</div><br /><br />It’s also important to note that Guy Maddin is also heavily influenced by Luis Bunuel. Long before Tarantino was even born, Luis Bunuel was the original foot (and leg/thigh) worship director and that stuff is all throughout Maddin’s films...<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjap7gLlcr0NUsnMHN6q9hoAYZvdyvE7bwD1XAzmNPAse8T4stytIMgqzxDrZ_hBqLAt35J3gL7Hji3BSZG4sE0o95FEqe6HGKhn0R8591S_4Jrc8mFqQ2kVzCs_c6oQ3ne6k-OD7rvB_kX5NVxaOasAjAVnwn_bZk_3LZIPcgcMy7Z9EE0d37PzEfi0sIe/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="750" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjap7gLlcr0NUsnMHN6q9hoAYZvdyvE7bwD1XAzmNPAse8T4stytIMgqzxDrZ_hBqLAt35J3gL7Hji3BSZG4sE0o95FEqe6HGKhn0R8591S_4Jrc8mFqQ2kVzCs_c6oQ3ne6k-OD7rvB_kX5NVxaOasAjAVnwn_bZk_3LZIPcgcMy7Z9EE0d37PzEfi0sIe/w640-h296/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Young One / Cowards Bend The Knee<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>This one scene alone on the right from his feature debut paid homage to multiple Bunuel moments in one shot...</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Gv3Obo2MOtkFVeAhcQr6AfJ5mZ7fUeVEW9_BBdawzFd9bqE07ecmBCOZKzQgeMKaV4UczAvggC-puutj08IcWsnzbkUyXsXR3TEAVvQf-x47Z58ky-62iWYR8lRM61qHBOFfOXzNCriIU5ESxDdV0nJ95rC07VW0t8QRBLGCyyqbB1I60bfMg40b0X4b/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="750" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6Gv3Obo2MOtkFVeAhcQr6AfJ5mZ7fUeVEW9_BBdawzFd9bqE07ecmBCOZKzQgeMKaV4UczAvggC-puutj08IcWsnzbkUyXsXR3TEAVvQf-x47Z58ky-62iWYR8lRM61qHBOFfOXzNCriIU5ESxDdV0nJ95rC07VW0t8QRBLGCyyqbB1I60bfMg40b0X4b/w640-h240/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>L'Age d'Or / Tales From The Gimli Hospital</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk5icCjbBIv-quejMccEPSSF5SRryS2YCMwrDPU9o_igQO_UPLeEr6Wyhs4_7ov1oclmZMwgLRYHlfsXfSxSPk4-mNftYW5Eiaz8QJPF8znT_tWEzP-X_oA8ZqbHl4P-KHv7Z-fcjCs9CEIYWDqKRR0G8cie_tEhSK9u-vstQQCCETibP__8iLwSd7oHFa/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="283" data-original-width="750" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhk5icCjbBIv-quejMccEPSSF5SRryS2YCMwrDPU9o_igQO_UPLeEr6Wyhs4_7ov1oclmZMwgLRYHlfsXfSxSPk4-mNftYW5Eiaz8QJPF8znT_tWEzP-X_oA8ZqbHl4P-KHv7Z-fcjCs9CEIYWDqKRR0G8cie_tEhSK9u-vstQQCCETibP__8iLwSd7oHFa/w640-h242/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>El / Tales From The Gimli Hospital</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwZuiBd-5PbH4v9OoR6M37A9RlCBmvnf9kE23cUhYMcShbDgNWUJ5y-StFxHRKo6iNXrt1Wo7BjMkyWqabsqvhoURWONYyinA2MJyr_Z2WlzJOeXgOFGF4EPC9TH2KQHpIMRBPmDKYMzPPHTbBmKBVyFSYhmemjZyMtO7zMhEaClN9o4tPj-uX6CDMCvGi/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="282" data-original-width="750" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwZuiBd-5PbH4v9OoR6M37A9RlCBmvnf9kE23cUhYMcShbDgNWUJ5y-StFxHRKo6iNXrt1Wo7BjMkyWqabsqvhoURWONYyinA2MJyr_Z2WlzJOeXgOFGF4EPC9TH2KQHpIMRBPmDKYMzPPHTbBmKBVyFSYhmemjZyMtO7zMhEaClN9o4tPj-uX6CDMCvGi/w640-h240/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Simon Of The Desert / Tales From The Gimli Hospital</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Guy Maddin is one of those filmmakers that’s difficult to pin down with just one movie but if I had to suggest a definitive film - it would be between <i>My Winnipeg</i> and <i>Cowards Bend The Knee</i>. I’d give the edge to <i>Cowards </i>because <i>My Winnipeg</i> is not only very autobiographical (much like <i>Cowards</i>) but it's incredibly specific to a certain region of Canada. If you watch that movie cold without knowing much about his fimlography - it almost feels like doing homework. You almost have to do some research on Winnipeg, Canada before and after watching it. Normally that sounds like the kind of thing you’d watch to get to know someone and where they come from but it’s <i>so </i>personal and sometimes <i>so </i>uncomfortable that you need a buffer film before diving all the way in. <div>This is where <i>Cowards Bend The Knee</i> comes in. It highlights everything that makes a Guy Maddin film what it is - kinks, shame, regret, grief, dark humor, fast-paced chaotic editing, hockey and lots of Bunuel homages.<br /><br />And not just homages that highlight the legs, thighs & feet I mentioned earlier. Maddin tips his hat to Bunuel in so many ways in <i>Cowards</i>...<div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioyovPgfuypDkD5z-j8SKXIperubptFVpjnPG47MgvSUJ_-7U3OpE1tOGnmTw4axMFbsURW0lA07ec6yEMzbVkSXt9qDMvjU1SjnFR9HTPmkIm0hjgpu9DfMVAC_rfewMtcoGk1VKVM63EMJ_YkZC-q8wAn1rK73GlICkZRJ5hxds4eYgQ6HKmeDsZ2Lbh/s1280/20210212_122550.GIF" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioyovPgfuypDkD5z-j8SKXIperubptFVpjnPG47MgvSUJ_-7U3OpE1tOGnmTw4axMFbsURW0lA07ec6yEMzbVkSXt9qDMvjU1SjnFR9HTPmkIm0hjgpu9DfMVAC_rfewMtcoGk1VKVM63EMJ_YkZC-q8wAn1rK73GlICkZRJ5hxds4eYgQ6HKmeDsZ2Lbh/w480-h640/20210212_122550.GIF" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Un Chien Andalou / <br />Cowards Bend The Knee</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyG4NjMOjEOrYkB6teBVgW17VMTa2YS_4wsjw2KV1rNDEob6xSsYbmHxq8TVFH4Gcdc5wEgDTU93cLGiXTt32k4UDiyUEqIRSWi_XwG61bX1xz4PK4IcOaFBB1uKyxOydnzloJ_VtIMpSxzVXUq1sVdjks-oLbLSZo7itJpl9BM40FpxF7Bz_GdnDXmc-p/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="282" data-original-width="750" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyG4NjMOjEOrYkB6teBVgW17VMTa2YS_4wsjw2KV1rNDEob6xSsYbmHxq8TVFH4Gcdc5wEgDTU93cLGiXTt32k4UDiyUEqIRSWi_XwG61bX1xz4PK4IcOaFBB1uKyxOydnzloJ_VtIMpSxzVXUq1sVdjks-oLbLSZo7itJpl9BM40FpxF7Bz_GdnDXmc-p/w640-h240/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>L'Age d'Or / Cowards Bend The Knee</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixQuheIQ1CXF_g4LnUUNDc1kcdrqvEx65_7S1qBtu9c8lzSmSL0HOoYe9f2uuu58Igz9LZV4ggLBkXE-bPt0DKIxjGVI5EQwmiNvXw4Y5GT53M5oxNwqo16pBli6LiFUucUszjcRL1U-KaiucLoebOkcV2AQeYiKJfuf1Pu4aOd1U6h8w5ZzjWCuVtlab7/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="282" data-original-width="750" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixQuheIQ1CXF_g4LnUUNDc1kcdrqvEx65_7S1qBtu9c8lzSmSL0HOoYe9f2uuu58Igz9LZV4ggLBkXE-bPt0DKIxjGVI5EQwmiNvXw4Y5GT53M5oxNwqo16pBli6LiFUucUszjcRL1U-KaiucLoebOkcV2AQeYiKJfuf1Pu4aOd1U6h8w5ZzjWCuVtlab7/w640-h240/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Exterminating Angel / Cowards Bend The Knee</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhNFQHfyXwQ1AwA0aj9MYPC0c7qja7wiN47SvElK6cMdonTNJF5LIfBVxAJoigaDrJ_h5K4PtpA5Fdqzh9Hq1OaYF5KGM2YgxAAXhDjelO6x0M6zehiwzn7cQYOBq9RlFP6HJjpi6-v5GN_Yq9m9_NSX6Ikd48qk8-4tklup49CyTKWs13177HObdpMYO7/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="378" data-original-width="750" height="322" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhNFQHfyXwQ1AwA0aj9MYPC0c7qja7wiN47SvElK6cMdonTNJF5LIfBVxAJoigaDrJ_h5K4PtpA5Fdqzh9Hq1OaYF5KGM2YgxAAXhDjelO6x0M6zehiwzn7cQYOBq9RlFP6HJjpi6-v5GN_Yq9m9_NSX6Ikd48qk8-4tklup49CyTKWs13177HObdpMYO7/w640-h322/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Exterminating Angel / Cowards Bend The Knee<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicYDwlYWy4-Xnxm2pieAMPNrTkvTlKJh7iyIW8f4T7OfVDY2sFxJ-gjngig5NmwhQMK-EzCdHcfaEKarL9u_F_vntpHznlc1-zPGY_oUbefPHTdRwRNi8m3jMDHd0eD3thCm50NCeSHLD4OJhJS_ToffJPfZJMwoPabYrsMutNgZdNuTdBZdIsNZgYBxZ1/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="376" data-original-width="750" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicYDwlYWy4-Xnxm2pieAMPNrTkvTlKJh7iyIW8f4T7OfVDY2sFxJ-gjngig5NmwhQMK-EzCdHcfaEKarL9u_F_vntpHznlc1-zPGY_oUbefPHTdRwRNi8m3jMDHd0eD3thCm50NCeSHLD4OJhJS_ToffJPfZJMwoPabYrsMutNgZdNuTdBZdIsNZgYBxZ1/w640-h320/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Un Chien Andalou / Cowards Bend The Knee<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguFL8K2UhUB5v7JjU3ANH4zZ0YHZsKPqPBnBXXMrWel_hBOVr1ejztSoy-biQWTFxD7oFB8iTILPk-_5J_IwEAAKlf8H3H_85nrJlY7rxuMAx1jYdameLehZeO-lxsw5cMFHVp3XDoM6r7YJz8t-TimYpD4xVhmu39_hYSVTUPxlcDHa1s0omXrdHOxLKu/s1280/20210212_122631.GIF" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1280" data-original-width="960" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguFL8K2UhUB5v7JjU3ANH4zZ0YHZsKPqPBnBXXMrWel_hBOVr1ejztSoy-biQWTFxD7oFB8iTILPk-_5J_IwEAAKlf8H3H_85nrJlY7rxuMAx1jYdameLehZeO-lxsw5cMFHVp3XDoM6r7YJz8t-TimYpD4xVhmu39_hYSVTUPxlcDHa1s0omXrdHOxLKu/w480-h640/20210212_122631.GIF" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>L'Age d'OR / <br />Cowards Bend The Knee<br /><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>In the film, a star hockey player (“Guy”) has to deal with his ailing mother and the disappointing news that he’ll be a father. </div><div><i>Cowards The Bend Knee</i> also taps in to Maddin’s obsession with David Lynch’s <i>Eraserhead</i>. I mean - the autobiographical reluctant fatherhood angle in <i>Cowards </i>comes right out of <i>Eraserhead</i>…<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">ERASERHEAD really hit me hard. I was really impressed. It was a big influence</span></b></i> - Guy Maddin, Fandor</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggxffZ9GgtXmsQ3xVSxEhHtZgtfSBKkMNqzR1EBEJAa9Ju4P5VM6dnfHzgWV03XJPi9fCrbS69hRyxoHLDl2woYDk6c05VBkXtl87I9z292OOmU9F5-BJBuV2llX6OPDoKILx5OHO4hXrDYrNq3u27qHeqcZupkev8nzHCpU_r9lH82T05ZWuGsTpwETHB/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="750" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggxffZ9GgtXmsQ3xVSxEhHtZgtfSBKkMNqzR1EBEJAa9Ju4P5VM6dnfHzgWV03XJPi9fCrbS69hRyxoHLDl2woYDk6c05VBkXtl87I9z292OOmU9F5-BJBuV2llX6OPDoKILx5OHO4hXrDYrNq3u27qHeqcZupkev8nzHCpU_r9lH82T05ZWuGsTpwETHB/w640-h360/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Eraserhead /<br />Cowards Bend The Knee</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">There’s something I’ve learned about myself, and it goes back to when I first saw ERASERHEAD</span></b></i> - Guy Maddin, criterion</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI9OajMWwlgsh77n5FRqyvrUMPz7ruJwY3pn5EVT8OHXWbd8AnjaL7f6E9TA53xdsVzA9I83Pm5_SQGJ_NNslZdIqz8GN2dDYWp4zgqrjgAJTgVR4vW1qbxpu5evZbVKTG4ACAsE2Zrn7MFuPlIxQO6xKXFScgvP95TAzzbxFeSv1HHLVs3i6tgqIdVKj4/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="282" data-original-width="750" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI9OajMWwlgsh77n5FRqyvrUMPz7ruJwY3pn5EVT8OHXWbd8AnjaL7f6E9TA53xdsVzA9I83Pm5_SQGJ_NNslZdIqz8GN2dDYWp4zgqrjgAJTgVR4vW1qbxpu5evZbVKTG4ACAsE2Zrn7MFuPlIxQO6xKXFScgvP95TAzzbxFeSv1HHLVs3i6tgqIdVKj4/w640-h240/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Eraserhead /<br />Cowards Bend The Knee</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">It goes back to when I first saw Eraserhead and started looking up every interview possible with David Lynch</span></b></i> - Guy Maddin, criterion</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />This is a chaotic yet beautiful look in to the mind of a talented yet self-loathing Canadian with a twisted sense of humor that I can’t recommend enough. Make sure to follow it up with what I consider to be the unofficial sequel: My Winnipeg (which we’ll delve into to later this year).<div><br /></div></div></div>Marcushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09550373157852267023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849113514286360449.post-76298088077538912232024-02-01T06:01:00.002-05:002024-02-02T09:16:30.202-05:00A FEW WORDS ON THE CINEMATIC INFLUENCES ON SALTBURN <p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_c422_7fd6_7070_4e56" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP0O-h0dUmBNEVnOWD_CFvFx5i7nCHFjIhLv5mMzqJV1MNGSFutOciXW-BoqjjqgcCcZyhJ1Y_GemPvntkN3jGiUR8Z3hweI0F65mg3_uRuby5MtNxzF7g5HzuqOO-a6ReQwg7GCz7JiIG-Ch00Ejm-h3RaiOvoofsWipHjG-twzqwcy22qZ0QQc6R7Bqh/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="750" height="182" id="id_843b_b64e_fe37_9634" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP0O-h0dUmBNEVnOWD_CFvFx5i7nCHFjIhLv5mMzqJV1MNGSFutOciXW-BoqjjqgcCcZyhJ1Y_GemPvntkN3jGiUR8Z3hweI0F65mg3_uRuby5MtNxzF7g5HzuqOO-a6ReQwg7GCz7JiIG-Ch00Ejm-h3RaiOvoofsWipHjG-twzqwcy22qZ0QQc6R7Bqh/w640-h182/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Shining / Saltburn</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">The biggest praise I have for <i>Saltburn</i> is that Rosemund Pike was finally given a role worthy of her talents. I don’t care if you like <i>Saltburn</i> or not (I thought it was “fine” overall). But I don’t think it can be denied that once she appears in the film around the 30-something minute mark - the tone completely changes. I mean that in the best way possible. The movie just instantly becomes better. It’s a testament to her aura. Richard Grant’s performance shouldn’t go unnoticed nor should Barry Keoghan’s (this is yet another example of how he shines best when he plays a deceptive little freak like in <i>The Killing Of A Sacred Deer</i>).</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">But this isn’t a review of <i>Saltburn</i>. Enough has already been said about the movie. We don’t need another opinion on it floating around. I also get that some folks don’t like Emerald Fennell or her films because she’s a privileged white person that has said some weird things in interviews but we’re not here for that. I don’t care. Please save those think-piece criticisms for Letterboxd, tik tok or an extra long Twitter/X thread that I will be sure to scroll past.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">What I’m most fascinated with are the film’s influences and how open Fennell has been about her cinematic reference points (while not every film referenced in <i>Saltburn </i>is easily recognizable - the amount of reference points are almost on the same level as something like <i>Pulp Fiction</i>). </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">I found it strange that there were so many video packages of her talking about her influences with almost <i>no</i> actual side-by-side comparisons in said video packages so I went ahead and complied some. I’m sure I missed a few so please make sure to share some you feel I may have left out (again - this is just about references. I don’t care if you hated <i>Saltburn</i> or not).</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Kubrick’s dedication to building a world to making a film is something that I have always kind of looked to</i> </span></b><span style="font-size: 17px;">- Emerald Fennell, IGV Presents </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_f922_10f_b2d9_1d40" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtmzMDn86Rt09Eprc7HwMe-uvJckSqI_b5Vuy3Nkgd1VFWE0fyp4XqC2NZh_cfgcQP-QCKbFyN1sV0SgWzBeT7_D8XC5dKcIuFgynjyMpMFQjBeZm5CiMRmpWpuhi1gBGZKYAsYcLAod_gLdA7miyXb4Os_CroRQCKnQgrFMlr3gWDqvk5qC2gWY4BfPwg/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="229" data-original-width="750" height="196" id="id_303_401_dfa3_4602" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtmzMDn86Rt09Eprc7HwMe-uvJckSqI_b5Vuy3Nkgd1VFWE0fyp4XqC2NZh_cfgcQP-QCKbFyN1sV0SgWzBeT7_D8XC5dKcIuFgynjyMpMFQjBeZm5CiMRmpWpuhi1gBGZKYAsYcLAod_gLdA7miyXb4Os_CroRQCKnQgrFMlr3gWDqvk5qC2gWY4BfPwg/w640-h196/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_cb3_1085_4a9_a2bb" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Shining / Saltburn<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_c7a3_51fb_a163_10ac" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Even without these quotes it’s pretty obvious that just about any modern thriller that takes place inside of a big mansion is going to get <i>some </i>comparison Kubrick’s <i>The Shining</i>… </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_2565_4961_7b5_f7b7" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2uv11cWUeL-v3AOGEjv92E1VAYMGAaPGcf7UIXjrMuePG-QZ-arDAKE3Vl5zKV_4rwx2v_gCjo3am1p3FFrxO0-dk9CWb_raq_6YriX2Jte_ZVcYXTrlFqANanbBNezAbgOaY4z4gZ_9BABeOPZghtCldDbABHPz2CwILfLxTbzfHnkgEN78-hNfAHEQK/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="248" data-original-width="750" height="212" id="id_3de3_57ba_757d_fd12" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2uv11cWUeL-v3AOGEjv92E1VAYMGAaPGcf7UIXjrMuePG-QZ-arDAKE3Vl5zKV_4rwx2v_gCjo3am1p3FFrxO0-dk9CWb_raq_6YriX2Jte_ZVcYXTrlFqANanbBNezAbgOaY4z4gZ_9BABeOPZghtCldDbABHPz2CwILfLxTbzfHnkgEN78-hNfAHEQK/w640-h212/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_ce94_4da0_7728_8049" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Shining / Saltburn</i></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_fa7f_e345_23fb_3998" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJjmjmf6VZ34bNGOmQyzrzX0Gq37eip49glbVsgWJ6k67Kyg9NqqUUr73gY_-cqIVkNFYGuM0Z2qBE8IAcIlKi_Z4Iuzg6krJIlN1FzDuqXHkbVFbCxWHeSwtEuVCkIrH0rqtVWeTa1vXrS7xYxAeovrpCg2ZJXWwaoFezyyQT7zDR7uB3GR-F8I2W6NSb/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="750" height="182" id="id_2511_faef_947_7c06" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJjmjmf6VZ34bNGOmQyzrzX0Gq37eip49glbVsgWJ6k67Kyg9NqqUUr73gY_-cqIVkNFYGuM0Z2qBE8IAcIlKi_Z4Iuzg6krJIlN1FzDuqXHkbVFbCxWHeSwtEuVCkIrH0rqtVWeTa1vXrS7xYxAeovrpCg2ZJXWwaoFezyyQT7zDR7uB3GR-F8I2W6NSb/w640-h182/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Shining / Saltburn<br /><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Fennell is also just big fan of Kubrick all together:</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><b>We can thrill to the transgressive behaviour of [violent gang] the droogs in the way we can thrill to the transgressive behaviour of Saltburn's utterly entitled snobs</b></i></span><span style="font-size: 17px;"> - Ermerald Fennell, The Face Magazine </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><br /></span></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_7f9d_195f_741d_7e5a" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoEbNJAbKIXKTxaE__R7ZR9u0RDuaKYgne2Ruooi1Q0FB6qduO2c3f6wiX8UAuB9YsbPvDSBL4XXLg-2cPNU55CuBFlKeLea7xPNxB8fx-WPOUQSKR4uzQ9h7NiWPd1ZbPueeIZzCZEdLNz-OvxK99V5JjlywDHrD6iMqYBdi4mubhFt469XBWGlBhwzft/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="font-size: medium; 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font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_5d1a_c611_48a4_cb5e" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8rdbv-u-wZiDp01A9yozLCI_j4j3tFj_qBArCfDU80WI_o6gka6ZbvVn9erHeioC-zsBldFnSRicvi30Cy0lH2-n4nf24yWDfpsz-Ytp7zk8J2ZqNixixabyDbiZLoa6fTtHpLvycyAajV6pWrIpRwPrtg5qp75XMnGaLrS-6cRgK1c9AQkfCZtztqzUD/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="212" data-original-width="750" height="180" id="id_a87b_e299_c45b_b333" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8rdbv-u-wZiDp01A9yozLCI_j4j3tFj_qBArCfDU80WI_o6gka6ZbvVn9erHeioC-zsBldFnSRicvi30Cy0lH2-n4nf24yWDfpsz-Ytp7zk8J2ZqNixixabyDbiZLoa6fTtHpLvycyAajV6pWrIpRwPrtg5qp75XMnGaLrS-6cRgK1c9AQkfCZtztqzUD/w640-h180/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>A Clockwork Orange / Saltburn<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">But putting the obvious Kubrick/<i>Shining</i> influence aside, Fennell pulls from other classic psychological thrillers that take place primarily within a home/mansion like <i>The Servant</i> and <i>The Innocents</i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><i><br /></i></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><i> </i><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="315" id="id_3593_b4c4_4f23_b572" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/foOIfpoDX04?si=3vbd-G94yKi_yDS4" title="YouTube video player" width="560"></iframe> </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">I think it [The Servant]’s one of the all-time great movies </span></b></i><span style="font-size: 17px;">- Emerald Fennell, IGV Presents </span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_d943_9901_bdf8_74e8" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBF3nCUQYXnewmGezOHQMm_v1bPkclMFw1qOk7AEMvV3ryTyixgLUy838JKf9EOWHZ78ntTx-sEqs9_zIZa3ImLDfh6eNAOY-_POZc9sKCdtHLzWomQafccwyY5lyphZSnT3WpbVGJVqzjSudE6QuMI5c208zLn70n2RnXSI1FGwuf6mhjHpL6641DSUwB/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="249" data-original-width="750" height="212" id="id_e9a1_d013_32dc_7a09" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBF3nCUQYXnewmGezOHQMm_v1bPkclMFw1qOk7AEMvV3ryTyixgLUy838JKf9EOWHZ78ntTx-sEqs9_zIZa3ImLDfh6eNAOY-_POZc9sKCdtHLzWomQafccwyY5lyphZSnT3WpbVGJVqzjSudE6QuMI5c208zLn70n2RnXSI1FGwuf6mhjHpL6641DSUwB/w640-h212/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Servant / Saltburn<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_e14f_484a_f945_78ae" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQUjtmaB9eMnMe-LFZ7lQxrJpNCkGAJ-XVpppmMm-kqkqZnEbWlylETHaORclodPMc7p4QT81cCU2-6U9ZSgdwA6hHlCcsvoW5khTYBK-sxOQCjwlNUmZE7UmVYBfHUTHZMrf02A0Mx4LuF9-MAvVFF91An4IZV3p-J6uX6XldylExojG-1Beo5ZVyEfek/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="750" height="180" id="id_600b_72c8_aca0_ce1c" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQUjtmaB9eMnMe-LFZ7lQxrJpNCkGAJ-XVpppmMm-kqkqZnEbWlylETHaORclodPMc7p4QT81cCU2-6U9ZSgdwA6hHlCcsvoW5khTYBK-sxOQCjwlNUmZE7UmVYBfHUTHZMrf02A0Mx4LuF9-MAvVFF91An4IZV3p-J6uX6XldylExojG-1Beo5ZVyEfek/w640-h180/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Servant / Saltburn</span><br style="font-style: italic;" /></td></tr></tbody></table><br />If you're familiar with both films then you might notice that Fennell essentially splits up the Hugo Barrett Servant character in to both Oliver <i>and </i>Duncan from <i>Saltburn</i><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_28a0_fd98_ffa0_60e1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHIxxEQimKF3cLKoueyHtn0Yyl-bm_uBgJW2KCfYluVmHmvgan4yql4osSoLjSY4OSk508ZhFsKz0foLulSTKDefRV8rHZafgqbvOilnFzx5IXrR8LakL-SA0SAXQ-FASdQ79glXwMZab4s7NHB4IH7Td8FMKT2gzcjfT7ZbKbo9zo5oS2I-CNE-IWKK1W/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="256" data-original-width="750" height="218" id="id_d200_a136_bdd8_255f" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHIxxEQimKF3cLKoueyHtn0Yyl-bm_uBgJW2KCfYluVmHmvgan4yql4osSoLjSY4OSk508ZhFsKz0foLulSTKDefRV8rHZafgqbvOilnFzx5IXrR8LakL-SA0SAXQ-FASdQ79glXwMZab4s7NHB4IH7Td8FMKT2gzcjfT7ZbKbo9zo5oS2I-CNE-IWKK1W/w640-h218/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Servant / Saltburn</span><br style="font-style: italic;" /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The use of space in the house itself is kind of unbelievably well used and is very much like a character in its own which is kind of very important to me when thinking about something like Saltburn</span></b></i><span style="font-size: 17px;"> - Emerald Fennell, IGV Presents</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_38e7_a0b8_821c_84bd" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8YnhDJsDbsNKtkATrbbrmc-1rWEW4yPVSRevkv-fviCi2VruN1b5tKb4Bu1jQt4_Esc_hML-aDukCtihD2bYei9ouvchFnDiOt8OreSTPsTRG_J2aX8NHuxuLofo9TJ8PtfJR6N37g0FnEl5bTEMEDWryzrZMgPsXusXHEysx_uJ2gEGgQOAFdS6GGcUg/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="259" data-original-width="750" height="222" id="id_abbc_1df8_a0c_2406" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8YnhDJsDbsNKtkATrbbrmc-1rWEW4yPVSRevkv-fviCi2VruN1b5tKb4Bu1jQt4_Esc_hML-aDukCtihD2bYei9ouvchFnDiOt8OreSTPsTRG_J2aX8NHuxuLofo9TJ8PtfJR6N37g0FnEl5bTEMEDWryzrZMgPsXusXHEysx_uJ2gEGgQOAFdS6GGcUg/w640-h222/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Innocents / Saltburn</span><br style="font-style: italic;" /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_902e_dffb_8153_b1a" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtSqEWGmmaTpURWYaRk5ULdPhaPkLA2Ez5mnTqCLvbfGvfWYoxPTWPVRvjFf3GOUonJbvi0UC9ONra9dyHdds_TA2jVjLXpWTfR4OCpiKJyPTaDJR17eiPwXaEUobiCuhgDOH4kpLMTT0Uk_l_u41TUQDrggK9_-awhIaUR8w1ujolf6AlFjZoTXEE43tW/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="248" data-original-width="750" height="212" id="id_27a7_5602_543c_3acf" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtSqEWGmmaTpURWYaRk5ULdPhaPkLA2Ez5mnTqCLvbfGvfWYoxPTWPVRvjFf3GOUonJbvi0UC9ONra9dyHdds_TA2jVjLXpWTfR4OCpiKJyPTaDJR17eiPwXaEUobiCuhgDOH4kpLMTT0Uk_l_u41TUQDrggK9_-awhIaUR8w1ujolf6AlFjZoTXEE43tW/w640-h212/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Innocents / Saltburn</span><br style="font-style: italic;" /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_5651_fce7_bb66_12b5" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq0So9faKVbm1iRtLe4HcJ4UYvwgXGsHNakFevYdCgZoXg_l_jqQnDXgQwwjQxg7LLtjQ_VZbrnAiuxvh0B8hmFy3x_72jxsKM3A6mJumuiy8yjgqWNU5s3YQs_qFjNud1qRtQuj3HlU4xEnaiHCOaFC6GtZnyBhPFPA9xeXeQQeCTbYXLXGj0f-jUrv2f/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="249" data-original-width="750" height="212" id="id_ee6_9a82_98bb_dc63" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq0So9faKVbm1iRtLe4HcJ4UYvwgXGsHNakFevYdCgZoXg_l_jqQnDXgQwwjQxg7LLtjQ_VZbrnAiuxvh0B8hmFy3x_72jxsKM3A6mJumuiy8yjgqWNU5s3YQs_qFjNud1qRtQuj3HlU4xEnaiHCOaFC6GtZnyBhPFPA9xeXeQQeCTbYXLXGj0f-jUrv2f/w640-h212/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Innocents / Saltburn</span><br style="font-style: italic;" /></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">there's a very famous shot across a pond with a woman across a pond with a woman just sitting in some reads that I think it is one of the most brilliant horror shots ever made</span></b></i><span style="font-size: 17px;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: 17px; text-align: center;">- Emerald Fennell, IGV Presents</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_da44_811b_f6aa_18f8" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIp9yiHFaZQwYSk5qmkqIdWKV1V6_j9kmQhxFRR1QOnaK7xuIh2jv1eq37G2-sx2KssSz8C8gG8S6A0TrUgibbr3z6RBjugDjOmYcB0gWSj9cXbjqPq9dw8D9VsbFYyhaztelez5spv1NJQkr72Odyzo_nXMiRGGgQNx8IPCJmu_fwD-GWeW4WUxdL_F77/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="249" data-original-width="750" height="212" id="id_66ef_4a29_dbb_c7b2" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIp9yiHFaZQwYSk5qmkqIdWKV1V6_j9kmQhxFRR1QOnaK7xuIh2jv1eq37G2-sx2KssSz8C8gG8S6A0TrUgibbr3z6RBjugDjOmYcB0gWSj9cXbjqPq9dw8D9VsbFYyhaztelez5spv1NJQkr72Odyzo_nXMiRGGgQNx8IPCJmu_fwD-GWeW4WUxdL_F77/w640-h212/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Innocents / Saltburn</span><br style="font-style: italic;" /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">She also pulls from older British films like <i>Kind Hearts and Coronets</i>…</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">I think it’s really sort of perceptive about the British class system and kind of quite a dangerous satire</span></b></i><span style="font-size: 17px;"> - Emerald Fennell, IGV Presents</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_adaa_29be_d1ef_d0e5" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWeQG6fH5vjFVRRFSKr_Ah5zyHZt4bvzK8XJyqBQduuJm2qldd5LyTYYKk1WmMRNj9YDVHTom29Eq513JMQGLbr2ZB0XQiViOEiuztac3FsYp_OWSEcmzxgvCJRCeicxo4Sf8vucDHsX_wJWflnR7s9SLKMCuHZWyR0UKGlACbJIpATQpI1M_uYTeA82Ei/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="249" data-original-width="750" height="212" id="id_fbec_966d_8b8e_6e3c" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWeQG6fH5vjFVRRFSKr_Ah5zyHZt4bvzK8XJyqBQduuJm2qldd5LyTYYKk1WmMRNj9YDVHTom29Eq513JMQGLbr2ZB0XQiViOEiuztac3FsYp_OWSEcmzxgvCJRCeicxo4Sf8vucDHsX_wJWflnR7s9SLKMCuHZWyR0UKGlACbJIpATQpI1M_uYTeA82Ei/w640-h212/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: italic;">Kind Hearts and Coronets / Saltburn</span><br style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: italic;" /></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_407c_ada_776c_6fb6" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJYDKx9lGxtkDBnXc9e_VSQDxwoGrRo8frXIk5fMnkkPeTc-0YzOR9ypdYW3arXHfE0xpPXU16_xg1IsQkBJDJeZUtOpAnT-J-wE2N7zbQX-S50oOp492JlT5CXlsBVej__zcorSqhMeJ4UTkwGGHmAd49W3gbbnlpPR6FWTPl7Cl7izsPKNO7gpanLaD3/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="750" height="216" id="id_937a_9849_b44c_bb5" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJYDKx9lGxtkDBnXc9e_VSQDxwoGrRo8frXIk5fMnkkPeTc-0YzOR9ypdYW3arXHfE0xpPXU16_xg1IsQkBJDJeZUtOpAnT-J-wE2N7zbQX-S50oOp492JlT5CXlsBVej__zcorSqhMeJ4UTkwGGHmAd49W3gbbnlpPR6FWTPl7Cl7izsPKNO7gpanLaD3/w640-h216/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: italic;">Kind Hearts and Coronets / Saltburn</span><br style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: italic;" /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_1e2e_9255_e6dc_bdbb" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjym6dq9OJYo4LOpqOVmuu0-NFoDohVOJYqVvMIHRuz7bI4RZBj3YZMrLzsNgnz04irZHkg3mHUEq5EiK6laJbR3gQrsTnptnLyhvRJAepXor6pdIHoIsl3OeYhhxzPth1X2jN18SV9rk7Aiyq8kGyLCqSQH-TaN0VSlysP8b_zYc_0EzQhp4f1EWOeFmlf/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="251" data-original-width="750" height="214" id="id_820e_433b_34b0_6410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjym6dq9OJYo4LOpqOVmuu0-NFoDohVOJYqVvMIHRuz7bI4RZBj3YZMrLzsNgnz04irZHkg3mHUEq5EiK6laJbR3gQrsTnptnLyhvRJAepXor6pdIHoIsl3OeYhhxzPth1X2jN18SV9rk7Aiyq8kGyLCqSQH-TaN0VSlysP8b_zYc_0EzQhp4f1EWOeFmlf/w640-h214/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: italic;">Kind Hearts and Coronets / Saltburn</span><br style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: italic;" /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_6d06_d82a_f409_aae0" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFbng-7cor0gTG0OX4KCBwBhBBImeJeqPAsHoJHrMTlLW4Eat72WxzGrCWCDcVj3lk93YdfeMWHcTGGqClXddyRw2PE7os0sXCGI2trDX4-ElOG_QvjXDNVmO8hItqb3LauJq3CEWhFvcGFfsZc-fJLNKc3g2U0saAunzGzWcN8ZHvxWQSKnUKi7WMzjdc/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="750" height="214" id="id_855c_8e49_6869_dea6" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFbng-7cor0gTG0OX4KCBwBhBBImeJeqPAsHoJHrMTlLW4Eat72WxzGrCWCDcVj3lk93YdfeMWHcTGGqClXddyRw2PE7os0sXCGI2trDX4-ElOG_QvjXDNVmO8hItqb3LauJq3CEWhFvcGFfsZc-fJLNKc3g2U0saAunzGzWcN8ZHvxWQSKnUKi7WMzjdc/w640-h214/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: italic;">Kind Hearts and Coronets / Saltburn</span><br style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: italic;" /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Fennell does draw inspiration from more modern filmmakers like Sofia Coppola...</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sofia Coppola is a great example of the modern American Gothic</span></b></i> - Emrald Fennell, Glamour Magazine</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_ea97_628d_7142_fccf" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgenfX_HdkHmuANq_GJ8aThdyTMnkZGXq0dQOsCiNXLke0H1pQiz4QziRCXa2nfObKUNUEMcvHG4Yf0A_mfnUWGDso0YYRxsDf1IcDIO12BdjFdSK20tKtO3aqzHR1JNSzFOrbw7tat8_1iSMc7Id_Mfi21k-g25lID95-9FoMhBI0DQ4fJcDN_GfVcXfae/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="227" data-original-width="750" height="194" id="id_15ae_7cd6_2bb2_3f76" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgenfX_HdkHmuANq_GJ8aThdyTMnkZGXq0dQOsCiNXLke0H1pQiz4QziRCXa2nfObKUNUEMcvHG4Yf0A_mfnUWGDso0YYRxsDf1IcDIO12BdjFdSK20tKtO3aqzHR1JNSzFOrbw7tat8_1iSMc7Id_Mfi21k-g25lID95-9FoMhBI0DQ4fJcDN_GfVcXfae/w640-h194/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Virgin Suicides / Saltburn<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_fdcb_58bb_4b46_dad7" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnezQX2WGWaSMhF1xgBSUKhZzMAVmU0twyKvKfEW90jQpe4ss1Bu-AdqZJXI7pKz4lvCUge0XBZNSAO9E4il5yGbgKrPk4fYtzOu5f_wKc6SZSxJ7DLUKKi-uvdLw52L6wH1RsL7710VYXn4TxtPiGYu76keh7cM07nMwH5ozhqghf_yyp9NNYrkypV7VA/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="750" height="180" id="id_a376_1569_6de2_6150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnezQX2WGWaSMhF1xgBSUKhZzMAVmU0twyKvKfEW90jQpe4ss1Bu-AdqZJXI7pKz4lvCUge0XBZNSAO9E4il5yGbgKrPk4fYtzOu5f_wKc6SZSxJ7DLUKKi-uvdLw52L6wH1RsL7710VYXn4TxtPiGYu76keh7cM07nMwH5ozhqghf_yyp9NNYrkypV7VA/w640-h180/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Marie Antoinette / Saltburn</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_a30d_21c_5b0b_1c6e" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjflPDn4UaPCAvFULQxqQqUteJtdZgzF-dqwuh9lG-U8LwRapDYZ53EOy7AvU3jbwpobDN4rJwdKAMXt7fP6ohiVmZzTjv9X2lQCsotKdwxmR7ltT5MSuxPR2XaxzejZi3Jbrh_BBEo3Eux4Bf875NE5xqkOkLunJpGAuZg1GcBIHBjNoJpx67GUW404rvU/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="750" height="180" id="id_c607_662_f2c6_d60" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjflPDn4UaPCAvFULQxqQqUteJtdZgzF-dqwuh9lG-U8LwRapDYZ53EOy7AvU3jbwpobDN4rJwdKAMXt7fP6ohiVmZzTjv9X2lQCsotKdwxmR7ltT5MSuxPR2XaxzejZi3Jbrh_BBEo3Eux4Bf875NE5xqkOkLunJpGAuZg1GcBIHBjNoJpx67GUW404rvU/w640-h180/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Marie Antoinette / Saltburn<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">To my surprise Fennell was also influenced by a personal favorite of mine: Peter Greenaway…</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The cook the thief, the Wife, and his Lover and The Draftsman's Contract were huge</span></b></i><span style="font-size: 17px;"> - Emerald Fennell, Tumblr</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_44b5_691d_221_baf1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1mSCdZaSJ5nbSzaKPWe8neAWXNo9dQFxLa_sMs6w_0oNemjD0a6njcbL2uvI9DMOJlIVRU-faPDR9egSJ1nqOm52tGyPtL-w0glOV30cB9bESPztq99q2y937LMVSprnZRJ1aqT22ai0L01NA_KxgEl_oMezAhzeFMO1S5mJwLCXRliT2YFTfdDWSpIB0/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="256" data-original-width="750" height="218" id="id_8c31_3d91_11ca_ca3f" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1mSCdZaSJ5nbSzaKPWe8neAWXNo9dQFxLa_sMs6w_0oNemjD0a6njcbL2uvI9DMOJlIVRU-faPDR9egSJ1nqOm52tGyPtL-w0glOV30cB9bESPztq99q2y937LMVSprnZRJ1aqT22ai0L01NA_KxgEl_oMezAhzeFMO1S5mJwLCXRliT2YFTfdDWSpIB0/w640-h218/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: italic;">The Draughtsman's Contracts / Saltburn</span><br style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: italic;" /></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_5609_e1b3_2bed_bf02" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikIbg9SBK_3sBIhBHZinfuSCIV2d6Xf9M5uom68-yAv5mMTEf6pmHhblqRTIgysko1X7o1Z_weTVuAb5GvPpadpCyLZKyPvAfms-zfZDfufUWDliqI7bZ3WirKGkVSbWhZ8I5sGAzUGVmy1f-fZ5_64WLuW3vHVZqoUmML91ziPYNYBNvzHHaQP3k4UW2r/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="248" data-original-width="750" height="212" id="id_fda8_2084_21f2_45b9" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikIbg9SBK_3sBIhBHZinfuSCIV2d6Xf9M5uom68-yAv5mMTEf6pmHhblqRTIgysko1X7o1Z_weTVuAb5GvPpadpCyLZKyPvAfms-zfZDfufUWDliqI7bZ3WirKGkVSbWhZ8I5sGAzUGVmy1f-fZ5_64WLuW3vHVZqoUmML91ziPYNYBNvzHHaQP3k4UW2r/w640-h212/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: italic;">The Draughtsman's Contracts / Saltburn</span><br style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: italic;" /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Hitchcock can also be found all over her latest film… </span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">That's the thing I love so much about Hitchcock, obviously bar the slightly unsavory elements of his character, but as a filmmaker, he loved doing it. He had such a fun time. We did too with this movie. I mean, it was hard going, but we had the best time making it </span></b></i><span style="font-size: 17px;">- Emerald Fennell, Forbes</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_984b_2f31_8e25_a61c" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLZ1YGpbyH9OrvOjm1BoXDMpN76mrQ_UsElSC9VFpVmz9xc8BSn_d9s6u64PaZQt7bDhzqmd13sq4-LkI2tb_gslOKTh62GGzs4PYq3YFHOwg6FDMMfbXDxAnGvhXxZsIpoI_4GIZYsPtg_aC4KZOimLPnuKxvtrZf5v3nntGem5OCAqZZuqDuzmhidVel/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" id="id_dd3c_a2cb_494f_70ee" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLZ1YGpbyH9OrvOjm1BoXDMpN76mrQ_UsElSC9VFpVmz9xc8BSn_d9s6u64PaZQt7bDhzqmd13sq4-LkI2tb_gslOKTh62GGzs4PYq3YFHOwg6FDMMfbXDxAnGvhXxZsIpoI_4GIZYsPtg_aC4KZOimLPnuKxvtrZf5v3nntGem5OCAqZZuqDuzmhidVel/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: italic;">Psycho / <br />Saltburn</span><br style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: italic;" /></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_435_2ee9_5fdb_212b" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg59BZ5aU24lkDxGREWIkEcNmDqbW0cZsbHMUIYR1r-GOJBW-7UsOBSLG0RGGyGtIv_ugW0YvKqAEB_O0YWeZ6V6Wl6FbE-mQjn9CrXDb_BSeMIRMl67vpYeQ6MJpbYym9GukHYxr3XgMO362I0pIWIKTBDz5u-A1mM2Ca4aIz5_XwPFxnDk7gY9qbSbiRF/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="750" height="182" id="id_b4ed_6d8d_8586_f719" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg59BZ5aU24lkDxGREWIkEcNmDqbW0cZsbHMUIYR1r-GOJBW-7UsOBSLG0RGGyGtIv_ugW0YvKqAEB_O0YWeZ6V6Wl6FbE-mQjn9CrXDb_BSeMIRMl67vpYeQ6MJpbYym9GukHYxr3XgMO362I0pIWIKTBDz5u-A1mM2Ca4aIz5_XwPFxnDk7gY9qbSbiRF/w640-h182/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: italic;">Vertigo / Saltburn</span><br style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-style: italic;" /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span><p></p> <div><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></div>Marcushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09550373157852267023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849113514286360449.post-84052177399202559802024-01-12T03:01:00.000-05:002024-01-20T20:26:27.359-05:00THE SCHOOL OF BRESSON: HAL HARTLEY *UPDATED*<p> </p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_bedd_5b19_e021_7e5" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJxvyeatPePvcmKfybuZovh94r_KwX9aVsID_ybmSrDASOF-N-Re_1TZxO-Z0R2OzEhdxwW1mmIkzMg00YD_4IDbnSDC2ElDPmxjhfB1M_1X0qNR7nE3Y9TDmBPQMx8cWKpahj7z4drF7NOCgHlx1hON11NZqs_L_sY_FyKbpo-vfNGcDGQ_ICl3SsMWzV/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="750" height="180" id="id_3553_a0ea_a772_833" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJxvyeatPePvcmKfybuZovh94r_KwX9aVsID_ybmSrDASOF-N-Re_1TZxO-Z0R2OzEhdxwW1mmIkzMg00YD_4IDbnSDC2ElDPmxjhfB1M_1X0qNR7nE3Y9TDmBPQMx8cWKpahj7z4drF7NOCgHlx1hON11NZqs_L_sY_FyKbpo-vfNGcDGQ_ICl3SsMWzV/w640-h180/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Mouchette / Trust</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">When I was in college and afterwards, I really came to understand and appreciate what Bresson was doing</span></b></i> - Hal Hartley, LWLIES.COM</div><div><br /></div><div>Jean Luc Godard is often the go-to comparison for Hal Hartley. He was once even dubbed the “Jean Luc Godard of Long Island”. And While Hartley certainly doesn’t deny Godard’s basic/surface influence, there are other filmmakers that he’s drawn inspiration from over the last 4 decades (at a certain point we need to move beyond the <i>Band Of Outsiders/Simple Men</i> comparison). </div><div><br /></div><div>Now…comparing Hartley’s work to Robert Bresson isn’t exactly breaking any new ground either. Both filmmakers have a very distinct deadpan/intentionally monotone yet very rehearsed approach (there’s a lot more to the films of Hal Hartley & Robert Bresson but if you ask the average person that’s familiar with their work, chances are they’ll mention both director’s unique deadpan style first before anything else). </div><div><br /></div><div>Hartley has acknowledged Bresson’s influence in a semi-reluctant way:</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">In 1990, with my first films, people said I was doing some sort of American Godard or Bresson thing. In any event, those two filmmakers have been important references for my work since the 80’s</span></b></i> - Hal Hartley, psychotroniccinema.com</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>(years ago I went to see him speak at the IFC center and he brought up Bresson’s films as a source of inspiration multiple times).</div><div><br /></div><div>Most of the comparisons you’ll see below are incredibly similar and that could very well be coincidental. But what sticks out to me are the moments that aren’t exactly identically shot-for-shot but still incredibly similar in tone and overall “vibe”. Their similarities go beyond the delivery of dialogue…</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>These two moments are shot quite different but the final result, a slap to the face, is cut off at the last minute so we don’t actually see the hand make contact to with the face… <br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_fb9f_4c41_4774_3dd0" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhcYz1vnPR7s5ujo9jb_mHAW38UC4U4XpmBTUlUb06WthwDz9PCaAlS3inpY5hsKClW5P4d-2yd2Q7JZ1Na6SvPTRoCN8QFZ15ISb0_dzG8fzZLAuaBftROY2rr121-JrKDq95z2vn3aGyaA-u0mS5McXFBjzcXh8DYE8NugaVvUi0Ak7ujMWO-jSdgMuK/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="750" height="180" id="id_45f6_3684_d93e_4db8" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhcYz1vnPR7s5ujo9jb_mHAW38UC4U4XpmBTUlUb06WthwDz9PCaAlS3inpY5hsKClW5P4d-2yd2Q7JZ1Na6SvPTRoCN8QFZ15ISb0_dzG8fzZLAuaBftROY2rr121-JrKDq95z2vn3aGyaA-u0mS5McXFBjzcXh8DYE8NugaVvUi0Ak7ujMWO-jSdgMuK/w640-h180/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>L'Argent / Trust</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div>These two scenes are also shot totally different but still show the same action…</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_f403_161_6332_f46b" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvoAwHtaMnfgfxJwKSbe1LAWDuGr0NzTu4NI3NosaE8c_UI0hJLsvd_l1jzrqclOXRgQd_QoIPWWHqkpFH28WI2Jqm-z_7rIocfPYxLNZZ-_plKwzfxAq-EM5AeWr43FVkQRI9lG56vbwnNhmGm7G4UI9-q_XI7kiVa-GBXZxid7YJVRMZlJnkY7DYDIK7/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="750" height="180" id="id_5fe3_f38e_9ea7_5604" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvoAwHtaMnfgfxJwKSbe1LAWDuGr0NzTu4NI3NosaE8c_UI0hJLsvd_l1jzrqclOXRgQd_QoIPWWHqkpFH28WI2Jqm-z_7rIocfPYxLNZZ-_plKwzfxAq-EM5AeWr43FVkQRI9lG56vbwnNhmGm7G4UI9-q_XI7kiVa-GBXZxid7YJVRMZlJnkY7DYDIK7/w640-h180/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Devil Probably / Amateur</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div>Moments like these below show a kind of overly choreographed movement between the actors bordering on a dance routine. Again - these scenes are not identical but at the same time incredibly similar. <div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_848e_f3fa_ae2e_9092" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpbHM9-Z0tLM5_RjJCfI4ifMbpt7QQ1oeqLSD3Cxy7wBLUCNILFy8-6p3qSGQ4MVc3cPN_bNPrewkEtzs03xDtvLH8_IbpzDy5dHrKFPJTxKdA4gkWeeip07uAgZtVZI1BpkmrBAX-8Y1fIBnLMt_QP0i99pogj5BfhhIxs2IriJeZBIXqCtTfL7o8dbja/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="283" data-original-width="750" height="242" id="id_9536_341f_c60_fe25" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpbHM9-Z0tLM5_RjJCfI4ifMbpt7QQ1oeqLSD3Cxy7wBLUCNILFy8-6p3qSGQ4MVc3cPN_bNPrewkEtzs03xDtvLH8_IbpzDy5dHrKFPJTxKdA4gkWeeip07uAgZtVZI1BpkmrBAX-8Y1fIBnLMt_QP0i99pogj5BfhhIxs2IriJeZBIXqCtTfL7o8dbja/w640-h242/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Devil Probably / Amateur<br /><br /></i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_7869_36c5_9eb7_d539" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFCWLi2H_yc5ozX4eq7JomvX67QfzQe6NEGVwoDh4iBMUYYwDjj9IuIJ8Mle94r7ilXD8IQb9uENB31wg-rOvpil5KBZXjBI7VS9DRRgTq748ZO64bv4JefD5VXjFVuCjBFZBiNoj1czmcKY6e8mmU278dnDdJknTribZIqZSKbPFb3Np775sQIck-PVof/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="283" data-original-width="750" height="242" id="id_a071_a652_97ce_ffd1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFCWLi2H_yc5ozX4eq7JomvX67QfzQe6NEGVwoDh4iBMUYYwDjj9IuIJ8Mle94r7ilXD8IQb9uENB31wg-rOvpil5KBZXjBI7VS9DRRgTq748ZO64bv4JefD5VXjFVuCjBFZBiNoj1czmcKY6e8mmU278dnDdJknTribZIqZSKbPFb3Np775sQIck-PVof/w640-h242/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Devil Probably /<br />The Girl From Monday<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div>There are also plenty of minor moments that make the connection between Bresson & Hartley so strong which I highlight below (if you aren't familiar with the films of Robert Bresson and Hal Hartley you should probably skip this and get familiar first)</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_310_641a_2658_2422" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF-IZeBNYdh4hCtNN-Zqk0wvZOox2TiIRCzZ6kvQGsYXwvoqujJ-vFGnsBk-5P2yirShzakEaVBwWgZFR3zDamwcB_xbOk3rlyW3_PV20hl4NMUHTA01G-LEuPicLlHlDyh-wPL0w7RVC8zl9-TlXAOIGwm9LpUXoywOkBwjZd6q2kP_4_3k98OLbm5WbG/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="249" data-original-width="750" height="212" id="id_548c_6a8b_bdd6_c3f5" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF-IZeBNYdh4hCtNN-Zqk0wvZOox2TiIRCzZ6kvQGsYXwvoqujJ-vFGnsBk-5P2yirShzakEaVBwWgZFR3zDamwcB_xbOk3rlyW3_PV20hl4NMUHTA01G-LEuPicLlHlDyh-wPL0w7RVC8zl9-TlXAOIGwm9LpUXoywOkBwjZd6q2kP_4_3k98OLbm5WbG/w640-h212/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Diary Of A Country Priest / Ambition</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_fb55_f949_f417_8ce" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtmdk5tnqFS_Oymjz6IljSU92ins77bG82TEmvQYJIHDayU1kSrhFnzPFjOXPPrNk_zMmEHs1ZmCaf8SJNUz5aJINXvLQpdJXE5moEdOYZ5G4v4ITteW5myWs-AKWu-HHr4lqHia3TIq3OM2RiJ-Ac0FVkB4aZKHhPOFfoDQTYZxK91L1VFqvwA-CJaWgC/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="750" height="180" id="id_2781_60c8_158f_debb" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtmdk5tnqFS_Oymjz6IljSU92ins77bG82TEmvQYJIHDayU1kSrhFnzPFjOXPPrNk_zMmEHs1ZmCaf8SJNUz5aJINXvLQpdJXE5moEdOYZ5G4v4ITteW5myWs-AKWu-HHr4lqHia3TIq3OM2RiJ-Ac0FVkB4aZKHhPOFfoDQTYZxK91L1VFqvwA-CJaWgC/w640-h180/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Devil Probably / Simple Men</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_f64b_ba6_bdc4_dfaf" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKZtEIDCjb4jmTrmEjPPBAymGlwomOuUl30pvpRaXI7j2K2sFdI-7beZ9C5gcc_In53_iksF-Bit4UgZcYI6liPqS1CsWOPzI1P6jLtkhY4yc17TsC7XuZD5HMrZ8W3HopTUJdZI2M7SFok760uWa7-nrne9WAOrNGSPFf8pBQkHXXJy2bkzaebn8ijpLH/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="750" height="216" id="id_287f_b476_a78e_4d6c" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKZtEIDCjb4jmTrmEjPPBAymGlwomOuUl30pvpRaXI7j2K2sFdI-7beZ9C5gcc_In53_iksF-Bit4UgZcYI6liPqS1CsWOPzI1P6jLtkhY4yc17TsC7XuZD5HMrZ8W3HopTUJdZI2M7SFok760uWa7-nrne9WAOrNGSPFf8pBQkHXXJy2bkzaebn8ijpLH/w640-h216/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Au Hasard Balthaar / Henry Fool</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_eaa7_e0f3_7c6b_c63f" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht30yOpqS2lpVzJ5Ch0ICVLG0UFkehkOjvjzBejuSI7NBvHR5Dc5BK621DYabmIqICtGAzI6U9C7aGjTu7uetIcb3-cY0KCpfQLq8ZwRGSO5VOl2J_aH4GpfnuDlmgwINle2MAi-3VwPf-YnEDIag6CcaJBRoaROCWdns3B3TGPJExpUdYuJeIHrWoNKJY/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="247" data-original-width="750" height="210" id="id_ff33_740b_3359_8267" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEht30yOpqS2lpVzJ5Ch0ICVLG0UFkehkOjvjzBejuSI7NBvHR5Dc5BK621DYabmIqICtGAzI6U9C7aGjTu7uetIcb3-cY0KCpfQLq8ZwRGSO5VOl2J_aH4GpfnuDlmgwINle2MAi-3VwPf-YnEDIag6CcaJBRoaROCWdns3B3TGPJExpUdYuJeIHrWoNKJY/w640-h210/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Pickpocket / Henry Fool</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_5964_ac9d_820f_f42e" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJOazEhYdcY5ksa1rdX1dOy98sI5-8Q3Pbvl0F_IVLzpwdInDYRdsOuBpz5leFZxIukqC-j4JG-l7pIhZOHxKFlu5D6g80wK0OO7jnRRb0Ryhi48Vo8-dJdZ6Z_Zjy-JotaARMuBIPkAgEIepoHt_CW4ZLUrlzaZLRwiqcD-1SmM5pXmJv-ryiXw7xXSa/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="251" data-original-width="750" height="214" id="id_f34_1206_5a98_7921" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMJOazEhYdcY5ksa1rdX1dOy98sI5-8Q3Pbvl0F_IVLzpwdInDYRdsOuBpz5leFZxIukqC-j4JG-l7pIhZOHxKFlu5D6g80wK0OO7jnRRb0Ryhi48Vo8-dJdZ6Z_Zjy-JotaARMuBIPkAgEIepoHt_CW4ZLUrlzaZLRwiqcD-1SmM5pXmJv-ryiXw7xXSa/w640-h214/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Pickpocket / Henry Fool</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_eebd_2770_c109_5ac2" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVZM3tHsiw1NUjindweRD4No9F9LVgVBKQP5WI6l93u2bRNZ4BdGsXb8J9iFgi1HKqECMVvIfQNMuQHmKER_HEN3HcTPsDUHA3DszwZ3RotK_zm4LChTqx1Bp-afQWsVnjSNWmxigfcLWYdKzti4kc-nO5AhgQOe9IocA5-MGHrN6PupEWrmLBmhKuS4O_/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="237" data-original-width="750" height="202" id="id_a84f_fade_d47e_2311" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVZM3tHsiw1NUjindweRD4No9F9LVgVBKQP5WI6l93u2bRNZ4BdGsXb8J9iFgi1HKqECMVvIfQNMuQHmKER_HEN3HcTPsDUHA3DszwZ3RotK_zm4LChTqx1Bp-afQWsVnjSNWmxigfcLWYdKzti4kc-nO5AhgQOe9IocA5-MGHrN6PupEWrmLBmhKuS4O_/w640-h202/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Diary Of A Country Priest / Simple Men</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_24a3_16f1_aca_a07e" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9VZGVN7stly9EPhNWtmX3tdWuy0C4JMdiQdHkhfhOBcGuNw5hU6zFrxCuln2iN1F6TSKIZg3bJ3WwZm9SRIjS4oefVVZTXaMCLMegA2i2pVDADo0sOh7rLckFWY1z4KrtTa_l1w6IlUke4sq-mPc9k4y-AlZdfLdRdvr2ryJii-hfw2IguF-GJFL08J_w/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="176" data-original-width="750" height="150" id="id_60f8_4d5b_da4c_d1e1" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9VZGVN7stly9EPhNWtmX3tdWuy0C4JMdiQdHkhfhOBcGuNw5hU6zFrxCuln2iN1F6TSKIZg3bJ3WwZm9SRIjS4oefVVZTXaMCLMegA2i2pVDADo0sOh7rLckFWY1z4KrtTa_l1w6IlUke4sq-mPc9k4y-AlZdfLdRdvr2ryJii-hfw2IguF-GJFL08J_w/w640-h150/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Au Hasard Balthaar / Ned Rifle</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_17a7_91a9_a6a2_1ddd" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8tsHastAXtaLlMrBzlrXn3D_PBsn4ZRk4uB4wja_c8S5vUxQb2RN0NyPMpFqXKoCInCVCSnTVv15HQG1rMCT8PTfDZF60J7s-FzNYdMhNu5dwxKOI15DXtGXlFwFC9n5FVKKgIUQhEh5SuzchXn1hpIMCPWkwJxRIO0KEJI5B57SFrXfwvSAoBtcn81hz/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="243" data-original-width="750" height="208" id="id_e1fd_5b8d_ddf2_3e05" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8tsHastAXtaLlMrBzlrXn3D_PBsn4ZRk4uB4wja_c8S5vUxQb2RN0NyPMpFqXKoCInCVCSnTVv15HQG1rMCT8PTfDZF60J7s-FzNYdMhNu5dwxKOI15DXtGXlFwFC9n5FVKKgIUQhEh5SuzchXn1hpIMCPWkwJxRIO0KEJI5B57SFrXfwvSAoBtcn81hz/w640-h208/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>L' Argent / Henry Fool</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_373e_a187_a150_adef" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNDjH-nhjy9y6ggL74FCKxxVsNo4Pz4InDZ5ZKMy06UmzCXcQmnVKIIjiZW_4YBSKYM4HXy_SPiFro3klCgD4_dvB4PsXb7-iWxJ-UY-GPoEkOQpR7_FY_BKqhsXNyW3ThNf7BClbJfG-pZTm7VQMfQ-3HMTsQLlvkZfI6VMvuXCGMgyCjsy6HEs9KiwQ5/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="750" height="180" id="id_e138_83cc_89e9_c411" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNDjH-nhjy9y6ggL74FCKxxVsNo4Pz4InDZ5ZKMy06UmzCXcQmnVKIIjiZW_4YBSKYM4HXy_SPiFro3klCgD4_dvB4PsXb7-iWxJ-UY-GPoEkOQpR7_FY_BKqhsXNyW3ThNf7BClbJfG-pZTm7VQMfQ-3HMTsQLlvkZfI6VMvuXCGMgyCjsy6HEs9KiwQ5/w640-h180/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Une Femme Douce / Amateur</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_943e_34f5_86be_40c8" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH3Qdjk9rJ8O5co0gGjswMXM09nnpFg-9CKCzsbJFfBIb9OhGAGaQ7cPZAOf0cTVAtKzCNq0PCZ9QrOTyzBx-sXkQ99YgvdbtR5Tp61Ldbuu4NLu9rcBMIiAIARIrXbyRWdZAICwC_MEFzsG0CcbCoJDxDFNrCE4i2LHy3PCxacfa_xNTirUBCQmyIjW-Q/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="750" height="180" id="id_965e_bcb7_fad1_92de" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH3Qdjk9rJ8O5co0gGjswMXM09nnpFg-9CKCzsbJFfBIb9OhGAGaQ7cPZAOf0cTVAtKzCNq0PCZ9QrOTyzBx-sXkQ99YgvdbtR5Tp61Ldbuu4NLu9rcBMIiAIARIrXbyRWdZAICwC_MEFzsG0CcbCoJDxDFNrCE4i2LHy3PCxacfa_xNTirUBCQmyIjW-Q/w640-h180/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>L' Argent / Trust</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_c306_19f4_4e13_b478" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdUOKsvOEdFOAKdgUk7eH3uDUBbNOnaDZ3l4wCeaCcEPLCCxKjeg16wVnlRoBRESBzc_c1Z169e_G3kauGXfyJG0hdywDwhW7QfFJHoPhli3BuhbRDgjx_4PbZk0qUDRkQLmtlz7rMyfeN7EYRJj1IEEBfFURnSEEnid48pjOygTjLgynYr52zP4rV-jto/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="210" data-original-width="750" height="180" id="id_e5e7_61ad_6f22_4094" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdUOKsvOEdFOAKdgUk7eH3uDUBbNOnaDZ3l4wCeaCcEPLCCxKjeg16wVnlRoBRESBzc_c1Z169e_G3kauGXfyJG0hdywDwhW7QfFJHoPhli3BuhbRDgjx_4PbZk0qUDRkQLmtlz7rMyfeN7EYRJj1IEEBfFURnSEEnid48pjOygTjLgynYr52zP4rV-jto/w640-h180/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Mouchette / Trust</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_502a_fc12_d6e4_9573" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNCJzehCQQ1VH4QkjE2FvzTSzsNEuCMzx5oA_9HpZTT8AGm46syXv_6y8Rg43w2XDhem69nD6uysfLHUqW7OJBHtqeSA-8D_d67Y3ltIojmrzy7CGK2M4qj-P5jBvSmzsrTXecHSt1fuF0iCTIggBxvzHmyiux5WVjSDUD2azn6VqSlL0VDV264ExEVU1z/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="212" data-original-width="750" height="181" id="id_2c12_633e_d9e_1ed2" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNCJzehCQQ1VH4QkjE2FvzTSzsNEuCMzx5oA_9HpZTT8AGm46syXv_6y8Rg43w2XDhem69nD6uysfLHUqW7OJBHtqeSA-8D_d67Y3ltIojmrzy7CGK2M4qj-P5jBvSmzsrTXecHSt1fuF0iCTIggBxvzHmyiux5WVjSDUD2azn6VqSlL0VDV264ExEVU1z/w640-h181/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Mouchette / Trust</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_705a_add8_e73f_b19b" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfv9AiqQpEJeJOm_92yjQm47IKQSXy9OgeytsJ6dJLEoS2GmZs-V6urkW9n-KIaKczjIDE-wND-wJsYVAjkq47L1PiPb6HIhn781eRzScahbbpqtPS-c24T_cp5pjOULVNQinoZeZwEyBc4k0FJjUvgAfjw-tCEOrm3RlXR41DTSkvYEY42AwoTkOhWxXQ/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="750" height="180" id="id_2b51_3e0e_401e_7658" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfv9AiqQpEJeJOm_92yjQm47IKQSXy9OgeytsJ6dJLEoS2GmZs-V6urkW9n-KIaKczjIDE-wND-wJsYVAjkq47L1PiPb6HIhn781eRzScahbbpqtPS-c24T_cp5pjOULVNQinoZeZwEyBc4k0FJjUvgAfjw-tCEOrm3RlXR41DTSkvYEY42AwoTkOhWxXQ/w640-h180/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Mouchette / Trust</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_a6f6_9a0_203a_3ca5" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimnmXwHFeq782rfwG-uPws2sQ6zurBICzrb-K67D6kf-kisiICqOQAnsG6Uub67HhrCXyILDanaOYxc0_d0u6CszKR18HjJVBR_twovVAFOGKTGYGfK1ptSXl1IEqoC0s6XkNChPIplOBd2MLe3pqEqNVSXF2OoE0EiGQ403rojKsVjdqz9_8UtMA1m0uX/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="750" height="180" id="id_bfa_a56_fe47_70d5" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimnmXwHFeq782rfwG-uPws2sQ6zurBICzrb-K67D6kf-kisiICqOQAnsG6Uub67HhrCXyILDanaOYxc0_d0u6CszKR18HjJVBR_twovVAFOGKTGYGfK1ptSXl1IEqoC0s6XkNChPIplOBd2MLe3pqEqNVSXF2OoE0EiGQ403rojKsVjdqz9_8UtMA1m0uX/w640-h180/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Mouchette / Trust</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_34bc_70f_7d4e_3ebf" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvs76qbFXlv_pPc718Jz-NZ-9_xFFU_DECz0F62lGau0rIaenTJ3dn0pJSrjveH1UJqOIqjEB_SyF0ySs3L2c1QOQ8O10H9xuH6KklCdM31HahU9I3KyDoi1B3A4WDUZiLBTfqDMaT0DaBoH4yu3VUabWulxMsL-ciJs0pCfsCq9QGjFjxH_c_GWyWHfuh/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="750" height="180" id="id_4bcc_6ef4_9977_8eef" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvs76qbFXlv_pPc718Jz-NZ-9_xFFU_DECz0F62lGau0rIaenTJ3dn0pJSrjveH1UJqOIqjEB_SyF0ySs3L2c1QOQ8O10H9xuH6KklCdM31HahU9I3KyDoi1B3A4WDUZiLBTfqDMaT0DaBoH4yu3VUabWulxMsL-ciJs0pCfsCq9QGjFjxH_c_GWyWHfuh/w640-h180/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Mouchette / Trust</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_60b9_eb4d_3b99_e483" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPPhb3_GiZbxWjws0nvjdoV9fmuSRWVEClft6Qd4oB0Mlon1QbAmGNlegKMobrmV-pUzovf4F1T2HK6SORqLf488aPpoevSaM0HKP40mVtAA7ue3Jmf5lIZA50Re8UFv0HGT0OrnHcnMCYJ9fMkDebWbYuE_5jMo_r-G3MwvfxFZnyB56lRKXbF65KVWTi/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="210" data-original-width="750" height="180" id="id_2a40_d18a_bf9a_92" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPPhb3_GiZbxWjws0nvjdoV9fmuSRWVEClft6Qd4oB0Mlon1QbAmGNlegKMobrmV-pUzovf4F1T2HK6SORqLf488aPpoevSaM0HKP40mVtAA7ue3Jmf5lIZA50Re8UFv0HGT0OrnHcnMCYJ9fMkDebWbYuE_5jMo_r-G3MwvfxFZnyB56lRKXbF65KVWTi/w640-h180/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Devil Probably/ Ned Rifle</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_ed05_9450_dec4_de23" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRrZ9CMmrCzTPVFqb80aT0z20jVgw5j80nltLtNZuvdhAxGyVe55qOkYX9goXiPwqMz2yn8KsPNbe2YNhQAwSvP-VYqpG0VXTUzscImVpccgeB0h7dAJSkhoOznG1jS8xWNikegt2Opc245UODs2-DlyyjdhaLve74NwbpBYo4KDt9yfINcLOyTGJkCNl8/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="750" height="180" id="id_18fc_a8ca_3cf3_a61" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRrZ9CMmrCzTPVFqb80aT0z20jVgw5j80nltLtNZuvdhAxGyVe55qOkYX9goXiPwqMz2yn8KsPNbe2YNhQAwSvP-VYqpG0VXTUzscImVpccgeB0h7dAJSkhoOznG1jS8xWNikegt2Opc245UODs2-DlyyjdhaLve74NwbpBYo4KDt9yfINcLOyTGJkCNl8/w640-h180/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Mouchette / Trust</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_b599_a809_f8a6_f78b" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj494EUEkMAoV4a44d7fu55n0obp2YqV4UUTkIUTZjaV5u4v8PdCHl73E_ox3wjkql-AVpA3ktlrbBc0TyJd4y5IJdQkndvM69OV4HUbjODrtt7LDcIKtWKsOpuBDoD0VFADPUH2V33z5_lLgi4IJ_rkYzn8IvgLTtFFJWgRb7hT5nYTPSdEKDb6xCWtFfG/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="750" height="180" id="id_d2d9_4572_2caf_2e91" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj494EUEkMAoV4a44d7fu55n0obp2YqV4UUTkIUTZjaV5u4v8PdCHl73E_ox3wjkql-AVpA3ktlrbBc0TyJd4y5IJdQkndvM69OV4HUbjODrtt7LDcIKtWKsOpuBDoD0VFADPUH2V33z5_lLgi4IJ_rkYzn8IvgLTtFFJWgRb7hT5nYTPSdEKDb6xCWtFfG/w640-h180/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Au Hasard Balthazar/ Amateur</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_c8ed_b968_90ad_4ee4" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu9TyoxVEeuu-GjCVbV5ujadsRm86TIwHGewO0oXclqYlAdlETG1GgyFL6o_wD6IdPnebaxmz7rlrlqcKM4UUUAagb0GNBwkWyfVDbnmXj6E0mbtr4Z6p7oV2K1X9oIcJWeyp5H7gSogZNySE2sgDtJYnCl7ttM7NprpzIa_GU2VksT2JY2nVldmUlTbTr/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="750" height="180" id="id_18cc_a7ce_e0ca_e438" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu9TyoxVEeuu-GjCVbV5ujadsRm86TIwHGewO0oXclqYlAdlETG1GgyFL6o_wD6IdPnebaxmz7rlrlqcKM4UUUAagb0GNBwkWyfVDbnmXj6E0mbtr4Z6p7oV2K1X9oIcJWeyp5H7gSogZNySE2sgDtJYnCl7ttM7NprpzIa_GU2VksT2JY2nVldmUlTbTr/w640-h180/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Mouchette / Simple Men</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_762e_27ee_2d90_6a7a" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaRjcJFkeIZ01wiZV5gX6zPa-KdXN8VbYIK7ZQq9aMeHA2H8qDPZfh_GlwACjEqvDvKNQeqQME8cqsrGYHF9kVEEmTpk6BJXj2sicBHyK2WRBQQZdBsuPoKTHOd68lERG2Snk_h8Xq-Nd0k5FwhrORJjJrCyZU89ectRrmWAEdtRd7Ro1kBiN_aAajtFke/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="750" height="180" id="id_dded_ddaa_c06d_981e" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaRjcJFkeIZ01wiZV5gX6zPa-KdXN8VbYIK7ZQq9aMeHA2H8qDPZfh_GlwACjEqvDvKNQeqQME8cqsrGYHF9kVEEmTpk6BJXj2sicBHyK2WRBQQZdBsuPoKTHOd68lERG2Snk_h8Xq-Nd0k5FwhrORJjJrCyZU89ectRrmWAEdtRd7Ro1kBiN_aAajtFke/w640-h180/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Au Hasard Balthazar / The Unbelievable Truth</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_8d61_adfa_a20a_a4f7" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZ_0jHJH0B99XF_44V7E31BatY50s6bGkOS-vvgM1QtqXIJ5_RTDhmkJzGbZHZvvtw9ixoj9xKnxo-XN81kq5kX0Gzw17tc7_G9XiQILlN3q-cezS7GZ1b9F-TIyR6yBO91N8Zn5lo3_AdaZadpuobFTdD2mowwJ2EFqPrCdafjXzIlNX7kaTEf7pqCBr/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="750" height="180" id="id_e6f_8807_ad2e_eabc" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigZ_0jHJH0B99XF_44V7E31BatY50s6bGkOS-vvgM1QtqXIJ5_RTDhmkJzGbZHZvvtw9ixoj9xKnxo-XN81kq5kX0Gzw17tc7_G9XiQILlN3q-cezS7GZ1b9F-TIyR6yBO91N8Zn5lo3_AdaZadpuobFTdD2mowwJ2EFqPrCdafjXzIlNX7kaTEf7pqCBr/w640-h180/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Mouchette / Ambition</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_d6e6_6539_abb2_f628" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimnOjbm5fBk8n8E4QMJ6XAS-aM82b_MYDRWaLeyZK_pAdaAAB60ox4lFh-fdaXqkQomzfRz3AqTMpOKMAbi6xzE_z66FLt_Pul1icshK9HOjvQGX5l8hFbZXjJ3M9BTg5XnqgpvNeiWybdUuQOGMOR877keJwNiBvXQl8g3NOdeZIIlkgDXPa-ZO0nxZnT/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" id="id_b989_4482_5947_8e85" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimnOjbm5fBk8n8E4QMJ6XAS-aM82b_MYDRWaLeyZK_pAdaAAB60ox4lFh-fdaXqkQomzfRz3AqTMpOKMAbi6xzE_z66FLt_Pul1icshK9HOjvQGX5l8hFbZXjJ3M9BTg5XnqgpvNeiWybdUuQOGMOR877keJwNiBvXQl8g3NOdeZIIlkgDXPa-ZO0nxZnT/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Mouchette / <br />Henry Fool</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_a415_ceec_4607_92d" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7oojctBFA5YrM9FtdZNajiDgI0eBH3EAssfKIyIJnwZktBYCuTH7E27zHygMadC17_UQU9AUkf-Ged-TkdWsGazKZyYmPbTBxyuEaSnaL5Ry_KEpaqdpE4hcGev_NFFVGr2sY47fQ3RvZztP_m2pGx-NQ23AwlfsnyhOOdjOZ4y0QvAQ8OxQoZoBGZOmX/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" id="id_436_14be_517d_dc4f" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7oojctBFA5YrM9FtdZNajiDgI0eBH3EAssfKIyIJnwZktBYCuTH7E27zHygMadC17_UQU9AUkf-Ged-TkdWsGazKZyYmPbTBxyuEaSnaL5Ry_KEpaqdpE4hcGev_NFFVGr2sY47fQ3RvZztP_m2pGx-NQ23AwlfsnyhOOdjOZ4y0QvAQ8OxQoZoBGZOmX/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Four Nights Of A Dreamer /<br />The Unbelievable Truth</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_aa87_b1b3_3df3_9aa4" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUwtFPHpa1p4Nf7GIkTCp5bRuxVvVz1lg00-8fEyKfj52dmSgPICTL2A28bzwcJvf4R2zo5MA9OKhXKyI8UgGKC0Iwxf7bLIjKvFaFP-Tu3wx342QILf_I4SPFY29C04_FiVKHljqa6qCt7a9O0REeoRrJ597YkaFMqNO3NPuuJkhqQ6yb8pfLobJKd41D/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" id="id_d4b5_1be4_5fe3_7934" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUwtFPHpa1p4Nf7GIkTCp5bRuxVvVz1lg00-8fEyKfj52dmSgPICTL2A28bzwcJvf4R2zo5MA9OKhXKyI8UgGKC0Iwxf7bLIjKvFaFP-Tu3wx342QILf_I4SPFY29C04_FiVKHljqa6qCt7a9O0REeoRrJ597YkaFMqNO3NPuuJkhqQ6yb8pfLobJKd41D/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Four Nights Of A Dreamer /<br />The Unbelievable Truth</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_e1e9_54c4_9031_4852" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO7PpQ73L3m7h9Ox3Fl5O96i63wo2hOqfkxypgYuGfnqeahyphenhyphenNaU7SRceqphMM3bn8UFZeF7S5FkTeewhMEn691BTgoRb5tUC-_Pjy5tVd2UY_Z3MQ3j90DFwQYIZTjp15XWZNmZ6oJBS9jD7ZoLDK-V516AUgzx7gQDHUGusVrbSbZ9ClqQmQ0WmJgDeYO/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="750" height="180" id="id_cb7f_853f_26fc_c724" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiO7PpQ73L3m7h9Ox3Fl5O96i63wo2hOqfkxypgYuGfnqeahyphenhyphenNaU7SRceqphMM3bn8UFZeF7S5FkTeewhMEn691BTgoRb5tUC-_Pjy5tVd2UY_Z3MQ3j90DFwQYIZTjp15XWZNmZ6oJBS9jD7ZoLDK-V516AUgzx7gQDHUGusVrbSbZ9ClqQmQ0WmJgDeYO/w640-h180/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Mouchette / Simple Men</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_f0f5_58e2_6ec4_8804" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMuqM_qWx5_URql-V9P6Ryd6odLr_u_F6HsGySODk58x46CUz_gi_S2wPbu0KYbPcbYcir3x6QgSpUn4wjVNzXsByCz0hDKsksTAs18HDJjjuQ75EVSgwSt2r9zTqPX9pWYS__pi5msquEaZlqjkxPmdpG1asKJ43a1pEBUXAqJh78izGd7WEjQgBTJQMA/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" id="id_4006_f560_b86d_e179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMuqM_qWx5_URql-V9P6Ryd6odLr_u_F6HsGySODk58x46CUz_gi_S2wPbu0KYbPcbYcir3x6QgSpUn4wjVNzXsByCz0hDKsksTAs18HDJjjuQ75EVSgwSt2r9zTqPX9pWYS__pi5msquEaZlqjkxPmdpG1asKJ43a1pEBUXAqJh78izGd7WEjQgBTJQMA/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Devil Probably /<br />Henry Fool</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_4fca_55f9_57ed_ef8f" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPIgokt3xJOMRDGBDJ0LQqi438MNC5SdmY6zacOHuuV2gWwvJZm5-TJSfQsKahRtmcjkDma4u3wmyuQ1L5QLSwjfUUAjhKokUpLoZwZe-6nz17y4PP0BUFtpQzgWSvmsg1ZmgPwa1VP38Ag4yG0JnnXXVRWhd2cTT5ctMllcf7744wBydQPGYazJb7514N/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" id="id_79d2_b169_8048_a1db" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPIgokt3xJOMRDGBDJ0LQqi438MNC5SdmY6zacOHuuV2gWwvJZm5-TJSfQsKahRtmcjkDma4u3wmyuQ1L5QLSwjfUUAjhKokUpLoZwZe-6nz17y4PP0BUFtpQzgWSvmsg1ZmgPwa1VP38Ag4yG0JnnXXVRWhd2cTT5ctMllcf7744wBydQPGYazJb7514N/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Four Nights Of A Dreamer /<br />The Unbelievable Truth</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_af71_460e_7baf_715d" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCc4I0RoEsFUzMkWyZIfc4YLeShAD5DI6IPjER6kbb2StBRIdP75B0CAyOoMlI5-QRFWOPmNwhkY0eb3B86xcbKGNu4UzfbG3LmYF6Nusiya48ipt5PzxAxi1DNDhfSXgf9B1bDuPu8hoHaURPoT8e5v2xs-RNojjnl3jPlOGglGy-41CZa_l-0gxUe81_/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" id="id_9f2b_5f26_153f_130b" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCc4I0RoEsFUzMkWyZIfc4YLeShAD5DI6IPjER6kbb2StBRIdP75B0CAyOoMlI5-QRFWOPmNwhkY0eb3B86xcbKGNu4UzfbG3LmYF6Nusiya48ipt5PzxAxi1DNDhfSXgf9B1bDuPu8hoHaURPoT8e5v2xs-RNojjnl3jPlOGglGy-41CZa_l-0gxUe81_/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Four Nights Of A Dreamer /<br />The Unbelievable Truth<br /><br /></i><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Here are a couple of visual <i>and </i>audio comparisons...</div></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media;
gyroscope; picture-in-picture;
web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="560" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/M4xrkodl8bY" title="YouTube video player" width="315"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The Devil Probably / Amateur</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media;
gyroscope; picture-in-picture;
web-share" allowfullscreen="" frameborder="0" height="560" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/zVHwWAlkXSA" title="YouTube video player" width="315"></iframe> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The Devil Probably / Fay Grim</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">
<iframe allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media;
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margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="750" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzS4ohKw7Ew31ng5yRfybDXkGOcaf9cAXf3zrkC-w8YIKio4ky_9cxCUWHFQfNI8TVdNkwdNWK4b9gWpwvt6FZ96KC6W46z4VHo5osuObLa3Jg9OS4NYfhARi_E--iuFhYKgEhuuMZps4zN35pp6E4u1LuzcJwT1W9NHF-7ml-rM_ir72MBrUft1Xm1y77/w640-h296/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" id="id_69ad_b15_ea96_43e9" style="width: 640px; height: auto;"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Meshes Of The Afternoon / Twin Peaks</i></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><div>Happy new year!</div><div><br></div>Here’s a collection of some Deren/Lynch comparisons that got left on the cutting room floor a few years back that I felt like posting for whatever reason.<div><br></div><div>This is an ongoing series so make sure to to check out the previous entries:</div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.pinnlandempire.com/2018/10/the-school-of-maya-deren-part-one.html?m=1"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Part One</span></b></a></div><div><a href="http://www.pinnlandempire.com/2018/10/the-school-of-maya-deren-part-two.html?m=1"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Part Two</span></b></a></div><div><a href="http://www.pinnlandempire.com/2019/05/the-school-of-maya-deren-part-six.html"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Part Three </span></b></a></div><div><a href="http://www.pinnlandempire.com/2019/08/the-school-of-maya-deren-part-nine.html"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Part Four</span></b></a></div><div><a href="http://www.pinnlandempire.com/2020/06/the-school-of-maya-deren-david-lynch.html"><b><span style="font-size: medium;">Part Five</span></b></a></div><div><br></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" id="id_3df6_70ab_891f_73c0"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqaziQ6ozRqBsyfRF6V7xXk-X80sXYTWokb7hU22HoyGQ9jRhswR10j7gbqL-v8v46ZwF7cKdMZ_EPPWytwdJ0FS-2RJ_UPHZ_ssyvupK__IalZZyqAKGuBDzvt6EeuvGjZiNsPHA-BJF2mtdMLVMoWHUzfMi0m-MlAocr1-16-F65TeWK16NGd_IthVom/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqaziQ6ozRqBsyfRF6V7xXk-X80sXYTWokb7hU22HoyGQ9jRhswR10j7gbqL-v8v46ZwF7cKdMZ_EPPWytwdJ0FS-2RJ_UPHZ_ssyvupK__IalZZyqAKGuBDzvt6EeuvGjZiNsPHA-BJF2mtdMLVMoWHUzfMi0m-MlAocr1-16-F65TeWK16NGd_IthVom/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" id="id_70e8_3968_ea7f_476" style="width: 640px; height: auto;"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Meshes Of The Afternoon / <br>Twin Peaks<br></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" id="id_3401_8ce8_61e9_5326"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-flC-meWzDqLyuhINuL4mUJElz9-kiX4rMQ5Jg6JDXWSM2shGMtqimPKvWEy5Q8hTnXEwXnL8jl8tcU1G2rO5NBM7ja0LZEJTgSUIIZkiGusRbh9oODYSOAZCxZRGlapBYw_iRoZlvF1R7Uov2QBFOQeYk8P-NdGWMgaeUIWgcF4tI7rH9MoYkNquwdhW/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-flC-meWzDqLyuhINuL4mUJElz9-kiX4rMQ5Jg6JDXWSM2shGMtqimPKvWEy5Q8hTnXEwXnL8jl8tcU1G2rO5NBM7ja0LZEJTgSUIIZkiGusRbh9oODYSOAZCxZRGlapBYw_iRoZlvF1R7Uov2QBFOQeYk8P-NdGWMgaeUIWgcF4tI7rH9MoYkNquwdhW/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" id="id_8f4c_fa9b_ab1b_c93f" style="width: 640px; height: auto;"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Meshes Of The Afternoon /<br>Mulholland Drive</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" id="id_7ade_27c7_d82f_4172"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBSkMFsjpmo1SatGHtXKea87GjLBTHKCCjyyUh_UVl7aj2pqh2W_KOOER3ZnOGu7L3FY44Ih3LD7kB23O5DStHMlRbJyGpo_ax15pR02Ke-M-qhfhI5W0itymyL7j8g6vZEge_hxyEqfrsgaaLY89HVHPSYssP6q4PVNt_WfDVV3cMV1qQZv3Qo1vrVYOn/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBSkMFsjpmo1SatGHtXKea87GjLBTHKCCjyyUh_UVl7aj2pqh2W_KOOER3ZnOGu7L3FY44Ih3LD7kB23O5DStHMlRbJyGpo_ax15pR02Ke-M-qhfhI5W0itymyL7j8g6vZEge_hxyEqfrsgaaLY89HVHPSYssP6q4PVNt_WfDVV3cMV1qQZv3Qo1vrVYOn/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" id="id_c1d8_b939_322a_cb15" style="width: 640px; height: auto;"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>At Land /<br>Lost Highway</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" id="id_201d_386d_4c68_fc39"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWgQyity1pahFD9XJ0jZasa3VN6biM-B5PpfOxHngUPuzFEjujt5RunAqnpzDA32rkgpV_aBgxvB9cii5xtjb1l0tdH2WI8UQL4sqXv3vKG9pHUDmN02Mtug0dO6yBaGles-wZ_CFS9sZ9wp9nO39T2nZpxROyedrdeFsND3OjxODklBX8XxNBMkJMuLeu/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="750" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWgQyity1pahFD9XJ0jZasa3VN6biM-B5PpfOxHngUPuzFEjujt5RunAqnpzDA32rkgpV_aBgxvB9cii5xtjb1l0tdH2WI8UQL4sqXv3vKG9pHUDmN02Mtug0dO6yBaGles-wZ_CFS9sZ9wp9nO39T2nZpxROyedrdeFsND3OjxODklBX8XxNBMkJMuLeu/w640-h360/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" id="id_3771_f614_959a_b231" style="width: 640px; height: auto;"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Meshes Of The Afternoon / Lost Highway<br><br></i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" id="id_5252_a436_9e86_fa7e"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIxrc32JnVET73DRKI3WD-kdLaqPqddEhhmY_9eiiQceil140hBFfTFdxPeGgEFi18eFbvGAqP7n8p70Tv0PHVJiOKC2-Wvm1Rlw2g9A8oye4oy7-dro9GuJuYsJOescktZiuwxKa8JrP_AfGP0QYXW2XXaQTHH5RBb5BVRoogaGrfYaAceITdZJwaZvgH/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="750" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIxrc32JnVET73DRKI3WD-kdLaqPqddEhhmY_9eiiQceil140hBFfTFdxPeGgEFi18eFbvGAqP7n8p70Tv0PHVJiOKC2-Wvm1Rlw2g9A8oye4oy7-dro9GuJuYsJOescktZiuwxKa8JrP_AfGP0QYXW2XXaQTHH5RBb5BVRoogaGrfYaAceITdZJwaZvgH/w640-h480/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" id="id_969d_220b_e63e_c913" style="width: 640px; height: auto;"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>At Land / Twin Peaks</i></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" id="id_2b7f_64de_2ebf_8b39"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiREi3gkPukrxOqvaI5qGs7AfTls2LcgrToYARTSCesEBo7r6zoxpsmot_k9r7Q8GRO55x_P0Cm9ykOue6kfvQG0ppwwNy6g8O7VfsfJ60MFW4ZFGCMBM8P2fUTStjw9uhbntQNbNno9MqVnYNOZoN0pFE5Z5PzcLKXEMoUp4v9bbq3fU27zNB9sy9RQTj6/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiREi3gkPukrxOqvaI5qGs7AfTls2LcgrToYARTSCesEBo7r6zoxpsmot_k9r7Q8GRO55x_P0Cm9ykOue6kfvQG0ppwwNy6g8O7VfsfJ60MFW4ZFGCMBM8P2fUTStjw9uhbntQNbNno9MqVnYNOZoN0pFE5Z5PzcLKXEMoUp4v9bbq3fU27zNB9sy9RQTj6/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" id="id_80f0_c6ec_de0f_bd99" style="width: 640px; height: auto;"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Meshes Of The Afternoon / <br>Lost Highway</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" id="id_1d72_d9e4_1fe6_e5de"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCO9CdyAqISBWFSYu5TrVHK00ovk_AU4Bz-j9qRvsBkloESv9QKs774pf9NB8uPyCzSHoqA3-b4oI4rszIa54gU4-J6RcbtwVsYA-LchAHFiISQb9zV0uicKMWIpV_dGP4YfuHywkt8Wtse_e-ozIexc0bU8umOIUsM7tk4UxGAsp3SP3_Vjm9IVW25W5B/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="750" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCO9CdyAqISBWFSYu5TrVHK00ovk_AU4Bz-j9qRvsBkloESv9QKs774pf9NB8uPyCzSHoqA3-b4oI4rszIa54gU4-J6RcbtwVsYA-LchAHFiISQb9zV0uicKMWIpV_dGP4YfuHywkt8Wtse_e-ozIexc0bU8umOIUsM7tk4UxGAsp3SP3_Vjm9IVW25W5B/w640-h180/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" id="id_59f1_11ac_ebd1_18f6" style="width: 640px; height: auto;"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Meshes Of The Afternoon / Steps<br><br></i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" id="id_29a8_945d_95e_bbe"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNvnF8KXtVcpLyLr71v4x9Zbd8bLevxPmCICaVeDhWwYWR6DMrO_hYDrmmKf2WxwOvYrR3He2fYu7cJRLC7a6-Zt4324QHzetGnxzHMbV71K7iG5gCXf8pJfvH00KKOsGURSQDzQaKy7ye8KZi4MM9uBEg_Z-dhoAG4mtDbykRa5QIfNWrUr9EhxABTUXz/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="750" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNvnF8KXtVcpLyLr71v4x9Zbd8bLevxPmCICaVeDhWwYWR6DMrO_hYDrmmKf2WxwOvYrR3He2fYu7cJRLC7a6-Zt4324QHzetGnxzHMbV71K7iG5gCXf8pJfvH00KKOsGURSQDzQaKy7ye8KZi4MM9uBEg_Z-dhoAG4mtDbykRa5QIfNWrUr9EhxABTUXz/w640-h180/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" id="id_4867_6a45_2c52_90c" style="width: 640px; height: auto;"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Meshes Of The Afternoon / Steps</i></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" id="id_9d0a_c47c_738_94fc"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpG98ES_c_ifj_YPjciWJZ5_kRFK1uqEhuPj5-_6TMpt14hCyS2blLTMPT-QN_y751xzlVSMOTEtWBMJI09rT2tSV-z4FBPfYIey3GwZcmrDcaJGsvO009XpqibhwCBWHkLCnAjlBcwUGsDzex6sfesOZI4ggwoE3q4OwK6lfRAJsoEAZU6lES8n2voZBv/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpG98ES_c_ifj_YPjciWJZ5_kRFK1uqEhuPj5-_6TMpt14hCyS2blLTMPT-QN_y751xzlVSMOTEtWBMJI09rT2tSV-z4FBPfYIey3GwZcmrDcaJGsvO009XpqibhwCBWHkLCnAjlBcwUGsDzex6sfesOZI4ggwoE3q4OwK6lfRAJsoEAZU6lES8n2voZBv/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" id="id_3830_7604_9b78_24d3" style="width: 640px; height: auto;"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Meshes Of The Afternoon / <br>Twin Peaks: The Return</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" id="id_acb0_87c6_cc66_551d"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjle5v068Y68wd57CIXVwC3UQthHnsXeXC50NAtTfCv2xqS2X1FNvlGyAehS-8-W7cDxPJ4WVS2aV7ANkQ4uJmRgS3yU2O1mdSdR-PaktoCzfXFwdvOEQ8smqBpRjNrO3SA3CJz1eOojM0oJYMBaBHg7yHK4-qUNI8Nc1HIPI9qdfj-oRs1IHKBqKfRxu4H/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjle5v068Y68wd57CIXVwC3UQthHnsXeXC50NAtTfCv2xqS2X1FNvlGyAehS-8-W7cDxPJ4WVS2aV7ANkQ4uJmRgS3yU2O1mdSdR-PaktoCzfXFwdvOEQ8smqBpRjNrO3SA3CJz1eOojM0oJYMBaBHg7yHK4-qUNI8Nc1HIPI9qdfj-oRs1IHKBqKfRxu4H/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" id="id_897c_e882_d4e8_a131" style="width: 640px; height: auto;"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Meshes Of The Afternoon / <br>Twin Peaks: The Return</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" id="id_1b8f_a852_7276_caab"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSbTiOvCNIwlfWoT9HfmfiCovP2GeBhumrNPnd_PPG2yLWUhNm_rp4IS12Jf3IiIdk7SS-m3s45Un3vCjrBFcod2s1oDVas-98SlbL6qfVkm1YryASPjH8EarqE3RlVdU6LgQqGrNcJmT1AxhZvo47a6XbdBiL4iSKkpMLz7SEYiKo268Wg-9y3_YYP7Kl/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="215" data-original-width="750" height="184" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSbTiOvCNIwlfWoT9HfmfiCovP2GeBhumrNPnd_PPG2yLWUhNm_rp4IS12Jf3IiIdk7SS-m3s45Un3vCjrBFcod2s1oDVas-98SlbL6qfVkm1YryASPjH8EarqE3RlVdU6LgQqGrNcJmT1AxhZvo47a6XbdBiL4iSKkpMLz7SEYiKo268Wg-9y3_YYP7Kl/w640-h184/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" id="id_c9bf_d8dc_609f_5125" style="width: 640px; height: auto;"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Meshes Of The Afternoon / Eraserhead</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" id="id_6426_5475_74f8_c967"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQcED8xyGaN7TAqYp-bf5X-dHM0_K7od8LG1g1w2gSH6oiQ92dYQPIIx7EPGIwBSMeR2kJ_jO3aLTorVCkldUgO4eM72T1nlqOq4rG6O9klm4xcgphpP5Ouu2HA2-vCp6QTml4zwXUMDRoqRMvirWafn5Ho9wemMAuTrSIxbe0LyvX440nUvkMyu6h6QJz/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="750" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQcED8xyGaN7TAqYp-bf5X-dHM0_K7od8LG1g1w2gSH6oiQ92dYQPIIx7EPGIwBSMeR2kJ_jO3aLTorVCkldUgO4eM72T1nlqOq4rG6O9klm4xcgphpP5Ouu2HA2-vCp6QTml4zwXUMDRoqRMvirWafn5Ho9wemMAuTrSIxbe0LyvX440nUvkMyu6h6QJz/w640-h180/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" id="id_c251_ecb6_ab90_102b" style="width: 640px; height: auto;"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Meshes Of The Afternoon / Lost Highway<br></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" id="id_8652_7298_f626_60b7"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcLMHA1PnVTuQvoSRiNghzXLmO_HYJ9a5bU7bzUunOZAbDog2pa7LTjoDkfNgI4XSUsBk2HnNWW13sR0WPuazVyW-BXgATmyCy3KNzOPg8WKIjrNpi4i0e4pFyUZh03xMfl_H-1m-PYkA7EFA2h1HGil7y46T8xhYiy0gRf1aPrkP53agi6A2jll35kSlQ/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="750" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcLMHA1PnVTuQvoSRiNghzXLmO_HYJ9a5bU7bzUunOZAbDog2pa7LTjoDkfNgI4XSUsBk2HnNWW13sR0WPuazVyW-BXgATmyCy3KNzOPg8WKIjrNpi4i0e4pFyUZh03xMfl_H-1m-PYkA7EFA2h1HGil7y46T8xhYiy0gRf1aPrkP53agi6A2jll35kSlQ/w640-h180/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" id="id_b890_1529_c32_c56" style="width: 640px; height: auto;"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Meshes Of The Afternoon / Mulholland Drive</span><br style="font-style: italic;"></td></tr></tbody></table><br><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div>Marcushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09550373157852267023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849113514286360449.post-73378820752266838892023-12-30T20:26:00.000-05:002023-12-30T20:26:03.593-05:00BEST OF 2023...Even though I no longer do my annual end of the year wrap-up, I still contribute my list/thoughts to both Wrong Reel & Toronto Film Review.<div><br /></div><div>Click the image below to watch/listen to the newly formatted Wrong Reel podcast (make sure to subscribe) where some of the the unofficial "wrong reel all-stars" tackle 2023...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=12086&v=Utnfqxuen1A&embeds_referring_euri=https%3A%2F%2Fwrongreel.com%2F&source_ve_path=MzY4NDIsMTM5MTE3LDIzODUx&feature=emb_title" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="519" data-original-width="921" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtTNX6udPb5aewBa1ntnMlHKpaIQ6gXSSZdGa6N47ZiiBKmK8xuX_Wlncjw597l9989QjBSWZmocdLb8WwMTYcZe64jcDMUW_oikIYBSYULa8PUfDHcdoO41Y1F1NOWuCrA_xN_TwjfBtBczeqKVryGohAI21kXLG27vDGn9cGZB2Rz4sgZwUwRmobRqHI/w640-h360/Untitled2.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>And click below to see the many different best-of -2023 lists rounded up by David Davidson of Toronto Film Review...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://torontofilmreview.blogspot.com/2023/12/top-ten-films-of-2023.html" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="269" data-original-width="769" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFyHk4yNnREt_GxF4-XZuokH6Xw2zR3M5tukyq5y48pQon_XNQV9Rb-ZoWydREEH8jsy-23kxCbIwPAjEu2SyUN1fuwTjEKyqxy-kYj0CLIfjqG3OgoOR7vjLqynSjjTrZO14uwgVhiz8W45OG3JYoBlYLhxoYg6R1rGx8IFQ97JtPV8Ir9t9uqtbHXXy4/w640-h224/Untitled.png" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Marcushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09550373157852267023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849113514286360449.post-27591368748588942422023-12-20T03:01:00.029-05:002023-12-20T09:17:59.435-05:00YANNICK<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqK3zz2ofCDgCWNjG76p7BV2AqUuHBVMonAWvw6N0R1BFJFksZ6kBIF_TrQGcJQ2K6S_wml91X8YFesiog9luwG3EEqWqsnqWvy3QWaEfWVdFx3XAYFIhgPdfNq_1OMKsrjKZAYqo1ZLlLYTt8_p0PZmTv_Bdfx5fI8euOULuFQH5yYX8_XeYoyewLy-L0/s1200/IMG_0339.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="675" data-original-width="1200" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqK3zz2ofCDgCWNjG76p7BV2AqUuHBVMonAWvw6N0R1BFJFksZ6kBIF_TrQGcJQ2K6S_wml91X8YFesiog9luwG3EEqWqsnqWvy3QWaEfWVdFx3XAYFIhgPdfNq_1OMKsrjKZAYqo1ZLlLYTt8_p0PZmTv_Bdfx5fI8euOULuFQH5yYX8_XeYoyewLy-L0/w640-h360/IMG_0339.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>I normally don’t like when filmmakers poke fun at critics. Their “clap-backs” at negative criticism are either really juvenile or just not very witty. To be clear - I have <i>no </i>problem with a filmmaker defending themselves or even (momentarily) stooping to the level of an immature critic that crosses the line. Just be good with your response. Don't be flat or generic. If you’re going to take a swing at the low-hanging fruit - at least make sure that you knock it out of the park. Filmmakers rarely do this. <br />Quentin Dupieux’s latest short feature is an exception. I haven't been to excited about the 2023 movie year but Dupieux's Yannick sort of restored my faith. This story is an interesting case because Dupieux takes on the perspective of not only the entitled critic, but he also takes the side of the disgruntled artist as well. In the film we see an audience member (“Yannick”) kidnap a theater troop at gunpoint mid-performance because he’s displeased with their play. The basic story sounds simple enough but this film is very absurd (if you’re familiar with Dupieux’s films then you know he works in absurdity). <i>Yannick</i> is the product of <i>The Exterminating Angel</i> (a group of folks are trapped in one place and can’t leave) and <i>The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie</i> (the majority of Yannick plays out like a particular moment in Bunuel’s classic)...<div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiVizx6qo1Xpk3_ZrRt4CgdVWOp9lu_e8WBfZezPtqMppD4Aq6cR6k0R4zvwmdzwxbAzl4oqeE-W4g_7syVcRSdtNtwKvSNY8qovrHfotBlNq7RS6gEfrTvKeBxvuPu_oLp-j2LAuJrORf5iFVOU-coIuoMK79zSHS_6cDf7CODpLx2vBNQEsTMK_Mvvtd/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="226" data-original-width="750" height="192" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiVizx6qo1Xpk3_ZrRt4CgdVWOp9lu_e8WBfZezPtqMppD4Aq6cR6k0R4zvwmdzwxbAzl4oqeE-W4g_7syVcRSdtNtwKvSNY8qovrHfotBlNq7RS6gEfrTvKeBxvuPu_oLp-j2LAuJrORf5iFVOU-coIuoMK79zSHS_6cDf7CODpLx2vBNQEsTMK_Mvvtd/w640-h192/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Discreet Charm Of The Bourgeoisie / Yannick</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Any time someone makes a movie that’s considered “weird” there’s usually an impulse to compare it to either David Lynch or Bunuel. In this case the Bunuel comparison is fair. It’s also not the first time Dupieux has referenced Bunuel in his work…<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">He[Buñuel]’s some kind of master to me</span></b></i> - Quentin Dupieux, tinymixtapes.com</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGXYbxSga6gNryMyRl_AmTULVxJqh9CBWy1baDIOrHm2QGENV3V2kkqJqSwY85vxoK5usABPOwOexcMSjgHoYJ6gM9d2LHCEH6Jv-ZoscaufhPVM10SoKXyhrCA7ewsi_mvQNcY_9bCY4rPfEAq5z5HGmmXtRKSV_lRv8STFDOQLjWVHSwdciDZtz221EK/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="212" data-original-width="750" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGXYbxSga6gNryMyRl_AmTULVxJqh9CBWy1baDIOrHm2QGENV3V2kkqJqSwY85vxoK5usABPOwOexcMSjgHoYJ6gM9d2LHCEH6Jv-ZoscaufhPVM10SoKXyhrCA7ewsi_mvQNcY_9bCY4rPfEAq5z5HGmmXtRKSV_lRv8STFDOQLjWVHSwdciDZtz221EK/w640-h180/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Un Chien Andalou / Lamb's Anger<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Men fascinated with women's shoes...<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdaLu6vBwZZ1bbK2f0gx0gtSTDNBnJqvJXHemjzQYF2GVAFzk3d55QgZNf3djoHsGb_pb7FmbgeUVOsIPnzZOso3K1ICk9q5_PGjorbdCiMyc0KTXHiOzCama-XnyvPi4gI027TKupH2gdsvM2XaIHkGACGJQK-GH4J6eMkrytbXaWhHp9sh_p7aFwFryz/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdaLu6vBwZZ1bbK2f0gx0gtSTDNBnJqvJXHemjzQYF2GVAFzk3d55QgZNf3djoHsGb_pb7FmbgeUVOsIPnzZOso3K1ICk9q5_PGjorbdCiMyc0KTXHiOzCama-XnyvPi4gI027TKupH2gdsvM2XaIHkGACGJQK-GH4J6eMkrytbXaWhHp9sh_p7aFwFryz/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Viridiana / Reality</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Quentin Dupieux takes on that brand of modern critic that trashes art because it isn’t immediately deemed a masterpiece or doesn’t speak to their specific needs. In the film, Yannick heckles the play and expresses his frustration early on in the performance and demands that the actors do something else (he eventually uses force).<br />If you’re on twitter, Facebook, letterboxd, tiktok, YouTube etc - then you’re familiar with that brand of movie “critic” that either tweets in the middle of a film to their followers or has their heavily edited video review ready to go minutes after walking out of the theater. When did you even have time to digest the film? Sometimes you read a letterboxd review and you can tell the person doesn’t even care about the movie they’re writing about. They just want to get a bunch of cheap (unfunny) jokes off.<br />There’s also that brand of critic that can only process a film through their own unique super personal life experiences and if they don’t see a character or scenario that relates directly to them, then the movie is considered a failure. I have yet to see a movie about a large Black, left-handed, kidney transplant recipient but I still manage to enjoy movies most of the time. I think more so-called marginalized critics might want to follow suit. You might appreciate movies a little more.</div><div><br /></div><div>This is very much a "Marcus" movie so I guess it isn't for everyone. But with a running time of only 67minutes, I'd recommend anyone give this a shot. If you aren't familiar with the work of Quentin Dupieux, this is the perfect gateway.</div><div><br /><div><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p> </div></div>Marcushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09550373157852267023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849113514286360449.post-68103403274736219312023-12-06T13:51:00.002-05:002023-12-06T14:01:54.467-05:00THE SCHOOL OF PERSONA: MAY DECEMBER<div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">I couldn’t not think of Persona when I first read Samy’s script, in the clear way that it’s such a unique example of a film that pairs these two women and where likenesses are being exchanged, or that one character is learning about the likeness of the other and trying to incorporate her into her process as an actor</span></b></i> - Todd Haynes, Letterboxd</div><div>'<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd8DZtgHrQPC05nppdC4oD36sF8ylZ5J0Bf75tpWo7tKLz3clQx4966smTpQdkSjr0v2p2DQlKkWqEVPurIUIB8ylhk6WX2cCTpZMWeHEpDztxFgTh7W3L0asjq5yaH5XR1HnV88mBMg2rfxrh3497PgAa0UXz5JJ_CZkIQkP-GQyrlqVocAwPQ-53XsEf/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="212" data-original-width="750" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd8DZtgHrQPC05nppdC4oD36sF8ylZ5J0Bf75tpWo7tKLz3clQx4966smTpQdkSjr0v2p2DQlKkWqEVPurIUIB8ylhk6WX2cCTpZMWeHEpDztxFgTh7W3L0asjq5yaH5XR1HnV88mBMg2rfxrh3497PgAa0UXz5JJ_CZkIQkP-GQyrlqVocAwPQ-53XsEf/w640-h180/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Persona / May December</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">I caught a handful of <i>Persona</i>-esque shots in Todd Haynes <i>May December</i> only to discover afterwards that it was <i>intentional </i>(<a href="https://letterboxd.com/journal/todd-haynes-may-december-watchlist-interview/">click here to learn about Haynes' influences on his latest film</a>). Normally, a filmmaker being influenced by one of Bergman's most recognizable films seems like low-hanging fruit but this is the first time Haynes has been so open about Bergman's influence (he usually draws from the likes of Chantal Akerman, Douglas Sirk, etc).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Below are all of the worthwhile references/similarities I caught (some super obvious and others not so obvious).</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">And in Persona, Liv Ullmann plays an actress who’s been stricken with stage fright and has stopped speaking. Bibi Andersson is a nurse and a caretaker, called in to look after her </span></b></i>- Todd Haynes, Letterboxd</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_d8Hthz3RrroDlgfTQSZJcG5SedN0gYAsotcODsWk9MGauQ49XmPeWf5hUg8g4yHdU8OgjOBStwM_wuLBIIfvaU63y-O8jHSW-cJi8WIyN3eS0Ab7XGegwmLY_02ZRkqCVupcrUtj9lnQByzLSfcxPW09Tfi8OeMmTXE1wwXlhoVZ0i-ca4Tffuh3sRZg/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="232" data-original-width="750" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_d8Hthz3RrroDlgfTQSZJcG5SedN0gYAsotcODsWk9MGauQ49XmPeWf5hUg8g4yHdU8OgjOBStwM_wuLBIIfvaU63y-O8jHSW-cJi8WIyN3eS0Ab7XGegwmLY_02ZRkqCVupcrUtj9lnQByzLSfcxPW09Tfi8OeMmTXE1wwXlhoVZ0i-ca4Tffuh3sRZg/w640-h198/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Persona / May December</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">That shot figures into the film Persona, but it’s not necessarily the shot you think of when we all think of Persona. The ultimate shot is where these two are almost playing as if they’re in a mirror, and their gaze turns to the lens of the camera. It’s like a dream</span></b></i> - Todd Haynes, Letterboxd</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8d-6o_ODxtBVH54k1EVoM58IK9Iu8EN9SNOWQ1QAGIJrs1jg6Atr_ZWLLUOMEbMT76x0Tt46RnGPIS3YQCb7RcSbVqSueYm_mUQvUGUcgPstXe8oax-ERZDWyC2twssUOWAvvfpR3WuD1V1pg0fiWQPUIO94AKCV-wrDRE6kmpXTWgg4-L9oQqV5lq3oW/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="750" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8d-6o_ODxtBVH54k1EVoM58IK9Iu8EN9SNOWQ1QAGIJrs1jg6Atr_ZWLLUOMEbMT76x0Tt46RnGPIS3YQCb7RcSbVqSueYm_mUQvUGUcgPstXe8oax-ERZDWyC2twssUOWAvvfpR3WuD1V1pg0fiWQPUIO94AKCV-wrDRE6kmpXTWgg4-L9oQqV5lq3oW/w640-h360/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Persona / May December</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Persona did influence that scene directly</span></i></b> - Todd Haynes, Letterboxd</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_5pFVz8eh2StfNh6_L-klG35q0TeoBhJTznLMOdNtyj0Hl-f4t_G9t9T_KQzHYvuTA6Yot4cuXVdhEPG4gEkK1CN_eSKsdhnbm5BF7Yk27faSPJfVy6UcuvN4eDRjtI6DtHnJ6Yoqg5AnsAlJrb0GIy_TY7_0le_IfYIY5-S8jLvdBMWrFwMSid_xJB2r/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="231" data-original-width="750" height="198" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_5pFVz8eh2StfNh6_L-klG35q0TeoBhJTznLMOdNtyj0Hl-f4t_G9t9T_KQzHYvuTA6Yot4cuXVdhEPG4gEkK1CN_eSKsdhnbm5BF7Yk27faSPJfVy6UcuvN4eDRjtI6DtHnJ6Yoqg5AnsAlJrb0GIy_TY7_0le_IfYIY5-S8jLvdBMWrFwMSid_xJB2r/w640-h198/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Persona / May December</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6X8xHHAUU67ixW-UCgxaalcQ_UbCwjVn8vXiTxHcZfLWmX9tlkuj74tD2f479LgK3ybRvyVSfNte727-3Q3zha2_b_ikhevTowTKR2AKxUE3Nl5hLwqK7rmkSz9Oq_fbI5LHGIeKRoPPHv8lvhE33JTLM9fxG-Cvhee-nk-OvXtw0pn2oyZcv0J5kv6Ex/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="265" data-original-width="750" height="226" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6X8xHHAUU67ixW-UCgxaalcQ_UbCwjVn8vXiTxHcZfLWmX9tlkuj74tD2f479LgK3ybRvyVSfNte727-3Q3zha2_b_ikhevTowTKR2AKxUE3Nl5hLwqK7rmkSz9Oq_fbI5LHGIeKRoPPHv8lvhE33JTLM9fxG-Cvhee-nk-OvXtw0pn2oyZcv0J5kv6Ex/w640-h226/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Persona / May December</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOLGIF53O3todk9s7NYkZZbRlEbulGndpel4PFoIke732tzxV0OXH-FM-lznMNTCgo1SFVi9_E2FxVuxxTt0wGmF2v5r34H2AP8tbtzgYKxH69PNQv1OHA-hdV7lz6OKBifI18jYzKy5STS2e5ev7HHzq-3UksKAcxjEx7_EXa5XbCNyUyJu9VduXzYTrm/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="229" data-original-width="750" height="196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOLGIF53O3todk9s7NYkZZbRlEbulGndpel4PFoIke732tzxV0OXH-FM-lznMNTCgo1SFVi9_E2FxVuxxTt0wGmF2v5r34H2AP8tbtzgYKxH69PNQv1OHA-hdV7lz6OKBifI18jYzKy5STS2e5ev7HHzq-3UksKAcxjEx7_EXa5XbCNyUyJu9VduXzYTrm/w640-h196/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Persona / May December</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgadfTr6acecmV9_ArS4hW4r334MnRBojioIghRjZSw-Fh3JIRyAi5YNEPytqlf4YZ56S1WexDGJE9TLodYs1RgXbSNvAcS7nMyQ66_sMyUbwt8e1svUAPq_-ine0XmiA-rujcqXwTU8KXMMU5R2xXxxAC5_-IL403BDo8LQmBkq8HRHHZgfxZH1cTSFOpL/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="750" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgadfTr6acecmV9_ArS4hW4r334MnRBojioIghRjZSw-Fh3JIRyAi5YNEPytqlf4YZ56S1WexDGJE9TLodYs1RgXbSNvAcS7nMyQ66_sMyUbwt8e1svUAPq_-ine0XmiA-rujcqXwTU8KXMMU5R2xXxxAC5_-IL403BDo8LQmBkq8HRHHZgfxZH1cTSFOpL/w640-h180/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Persona / May December</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div>Marcushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09550373157852267023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849113514286360449.post-40616093571077706982023-12-01T03:01:00.036-05:002023-12-04T13:11:29.290-05:00 A FEW MORE WORDS ON THE CINEMATIC INFLUENCES OF JOEL POTRYKUS - PART TWO <p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_ef26_6b6d_1b2d_6af3" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4n6yqzUJnoGWR4-WMCtwB90o2eDv0GEtOtxeWTuDDmvuB9in6NIiqyQia8EMYswQUI_BWtj-szrGUum6fSkvSm6BQome4m9V_ncKcRFr1AWe1LLMHyz1ixK2gVpyQ369Y6fqQz4qGUKuj8Yg4y8OqrgKc_bz_6O_lAKOl5XU5bIvWf0hskOkGFqXz52Vj/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="187" data-original-width="750" height="160" id="id_7bb9_7047_81bc_1f9f" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4n6yqzUJnoGWR4-WMCtwB90o2eDv0GEtOtxeWTuDDmvuB9in6NIiqyQia8EMYswQUI_BWtj-szrGUum6fSkvSm6BQome4m9V_ncKcRFr1AWe1LLMHyz1ixK2gVpyQ369Y6fqQz4qGUKuj8Yg4y8OqrgKc_bz_6O_lAKOl5XU5bIvWf0hskOkGFqXz52Vj/w640-h160/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Firm / Ape</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Joel Potrykus’ films have the unique distinction of being 100% his own while still being incredibly reference-heavy. Last year we delved in to his many homages & references (click <a href="http://www.pinnlandempire.com/2022/05/i-dont-mean-for-all-of-my-writing-this.html"><b>here </b></a>& <b><a href="http://www.pinnlandempire.com/2022/05/the-alchemist-cookbook.html">here </a></b>to read more). A handful of comparisons got left on the cutting room floor so I decided to post them before the year is over.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Some of these are straight from the director’s mouth while others are total reaches on my own part. Either way, enjoy…</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="font-size: 17px;">Don't forget to check out Potrykus' own video montage of references over on vimeo (</span><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://vimeo.com/208937448">click here</a></span></b><span style="font-size: 17px;">)</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">I consider myself lucky to have been so moved by Jarmusch's early films, because I'd be living a disappointing existence if I were trying to copy Star Wars</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 17px;"> - Joel Potrykus, Criterion</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_350d_20da_cca_b863" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifWa9tk_2vDBmBNxIAMSFBHs_o_WUK8mktO9-QSdjp980n-P33d_szrCAxPLEbw87T09wwdF20BKSFOPsB-HGo1c4CYD7jvDtKfEpPq49pW80BNuyOsA4DzwCJQ3jW9R5mrlqKZwRlI0pMl5R9b3qCKfhoaf3ISNvYw2AQhd31u2i0gFhjA2sccj1u2OYC/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="190" data-original-width="750" height="162" id="id_242d_dd74_2083_2d40" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifWa9tk_2vDBmBNxIAMSFBHs_o_WUK8mktO9-QSdjp980n-P33d_szrCAxPLEbw87T09wwdF20BKSFOPsB-HGo1c4CYD7jvDtKfEpPq49pW80BNuyOsA4DzwCJQ3jW9R5mrlqKZwRlI0pMl5R9b3qCKfhoaf3ISNvYw2AQhd31u2i0gFhjA2sccj1u2OYC/w640-h162/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Permanent Vacation / Ape</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5J7G36O4zhI_p-Rdmr6GJgOY3YXjOoKt6z_HVxTORb1x5ixq0PBpXEB_4LQ19o1U6iChq2AaJpDT5JJX-cJn6sAutMUm1lXtn9EePUQKudyI7z29V_m_psK0f-jnASTc3PkLTSIEeh6rWeG3MThiindM9pyPBxoX6RVpscVObg18kxu4-L1WzGtALSuVM/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="188" data-original-width="750" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5J7G36O4zhI_p-Rdmr6GJgOY3YXjOoKt6z_HVxTORb1x5ixq0PBpXEB_4LQ19o1U6iChq2AaJpDT5JJX-cJn6sAutMUm1lXtn9EePUQKudyI7z29V_m_psK0f-jnASTc3PkLTSIEeh6rWeG3MThiindM9pyPBxoX6RVpscVObg18kxu4-L1WzGtALSuVM/w640-h160/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_350d_20da_cca_b863" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption"><i>Permanent Vacation / Ape</i></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9JTEKnZOgUihr7-SvWT3fg3R84UXMoZwSD4l1cymnrdZrNDtg39tLqjVvVAXCTPOXmyBiA_6xoQwBKuKp3ktvsLt_UNyuRhWDWHH93exjj7qQEcL761FRvMNtijfE8WmR5TmFE7C-ZLqahML9gYr0jujrxE8CIJr4zPkZj7oUFH4xze9gBaEPJO4HSrzs/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="188" data-original-width="750" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9JTEKnZOgUihr7-SvWT3fg3R84UXMoZwSD4l1cymnrdZrNDtg39tLqjVvVAXCTPOXmyBiA_6xoQwBKuKp3ktvsLt_UNyuRhWDWHH93exjj7qQEcL761FRvMNtijfE8WmR5TmFE7C-ZLqahML9gYr0jujrxE8CIJr4zPkZj7oUFH4xze9gBaEPJO4HSrzs/w640-h160/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_350d_20da_cca_b863" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption"><i>Permanent Vacation / Buzzard</i></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgluCWKPwP1LxLTJs23H71rhevOxcaQ7-9ksfOaN3n4raGpJgExuzZgTmu0vfOIXHPqAYQ00v3HIFGhTEIaarZfnxieAPXZ2kQNedYkoDPTSSrJUX6GkwGlUTgoP0NE3E7Fn4WbTbqz3qMtIzkba5dLPncYL4pOGV1oca27JfS5n2RjpSQFT1XbY828gIfk/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="187" data-original-width="750" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgluCWKPwP1LxLTJs23H71rhevOxcaQ7-9ksfOaN3n4raGpJgExuzZgTmu0vfOIXHPqAYQ00v3HIFGhTEIaarZfnxieAPXZ2kQNedYkoDPTSSrJUX6GkwGlUTgoP0NE3E7Fn4WbTbqz3qMtIzkba5dLPncYL4pOGV1oca27JfS5n2RjpSQFT1XbY828gIfk/w640-h160/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_350d_20da_cca_b863" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption"><i>Permanent Vacation / Gordon</i></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">We thought, if this Richard Linklater guy living in Texas can do it, we can do it in Michigan. We filmed ourselves hanging out and talking about nothing</span></b></i><span style="font-size: 17px;"> - Joel Potrykus, Criterion </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_a548_cf80_d4fe_bb62" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1HQY3UcniEpTyCiWaXfnSBpxqovROwgGynR0hs9XpQbHpFf5eAyBDfeKE4oJiCdXOCoPNSGTeCZdyUXGtcABSOHYqSpHWvFzHOIjmeC5Zz9-nvcaKvKyUDoZLC7Ddf7rYIEIYy6IuT2btCjQhhwi-jvHHU-Fnr7ehq-UZ62yJsh8CGjM2a5abIk6h_dhh/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="190" data-original-width="750" height="162" id="id_900f_f04f_9b2_5664" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1HQY3UcniEpTyCiWaXfnSBpxqovROwgGynR0hs9XpQbHpFf5eAyBDfeKE4oJiCdXOCoPNSGTeCZdyUXGtcABSOHYqSpHWvFzHOIjmeC5Zz9-nvcaKvKyUDoZLC7Ddf7rYIEIYy6IuT2btCjQhhwi-jvHHU-Fnr7ehq-UZ62yJsh8CGjM2a5abIk6h_dhh/w640-h162/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Slacker / Buzzard</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgugdNUR8EvJgFTkcFUnGuDo00Aca7qtss5iDl6GqoECpw7cIb6xmSz96sxamoC1gW4YY3q854j8wukh_ptyObZe18zrIXoBMz4lQzH3O3ukIuutoIwNxw_oEv7-TMiGWgZK00b3X7TeWSY0DlUrT21oRNb_trpZi2NX92Fa2rvv0KKkFidfZrsJk9q0Qf/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="750" height="296" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgugdNUR8EvJgFTkcFUnGuDo00Aca7qtss5iDl6GqoECpw7cIb6xmSz96sxamoC1gW4YY3q854j8wukh_ptyObZe18zrIXoBMz4lQzH3O3ukIuutoIwNxw_oEv7-TMiGWgZK00b3X7TeWSY0DlUrT21oRNb_trpZi2NX92Fa2rvv0KKkFidfZrsJk9q0Qf/w640-h296/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_a548_cf80_d4fe_bb62" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption"><i>Slacker / Coyote</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(33, 37, 41); color: #212529; font-size: x-large; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><i style="background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><b>Gummo– </b></i></span><span face="-apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, "Helvetica Neue", Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol"" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); -webkit-text-size-adjust: 100%; background: 0px 0px; border: 0px; box-sizing: border-box; caret-color: rgb(33, 37, 41); color: #212529; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-size-adjust: 100%; vertical-align: baseline;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">this is great, I love it, I can make that movie</span></b></i><span style="font-size: 18px;"> - Joel Potrykus, hammertoenail.com</span></span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_a67e_13f2_83d7_a986" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNRdj63J4j5fQrbyNFyVAGBbq3emjRwlpGggkX7bLhz_bevg_WF95uiOhBh7RG88boomV5eK2TQcvpf8Bad9l22ap3g6G1orsGH_pp9xw7PAz9TrN-UVIiLIbpZ5M8-euAcTfr14pWZIGR0NnGFkO_UJ0rKIbBz3Uh3wErnW3ilnabCZre232rXSJPDO7w/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="188" data-original-width="750" height="160" id="id_6c1_b44c_3a0b_4121" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNRdj63J4j5fQrbyNFyVAGBbq3emjRwlpGggkX7bLhz_bevg_WF95uiOhBh7RG88boomV5eK2TQcvpf8Bad9l22ap3g6G1orsGH_pp9xw7PAz9TrN-UVIiLIbpZ5M8-euAcTfr14pWZIGR0NnGFkO_UJ0rKIbBz3Uh3wErnW3ilnabCZre232rXSJPDO7w/w640-h160/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Gummo / Ape</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody; font-size: x-large;"><i><b>I was still trying to emulate Sam Raimi. </b></i></span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Raimi is a Michigan filmmaker, and he was the guy that first made me feel I could be a filmmaker</span></b></i><span style="font-size: 17px;"> - Joel Potrykus, moviemezzanine.com</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_e032_6aa2_74cd_3aa9" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBuf5RXMKZS1hR8WUXf6Uoek4Kd48Z77IR_7XpRimc-YqSKxEvCyr3xJICgwbN1ojzfwwbZABA-0jFc1kNBWDnOebIj8RLyPNG2IymxCvWlr3_3fFx_DeWUQOD3H4yhKMU0LUBwbbSSPEsWqvAKMo7aW7V_jpMywb6__g9hxrCMv6pdoBMTPJ9pl6G6Rhp/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="186" data-original-width="750" height="158" id="id_d862_e28e_4ccc_cbe8" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBuf5RXMKZS1hR8WUXf6Uoek4Kd48Z77IR_7XpRimc-YqSKxEvCyr3xJICgwbN1ojzfwwbZABA-0jFc1kNBWDnOebIj8RLyPNG2IymxCvWlr3_3fFx_DeWUQOD3H4yhKMU0LUBwbbSSPEsWqvAKMo7aW7V_jpMywb6__g9hxrCMv6pdoBMTPJ9pl6G6Rhp/w640-h158/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Evil Dead 2 / Buzzard</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="font-size: 17px;">Last year we looked at a parallel between <i>Ape </i>and Cassavetes’ <i>Killing Of A Chinese Bookie</i> (</span><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.pinnlandempire.com/2022/05/i-dont-mean-for-all-of-my-writing-this.html">click here to read</a></span></b><span style="font-size: 17px;">). Hear are a few more…</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">As Cassavetes says ‘The face is the best landscape’ </span></b></i><span style="font-size: 17px;">- Joel Potrykus, Bomb Magazine</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_ceeb_6f6a_3c41_6180" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxO0nJKsH99i4qgxFoI4fMf0jTrshHzJcJZM8E4gJ87C2EZDVwwFiQZL-Cz6_04AmXmxQm9u-cAANUOYigZgdLLsJlYHGu9P_N1Me1QkDtxmwUkjFxLrPEfK9XoU1VOq72uSyCUjqDfod12gfBN8QoVyHQkODsyY6mPHmR68IzNonuq0-VetsNzAGnRwFm/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="750" height="180" id="id_d29a_3f87_2842_3bf" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxO0nJKsH99i4qgxFoI4fMf0jTrshHzJcJZM8E4gJ87C2EZDVwwFiQZL-Cz6_04AmXmxQm9u-cAANUOYigZgdLLsJlYHGu9P_N1Me1QkDtxmwUkjFxLrPEfK9XoU1VOq72uSyCUjqDfod12gfBN8QoVyHQkODsyY6mPHmR68IzNonuq0-VetsNzAGnRwFm/w640-h180/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Killing Of A Chinese Bookie / Ape</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_cc7c_3bfe_b0f6_c72c" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtVVqvUSnWYMzF80-wblamfk6KW7E1kQQYSS5MrhjXjPPVQza4uea2y__K1rv3UHUlWY93iPL_1VbSes8QsyEaX0sP6aV3m4zFFX3q7WBYI9nhROtZi5fS7fio5MOVQ_CNe0jz9CMChixGey0O1AgBdQ9S2tlbJ9Ae5HzXDGD8Iy11d2nDBxuyksfDawRO/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="188" data-original-width="750" height="160" id="id_3878_acd_3664_d3cf" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtVVqvUSnWYMzF80-wblamfk6KW7E1kQQYSS5MrhjXjPPVQza4uea2y__K1rv3UHUlWY93iPL_1VbSes8QsyEaX0sP6aV3m4zFFX3q7WBYI9nhROtZi5fS7fio5MOVQ_CNe0jz9CMChixGey0O1AgBdQ9S2tlbJ9Ae5HzXDGD8Iy11d2nDBxuyksfDawRO/w640-h160/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Killing Of A Chinese Bookie / Ape<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Alan Clarke is one of my biggest influences, because his work feels more raw and real</span></b></i><span style="font-size: 17px;"> - Joel Potrykus, Bomb Magazine</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_ffd5_5f8b_d29_abc8" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBfsFA3yvatKc680XAUjZqN-UP2-fQzXTHmFmmWiv0ut2WwpKL83TcXUR4hwbUxJwVUKbSLnSsA-QAi6l2kujcA9yWC20lrgT27Few4SGzvcr9b-5MCTSXwKQ2Cc7yZt6TuIpBFY-vSEY9fH3P2LtkpeTjQYav-d0aATk2Ec0foHz856qfDkNK-whV20Xr/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="187" data-original-width="750" height="160" id="id_36fd_270e_8965_b245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBfsFA3yvatKc680XAUjZqN-UP2-fQzXTHmFmmWiv0ut2WwpKL83TcXUR4hwbUxJwVUKbSLnSsA-QAi6l2kujcA9yWC20lrgT27Few4SGzvcr9b-5MCTSXwKQ2Cc7yZt6TuIpBFY-vSEY9fH3P2LtkpeTjQYav-d0aATk2Ec0foHz856qfDkNK-whV20Xr/w640-h160/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_2798_494c_93ef_b18e" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Christine / Ape<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Yeah, The Road Warrior. He's just eating that dog food out of the can. Ever since I was a little kid, I was like, "Wow, if the world goes to shit, you can find dog food or cat food and you'll be fine." I was always obsessed with that. Especially since in the first Mad Max, he's out in a field eating a peanut butter and honey sandwich or something like that. He's gone from the domestic bliss of peanut butter to the wasteland version of dog food out of the can. I loved that.</span></b></i><span style="font-size: 17px;"> - Joel Potrykus, avclub </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_e789_a9cb_123a_c597" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHH4WnEw2GTQ1ooLAZFLQXRTg5jA_eoAZe2__SZ0faWE_nBAo0ph3Sg9YaUd-Zytct84JCcfXeyqs0PKq5fFw-OfpcU4jO2FQ4V-4R1YC9c5dKRoAHYvIaTHvDugOG_g6NKuu0SM2jYvXVBkaKlgslp540eI2VM2WQM6mSJ8ybxolheUPDbNd7vdMx4bnh/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="187" data-original-width="750" height="160" id="id_34ed_1b0e_d841_1f7d" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHH4WnEw2GTQ1ooLAZFLQXRTg5jA_eoAZe2__SZ0faWE_nBAo0ph3Sg9YaUd-Zytct84JCcfXeyqs0PKq5fFw-OfpcU4jO2FQ4V-4R1YC9c5dKRoAHYvIaTHvDugOG_g6NKuu0SM2jYvXVBkaKlgslp540eI2VM2WQM6mSJ8ybxolheUPDbNd7vdMx4bnh/w640-h160/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_4f9_2ef7_e3b7_538" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Mad Max 2 / Alchemist Cookbook<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Ht6qXX-Lf1NkMJUuH7XA08SSLwGFNNFW87ZkSa9V-jGgipH2EVCKFRAIFjqSQLBIoWEKZs_7gGQQBmSJMAmqGvCPGeOiqSDRXvWfZOKwWeyNFIJWlKzcmUx5wUmSmWCrRdEAhOgDDHUvgD78R_8wpbASL00O2upi11TgPPpOzXZm4YlgjplAhmr51wrv/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="188" data-original-width="750" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7Ht6qXX-Lf1NkMJUuH7XA08SSLwGFNNFW87ZkSa9V-jGgipH2EVCKFRAIFjqSQLBIoWEKZs_7gGQQBmSJMAmqGvCPGeOiqSDRXvWfZOKwWeyNFIJWlKzcmUx5wUmSmWCrRdEAhOgDDHUvgD78R_8wpbASL00O2upi11TgPPpOzXZm4YlgjplAhmr51wrv/w640-h160/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Mad Max 2 / Buzzard</span><br style="font-style: italic;" /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Here are some more (non-confirmed) visual similarities that stuck out to me…</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_525f_30a6_7bf4_fb9e" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihgh83ppoUaoxndm3wjP49OeWWUgEGj3_IU-p5WN92dLqFBZc7nQpcSd4Ig4KG03gCVoUnrWncz5zGBFPrsPD22CQ7QMzM3A-vT2m615hIKBTlNSfwStjN4_61qRCHdCFcsWPZmrrxJWSIOGZV9ksDDEr0fU66uQaFa3cMtjF2E4HBbLHvnAUg75LsIpY-/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="212" data-original-width="750" height="180" id="id_387b_6610_1383_87d4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihgh83ppoUaoxndm3wjP49OeWWUgEGj3_IU-p5WN92dLqFBZc7nQpcSd4Ig4KG03gCVoUnrWncz5zGBFPrsPD22CQ7QMzM3A-vT2m615hIKBTlNSfwStjN4_61qRCHdCFcsWPZmrrxJWSIOGZV9ksDDEr0fU66uQaFa3cMtjF2E4HBbLHvnAUg75LsIpY-/w640-h180/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_e4c5_4664_6f5f_932b" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Mean Streets / Ape<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_121f_db1e_cae6_85f1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: "Times New Roman"; font-size: 17px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration-color: initial; text-decoration-style: initial; text-decoration-thickness: initial; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;" /></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_81f3_5bac_1407_e0e2" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCgsnSGvVFJznnRChaEUY6nSJyp48e6GPeIwP-5KfhjzSOMKUaa597M-Qk2TlmxifaiPxFPBXToRQvdEGzraWKK-r1H4XEV0wV2Tv0Jagf0z6BlIov98e_1evqK-QZvfMp2uGRrSfTDS0XOpt0BIPa7X1hDR7f_tpNARJPRRma977c-2cjNNFDD0x9xC41/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="750" height="180" id="id_dfca_98c9_7d31_5a61" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCgsnSGvVFJznnRChaEUY6nSJyp48e6GPeIwP-5KfhjzSOMKUaa597M-Qk2TlmxifaiPxFPBXToRQvdEGzraWKK-r1H4XEV0wV2Tv0Jagf0z6BlIov98e_1evqK-QZvfMp2uGRrSfTDS0XOpt0BIPa7X1hDR7f_tpNARJPRRma977c-2cjNNFDD0x9xC41/w640-h180/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_4547_312e_b4df_9c50" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>A Clockwork Orange / Alchemist Cookbook<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; 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I made an appearance on the DarK Habits podcast to chat about some topics I'm well versed in...<div>
<iframe allowfullscreen="" allowtransparency="true" data-name="pb-iframe-player" height="300" loading="lazy" scrolling="no" src="https://www.podbean.com/player-v2/?from=embed&i=5ym5j-150120c-pb&square=1&share=1&download=1&fonts=Arial&skin=1&font-color=auto&rtl=0&logo_link=episode_page&btn-skin=7&size=300" style="border: none; height: 300px; min-width: min(100%, 430px);" title="Uncle Boonmee - 2010 - Episode 19" width="100%"></iframe></div>Marcushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09550373157852267023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849113514286360449.post-70537045551646096912023-11-11T14:37:00.006-05:002024-03-15T16:20:50.615-04:00A FEW WORDS ON THE KILLER *UPDATED*<p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhitSi6yVlgic7qQd6OJ8_I94uawkXsFT0BYqz9oM8AjZedymuY4tlX9n1Yhqe-HK9DenoAuSx9mzsvORE44L93VJMtyYVYIfNRC4VTUBk7EoPCw1bgnh942RbRICiYzKZD6NN3GR1oE-GNPtryrfznGWQAXGu7a1K5OFlvSSvx22aNC5-lGQI-GtaUI1AR/s1284/IMG_8318.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="693" data-original-width="1284" height="346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhitSi6yVlgic7qQd6OJ8_I94uawkXsFT0BYqz9oM8AjZedymuY4tlX9n1Yhqe-HK9DenoAuSx9mzsvORE44L93VJMtyYVYIfNRC4VTUBk7EoPCw1bgnh942RbRICiYzKZD6NN3GR1oE-GNPtryrfznGWQAXGu7a1K5OFlvSSvx22aNC5-lGQI-GtaUI1AR/w640-h346/IMG_8318.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">The main critique/commentary/talking point concerning Fincher’s latest hitman thriller has to do with it being a cynical/somewhat on-the-nose response to the negative criticisms of <i>Mank</i>. Almost like he’s trying to make up for something at the same time. I get why folks feel that way. In my personal opinion, <i>Mank </i>has zero original style. It’s also boring. The bad kind of of boring. </span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">This is going to sound harsh but it felt like...nothing. </span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><i>This </i>time around Fincher made a film that was all about style. That ice-cold euro style reminiscent of </span><i style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo</i><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">. </span><i style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">The Killer</i><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"> certainly has a handful of exciting moments but for the most part it’s also pretty boring. But the good/interesting kind of boring. Imagine </span><i style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">The Killer </i><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">in a triple feature with Anton Corbjin’s </span><i style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">The American</i><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"> and Jarmusch’s </span><i style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">The Limits Of Control</i><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">. “The cool silent Hitman trilogy” (you could add <i>The Mechanic</i> in there and make it a quadtrilogy)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQBdPZXQ0Zr1oAZDlmrXqtxEaQPbbk9iHdDnn_JB2iYGg6bS8YmgO0XeB7VN0BCCyDRtKuBSCRs_E-IttiYnuZNjGgAt5ycV2FTRiy0owl0YJo8bs68D_PTXDIK95XIqZkAXjXgARyNPX6rfCRCD51x95_UJ4xNQtnPL-VByoxPIREWEWcWXs_Vcy6x0eu/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQBdPZXQ0Zr1oAZDlmrXqtxEaQPbbk9iHdDnn_JB2iYGg6bS8YmgO0XeB7VN0BCCyDRtKuBSCRs_E-IttiYnuZNjGgAt5ycV2FTRiy0owl0YJo8bs68D_PTXDIK95XIqZkAXjXgARyNPX6rfCRCD51x95_UJ4xNQtnPL-VByoxPIREWEWcWXs_Vcy6x0eu/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The American / <br />The Killer<br /><br /></i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVrySV7xu3IIjxRgYauiguj0Iclzp0p8DJ-O4tK2K62styh7euMpXH999LLDHRMczR_HFDMf8-FtUZTjl3wsvjlhFChsaT4nBaJDLhjX_G9zPN_YcdQaB0tIsSbJEMBM5MdAfWyvfSezNm1CXxjQhoMUi0JOsBL3UWjqR6EQAUylpOXw6JP9Fqhe7DGpBC/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="750" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVrySV7xu3IIjxRgYauiguj0Iclzp0p8DJ-O4tK2K62styh7euMpXH999LLDHRMczR_HFDMf8-FtUZTjl3wsvjlhFChsaT4nBaJDLhjX_G9zPN_YcdQaB0tIsSbJEMBM5MdAfWyvfSezNm1CXxjQhoMUi0JOsBL3UWjqR6EQAUylpOXw6JP9Fqhe7DGpBC/w640-h360/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Mechanic / <br />The Killer</i></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">I don’t think <i>The Killer</i> is a cynical response or Fincher apologizing for anything </span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">(if anything, </span><i style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">The Killer</i><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"> </span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">makes up for Michael Fassbender in</span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"> </span><i style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">The Snowman</i><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">)</span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">. I think it’s more of a “slick” response in that he’s saying; “you think I don’t have any style after </span><i style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Mank</i><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">? Well watch this…”. He took the negative criticisms of his previous feature as a challenge and made a mostly fun feature length stylish music video (that isn’t an insult as Fincher’s roots are in music videos which are all over his latest feature).</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7_pSk5_LSLXmH8phgUiDmO5tSKUkWB0yssIV813XjprnHcI9ddHXJ1dRHhWqdoM6bCQmJdMfvgnA5nXumDVlawbZVjtFmL_-AcXjlF6SzQg16olqGc8uUeOFJPpVkvlhl2GUpJNqrusa6TotU4JKEGoNQIBnZ2z5Eco-Z3bswDO56EOvwGC0Z_3RsErnd/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7_pSk5_LSLXmH8phgUiDmO5tSKUkWB0yssIV813XjprnHcI9ddHXJ1dRHhWqdoM6bCQmJdMfvgnA5nXumDVlawbZVjtFmL_-AcXjlF6SzQg16olqGc8uUeOFJPpVkvlhl2GUpJNqrusa6TotU4JKEGoNQIBnZ2z5Eco-Z3bswDO56EOvwGC0Z_3RsErnd/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Express Yourself / <br />The Killer</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">And to be clear - there <i>is </i>a plot concerning revenge after a botched assassination but, <i>The Killer </i>is all about style at the end of the day (and maybe a deeper meaning about covering your tracks after a fuck up at work). That might not be for everyone but it certainly worked for me. </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKL5b7oyo-aN7vm2pojcMVXKP5ks6NBQPUYnu1FXOIMwh2_HkNF0O-poi4ajtQIviri0JE5sehlgnIMQYKI1xFQtdjGEM1XFweE6_GqcApTpJ6xkat_qx1XziQUbNj48YcuHRIvyM7cyytnGRJ4dhxVPUKjEfQFGZ7LLP-il925QgJLQaza1FRNCbhpu_i/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="136" data-original-width="750" height="116" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKL5b7oyo-aN7vm2pojcMVXKP5ks6NBQPUYnu1FXOIMwh2_HkNF0O-poi4ajtQIviri0JE5sehlgnIMQYKI1xFQtdjGEM1XFweE6_GqcApTpJ6xkat_qx1XziQUbNj48YcuHRIvyM7cyytnGRJ4dhxVPUKjEfQFGZ7LLP-il925QgJLQaza1FRNCbhpu_i/w640-h116/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Le Samourai / Ghost Dog / The Killer</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Naturally like <i>The Killer </i>pulls from every single classic hitman movie in existence. This is also a voyeuristic film so there are plenty of homages to Fincher's hero; Alfred Hitchcock…</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">I've probably seen REAR WINDOW sixty times. I know his movies inside and out</span></i></b><span style="font-size: 17px;"> - David Fincher, </span></span><a href="http://www.musicolog.com/fincher_interview.asp" style="font-size: 17px;">http://www.musicolog.com/fincher_interview.asp</a></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVG-c67LU6j_FiZtSTyL-PscZwa0Y270EtUWrBa7agFlTj82pssmbo0A_TLHBnbyQJQ-ObN5vPuC0qsdPHUACg9qzRzOUOTXAK__C0K37ygBfSkM4aFDnh-S1Q7RWxooNh-zAQzDbahdk4v790uVvg9tbJ7pZH-ow68fmW2eAbZHhnAUVYUBcWvGbcOAtf/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVG-c67LU6j_FiZtSTyL-PscZwa0Y270EtUWrBa7agFlTj82pssmbo0A_TLHBnbyQJQ-ObN5vPuC0qsdPHUACg9qzRzOUOTXAK__C0K37ygBfSkM4aFDnh-S1Q7RWxooNh-zAQzDbahdk4v790uVvg9tbJ7pZH-ow68fmW2eAbZHhnAUVYUBcWvGbcOAtf/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Psycho / <br />The Killer<br /><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsUgfdb6Q1cqI_02oBwqJVolKZ7nYZBOkuzuCUJp5cEGL8rjAiHmvWfXHaM4RQureCZVvOL-Yr7pS1bbwnUTkQ8C2dTIk8J_bTJhZ9DAlj-NE3v4gRQKwGdLLUwdOejNpajAYHOEDAsb2_EEnsvig7wrJNSsReFu4EDG1a0zcuOZ-Ix4SHyWP7Cwpatqx7/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsUgfdb6Q1cqI_02oBwqJVolKZ7nYZBOkuzuCUJp5cEGL8rjAiHmvWfXHaM4RQureCZVvOL-Yr7pS1bbwnUTkQ8C2dTIk8J_bTJhZ9DAlj-NE3v4gRQKwGdLLUwdOejNpajAYHOEDAsb2_EEnsvig7wrJNSsReFu4EDG1a0zcuOZ-Ix4SHyWP7Cwpatqx7/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Vertigo / <br />The Killer</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcBtPkfY3dpBsRYOzvJp0ZlE2EEhs5TlkzfipLIQGIagXw6IIHO0bgriscKRxljbkXAonf474vKdSobxf-FnHMFp9SbfKGHFVyueCJd7PvD16jlMYjrNqV9N78OgaXcVXPBgcA7t88Z6oflC979xFMXFJscTZqomNloZn_7Xdm3dJMVSsolHxC3_f0ggdD/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcBtPkfY3dpBsRYOzvJp0ZlE2EEhs5TlkzfipLIQGIagXw6IIHO0bgriscKRxljbkXAonf474vKdSobxf-FnHMFp9SbfKGHFVyueCJd7PvD16jlMYjrNqV9N78OgaXcVXPBgcA7t88Z6oflC979xFMXFJscTZqomNloZn_7Xdm3dJMVSsolHxC3_f0ggdD/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The American / <br />The Killer<br /></i><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie0nq2j_MdICb1BMEStqcs0IpDok1VZvZLfydwM3Z9W2Yo0Y-Iik0DrtO9ysI5P2a9n4cQ-MsjUfaNv1Bue1ictegVqfx2NYPsf9ASyRQQKdI9tJUE9-oj6xvWslIZegyYtz5OeDPsmKjfSuyX40hH4dL8dmH_FJvzXkMamUN-mcR0KIVAxQcRk241NCh_/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie0nq2j_MdICb1BMEStqcs0IpDok1VZvZLfydwM3Z9W2Yo0Y-Iik0DrtO9ysI5P2a9n4cQ-MsjUfaNv1Bue1ictegVqfx2NYPsf9ASyRQQKdI9tJUE9-oj6xvWslIZegyYtz5OeDPsmKjfSuyX40hH4dL8dmH_FJvzXkMamUN-mcR0KIVAxQcRk241NCh_/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Rear Window / <br />The Killer<br /></i><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXPzSBFrU41ZJl1KtDcJS19y5MYb35emO9TVlLYs6QI7beXUUAlEQDQpcV38jf5JDVGUJslFGg-D93uw9Vx4P0Oxxw919VB-P-JoLF4lFSSJiAYYQR77JMh8rh5ucqUAVnDKBphmRrhyV48FjynySy7YRD-CLVguX8zgqv7vwyGxU1Qbjex0Zcf9hOZACw/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXPzSBFrU41ZJl1KtDcJS19y5MYb35emO9TVlLYs6QI7beXUUAlEQDQpcV38jf5JDVGUJslFGg-D93uw9Vx4P0Oxxw919VB-P-JoLF4lFSSJiAYYQR77JMh8rh5ucqUAVnDKBphmRrhyV48FjynySy7YRD-CLVguX8zgqv7vwyGxU1Qbjex0Zcf9hOZACw/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Vertigo / <br />The Killer<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR0DJBocGNi0OUwSjLc6x9eYX3u6N_umhS20MQBCOyVegvOEpcCJanaGm4vWF0sLwUddVrhtN_nA0_iyfgggH0UwjhZxL0eTsD5RUaKbkLhFMw-mjsEtHsJ_XtSFOxbuoshQ9ReEtqB5hSUXHudQ5EUdc3lpvgb7OJv57YPEGmTjVPWuJMGXdwmF9WVB7l/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR0DJBocGNi0OUwSjLc6x9eYX3u6N_umhS20MQBCOyVegvOEpcCJanaGm4vWF0sLwUddVrhtN_nA0_iyfgggH0UwjhZxL0eTsD5RUaKbkLhFMw-mjsEtHsJ_XtSFOxbuoshQ9ReEtqB5hSUXHudQ5EUdc3lpvgb7OJv57YPEGmTjVPWuJMGXdwmF9WVB7l/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Vertigo / <br />The Killer</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhuERPDaMaOUScqR8WyQ-F6Ap6IzHMFXygztvpSE-U0DFno9CdAE9BtSsGmhN7-hUWtG2SBK-AuJd7JPo43HY_CgW4wQG1v7SMNNujPmkLDZsiE2oMj2b6aj3-AICUnFIfmXDf1yN12Xtm5GhvAffohPbUaUo_qDGn1coqxx9kGe614G2K1d5zfFs8mN4j/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhuERPDaMaOUScqR8WyQ-F6Ap6IzHMFXygztvpSE-U0DFno9CdAE9BtSsGmhN7-hUWtG2SBK-AuJd7JPo43HY_CgW4wQG1v7SMNNujPmkLDZsiE2oMj2b6aj3-AICUnFIfmXDf1yN12Xtm5GhvAffohPbUaUo_qDGn1coqxx9kGe614G2K1d5zfFs8mN4j/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Rear Window / <br />The Killer<br /><br /></i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Movies like this is where Fincher is at his best for me. Style over substance is the pocket I prefer Fincher to be in. Lens flares, electronic music, etc. But that’s just me. I doubt I’ll be thinking about <i>The Killer</i> in a few months but I certainly enjoyed it in the moment.</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p> Marcushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09550373157852267023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849113514286360449.post-10490467381934881862023-11-01T03:01:00.259-04:002023-11-01T12:46:05.297-04:00ENYS MEN<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPWji4vXS9sNQtKFxMdn_qh0m76eQMaaiPzJ9f-zL2-bSF2acv9Pl14D-TZti9cNsEPtAmUSCmUYZz4Mf_J779fubshbFGFV2H9KyMUife0hc35zcjCCv9IezXvBztOmMpwquFmdNAQgZ9NMVV0KworZaYr1UtAqKwpA2eCowTPbHj689DVxv_e8peqdS3/s1860/IMG_7271.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1044" data-original-width="1860" height="360" id="id_52f6_ea2_9b8a_cff3" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPWji4vXS9sNQtKFxMdn_qh0m76eQMaaiPzJ9f-zL2-bSF2acv9Pl14D-TZti9cNsEPtAmUSCmUYZz4Mf_J779fubshbFGFV2H9KyMUife0hc35zcjCCv9IezXvBztOmMpwquFmdNAQgZ9NMVV0KworZaYr1UtAqKwpA2eCowTPbHj689DVxv_e8peqdS3/w640-h360/IMG_7271.JPG" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Somewhere between Robert Altman’s <i>Images</i> and Robert Eggers’ <i>The Lighthouse</i> lies Mark Jenkin’s <i>Enys Men</i> – an intentionally ambiguous psychological horror about mental illness, past traumas and the handling of grief. I also believe this movie touches on the psychological effects of long-term loneliness and isolation. The story takes place in the early 1970's but the residue of Covid is all over this. If “post-Covid cinema” is a thing then this definitely falls under that label (it was shot during the back end of the first wave of the Covid-19 lockdown).<div><i>Enys Men</i> also belongs to the semi-recent “<i>Persona</i>-sploitation” category next to movies like <i>Always Shine, Slow Machine, The Clouds Of Sils Maria</i> and more…<div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Persona was the first Bergman film I saw. It blew my mind then, and I keep going back to it</span></b></i> - Mark Jenkin, Criterion</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_d375_aac4_30f1_80d" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVQL7mVuJchAkB7mmrsJAn0Koj6lZExN0ZhmuHYzL0sk7TbYbX91kACkHinJ22LkXMjZiSg46_uoDtZS8HT4G2b_S7OzMnf6oJTeu7ZB6Vy955TjLRLQOXk7ZfAlbreedXVIud4osEio0efTk-pkaxbm_vQ4FYbJoSfERRUxV5DLNQDUrKP_8l9MusIDlS/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="256" data-original-width="750" height="218" id="id_7d34_a648_bb7a_1190" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVQL7mVuJchAkB7mmrsJAn0Koj6lZExN0ZhmuHYzL0sk7TbYbX91kACkHinJ22LkXMjZiSg46_uoDtZS8HT4G2b_S7OzMnf6oJTeu7ZB6Vy955TjLRLQOXk7ZfAlbreedXVIud4osEio0efTk-pkaxbm_vQ4FYbJoSfERRUxV5DLNQDUrKP_8l9MusIDlS/w640-h218/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Persona / Enys Men<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>I think it’s lazy to write this movie off as simply “pretentious” or “lo-fi horror” (these are things <i>some</i> critics have written about it). I understand not liking something. It’s completely understandable to not like <i>Enys Men</i>. But there’s more to it than just pretentiousness which seems to be the go-to critique when something is slow or doesn’t follow a set rules. Personally, I just find myself drawn to “complicated” movies and <i>Enys Men</i> is certainly that…<div><div><br />On one hand, this is the kind of horror/psychological drama one would expect from Neon studios. The type of horror story made for folks that like to romanticize trauma and connect everything back to grief. If I wasn’t aware that this was a Neon film beforehand I would have assumed it was put out by A24. </div><div>There’s a lot of recent talk about the look and overall aesthetics of modern independent cinema and <i>Enys Men</i> is a prime example. It plays right in to that lane of modern horror movies that’s more interested in being mysterious rather than outright terrifying. Instead of quick jolting jump scares we get a lot of slow jump scares (?) if that makes any sense. I can’t quite put in to words - which is hilarious to say within a written piece - but so many movies under the A24 & Neon banners have that same aesthetic/vibe. <i>Men, It Comes At Night, Lamb, Woodstock, Saint Maud</i>, etc etc. Droany music, ambiguous plots, small casts, sometimes-beautifully shot minimalist settings/backdrops, etc.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_ac48_4bd9_27ba_ca00" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyWLC-3NIRk3OueE9PAZzAPU_e5tC0adRr-FUT8gKwhfmiKokCrLoGpVA-lYEXgrpqW74-0dD9JmQ5UTMQq0I6ojjReQsA7awh7SE9_gBRBCOY5Wj2euiWupXsy97BlElcEZNrCCnBkDGY6NmtbWTMIeHHxIQM9AMLase3A-Joq_sZdlOTgpaR5iOaM-ze/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="249" data-original-width="750" height="212" id="id_3745_2053_7332_40e2" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyWLC-3NIRk3OueE9PAZzAPU_e5tC0adRr-FUT8gKwhfmiKokCrLoGpVA-lYEXgrpqW74-0dD9JmQ5UTMQq0I6ojjReQsA7awh7SE9_gBRBCOY5Wj2euiWupXsy97BlElcEZNrCCnBkDGY6NmtbWTMIeHHxIQM9AMLase3A-Joq_sZdlOTgpaR5iOaM-ze/w640-h212/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Images / Enys Men</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_e6f0_a598_757c_d7e8" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid2pS46J1UsmBluMwK20yIoHyuw2kDUgwBsojBSTaBkhFqgzceOGbggQMXxh49sYpOdqkPO0u97s2AsHIpmxgmlLnat5eooOJcdXJJhi7mwvjjsucwMp_BuFo8GWACKp263Feg_PRqwDhOL2IMtPVJ8dDMocf0zN13O5uStHSVxtk8ekZefj4DSa9GOUCF/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="248" data-original-width="750" height="213" id="id_dd74_8152_ae01_543d" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid2pS46J1UsmBluMwK20yIoHyuw2kDUgwBsojBSTaBkhFqgzceOGbggQMXxh49sYpOdqkPO0u97s2AsHIpmxgmlLnat5eooOJcdXJJhi7mwvjjsucwMp_BuFo8GWACKp263Feg_PRqwDhOL2IMtPVJ8dDMocf0zN13O5uStHSVxtk8ekZefj4DSa9GOUCF/w640-h213/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Lighthouse / Enys Men<br /><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div><i>Enys Men</i> is so vague and abstract that it can have an infinite amount of meanings. As the film unfolds we get a series of unreliable edits & flashbacks of some tragedy that took place in the past. Because the “plot” is so evasive I find myself drawn to the imagery more than anything else. And that’s fine. I’m not too caught up in the “meaning” of things. But even with the short 90 minute run time, after a while it feels like this should’ve just been a short film (imagine a 90 minute version of Maya Deren’s <i>Meshes Of The Afternoon</i>).</div><div><div>But…if <i>Enys Men</i> was a short film then we wouldn’t see all of the intentional Deren-esque/Akerman-esque repetition that Jenkin tries to highlight. Throughout most of the movie we see our female protagonist perform the same daily tasks over and over...</div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_1a6a_d71a_4dbb_3a59" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuAP90pd6ORntOXEwPqbQDOV287m-gZCMZK7hHuIuh7rrWJwvL2comFNR7C1wCKbt-LWUiIdjCeSpFW4REmkBkLRgLUVJDP2MSgDgkAKRTQAVPZV41EDBDIecZv8d13KVebtA3mQsnr_RZeScui584y9vCSwV01pFavbEoFCdr3usaEYzQJ1QgbpbjLMpG/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" id="id_603d_853a_ae22_71b6" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuAP90pd6ORntOXEwPqbQDOV287m-gZCMZK7hHuIuh7rrWJwvL2comFNR7C1wCKbt-LWUiIdjCeSpFW4REmkBkLRgLUVJDP2MSgDgkAKRTQAVPZV41EDBDIecZv8d13KVebtA3mQsnr_RZeScui584y9vCSwV01pFavbEoFCdr3usaEYzQJ1QgbpbjLMpG/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Meshes Of The Afternoon / Enys Men<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_e4f7_8d33_ce56_87a6" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS1cAbNlZraM8gACH4aH_mNimvaR04jN-JOyWL9T75GI4zRnmrzKmx491WQPcjDxBkwUA73UPm5PrfZMcSM4j4BCfxJKuxywftam4K2b6JMbfa0A3R_0GQgRIj_S5GuDEmHtxjx_wTu8uZaQquUj6Wbx47F1dm7Gy9BBLpcFZ0bf6yHFRG5L6wk5QbDvjY/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="750" height="360" id="id_8e9_45f3_abc2_3144" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjS1cAbNlZraM8gACH4aH_mNimvaR04jN-JOyWL9T75GI4zRnmrzKmx491WQPcjDxBkwUA73UPm5PrfZMcSM4j4BCfxJKuxywftam4K2b6JMbfa0A3R_0GQgRIj_S5GuDEmHtxjx_wTu8uZaQquUj6Wbx47F1dm7Gy9BBLpcFZ0bf6yHFRG5L6wk5QbDvjY/w640-h360/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Meshes Of The Afternoon / Enys Men</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_464_1e4e_2251_7c2f" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlzhsnfiwUIGe5iamgbnG90yIY2lpI_uuEkM53avMlm7JNabOL6fN-3ZUv-CcNkp9oS__WexB6Fd1QKjvOFyzYtMslC-VaVGMcb2cEz65jhCmtdMpYVNyyF7yodkJfDxj0L68jvbYUhuaQbM4dPI4_8eTM7HKNxwExznlFjae1V1IHvEN1fWm8qDmiCa7w/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="276" data-original-width="750" height="236" id="id_cc13_285d_16fc_c995" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlzhsnfiwUIGe5iamgbnG90yIY2lpI_uuEkM53avMlm7JNabOL6fN-3ZUv-CcNkp9oS__WexB6Fd1QKjvOFyzYtMslC-VaVGMcb2cEz65jhCmtdMpYVNyyF7yodkJfDxj0L68jvbYUhuaQbM4dPI4_8eTM7HKNxwExznlFjae1V1IHvEN1fWm8qDmiCa7w/w640-h236/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Meshes Of The Afternoon / Enys Men<br /><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_ff05_2f3_712e_7edb" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAVTPCO033IkUjbyOS2o3TIR7vG-5pP9Y-j0peOzov7vi3jFZzvs6ND0XYVjcNULXVQpy1jnzpryS9PsJ30XgOCcxD3AghrVDJR6S_wyX65GBvizZCN4zxJt5chQK5mCeJJrT6JMJuK0_mI6RMDk1AXY-v4KHivqp_WHyl41WIyt0j-34dA1RN7DrzBP7t/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="248" data-original-width="750" height="212" id="id_2556_556c_59b3_4932" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAVTPCO033IkUjbyOS2o3TIR7vG-5pP9Y-j0peOzov7vi3jFZzvs6ND0XYVjcNULXVQpy1jnzpryS9PsJ30XgOCcxD3AghrVDJR6S_wyX65GBvizZCN4zxJt5chQK5mCeJJrT6JMJuK0_mI6RMDk1AXY-v4KHivqp_WHyl41WIyt0j-34dA1RN7DrzBP7t/w640-h212/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Jeanne Dielman... / Enys Men<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_75b4_e54d_1ba9_354e" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSTyNlSEIe6sNymoUEl7zSxLydwUzHsF0-kyEz_8CxZGlu_wJeGxpHnF3E20G6KVjI1pnnh0aOQrU30YkOYjv_N2vwQR7hu2IVDRIRJT_ZwLtp7B7h2rTa6zQF9yumHutSjSTT5dRY1A7WRrKwP-4ubd0sgcN24Pmm4X1-aNi0H6Fe02bIVrTE-M_XmLH5/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="213" data-original-width="750" height="182" id="id_e740_50c6_6e46_1a72" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSTyNlSEIe6sNymoUEl7zSxLydwUzHsF0-kyEz_8CxZGlu_wJeGxpHnF3E20G6KVjI1pnnh0aOQrU30YkOYjv_N2vwQR7hu2IVDRIRJT_ZwLtp7B7h2rTa6zQF9yumHutSjSTT5dRY1A7WRrKwP-4ubd0sgcN24Pmm4X1-aNi0H6Fe02bIVrTE-M_XmLH5/w640-h182/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Jeanne Dielman... / Enys Men</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_baee_1d44_2d77_ef04" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZwZOWsplioMJMWifGFPs-bB9chcp1RL_7kXkp24KjPglzbRx7pISYV_zUPDfz17MPjmMWdWdi6ca7Vcg9pNx9ZWp7luLbyZmoKhWehon1RbQpBmB1cZ5ccn_CZyZLoQnDPdjtAdlrkMRc0Q109i2GXW_ik-FtCy-ychdr_rZYqJyIuj0g0Z-YP3l8L3Yq/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="750" height="296" id="id_5170_39c7_e4ba_5553" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZwZOWsplioMJMWifGFPs-bB9chcp1RL_7kXkp24KjPglzbRx7pISYV_zUPDfz17MPjmMWdWdi6ca7Vcg9pNx9ZWp7luLbyZmoKhWehon1RbQpBmB1cZ5ccn_CZyZLoQnDPdjtAdlrkMRc0Q109i2GXW_ik-FtCy-ychdr_rZYqJyIuj0g0Z-YP3l8L3Yq/w640-h296/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Jeanne Dielman... / Enys Men</i></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><br /></div>In addition to Altman’s <i>Images, Persona, etc</i>, Mark Jenkins takes a few visual cues from Nicolas Roeg’s <i>Don’t Look Now</i>. The red coat worn bout the film’s protagonist comes off as an homage…</div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Don’t Look Now is the obvious choice. Roeg’s influence runs through everything that I’ve done as a filmmaker</span></b></i> - Mark Jenkin, Criterion</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_4e78_700e_5d6b_3faa" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWUrEMvQToH4R80bs9pic26_eVVUtgLADmoFoTeEZUv1cpuesdq_d4HqoJeU0yXnOD9rQPT39P5r-EXiBBgxA_Fp_4Y0Ho0pxDQV6YeMN6eWEnFAOH2s9YjBv4NgTrlFQZY-K73FNfW-gqg4jm_oV8pxWoY2SqprRcr86r1olyTO9AioB3W0yAHBAx7e9j/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="750" height="360" id="id_6245_27c8_a9ed_d4c0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWUrEMvQToH4R80bs9pic26_eVVUtgLADmoFoTeEZUv1cpuesdq_d4HqoJeU0yXnOD9rQPT39P5r-EXiBBgxA_Fp_4Y0Ho0pxDQV6YeMN6eWEnFAOH2s9YjBv4NgTrlFQZY-K73FNfW-gqg4jm_oV8pxWoY2SqprRcr86r1olyTO9AioB3W0yAHBAx7e9j/w640-h360/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Don't Look Now / Enys Men</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">I also love his use of zoom lenses, which informed the way I shot Enys Men</span></b></i> - Mark Jenkin, Criterion</div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR1xFcpzk6-hGjLUReqLT-enpSIAq88Rx-JEvUDA0qDukRyec6MRh9f8FxUXaum9ErIK0c0xNVPprC43yGNLHwBEvzqilXcxxJ6W8-Me9g318h9qpR3zZZuID2hM0qe0d4xtwCYQymUb2fP_Uzgp3QYiaKxQVWFC1YTR4_buov2T97oWmupD99e1BvIeO9/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="262" data-original-width="750" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgR1xFcpzk6-hGjLUReqLT-enpSIAq88Rx-JEvUDA0qDukRyec6MRh9f8FxUXaum9ErIK0c0xNVPprC43yGNLHwBEvzqilXcxxJ6W8-Me9g318h9qpR3zZZuID2hM0qe0d4xtwCYQymUb2fP_Uzgp3QYiaKxQVWFC1YTR4_buov2T97oWmupD99e1BvIeO9/w640-h224/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Don't Look Now / Enys Men<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_225f_2f56_4117_c3f1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7z0UT-MOHoYlCv5rfR3Nkw6qYZIlBkL0zq8DumF5L6RQnCq0Ji8-5vRg_HuT9fyM6j0HkpQy8YQe1wj4BT9XSiyNRoYmYZuYBbqROLfJrX_y_H8N8Xoukp9wpLAm-vtNCAdmtK7NIeFxL_5ZjRsb-NTekY4rBckbxTYeEMq0Hbe21NcyrMpsoDM76ihlx/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="229" data-original-width="750" height="196" id="id_de6_1bd0_367c_18e9" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7z0UT-MOHoYlCv5rfR3Nkw6qYZIlBkL0zq8DumF5L6RQnCq0Ji8-5vRg_HuT9fyM6j0HkpQy8YQe1wj4BT9XSiyNRoYmYZuYBbqROLfJrX_y_H8N8Xoukp9wpLAm-vtNCAdmtK7NIeFxL_5ZjRsb-NTekY4rBckbxTYeEMq0Hbe21NcyrMpsoDM76ihlx/w640-h196/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Don't Look Now / Enys Men<br /></i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_b475_7e67_ce79_788" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTsMgoXQKW3ucvrK6zuZF523FLYrz0FFcJ7Z_IspVb-xQHc4_tq3SR6ZeNYbt3NiAXU8NS0Uzr9600DqheHUEnZ6i-hS5PB92eqk9b6KZyjJnX_3d5TG8VI4-oePx0VS7RNUcPTsvV1XXVg6rmiuBfLiW38Jj-X9QixvE9WW4ZA7iLeMl99t4PIuJw7vv_/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="190" data-original-width="750" height="162" id="id_aaa1_4285_927_5384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTsMgoXQKW3ucvrK6zuZF523FLYrz0FFcJ7Z_IspVb-xQHc4_tq3SR6ZeNYbt3NiAXU8NS0Uzr9600DqheHUEnZ6i-hS5PB92eqk9b6KZyjJnX_3d5TG8VI4-oePx0VS7RNUcPTsvV1XXVg6rmiuBfLiW38Jj-X9QixvE9WW4ZA7iLeMl99t4PIuJw7vv_/w640-h162/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Don't Look Now / Enys Men<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_54e1_4552_54b5_f69c" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheHiXZzKuAO12_bXZk8yI0l_C_UUEIxA9k53jxASDvShCWwwWE9VYhWWXQay06qbI_mpFdvm_Q5vLglW-DEQP_ssO1Gne4ELjqk3lsXO6g6-BFa5RrzfZAUp-cKZ1r9zFwlR6du_77n0csNgx8zgbeQ6hYfkf7Zjv5sREsNXBhFPf6UzBfEaibvzM38GRa/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="233" data-original-width="750" height="198" id="id_e5fd_50e2_964d_7c96" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheHiXZzKuAO12_bXZk8yI0l_C_UUEIxA9k53jxASDvShCWwwWE9VYhWWXQay06qbI_mpFdvm_Q5vLglW-DEQP_ssO1Gne4ELjqk3lsXO6g6-BFa5RrzfZAUp-cKZ1r9zFwlR6du_77n0csNgx8zgbeQ6hYfkf7Zjv5sREsNXBhFPf6UzBfEaibvzM38GRa/w640-h198/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Don't Look Now / Enys Men<br /><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">An entire separate comparative study could be done on Takovsky's influence that flows all throughout the film...</div><div><br /></div><div><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">For me, Tarkovsky’s films exist outside of time and space. I can’t imagine how a film like Mirror sat within the cinema of its time</span></b></i> - Mark Jenkin, Criterion</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_5d68_9c7c_cdd6_e0e8" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghTLiqZ2idgeZSf4rT4HnQRxf0YzjcFISntVqaejx8_zN26tcSdSsVP5KLa1ygHH65fWb_QcxZtFwzNJZDOT_zEseIW_jJ8BChk84KuL9V0D6SIrFqBB7vutsICpBCHwjqeuP1yXoYpw8K8vqhwCcp0Tn8TKPElMjixVdNb2aYJ4-vFT9xjxmbRh7Tw5mm/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="283" data-original-width="750" height="242" id="id_f9b4_455f_475b_f216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghTLiqZ2idgeZSf4rT4HnQRxf0YzjcFISntVqaejx8_zN26tcSdSsVP5KLa1ygHH65fWb_QcxZtFwzNJZDOT_zEseIW_jJ8BChk84KuL9V0D6SIrFqBB7vutsICpBCHwjqeuP1yXoYpw8K8vqhwCcp0Tn8TKPElMjixVdNb2aYJ4-vFT9xjxmbRh7Tw5mm/w640-h242/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Mirror / Enys Men</span><br style="font-style: italic;" /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_85c7_56d6_5256_d922" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizxiFyRarTh8k1P9SWC37yHx0U7Vs_1Amey0aZUphNgCabOIYSOHYN-YXqH1xvq6q3g9M6fOvGWqnuItUPmFupDA_nhRWeVKu3Ex4PAPD1E4JWqVCdDs5n_vvgOYX585hj-JtRCc5p8LVMjZl0RgC2qS8wTv9xP7J5T-kPqywnIprm7OGLELQ65wn0PPKu/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="282" data-original-width="750" height="240" id="id_15c4_1f66_153c_b4f5" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizxiFyRarTh8k1P9SWC37yHx0U7Vs_1Amey0aZUphNgCabOIYSOHYN-YXqH1xvq6q3g9M6fOvGWqnuItUPmFupDA_nhRWeVKu3Ex4PAPD1E4JWqVCdDs5n_vvgOYX585hj-JtRCc5p8LVMjZl0RgC2qS8wTv9xP7J5T-kPqywnIprm7OGLELQ65wn0PPKu/w640-h240/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Mirror / Enys Men</span><br style="font-style: italic;" /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_71cb_67ae_62c8_6695" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRB0DxFEP-LTtzPvmFMgup-3dvThjUH2ABRMMrzsHG-4D_Taox9P4TXVrc3RitaLHsYrTFZYquSp6vPhJI-RwvJe6GcVF7egxodQiXZ9EEiEiNIfgdEAl9dmebsFrf7RkvzZvER8mjyOz8LKgFRCfYKfAFsBCtwgBVQSOiq-UEkJ84xAzcA1UDui-jg4kl/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="283" data-original-width="750" height="242" id="id_b9ab_ed54_61ce_2b34" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRB0DxFEP-LTtzPvmFMgup-3dvThjUH2ABRMMrzsHG-4D_Taox9P4TXVrc3RitaLHsYrTFZYquSp6vPhJI-RwvJe6GcVF7egxodQiXZ9EEiEiNIfgdEAl9dmebsFrf7RkvzZvER8mjyOz8LKgFRCfYKfAFsBCtwgBVQSOiq-UEkJ84xAzcA1UDui-jg4kl/w640-h242/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Stalker / Enys Men</span><br style="font-style: italic;" /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_4b6f_4416_7d7d_daf9" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7nlKk2zLgAnlttGqsnjeqmNILpjufAYXrfKMJmoaIDMRSLLD83yvrbax3dlz1ZfOhVgzeKBv6YCm7xOzTNCPbVPX7xSAXbhBvdmd_4JhbVoSLTdXoDloqW8TuJtJmqjiCZoT2hT3Ybe9lf29X15PVYE99UM_3b3gPK1pEzsvGlzbWyofZpQnP0wZZL-nA/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="284" data-original-width="750" height="242" id="id_1c6e_14dc_bf5f_d858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7nlKk2zLgAnlttGqsnjeqmNILpjufAYXrfKMJmoaIDMRSLLD83yvrbax3dlz1ZfOhVgzeKBv6YCm7xOzTNCPbVPX7xSAXbhBvdmd_4JhbVoSLTdXoDloqW8TuJtJmqjiCZoT2hT3Ybe9lf29X15PVYE99UM_3b3gPK1pEzsvGlzbWyofZpQnP0wZZL-nA/w640-h242/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Sacrifice / Enys Men</span><br style="font-style: italic;" /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_e3ae_3ed8_fe1e_5ec7" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBryaWPxa1AqRoIZoeKOU__xvhReSx8ikfWRnIEfRn7wkrCz4iE5D5BWci1Ic-VH7wnxHtftcKEyNCbaoiyTPMK9NWo7_UcJEH02XcXAknwpQMAN3em7WknEISUIVILmBFDH-Jj9GmZ9qyMApBD4H_c4mSZKIBMvZd0IMHOHriCPM3GvuHi_cHrXHjoQyt/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="282" data-original-width="750" height="240" id="id_a3e2_e194_1baf_5825" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBryaWPxa1AqRoIZoeKOU__xvhReSx8ikfWRnIEfRn7wkrCz4iE5D5BWci1Ic-VH7wnxHtftcKEyNCbaoiyTPMK9NWo7_UcJEH02XcXAknwpQMAN3em7WknEISUIVILmBFDH-Jj9GmZ9qyMApBD4H_c4mSZKIBMvZd0IMHOHriCPM3GvuHi_cHrXHjoQyt/w640-h240/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Stalker / Enys Men</span><br style="font-style: italic;" /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_5f1f_c847_b853_2d30" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik4RlUZ32h2nWnzCZ___oQEYoX7xrn9eNJCO1VH4_7dUeJcKKBWzWOomdUYThx4b5C-Z2Jld4Oz8cyX4YLt_0XC7trHoumw85tef-TNGfDG7VbHgpzMY5pNgYpwW0R-6dJw3KGFUztfpEYcWvirTE7T1isVe_hZDCDBvZv_k7V18wIipKypjbqAcm6AJWC/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="282" data-original-width="750" height="240" id="id_71e8_79fc_988e_679a" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEik4RlUZ32h2nWnzCZ___oQEYoX7xrn9eNJCO1VH4_7dUeJcKKBWzWOomdUYThx4b5C-Z2Jld4Oz8cyX4YLt_0XC7trHoumw85tef-TNGfDG7VbHgpzMY5pNgYpwW0R-6dJw3KGFUztfpEYcWvirTE7T1isVe_hZDCDBvZv_k7V18wIipKypjbqAcm6AJWC/w640-h240/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Ivan's Childhood / Enys Men</span><br style="font-style: italic;" /></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_e1d1_d23e_3e2d_10ac" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW8t0s0TjFTfs9PcjmRyW071FGxAnoMekS5yHviaqeynbqRUBzA31oIKo71obZPFscw80Cy4_WeneHUg-urZAPz29QXB-8TTojFkVT_Kg6LgWwiX6G6sAvJ1SInMBSSMHLR0ceaUuMgCzkGGXZmPTCJUQsBf3siqCf-zox1FrF_VGwAwyuV2VYdi5xUHOh/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="750" height="360" id="id_b5b4_f725_347_41a9" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW8t0s0TjFTfs9PcjmRyW071FGxAnoMekS5yHviaqeynbqRUBzA31oIKo71obZPFscw80Cy4_WeneHUg-urZAPz29QXB-8TTojFkVT_Kg6LgWwiX6G6sAvJ1SInMBSSMHLR0ceaUuMgCzkGGXZmPTCJUQsBf3siqCf-zox1FrF_VGwAwyuV2VYdi5xUHOh/w640-h360/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Solaris / Enys Men<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div><br /></div></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVDY3eC1GPuliruVt_-AZzXvuOxLKoGoHjR36UpIPnwdkAmeleDQIMj6hLBO6Q4RpIbZuXXl28ymPwbaEfshLuFk1PvFtW_0zqyYlR76-_4s8wWjlekq7XJFGXCtnr6eN0vJWUkcdIYOjI6c_RfZKqtqihfWoedFTYT57wcUpSkEWoAaHtXoCx-Gz7CCZ2/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="262" data-original-width="750" height="224" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVDY3eC1GPuliruVt_-AZzXvuOxLKoGoHjR36UpIPnwdkAmeleDQIMj6hLBO6Q4RpIbZuXXl28ymPwbaEfshLuFk1PvFtW_0zqyYlR76-_4s8wWjlekq7XJFGXCtnr6eN0vJWUkcdIYOjI6c_RfZKqtqihfWoedFTYT57wcUpSkEWoAaHtXoCx-Gz7CCZ2/w640-h224/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Mirror / Enys Men</span><br style="font-style: italic;" /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>We’re only a couple hundred words in to my thoughts and I cant even make it this far without a bunch of comparisons. This could very well be a case of lazy writing/analysis on my part but if you’ve seen <i>Enys Men</i> and are familiar with my reference points thus far – I think you’ll understand where I’m coming from. Before the 10 minute mark you’ll be able to catch every reference I’ve called out and more. But that's part of what draws me in. Anyone familiar with this blog knows I'm a sucker for homages & references and this movie has plenty. Also - Mark Jenkin does not shy away from shouting out his influences (<a href="https://www.criterion.com/current/top-10-lists/553-mark-jenkins-top-10">read Mark Jenkin’s criterion picks for a better understanding of how open he is about his influences</a>).</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Mercury Text G1 A", "Mercury Text G1 B"; letter-spacing: -0.4px; text-align: left;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">It’s a bit of a cliché, but I tend to connect Bresson, Tarkovsky, and Bergman</span></b></i><span style="font-size: 18px;"> - Mark Jenkin, Criterion</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Mercury Text G1 A", "Mercury Text G1 B"; letter-spacing: -0.4px; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghoSHvLushHCnkksLPIAFbBAwzB4EgpR0XzRFf3Q7RBb8jhJhPtL3hG2_NE5G69JpNDK-mCzhTRFOIRnhPPWOkuSg1fgKsdBI7PcWxfPDyo3owlmNnLKCE_T4UGWzbFVMJtt21jEukdsYVc6rhfOk0u1v9SnKBUOi_GG2usLuzez0P2DDvedXZlzrsLs6h/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="129" data-original-width="750" height="110" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghoSHvLushHCnkksLPIAFbBAwzB4EgpR0XzRFf3Q7RBb8jhJhPtL3hG2_NE5G69JpNDK-mCzhTRFOIRnhPPWOkuSg1fgKsdBI7PcWxfPDyo3owlmNnLKCE_T4UGWzbFVMJtt21jEukdsYVc6rhfOk0u1v9SnKBUOi_GG2usLuzez0P2DDvedXZlzrsLs6h/w640-h110/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Persona / The Mirror / 4 Nights Of A Dreamer / Enys Men</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgegt0lpva7O28CR1wXCnQkknW2XFgNcJC7-FwqXDkfm7jn1H4GzrPaAWhADI6ogZIQaNZ1UGDc_crM5403QZYdMsg62upiTK6u4IEsQhGsJvKDvU2LQQz5_Znl-OcuaeNf7br_RXiwH7XBk5LBVyXVc36GJOcC2PPe2mq3o-luCjXny-vUEksXghcDZnVM/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="282" data-original-width="750" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgegt0lpva7O28CR1wXCnQkknW2XFgNcJC7-FwqXDkfm7jn1H4GzrPaAWhADI6ogZIQaNZ1UGDc_crM5403QZYdMsg62upiTK6u4IEsQhGsJvKDvU2LQQz5_Znl-OcuaeNf7br_RXiwH7XBk5LBVyXVc36GJOcC2PPe2mq3o-luCjXny-vUEksXghcDZnVM/w640-h240/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>L'Atalante / Enys Men</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>Now…there were reference points I did not catch until reading about the film afterwards which helped me to reappreciate what I had just seen. <br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><font size="6">I like to normally use a single 26mm lens on a 60mm camera, so the equivalent of a 50mm lens like Ozu or Bresson</font></i></b> – Mark Jenkin, Ukfilmreview.co.uk</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_313a_14ae_812d_6315" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2WSuEVYAVMyd9mFyne39Ygrd5lkeEwGfIP_UosZL0_3jSucabOBtTP3wZkajY6cnAcaSgYKK3RSjvAiTMJ8Hi0axlKtu5ypiQMbMo2lQfh725EmVg2-DycA-LgE0KjgKdQxrAVkK-l4X1Tnz5F-KgxpAC6VGS2kcaPStX1WfCiqivm7kD7xTixHrDLrLB/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="188" data-original-width="750" height="160" id="id_8fad_5cb1_b51e_a01f" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2WSuEVYAVMyd9mFyne39Ygrd5lkeEwGfIP_UosZL0_3jSucabOBtTP3wZkajY6cnAcaSgYKK3RSjvAiTMJ8Hi0axlKtu5ypiQMbMo2lQfh725EmVg2-DycA-LgE0KjgKdQxrAVkK-l4X1Tnz5F-KgxpAC6VGS2kcaPStX1WfCiqivm7kD7xTixHrDLrLB/w640-h160/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div>Woman Of Tokyo / L'Argent / Enys Men</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><br />I like the idea of a horror film being influenced by non-horror reference points like Ozu and Bresson…</div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_7145_9fc_e61_77e5" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHpqgwzH6aCdzW_vQlriIT8O1gclUUALm-HCvoJRdIf-zm4d1DhsTdbr_TJvO6UiVTv5CoGq6LjTlpHEH4m1qPmXODV3JU-1Mh5v8LUDJVmOs6MeFIB3VvKD53Z89r4lnT_SvA6s6XEOcNM70f4xMElVUOcYKYKsvHE6u08i8Pji7mlssK4ZxnmmTbrQC4/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="750" height="296" id="id_dd88_a945_6afc_abb4" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHpqgwzH6aCdzW_vQlriIT8O1gclUUALm-HCvoJRdIf-zm4d1DhsTdbr_TJvO6UiVTv5CoGq6LjTlpHEH4m1qPmXODV3JU-1Mh5v8LUDJVmOs6MeFIB3VvKD53Z89r4lnT_SvA6s6XEOcNM70f4xMElVUOcYKYKsvHE6u08i8Pji7mlssK4ZxnmmTbrQC4/w640-h296/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Early Summer / Enys Men</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The opening shot of Enys Men is an homage to a composition of an ATM that appears in L’argent. It’s the kind of thing that no one would ever pick up on but that I know</span></b></i> - Mark Jenkin, Criterion</div></div><div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_9171_d5ad_7111_6201" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiXIKYNuWx5xyOIfjFjMQ9Of5-RGrOqKeZQ1dnqf6stUVnOZg9bA8v1-txQt8gZ6hPzENp8cLM7cYe-He6q2dGNpdH29nM6kCWD42NT-_0TkXUdPjW_-O3ApabLsqhfeQ8o9BAd5m-rPtPiB9QLk0sX6axiGI7AGe1BuVT-Og_Ws6-YOB4kv-mb9hARW2W/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="252" data-original-width="750" height="216" id="id_b637_3d8_a8c6_582f" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiXIKYNuWx5xyOIfjFjMQ9Of5-RGrOqKeZQ1dnqf6stUVnOZg9bA8v1-txQt8gZ6hPzENp8cLM7cYe-He6q2dGNpdH29nM6kCWD42NT-_0TkXUdPjW_-O3ApabLsqhfeQ8o9BAd5m-rPtPiB9QLk0sX6axiGI7AGe1BuVT-Og_Ws6-YOB4kv-mb9hARW2W/w640-h216/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>L'Argent / Enys Men<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Jenkin instructed his main actors to perform in the deadpan/Bressonian style:</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #252525; font-family: "Mercury Text G1 A", "Mercury Text G1 B"; letter-spacing: -0.4px;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">What I try to take from Bresson is his attitude toward performance</span></b></i><span style="font-size: 18px;"> - Mark Jenkin, Criterion</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><iframe allowfullscreen="" class="BLOG_video_class" height="266" id="id_c62d_5914_bfa5_35d0" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/qZOvn1AhYcs" width="320" youtube-src-id="qZOvn1AhYcs"></iframe></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>Pickpocket / Enys Men</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><font size="6">I can’t articulate what effect Bresson’s films have on me, that’s the beauty of it</font></i></b> – Mark Jenkin, Ukfilmreview.co.uk </div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_e951_be80_3939_b230" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1CzNDt7k0iFUr2f4UJty3QeMAcLU_wM6op3-rFRYqUZEerFmMikDIFheUku3V3c9Znhu4VV6YFgyD9LlZrU5eTU10xCvqYMfQ_V7lVs_wimnqC7aWBVN-3MoN9Oe6K2uIh9cNKpuZkWDrE7hVhgmHmGBR9mEaa0lPjC3-ASenk-UrUB7iAW_GjMRinQf-/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="750" height="360" id="id_b378_e239_fa27_6d85" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1CzNDt7k0iFUr2f4UJty3QeMAcLU_wM6op3-rFRYqUZEerFmMikDIFheUku3V3c9Znhu4VV6YFgyD9LlZrU5eTU10xCvqYMfQ_V7lVs_wimnqC7aWBVN-3MoN9Oe6K2uIh9cNKpuZkWDrE7hVhgmHmGBR9mEaa0lPjC3-ASenk-UrUB7iAW_GjMRinQf-/w640-h360/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Diary Of A Country Priest / Enys Men</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_4182_54c6_dc79_d7ec" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQt9JXI_q5BUIoc5SCbEQ9UTlXj-y3Ybn7Cf6da7J7MS983gz-vqkA-wfDRlov9y95GUOnapoyA9Kcn9sjKVsBB0fj7gRzyOV5QzJbgj9tfDuJ5vhJv2wUiTFrh7YJB1hJEzICV-EuU8zDLcxI7y1aUcvPye9k3j1dbBlCUXoEotWCBP1CDEbzv8FFD2Zk/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="284" data-original-width="750" height="242" id="id_5583_88aa_2475_5c0e" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQt9JXI_q5BUIoc5SCbEQ9UTlXj-y3Ybn7Cf6da7J7MS983gz-vqkA-wfDRlov9y95GUOnapoyA9Kcn9sjKVsBB0fj7gRzyOV5QzJbgj9tfDuJ5vhJv2wUiTFrh7YJB1hJEzICV-EuU8zDLcxI7y1aUcvPye9k3j1dbBlCUXoEotWCBP1CDEbzv8FFD2Zk/w640-h242/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Mouchette / Enys Men<br /><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_88f3_b603_7693_2a15" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3ujYsEGbruwUeQHl5pkleDC7pBYjoXaO69OsrNMN4VicB_NbruhCAhaLnlPUDbJ62TkOX-AZUa0m_U0YROSk69PgCS564NEryG_sO6kiVQn5b93wh0ofjArQElpV00huUdUxM9ZGMnJ0Yv9W3sYJUqp5eAnmOYzXXByw381oJY4fMtqF1MnFcEa6dA9Ny/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="283" data-original-width="750" height="242" id="id_9f60_16cf_f7d_f9b8" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3ujYsEGbruwUeQHl5pkleDC7pBYjoXaO69OsrNMN4VicB_NbruhCAhaLnlPUDbJ62TkOX-AZUa0m_U0YROSk69PgCS564NEryG_sO6kiVQn5b93wh0ofjArQElpV00huUdUxM9ZGMnJ0Yv9W3sYJUqp5eAnmOYzXXByw381oJY4fMtqF1MnFcEa6dA9Ny/w640-h242/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>L'Argent / Enys Men<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>And I hate doing this but there <i>are</i> some legitimate <i>Shining</i> comparisons. But it’s not what you’d expect. Instead of creepy children and endless shots of hallways – the film’s use of communicating through transistor radios reminded me of <i>The Shining</i>.</div><div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_9446_de98_5cd2_e719" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPDZJn3Omow1rgWbvg8-nfWjFLD-iiumMRwqZaNC9fuIxSXCjU5r33Y4dgOLXDSTCpFgSF-OjW4XnVTOYmQglPJe3SixI2RY9NH6WOFbYiWQo7nV8IGD-uTafQsaAFsIBu9JGGkhz847y4lRR4TVHcBiAozq8uMmH5kGTUpm6y9EaDBqD9sG2lN3FXGXhU/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="250" data-original-width="750" height="214" id="id_1687_c0e8_acb9_7a2d" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPDZJn3Omow1rgWbvg8-nfWjFLD-iiumMRwqZaNC9fuIxSXCjU5r33Y4dgOLXDSTCpFgSF-OjW4XnVTOYmQglPJe3SixI2RY9NH6WOFbYiWQo7nV8IGD-uTafQsaAFsIBu9JGGkhz847y4lRR4TVHcBiAozq8uMmH5kGTUpm6y9EaDBqD9sG2lN3FXGXhU/w640-h214/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption"><i>The Shining/ Enys Men</i><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></div>There are some other vague Shining-isms throughout the film...<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_c429_d9c3_5686_825" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEk325T_APgfEyGlK62rlAwze3p_W6TZMPpC8nld6T0Qw3CIRq09fLYvxeqMx_ZzXfGKP0ABMyv4iCqOqP3ExhXbsQ4pkZYvzNnAokxM-66tjREZW-JWa_59YzsdONJZJRZ7QzRNKErew7pqhp1xv2cAeY05muFH3giHG3zdIeDj5ToVx9Eyf3pVl7MRSX/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="258" data-original-width="750" height="220" id="id_717d_a9de_4629_37fc" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEk325T_APgfEyGlK62rlAwze3p_W6TZMPpC8nld6T0Qw3CIRq09fLYvxeqMx_ZzXfGKP0ABMyv4iCqOqP3ExhXbsQ4pkZYvzNnAokxM-66tjREZW-JWa_59YzsdONJZJRZ7QzRNKErew7pqhp1xv2cAeY05muFH3giHG3zdIeDj5ToVx9Eyf3pVl7MRSX/w640-h220/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Shining / Enys Men<br /><br /></i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_4288_c9bf_4992_5fd1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx4kQkpvN0-mxx0UcDD_HBptOQuQzAMqD0v-6n-cZY7daXUJnHDKc5ZNVZyXmREanUCoXcKFCAzHLnq1OPzaopeB7j5wK7YCLZdtt7PVNuYOZPe09mFNg1yjfgnoQrOBWhxYqAL7ILcy_ZJaaK86aKx6gbdAXTObZsPsY7lrgMLndX9Q77q09KcNt7-4LI/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="346" data-original-width="750" height="296" id="id_de39_7758_6d60_df2" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx4kQkpvN0-mxx0UcDD_HBptOQuQzAMqD0v-6n-cZY7daXUJnHDKc5ZNVZyXmREanUCoXcKFCAzHLnq1OPzaopeB7j5wK7YCLZdtt7PVNuYOZPe09mFNg1yjfgnoQrOBWhxYqAL7ILcy_ZJaaK86aKx6gbdAXTObZsPsY7lrgMLndX9Q77q09KcNt7-4LI/w640-h296/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Shining / Enys Men<br /><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>With reference points like Akerman, Ozu & Bresson – you can imagine this movie tests the audience’s patience. It didn’t test mine because I like slow movies more and more these days, but I wouldn’t fault anyone for complaining that this was too “slow” or “boring”. But to be fair to the director – this isn’t exactly the kind of movie that someone just blindly watches. Some movies are intentionally alienating and made with an exclusive audience in mind. I think <i>Enys Men</i> is one of those films. If you're a fan of all the movies I namedropped in this review - then perhaps this is something for you to check out.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>Marcushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09550373157852267023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849113514286360449.post-32705747123149575822023-11-01T03:00:00.008-04:002023-11-17T14:39:50.300-05:00ENYS MEN - SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL…<p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">I was first inspired to watch L’humanité after seeing a clip of it in Mark Cousins’s The Story of Film. Once I saw the movie, I was absolutely haunted by it. Like Persona, it’s untrustworthy</span></b></i><span style="font-size: 17px;"> - Mark Jenkin, Criterion </span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="font-size: 17px;"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_ac71_6942_ab15_6ca9" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVrRF3J-X8mKt7Eyxkdc2XS2GuTtNcAoNkHaBzPSpGjBRUWu04SZ-wEiqkE5CHmK3fRar4PsCaQ9gFLDROFq2JjgMx-6_A2X6PQ6nrQvNRGcpjPCrKsvmTIsj83WoALPo1LA0JpKaJo1gZojYI0uFEaPRMNQeEFJrchfYna0kG4Dtrbsqp5KB-eh2gVt_5/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="188" data-original-width="750" height="160" id="id_e52c_78b7_9adf_7989" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVrRF3J-X8mKt7Eyxkdc2XS2GuTtNcAoNkHaBzPSpGjBRUWu04SZ-wEiqkE5CHmK3fRar4PsCaQ9gFLDROFq2JjgMx-6_A2X6PQ6nrQvNRGcpjPCrKsvmTIsj83WoALPo1LA0JpKaJo1gZojYI0uFEaPRMNQeEFJrchfYna0kG4Dtrbsqp5KB-eh2gVt_5/w640-h160/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>L'Humanite / Enys Men</i></td></tr></tbody></table><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="font-size: 17px;">I guess the cinematic references & homages in </span><i style="font-size: 17px;">Enys Men</i><span style="font-size: 17px;"> left a serious impressions on me considering I still have a bunch that didn’t make my original review (</span><b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.pinnlandempire.com/2023/11/enys-men.html">click here to read</a></span></b><span style="font-size: 17px;">).</span></span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Below are a few additional/alternate comparisons that made the cutting-room floor that I still feel like sharing…</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleEmphasizedItalicBody; font-size: x-large; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">The opening shot of Enys Men is an homage to a composition of an ATM that appears in L’argent. It’s the kind of thing that no one would ever pick up on but that I know</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleEmphasizedBody; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold;"> - Mark Jenkin, Criterion</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_b63f_563a_4ccd_cb88" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6e0ZZKTpKCulwQLa9F4Pc3YR_U9c-SvpeuFgWlavtQpkJwBicjy8qpbf7BAkGUb3VCvlLNJecNjC0xtZcUeDMWtSAJWqtWgomnyd3BJmMQ637D_yMfcQioq-LoSx2i4ywyybBlCGFpzbO-wTbyhSTreDwi1RxPzpMzAWCuWiREktHMDuhwpS61ZBWP6vK/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="218" data-original-width="750" height="186" id="id_2e48_63b1_b857_5188" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6e0ZZKTpKCulwQLa9F4Pc3YR_U9c-SvpeuFgWlavtQpkJwBicjy8qpbf7BAkGUb3VCvlLNJecNjC0xtZcUeDMWtSAJWqtWgomnyd3BJmMQ637D_yMfcQioq-LoSx2i4ywyybBlCGFpzbO-wTbyhSTreDwi1RxPzpMzAWCuWiREktHMDuhwpS61ZBWP6vK/w640-h186/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">L'Argent / Enys Men</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleEmphasizedItalicBody; font-size: x-large; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">I can’t articulate what effect Bresson’s films have on me, that’s the beauty of it</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleEmphasizedBody; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold;"> – Mark Jenkin, Ukfilmreview.co.uk</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_f1ab_f38b_cd5e_b43e" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYZjrFU4Gd9sXPdQGqEWbPYAZy_E9SxK2QyDN18n-NLz3QnwfqVJJOzenzVDWGsiGmaY0Ep_dEWF1PwuwScIFGpqZ9KtfzRvc39F1D7Elr5Z397phGqqECZbhnYiQ1du1lEY_sBm2kzbW4aKMEx91MKNYp3yAg5Kp-ONvUS9qTt3g0-eENKs5WiBjsWNRp/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="188" data-original-width="750" height="160" id="id_e0ce_fc30_7794_ad52" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYZjrFU4Gd9sXPdQGqEWbPYAZy_E9SxK2QyDN18n-NLz3QnwfqVJJOzenzVDWGsiGmaY0Ep_dEWF1PwuwScIFGpqZ9KtfzRvc39F1D7Elr5Z397phGqqECZbhnYiQ1du1lEY_sBm2kzbW4aKMEx91MKNYp3yAg5Kp-ONvUS9qTt3g0-eENKs5WiBjsWNRp/w640-h160/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Four Nights OF A Dreamer/ Enys Men</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleEmphasizedItalicBody; font-size: x-large; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">For me, Tarkovsky’s films exist outside of time and space. I can’t imagine how a film like Mirror sat within the cinema of its time</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleEmphasizedBody; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold;"> - Mark Jenkin, Criterion</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleEmphasizedBody; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgug4E0pv88jzJH7nPbmn48RFPEteatlORtygh6KCoq1pFSAbTVa41oi0TnaRoJSOrudUT0kzDjKjFHS5eZFsP1STeC8M_1oiD7TYO6eOkG_ZH9le3uYoRX7iKgRz539s1QFOjStobJVfPpS7e_E-ahc0fpm2tpJrc09A6_Gy2kn3OU_iK6jthrNmb3l4di/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="253" data-original-width="750" height="216" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgug4E0pv88jzJH7nPbmn48RFPEteatlORtygh6KCoq1pFSAbTVa41oi0TnaRoJSOrudUT0kzDjKjFHS5eZFsP1STeC8M_1oiD7TYO6eOkG_ZH9le3uYoRX7iKgRz539s1QFOjStobJVfPpS7e_E-ahc0fpm2tpJrc09A6_Gy2kn3OU_iK6jthrNmb3l4di/w640-h216/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">The Mirror / Enys Men<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_9948_6f77_e757_3010" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUeQ3aN6oJ8j7UEoQyPSXnftlcxiPkECU1YHqCSDdV9U8t8bAyzzDE7XFj_Q1h2K0yTti485wbemiE9GfWEgUIZ7050C1mqO_L6BDt2FFFUKB6d-eq9yOShhhlhptAsyrJSOPHr_-dGhK-7H9hJkWcHjGjRnlzj3LHr6_bjlMlxBRdl5epQptTuz3E-ilq/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="190" data-original-width="750" height="162" id="id_966a_c748_678_7228" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUeQ3aN6oJ8j7UEoQyPSXnftlcxiPkECU1YHqCSDdV9U8t8bAyzzDE7XFj_Q1h2K0yTti485wbemiE9GfWEgUIZ7050C1mqO_L6BDt2FFFUKB6d-eq9yOShhhlhptAsyrJSOPHr_-dGhK-7H9hJkWcHjGjRnlzj3LHr6_bjlMlxBRdl5epQptTuz3E-ilq/w640-h162/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Nostalghia / Enys Men<br /><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj59C0BWLwYLkQFVeY6VVq0QGG92edjYc0V3JgLoqx6_sXHpwahnp0s8OQKS97iudeJn9tKjKnCd1uDePOjNqW8Tz-PpqXc3aBEJY0eWCd9thkAJ8jfuv-o46GnkAsqcm7mqI0UjyZ7j0EXdHnoPJ0R_ZJCIIWLsjDHRb8hEuyTy8yk_D9CeCVUOWaaL-5r/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="750" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj59C0BWLwYLkQFVeY6VVq0QGG92edjYc0V3JgLoqx6_sXHpwahnp0s8OQKS97iudeJn9tKjKnCd1uDePOjNqW8Tz-PpqXc3aBEJY0eWCd9thkAJ8jfuv-o46GnkAsqcm7mqI0UjyZ7j0EXdHnoPJ0R_ZJCIIWLsjDHRb8hEuyTy8yk_D9CeCVUOWaaL-5r/w640-h180/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_498f_f1e9_fc01_b5d6" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"> Stalker / Enys Men</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTHEDNI_03rUOh8As25x1hyvU4s7W7ZOFCnVoyH3KExnRtXZolo7EiC7mgNgOW1Rlu5BbM8RvBuRRqXIjBtqzgmj8klRelJSmkQBYxe-UivRFiZbZlrVshPp7PFEU1GqvwiPFIbwvhKu782PiMEEC020pIWg_wkuzksdYJ1gGhsv1NFpikcYKW1XSft3gv/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="750" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTHEDNI_03rUOh8As25x1hyvU4s7W7ZOFCnVoyH3KExnRtXZolo7EiC7mgNgOW1Rlu5BbM8RvBuRRqXIjBtqzgmj8klRelJSmkQBYxe-UivRFiZbZlrVshPp7PFEU1GqvwiPFIbwvhKu782PiMEEC020pIWg_wkuzksdYJ1gGhsv1NFpikcYKW1XSft3gv/w640-h180/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"> Stalker / Enys Men</i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_498f_f1e9_fc01_b5d6" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiutAYw6A0xV4gpP5erZPJG0mt-l-SC7K3ojvsUubjZWAvWqKtWTLAkjwECYFwuFqeR2y-dE6KlVgrvxkDkmZ_7QxQ3s8viYg1F_3dgOqesgopleyBmc7txrcsEI2_na_zKrefJCXHU8K97wTgBhn5Su9ne0rWPN-Y7lCiIov9ssYvym-eJOY2SiF7LSxVo/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="187" data-original-width="750" height="160" id="id_ca48_31af_a0ad_385" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiutAYw6A0xV4gpP5erZPJG0mt-l-SC7K3ojvsUubjZWAvWqKtWTLAkjwECYFwuFqeR2y-dE6KlVgrvxkDkmZ_7QxQ3s8viYg1F_3dgOqesgopleyBmc7txrcsEI2_na_zKrefJCXHU8K97wTgBhn5Su9ne0rWPN-Y7lCiIov9ssYvym-eJOY2SiF7LSxVo/w640-h160/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">The Mirror / Enys Men<br /></i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s2" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleEmphasizedItalicBody; font-size: x-large; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">Don’t Look Now is the obvious choice. Roeg’s influence runs through everything that I’ve done as a filmmaker</span><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleEmphasizedBody; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold;"> - Mark Jenkin, Criterion</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s3" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleEmphasizedBody; font-size: 17px; font-weight: bold;"><br /></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8hu9PcN5Q4f-xxaVS7Vi5hdHD0pLKu7Bl-0C7-cQSmEUmngCUQ-s866YTA7o0PEseZZBoXZJpXB1VoEGup3W-jkDvAVQlrttGPBuiq37Yvp0YQ_YOFPZg3Yees6l77h_MwsrjCsSM0Vx0t_mvjznhEf-48r540XB5Dbb3Vl3DEeU3zXyQUprigctkc01G/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="212" data-original-width="750" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8hu9PcN5Q4f-xxaVS7Vi5hdHD0pLKu7Bl-0C7-cQSmEUmngCUQ-s866YTA7o0PEseZZBoXZJpXB1VoEGup3W-jkDvAVQlrttGPBuiq37Yvp0YQ_YOFPZg3Yees6l77h_MwsrjCsSM0Vx0t_mvjznhEf-48r540XB5Dbb3Vl3DEeU3zXyQUprigctkc01G/w640-h180/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Don't Look Now / Enys Men<br /><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhofztjLNX4CQkQAUV2DInByMzt4XIZslVDCio6RTrCRa1lQSN2w2ojEgCc25q6DJI70XAHtx8o_L6-yDIWv63vKaHIve4u3qofvx0UP6O3bs1R9rJIzu9VQkz_a6Z7IV_9wfK-nlOnTD11jwBFfpGFIEJbd24YplCmfGTjq0hB-EhdfTc33RiD1opdFOrR/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="750" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhofztjLNX4CQkQAUV2DInByMzt4XIZslVDCio6RTrCRa1lQSN2w2ojEgCc25q6DJI70XAHtx8o_L6-yDIWv63vKaHIve4u3qofvx0UP6O3bs1R9rJIzu9VQkz_a6Z7IV_9wfK-nlOnTD11jwBFfpGFIEJbd24YplCmfGTjq0hB-EhdfTc33RiD1opdFOrR/w640-h180/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Don't Look Now / Enys Men<br /><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_1153_be0_3d11_70f3" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo3exJLGjicg92vfzcnpLgckvuxLPCE4Y9RhznISSD36rAl1TWoALsgz7YzLcHLvR1jVkFrpVLwoZ-AHRp4nQure7F3CFykF82NYNoArxxpaKEROi6JiqY3hXDk-RK6ffS71NsQL40UTJdqydMhVCO6MZF8EgBAmKj7KrQz0sQ64yyUbDCmIHoKIzaoQIo/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="209" data-original-width="750" height="178" id="id_876b_553c_45ca_88e2" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo3exJLGjicg92vfzcnpLgckvuxLPCE4Y9RhznISSD36rAl1TWoALsgz7YzLcHLvR1jVkFrpVLwoZ-AHRp4nQure7F3CFykF82NYNoArxxpaKEROi6JiqY3hXDk-RK6ffS71NsQL40UTJdqydMhVCO6MZF8EgBAmKj7KrQz0sQ64yyUbDCmIHoKIzaoQIo/w640-h178/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Don't Look Now / Enys Men<br /></i><br /><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">And as I mentioned in my original review, Jenkin doesn’t namedrop Maya Deren or Stanley Kubrick as direct references but there are so many moments from both;<i> Meshes Of The Afternoon</i> and <i>The Shining</i> running all throughout Enys Men…</span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_ba45_7491_c8bf_8014" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjngabNOdCUzyjOlly8EtLY6hIUiK2CdEsilMkGlKZGGUUBevZ3HsITegNiHZFdh7YeTxZ7xJxZbzUqr_Dow6iOvjADwfoqhPrrSD32ESSTAaBFbbdez8M_mrSQU1cTB6N0cMnl41eTnYTs-IkVXAC6Odq4Tg3cS9bi4DOc_RM3mV_eYf5IVuND_stdN_wS/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="191" data-original-width="750" height="162" id="id_ed99_10c9_4007_ab5" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjngabNOdCUzyjOlly8EtLY6hIUiK2CdEsilMkGlKZGGUUBevZ3HsITegNiHZFdh7YeTxZ7xJxZbzUqr_Dow6iOvjADwfoqhPrrSD32ESSTAaBFbbdez8M_mrSQU1cTB6N0cMnl41eTnYTs-IkVXAC6Odq4Tg3cS9bi4DOc_RM3mV_eYf5IVuND_stdN_wS/w640-h162/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">The Shining / Enys Men<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_ce92_c232_8ab8_b522" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI0xkVlCWyk_vz3N91yiMe-LsDztbUN1GnqR08iJy9R0ffio_qLxRSssiHHvIS75sRcFDGKkFbBD-ifbuTflsBLxT4EjQE6Ask23RExvcH5oWvDLFlsPTjYOr4aAm4wzZF4D0fVypLp8hMPluaojp9VA0cJJPydgLxGFqGXCnf2lsUf7bIKvL8WteA6KPw/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="189" data-original-width="750" height="162" id="id_3d7a_8559_39f5_1555" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI0xkVlCWyk_vz3N91yiMe-LsDztbUN1GnqR08iJy9R0ffio_qLxRSssiHHvIS75sRcFDGKkFbBD-ifbuTflsBLxT4EjQE6Ask23RExvcH5oWvDLFlsPTjYOr4aAm4wzZF4D0fVypLp8hMPluaojp9VA0cJJPydgLxGFqGXCnf2lsUf7bIKvL8WteA6KPw/w640-h162/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">The Shining / Enys Men</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiej-B-Vwk33MXAn8sTndSHsVfpYT7IVn0r-5wCevx0IvgYKB05YLW9lcaU7Y15bQRIEmFTPMcSKQkwX8AhSoAH2iDqu5RCFuLVfSGXjuVSGPMxJcQamuBiuOJfAeVE5nsIvtVLzAvNYle2pq8WYuAync4bHKBeseu1q2ZSmDlA-Qm9Cumek2_v2QDaJ3H/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="273" data-original-width="750" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiej-B-Vwk33MXAn8sTndSHsVfpYT7IVn0r-5wCevx0IvgYKB05YLW9lcaU7Y15bQRIEmFTPMcSKQkwX8AhSoAH2iDqu5RCFuLVfSGXjuVSGPMxJcQamuBiuOJfAeVE5nsIvtVLzAvNYle2pq8WYuAync4bHKBeseu1q2ZSmDlA-Qm9Cumek2_v2QDaJ3H/w640-h232/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">The Shining / Enys Men<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLIMnMnyLJZMCPq-qVqNyxDLZ5OszJ7v6Pd15Nwyw-Wl-WA4TbO79Tfk7qFAO9joj-DH8bD8lQuNu-MIxclrMh3cUjTbjQ8WAAauqm8p_KtTNKt65g5R07yo5ZABwayb26fIssjJ2PaB4W5E5sWH5l-G7dBtWKIwVpCbP9ESYARF-oTFP7Kll9OvNSl-LB/s960/20231103_102945.GIF" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="960" data-original-width="720" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLIMnMnyLJZMCPq-qVqNyxDLZ5OszJ7v6Pd15Nwyw-Wl-WA4TbO79Tfk7qFAO9joj-DH8bD8lQuNu-MIxclrMh3cUjTbjQ8WAAauqm8p_KtTNKt65g5R07yo5ZABwayb26fIssjJ2PaB4W5E5sWH5l-G7dBtWKIwVpCbP9ESYARF-oTFP7Kll9OvNSl-LB/w480-h640/20231103_102945.GIF" width="480" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">The Shining / Enys Men<br /><br /></i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8b7zphqh26oiqJ_4YEPP4Z1cEN4p1InmoEmJJwUTU8Mv5BWnadAevL107jbJDayXRm7MySQF_6h5OKriq5Zd2Lv-NaLJW3jy9hJhivWTEcURwKGPRe7Zk7vRWibyRXzweLzDXCfRnsyAoFRivp-Q2qWSoRq4QFs5jFi5VIctpV-gN-VbjlLJkkuYWDYST/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="274" data-original-width="750" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8b7zphqh26oiqJ_4YEPP4Z1cEN4p1InmoEmJJwUTU8Mv5BWnadAevL107jbJDayXRm7MySQF_6h5OKriq5Zd2Lv-NaLJW3jy9hJhivWTEcURwKGPRe7Zk7vRWibyRXzweLzDXCfRnsyAoFRivp-Q2qWSoRq4QFs5jFi5VIctpV-gN-VbjlLJkkuYWDYST/w640-h234/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Meshes Of The Afternoon / Enys Men</i></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_fa78_b5cc_249a_e4e8" style="margin-left: auto; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7KhXeuJwZM2qao3Db85amsLZ_y1TsciPg_SPFoFFbaT9YQslYotm6rFKf9DNjTu62ebOpbEO3FU3BVNZqxuYBvutPO9Ql6rmjflt2xq8P4B8hPA3YCJAbkixsSEQDWSNPCE_HX9OR2Ghl1qZ_GsCFsAF-y_l7VYyE7ZAJHb_6u53YMYu8KvruHwWuwLOd/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="186" data-original-width="750" height="158" id="id_c90e_b0a1_7186_63d5" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7KhXeuJwZM2qao3Db85amsLZ_y1TsciPg_SPFoFFbaT9YQslYotm6rFKf9DNjTu62ebOpbEO3FU3BVNZqxuYBvutPO9Ql6rmjflt2xq8P4B8hPA3YCJAbkixsSEQDWSNPCE_HX9OR2Ghl1qZ_GsCFsAF-y_l7VYyE7ZAJHb_6u53YMYu8KvruHwWuwLOd/w640-h158/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Meshes Of The Afternoon / Enys Men<br /><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span><p></p> Marcushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09550373157852267023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849113514286360449.post-37624632830768427662023-10-18T03:01:00.000-04:002023-10-18T09:59:45.445-04:00FERRARI @ NYFF<div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTxXorHys3GWKWoZfk8gXqGrkkGIscYb4nu92RChRvzYqZs0PHuBuc4jnVM7uGPoFtbd3KJehDXgwVTbzkgbzD-_QRMp28U4sOLy_fZhZM2Q6SWIPxPtPXPo4qsdiomUaqHMm0Ck1DRv_HJvYunMerPgandcRZI_Rp_RYBZFlpYcKthIUTU7rfbL3AwxaI/s1284/IMG_6747.PNG"><img border="0" data-original-height="522" data-original-width="1284" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTxXorHys3GWKWoZfk8gXqGrkkGIscYb4nu92RChRvzYqZs0PHuBuc4jnVM7uGPoFtbd3KJehDXgwVTbzkgbzD-_QRMp28U4sOLy_fZhZM2Q6SWIPxPtPXPo4qsdiomUaqHMm0Ck1DRv_HJvYunMerPgandcRZI_Rp_RYBZFlpYcKthIUTU7rfbL3AwxaI/w640-h260/IMG_6747.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Unlike the other films I saw at this year’s New York Film Festival (click <b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.pinnlandempire.com/2023/10/eureka-nyff.html">here</a></span></b> & <b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.pinnlandempire.com/2023/10/the-beast-nyff.html">here</a></span></b> to read), I actually sat with this one for a few days before sharing my thoughts. I waited seven years to see this and I want to chose my words carefully. I have mixed feelings about Michael Mann’s latest Enzo Ferrari biopic. It disappointed <i>and </i>exceed expectation at the same time. Anything involving a car is an A+ as far as I’m concerned. The sound design, the cinematography, etc – it’s all great. Even the couple of surprise car wrecks, reminiscent of Tarantino’s <i>Death Proo</i>f, were incredibly visceral and got a reaction out of me that no movie has in quite some time (I haven’t really spoiled anything. These scenes come out of nowhere and you wont be expecting them). <div>Now…anything that had to do with the actual story felt like a C-. I know some folks may think it’s silly to take a piece of art and use school grades to judge – but some of the accents in the film are pretty silly. Too silly for a film like this in my opinion. I appreciate Adam Driver’s dedication to his semi-subdued yet sill forced Italian accent but Shailene Woodley’s portrayal of Lina Lardi (Enzo’s mistress and mother of his son) was a bit frustrating. Her accent was a mix of American, Eastern European & Italian, and the performance was pretty forgettable (the chemistry between Driver and Woodley wasn’t really there either). Watching <i>Ferrari </i>made me wish there was a bigger pool of diverse actors to pull from in terms of age & nationality. Adam Driver was “fine” as Enzo Ferrari but are there no prolific older actors in their very late 50s/early 60s that could have pulled this role off? Is there no young up & coming Italian actress that could have portrayed Ferrari’s mistress? This is Michael Mann’s first feature film in almost a decade so that’s <i>really </i>the draw. It’s not like Woodley’s presence was going to make any difference. I know you need a "big name" or a recognizable actor to "sell" a movie but this is about the return of Michael Mann at the end of day.<br /><br />With the exception of a few flashbacks, <i>Ferrari </i>focuses primarily on the 1957 Mille Miglia race along with Ferrari’s failing marriage & business. The issue here is even though the movie takes place over the course of one summer, there’s <i>still </i>the equivalent of three movies in this <i>one </i>biopic (a potential <i>Right Stuff</i>-style story about the team of racers hired by Ferrari, the horrific tragedy that came out of the 1957 Mille Miglia race, and Ferrari’s personal life at the time). This isn’t a quick 100 minute film but it’s still ten pounds of substance in a five pound bag. The movie ends at a weird place leaving me wanting another hour. But at a certain point I guess we do have to wrap things up. Perhaps this would have worked better as a mini-series? </div><div><br /><div>I’m giving <i>Ferrari </i>a hard time but there are some positives. I sensed pinches of modern-day Terrence Malick's style in some select isolated moments. I know that might turn some folks off but that's a good thing as far as I' concerned...<div></div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY7L-UbJaUfxe9Srrf0yER_jRQ_q11ti0aArZV5qyttziRjKhMbx8_3RSeIqqbvMagpSkLTtrI42tt9ITFk7KOzZSqg_SSk-RcpOX59-744QTgeHWLORgNfaVxfNuaJV1oZOuvo4RIj4jQYWEURHY2PfPzzwitKKo0jS8Dflp65KwmH0SNGJMqqJORczwC/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="186" data-original-width="750" height="158" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgY7L-UbJaUfxe9Srrf0yER_jRQ_q11ti0aArZV5qyttziRjKhMbx8_3RSeIqqbvMagpSkLTtrI42tt9ITFk7KOzZSqg_SSk-RcpOX59-744QTgeHWLORgNfaVxfNuaJV1oZOuvo4RIj4jQYWEURHY2PfPzzwitKKo0jS8Dflp65KwmH0SNGJMqqJORczwC/w640-h158/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>A Hidden Life / Ferrari</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhupJB5heisdXs75cy3V9jEI8XFi4_YgQUGfFjlZX50bWIz0XY89u_K3ltaDPW4FT1jRebqB5VXwlsKTmrP0YTEkSJnYz3qUtqsKMJyQxDPYxeDmrSNo_9HMb-fFY0qZG2fknJvzLS1FU1U9TCC_oTkenvNQmGjOmoqoA4HIAZHlu3hHKMV4vGqbRA3XFoR/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="194" data-original-width="750" height="166" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhupJB5heisdXs75cy3V9jEI8XFi4_YgQUGfFjlZX50bWIz0XY89u_K3ltaDPW4FT1jRebqB5VXwlsKTmrP0YTEkSJnYz3qUtqsKMJyQxDPYxeDmrSNo_9HMb-fFY0qZG2fknJvzLS1FU1U9TCC_oTkenvNQmGjOmoqoA4HIAZHlu3hHKMV4vGqbRA3XFoR/w640-h166/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Knight Of Cups / Ferrari</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtALopSlwF-3bcmxYW1k77moMTIipQmwlmGWZK-icmkhQA3oG0zNxjMEXihClwAXeQHKQKOKWU5ieJj6TWtsyFZzOYncK3MH9qYboCodJsLP9ABCirQ4N5waI_i0Iwk_kZXbPkf8wND1mryFi6E6jW3xsM31hyphenhyphenf1jRfuzqXyDSn8p5S4NtVldhEGMT4yXs/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="187" data-original-width="750" height="160" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtALopSlwF-3bcmxYW1k77moMTIipQmwlmGWZK-icmkhQA3oG0zNxjMEXihClwAXeQHKQKOKWU5ieJj6TWtsyFZzOYncK3MH9qYboCodJsLP9ABCirQ4N5waI_i0Iwk_kZXbPkf8wND1mryFi6E6jW3xsM31hyphenhyphenf1jRfuzqXyDSn8p5S4NtVldhEGMT4yXs/w640-h160/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Knight Of Cups / Ferrari</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>I’m not even that caught up in the visual accuracy or how much the actors look like the real life people they’re portraying. If anything we need to stray further away from that. The more obsessed some actors & filmmakers become with the look and mannerisms of their real life subjects - the more things turns in to a feature length SNL sketch (Viola Davis’ recent portrayal of Michelle Obama should have made folks do a universal reset on how biopics are approached). Mann doesn’t get caught up in any of that with <i>Ferrari </i>but there’s still a lack of chemistry between a lot of the actors and just an overall layer of flatness outside of Penelope Cruz’s portrayal as Laura Ferrari (I assure the accents are not the only problem with this movie). <div>There are certainly a nice amount of signature Mann-style shots in <i>Ferrari </i>but he doesn't go full-on "Michael Mann" from start to finish (the trailer does a good job of capturing the best shots but those moments are stretched out inside of a 140+ minute film). If I'm being honest, even <i>Public Enemies</i> has more style than <i>Ferrari </i>which is a problem because, in my opinion, an Italian film full of sexy cars should be oozing with style from start to finish and that's just not the case here.<br /><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt8nngLnM_gTMefHFcBVPg9mKRBaXJg83m4yPqWkeX1wIPz-Y19A3vNuid638l8LgFm0knvESVtIWbgtqrUULJtO69xRVZ7SCobi2uV7bngq5ozOrM7iJGallVewdHjevuixNoaVlGPuCKS38aKH0csI_gFMmA9HMTgWWwwlN1KMx9fG2fltAkEJkvwd-0/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="297" data-original-width="750" height="254" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt8nngLnM_gTMefHFcBVPg9mKRBaXJg83m4yPqWkeX1wIPz-Y19A3vNuid638l8LgFm0knvESVtIWbgtqrUULJtO69xRVZ7SCobi2uV7bngq5ozOrM7iJGallVewdHjevuixNoaVlGPuCKS38aKH0csI_gFMmA9HMTgWWwwlN1KMx9fG2fltAkEJkvwd-0/w640-h254/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></div> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfJAMZncHu94Kg6CVwgO6TSgEwVrvWz0Pfk_dDIW3JNLOw_-q4WBKXJP-BovTF4sO9eVDsNGlZxku2XjdQGWCXrNZs05n2ogxc_IGTDydMysQISh8Y8Wtaa7IhtOiAxPEA6gBnW8lMgEk645xGXmDpe2FW1jNuxDoTOj3q4hV6lh59E5cthBxeSQmOxON-/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="304" data-original-width="750" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfJAMZncHu94Kg6CVwgO6TSgEwVrvWz0Pfk_dDIW3JNLOw_-q4WBKXJP-BovTF4sO9eVDsNGlZxku2XjdQGWCXrNZs05n2ogxc_IGTDydMysQISh8Y8Wtaa7IhtOiAxPEA6gBnW8lMgEk645xGXmDpe2FW1jNuxDoTOj3q4hV6lh59E5cthBxeSQmOxON-/w640-h260/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE1MKVVGHbJ6nAwIfQH70OZBW-l0_nW6QUozm2XMHrRF3HS47Rv4Y7hUc55nhQXRbguzZcuZ31aCaRkEOPMAyoEi9aCMQ1N8_IVGaNDZEkfCwNKe-4c_1fG5u3wA6Xm8wJWwqwxxLxltrUUKtO1iZqlafGtijnyP-eTS2r4XvYXLPKYlOuLfXUs4Yvk5Bj/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="304" data-original-width="750" height="260" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE1MKVVGHbJ6nAwIfQH70OZBW-l0_nW6QUozm2XMHrRF3HS47Rv4Y7hUc55nhQXRbguzZcuZ31aCaRkEOPMAyoEi9aCMQ1N8_IVGaNDZEkfCwNKe-4c_1fG5u3wA6Xm8wJWwqwxxLxltrUUKtO1iZqlafGtijnyP-eTS2r4XvYXLPKYlOuLfXUs4Yvk5Bj/w640-h260/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>No matter how many mixed feelings I have, I still loved watching <i>Ferrari</i> on the big screen. That’s the only way to watch it. This movie falls short in a few places but I still encourage everyone to see it big. I suppose this is the best thing Mann has done since <i>Miami Vice</i>? But is that really saying much? </div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div></div></div></div>Marcushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09550373157852267023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849113514286360449.post-43482367408726379302023-10-18T03:00:00.005-04:002023-10-18T12:19:20.483-04:00POPCORN ESCHATON EPISODE 17: FRANTZ FANON<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/zebras-in-america/popcorn-eschaton-17-frantz-fanon-and-luce-feat-marcus-pinn" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="423" data-original-width="742" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDRil5l2GJnbHwceEtj5sYok5dMu9OyNLN8IfAHVu_hioykDatgolNkXCYqM_ndzjkuv4PM9ozhzFEuHK3pHNuBIyOIyW9XK-cHvCkN-c5zbxUZoXf5hSlg9GPvl88osBMWszJCZ18PkDuFhqD7e41qEQfdEIs3mc6XyIlD5wsmuQjgjLZsqoYdUHumvCs/w640-h364/Screenshot%202023-10-18%20115724.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">I joined the guys over at Popcorn Eschaton to chat about the Frantz Fanon-based films; <i>Luce </i>and <i>Frantz Fanon: Black Skin, White Mask</i>.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Click <b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://soundcloud.com/zebras-in-america/popcorn-eschaton-17-frantz-fanon-and-luce-feat-marcus-pinn">here</a></span></b> or the image above to go to the episode. </p>Marcushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09550373157852267023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849113514286360449.post-4316878642186424892023-10-18T03:00:00.003-04:002023-10-18T12:15:14.086-04:00WRONG REEL EPISODE 665: THE 61ST NEW YORK FILM FESTIVAL RECAP<p style="text-align: center;"> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://wrongreel.com/podcast/wr665-61st-new-york-film-festival-recap/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="364" data-original-width="612" height="380" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwaxrZINYakoZSI9tZeJ3pfaqISNjg_a6LI7eaAsfJFVDkZuA9rSVWcKriNVE27qW2bRlM8HCcNt12lAQQu6BHTjRVYk_bzCQnBC2OvwwnKZncw8MbuSEMSXpze_ZhSjq6Ufjzvk3QfBVd8WH9lfDShKXiC70sSm6fhpWvIW9CUW4EOJEFAnCAWqBzINRf/w640-h380/Screenshot%202023-10-18%20115713.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><p></p><p style="text-align: left;">James, Rob and myself continue our yearly tradition of New York Film Festival talk.</p><p style="text-align: left;">Click <b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://wrongreel.com/podcast/wr665-61st-new-york-film-festival-recap/">here </a></span></b>or the image above to go to the episode.</p>Marcushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09550373157852267023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849113514286360449.post-67881351232384576522023-10-11T10:27:00.002-04:002023-10-11T14:06:07.947-04:00EUREKA @ NYFF<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibHWWf1yfF-5N7c58Cw8Xefs2sRjxyNvx9UXm0awwehWvbtjrbAQKs8nQLp5JJsBA18h5gkIhSFbKUUl3Nvszz5Ds8-6TsbrsjURPcIxOZZlow6xnGneK4BD0EEFPfKvWy1ZtGxDvdx4-1-LPRFh58r4J4tCits7ZkeLEzmAsQNoe12LCDqWfiq0tH-Mfm/s1214/IMG_6355.PNG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="901" data-original-width="1214" height="474" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibHWWf1yfF-5N7c58Cw8Xefs2sRjxyNvx9UXm0awwehWvbtjrbAQKs8nQLp5JJsBA18h5gkIhSFbKUUl3Nvszz5Ds8-6TsbrsjURPcIxOZZlow6xnGneK4BD0EEFPfKvWy1ZtGxDvdx4-1-LPRFh58r4J4tCits7ZkeLEzmAsQNoe12LCDqWfiq0tH-Mfm/w640-h474/IMG_6355.PNG" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Do not enter Lisandro Alonso’s <i>Eureka </i>with any expectations. If you’ve watched a trailer or read a review – forget anything you think you’re about to see. Don’t even watch the trailer or the handful of clips that are available online. It’s best to go in to <i>Eureka </i>with a clean slate. As a matter of fact – don’t even read this review any further until you’ve seen it. This is an intentionally deceptive movie that starts out as a playful mockery of Alonso’s last feature (<i>Jauja</i>) then quickly morphs in to a story about a modern-day Native American community in South Dakota. <br /><br /><i>Eureka </i>isn’t exactly a movie you can spoil (outside of the first 15-20 minutes), but it’s best to compare it to other films within the same lane rather than “review” it. Imagine a spiritual sequel to <i>Jauja </i>(right down to Viggo Mortensen playing another father character looking for his missing daughter) that quickly switches over to an <i>Uncle Boonmee/Tropical Malady/Blissfully Your</i>s-like spiritual tale with pinches of Jarmusch’s <i>Dead Man</i>. I’m sure folks might even be reminded of Carlos Reygadas and/or Amat Escalante.<div><br /></div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXeC6mDnjpj2W6UgOXYMGRYoobQPr47BBhEWnQcLyozXujcnyRZNcTNrRhbx_9J4cKgfBHW3_GvLdcf4Dh0wWugOdkUmlI4NKFKGWjq8TsrFAvaML1fnXwgW06qbdULV5nAIQuM7cKGAzPPhlIea7mwaAzK7iyi6o7dem2LybL2vhMKC57QpLBij2Mqwtp/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXeC6mDnjpj2W6UgOXYMGRYoobQPr47BBhEWnQcLyozXujcnyRZNcTNrRhbx_9J4cKgfBHW3_GvLdcf4Dh0wWugOdkUmlI4NKFKGWjq8TsrFAvaML1fnXwgW06qbdULV5nAIQuM7cKGAzPPhlIea7mwaAzK7iyi6o7dem2LybL2vhMKC57QpLBij2Mqwtp/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Similar opening scenes: <br /><i>Dead Man /<br />Eureka</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgJfT8OeRWIarEnCSBKdV-dEf7ELCY08OT79Gt_y-LDlin3Er95OYExHQ954TBVg2e0bXGXaH_kaOchLcUYw7tpvFe6iTDTCudmfuJyR9MS7SfC33DpPWO_F-Npe9Yud7PRQSyY32rQ6_6XQnMdozNmCzPPvMYZT_GZiX3ZLUN2YCW5G1z9U3-H2hxWThz/s1798/IMG_6369.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1011" data-original-width="1798" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgJfT8OeRWIarEnCSBKdV-dEf7ELCY08OT79Gt_y-LDlin3Er95OYExHQ954TBVg2e0bXGXaH_kaOchLcUYw7tpvFe6iTDTCudmfuJyR9MS7SfC33DpPWO_F-Npe9Yud7PRQSyY32rQ6_6XQnMdozNmCzPPvMYZT_GZiX3ZLUN2YCW5G1z9U3-H2hxWThz/w640-h360/IMG_6369.JPG" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Blissfully Yours / Eureka</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU4vKbLJCps0UdSDie7G0f67Yj8ZwGtdQA9-ov2snwsMni-1bP8vqqQPpIVlcQrhqMGfMrBZif_7Cvf5rJ0QruVPW1qDOw1tcCd3W2BxZsItzpAJA6eTzoFbIpA-YGdI5nwz1U4G4G3f3mJiPEkLPEdDZyZWMHtJMYpWoU8eTD2_E0Ow0QSquIISK9d4B7/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU4vKbLJCps0UdSDie7G0f67Yj8ZwGtdQA9-ov2snwsMni-1bP8vqqQPpIVlcQrhqMGfMrBZif_7Cvf5rJ0QruVPW1qDOw1tcCd3W2BxZsItzpAJA6eTzoFbIpA-YGdI5nwz1U4G4G3f3mJiPEkLPEdDZyZWMHtJMYpWoU8eTD2_E0Ow0QSquIISK9d4B7/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Blissfully Yours / <br />Eureka</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><br /><i>Eureka </i>is best enjoyed if you’ve seen Alonso’s previous feature; <i>Jauja</i>. I’m not usually a fan of director’s using their art to take shots at critics or to look directly in to the camera to wink at their fans, but this is an exception because it’s done so masterfully (I’m not sure when this will be released so you have time to check out <i>Jauja </i>before <i>Eureka </i>comes out if you haven’t yet in order to get the full experience). <br /><br />Now…this movie is almost 2-1/2 hours long. Lisandro Alonso doesn’t use the entire feature to troll critics and wink at his fans. After getting all the naughty prankster stuff out of his system in the first section, the remainder of the film is as genuine as possible thanks to the dry comedic delivery of the wonderful non-professional cast (using non-professional actors can feel exploitive sometimes but that isn't the case here). <br /><br />If it isn’t clear – I love this movie very much but I wouldn’t blindly recommend it to anyone unless you’re a fan of the director’s previous work and all the other cinematic reference points I namedropped earlier. I’m sure Lisandro Alonso wants as many people as possible to watch <i>Eureka </i>(this would be a <i>hell </i>of a movie to go in to blindly), but there is a core audience this was intended for. As an unofficial spokesperson for said audience – I can say this delivers and then some.<div><br /></div></div>Marcushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09550373157852267023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849113514286360449.post-52813699707033848912023-10-10T03:01:00.016-04:002024-02-13T16:48:30.722-05:00THE BEAST @ NYFF<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ7ysfeSpNf_zMPPY7CnZLntB1fzBL-8uon6qyrTf9dPtptN5K86mCSftR2du46UQQtSYjX0pGKsDMe09DngUwvPG0lcauhKucT8otAlvs3UOhRqJfAnPnR0nGckK4yO9HXKdvsLGLLs8CsgCkHgNtyBYCUjoLGszWc8j2dAKq9CbdFt0dCqke5OJN3lat/s651/Screenshot%202023-10-09%20101711.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="261" data-original-width="651" height="256" id="id_52a4_b3a1_69bc_b839" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ7ysfeSpNf_zMPPY7CnZLntB1fzBL-8uon6qyrTf9dPtptN5K86mCSftR2du46UQQtSYjX0pGKsDMe09DngUwvPG0lcauhKucT8otAlvs3UOhRqJfAnPnR0nGckK4yO9HXKdvsLGLLs8CsgCkHgNtyBYCUjoLGszWc8j2dAKq9CbdFt0dCqke5OJN3lat/w640-h256/Screenshot%202023-10-09%20101711.jpg" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Okay. I'm going to say something a little schematic about French cinema. But if we imagine two lines, we can say there is [Jean] Renoir and [Robert] Bresson that gave us [Francois] Truffaut and [Jean-Luc] Godard, that gave us [Maurice] Pialat and [Jean] Eustache, that gave us [Arnaud] Desplechin and [Leos] Carax. I fall more on the Bresson/Godard/Eustache/Carax side than the other one </span></b></i>- Bertrand Bonello, <a href="https://www.cineaste.com/spring2020/zombi-child-spaces-of-cinema-bertrand-bonello">cineaste.com</a></div><br /><br />That quote above is an important passage to remember before going in to Bertrand Bonello’s latest sci-fi tale because there are a lot of Leos Carax-isms throughout (beautiful-looking comedic absurdity masked underneath a layer of arthouse cinema). <i>The Beast</i> comes off like a cross between <i>Holy Motors</i> and <i>Highlander </i>with a pinch of Maya Deren’s <i>Meshes Of The Afternoon</i> told from the perspective of an incel. I can namedrop folks like Deren & Carax without giving any background because chances are anyone looking forward to <i>The Beast</i> will already be familiar with Bonello's work and his influences. This is not the kind of movie that you just blindly watch. Now...I know my description of this movie sounds like a fun little “gumbo” of influences & ideas, but at the end of the day it doesn’t work. That’s what’s so frustrating. To have so much in common with so many fun cinematic reference-points to be a big nothing almost takes extra effort to accomplish. I’m a Bertrand Bonello fan/occasional defender but I can’t defend this one.<i> The Beas</i>t is very much a mixture of all the things I just mentioned but it’s kind of a mess as opposed to a well-crafted collage of ideas. I really don’t know who this was made for outside of bored disingenuous letterboxed "critics" that love to go against the grain and claim that bad movies are <i>really </i>misunderstood masterpieces. <div><div><br /><i>The Beast</i> felt like two feature lengths films and a short mushed together in to one movie (in a way, this was Bonello’s <i>She Hate Me</i>). The film follows two lovers that cross paths with one another through different time periods. Bertrand Bonello takes the audience back & forth between the early 1900s and a post-Covid mask-wearing dystopian future with a pitstop in to modern day California. <br /><br />The California section of the film, which owes a lot to Maya Deren’s <i>Meshes</i> and David Lynch’s <i>Lost Highwa</i>y, is the only interesting part of the movie but still not enough to stop me from checking my watch every 10-15 minutes (it should also be noted that this is Bertrand’s second feature in a row to borrow heavily from Maya Deren. Read my thoughts on <i>Zombi Chil</i>d <a href="http://www.pinnlandempire.com/2019/09/zombi-child-tiff-2019-highlight-2.html"><b><span style="font-size: large;">here</span></b></a>).</div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhME1OeloKN1eFXXbD3sezXAYvauQGVjr7Dd9iSGQtN9iUlWK1uEddd7uX5qp4sWORjwmiM4fffaplypOzPDx5rNLPOyuLOIe9-JeqToAqjsiwO5lYcAZULirt3bOJ595aDkqtiU3h0-YrqyxaqzeGGz-LzymD4DSdp1kyGpyj6_E-uRar77syYVoqIxUTV/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="283" data-original-width="750" height="242" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhME1OeloKN1eFXXbD3sezXAYvauQGVjr7Dd9iSGQtN9iUlWK1uEddd7uX5qp4sWORjwmiM4fffaplypOzPDx5rNLPOyuLOIe9-JeqToAqjsiwO5lYcAZULirt3bOJ595aDkqtiU3h0-YrqyxaqzeGGz-LzymD4DSdp1kyGpyj6_E-uRar77syYVoqIxUTV/w640-h242/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Meshes Of The Afternoon / The Beast</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6cQ_X40M5VDLskVyv69y1GxRuRs8cNLhyphenhyphenqCXzxOGFARe1hcviHqAQeB9UqdaLLFXilhAouIDOZwITJoQbgOM8UqrBOwTq54LnJ1wIw7zrxY6nobikgMLdoNH-XltWpGCDtBA7n3xKk-jHnLxNxPRST1NZtDtbj61x3No6VYfaJKuC5H4Nqd1ADpKQfNjL/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="282" data-original-width="750" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6cQ_X40M5VDLskVyv69y1GxRuRs8cNLhyphenhyphenqCXzxOGFARe1hcviHqAQeB9UqdaLLFXilhAouIDOZwITJoQbgOM8UqrBOwTq54LnJ1wIw7zrxY6nobikgMLdoNH-XltWpGCDtBA7n3xKk-jHnLxNxPRST1NZtDtbj61x3No6VYfaJKuC5H4Nqd1ADpKQfNjL/w640-h240/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Meshes Of The Afternoon / The Beast</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>The Beast</i> vision board: </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJG5PJBzVpgwskAuBp0Z7p6-1bOXRmHi3Q1gS05kVzmfYvwY8lHjcsiilsbJoeX9JqamGAuyzWahPxCpL_sdle-oRuYBg6YuCLF4bxJKmEjHPAv0RhJGeSt9b5z2njjHejV4duuI5j-Kq19tGp6TJhQn0sl4NWyFxKpmS9-eKe6xQi3Q2c0Om-YRXWnMnm/s634/Screenshot%202023-10-09%20102005.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="351" data-original-width="634" height="354" id="id_8b20_7b9c_4cc7_830b" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJG5PJBzVpgwskAuBp0Z7p6-1bOXRmHi3Q1gS05kVzmfYvwY8lHjcsiilsbJoeX9JqamGAuyzWahPxCpL_sdle-oRuYBg6YuCLF4bxJKmEjHPAv0RhJGeSt9b5z2njjHejV4duuI5j-Kq19tGp6TJhQn0sl4NWyFxKpmS9-eKe6xQi3Q2c0Om-YRXWnMnm/w640-h354/Screenshot%202023-10-09%20102005.jpg" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Earlier this year there was some press about<i> The Beas</i>t being rejected from the Cannes film festival and now that I’ve seen it I kind of understand why. Movies don’t need to have a complete thought, a "satisfying" ending, or a set of rules to follow but I think <i>The Beast </i>would have benefited from a bit more structure. Somewhere within the 140+ minutes that is <i>The Beast</i> is a 72 minute feature that could have possibly worked. I’ve made this criticism before and I’ll do it again here - this movie is the equivalent of “showing your work” on a math test without getting to an actual answer.</div><div><br /> <p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span></p> </div></div>Marcushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09550373157852267023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849113514286360449.post-36178098563664532902023-10-01T13:57:00.143-04:002023-10-03T15:00:25.023-04:00A FEW WORDS ON BARBIE<p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_401b_958b_cbad_48da" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEwXMVGYZhZesCdAH9ZUfNdMdd1fqqYyKigdiFT-dwJPnqcMMDFqtUFM64D9jAUBTEPOkgdNCXAHa4az3fsKUDIcRuMek340yA44iFDyQDXQTWK9-XvmLbYAQ7lQ5y-C6k6U76MxyG2Y08R4Z_RJoou2m1--Cm7CoWWQdbyoWqaEdhxMv3k79LFQPlqJLr/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="249" data-original-width="750" height="212" id="id_34b0_c700_44b_c4ca" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEwXMVGYZhZesCdAH9ZUfNdMdd1fqqYyKigdiFT-dwJPnqcMMDFqtUFM64D9jAUBTEPOkgdNCXAHa4az3fsKUDIcRuMek340yA44iFDyQDXQTWK9-XvmLbYAQ7lQ5y-C6k6U76MxyG2Y08R4Z_RJoou2m1--Cm7CoWWQdbyoWqaEdhxMv3k79LFQPlqJLr/w640-h212/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Scorpio Rising / Barbie</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Now that some of the hype has died down I wanted to highlight some slightly left field comparisons I found between Greta Gerwig’s <i>Barbie </i>and a handful of films that were not name-dropped by Gerwig during her press run. </span><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">I have nothing to add to the actual discourse of the film. I enjoyed it but there are already tons of essays & reviews regarding gender roles, the patriarchy, misogyny, “film bros”, etc. I have nothing unique to add to that conversation.</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="font-size: 17px;">Now…for context, Gerwig sat down with letterboxd and highlighted a long list of movies that influenced the visual style of <i>Barbie</i> (Jacques Demy, Jacques Tati, Victor Fleming, Kubrick, etc etc). Click </span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2rNnOGfmv0&t=149s">here </a></span></b><span style="font-size: 17px;">to check out the video.</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">I don’t feel the need to highlight these comparisons because they’ve been run in to the ground. </span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">What I’m presenting are coincidental visual similarities to movies that haven’t really been mentioned that may or may not have made some kind of subconscious impact…</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi48RY9f0Y1m-9lW9_JK91ypN-obIA7ueNhy1mqREoHyzvgFzCQSOgAUxrntXfrFNMfb8UnQ_khQeSqLekRCn5Wzgg8oEshjxiZvIaDw70rCASVT9xzqfmwC8Ibb-CvL8KsGuO47Ok3rhlX4f-YUzWW2bg6TLYkMKGZlpzOoKqN1cU8aoa818g96qwnGQ_I/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="197" data-original-width="750" height="168" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi48RY9f0Y1m-9lW9_JK91ypN-obIA7ueNhy1mqREoHyzvgFzCQSOgAUxrntXfrFNMfb8UnQ_khQeSqLekRCn5Wzgg8oEshjxiZvIaDw70rCASVT9xzqfmwC8Ibb-CvL8KsGuO47Ok3rhlX4f-YUzWW2bg6TLYkMKGZlpzOoKqN1cU8aoa818g96qwnGQ_I/w640-h168/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Barbie / The Unbelievable Truth</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">I realize that I’m opening up the door for comparisons to <i>any</i> movie with a splash of pink in it but that’s not what I’m trying to do here. I guess I’m just trying to throw out the possibility that so-called “arthouse” or underrated/under appreciated films may have left a sliver of lasting DNA on pop culture…</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Georges Melies is kind of a default influence on pretty much all of cinema considering he was one of the earlier filmmakers. A lot of that default influence is all over <i>Barbie</i>...</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_d06f_9e9e_fc4a_df5e" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJq7ssbcYDelhxKy3UPT0Js0_fjPGF2p1GLpqLHQQC4TtTt7hg9shmXVCARluBsWGQRoFIzcElnREdGxtN6gsOK4d1hd_jaOU-vCqTw04vtyOoFcTlQ3NGgQNxTpFFrE-RaecNbr6XOsVSlbqeyrCnCGu_GpKZNzSIyobKOGRP-149kZdjm9zX81XQ3Eie/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="280" data-original-width="750" height="238" id="id_cb36_5c93_c8ad_4111" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJq7ssbcYDelhxKy3UPT0Js0_fjPGF2p1GLpqLHQQC4TtTt7hg9shmXVCARluBsWGQRoFIzcElnREdGxtN6gsOK4d1hd_jaOU-vCqTw04vtyOoFcTlQ3NGgQNxTpFFrE-RaecNbr6XOsVSlbqeyrCnCGu_GpKZNzSIyobKOGRP-149kZdjm9zX81XQ3Eie/w640-h238/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Voyage To The Moon / Barbie</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_cf6d_1dc7_2bb3_f464" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRfd7SIjNCz6YDsXlpBIRsXuhZG0EJ48iwY1JsV6yCjd7jKZuVLCqbq4L_CxIQWwDyLm5hLVkkiAva3Q6cF7PnrlTL2uWh_5u6iaQLQWkDGs1rZvywhWsJXcLqQsYe7RM5Uz3W6VsKL5178CaOJJNkohcrLqpxA2MegwTkmHFQWFxCs6S3Ev_ZgEATo0Ye/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="281" data-original-width="750" height="240" id="id_cef1_26fe_fb4b_6ebf" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRfd7SIjNCz6YDsXlpBIRsXuhZG0EJ48iwY1JsV6yCjd7jKZuVLCqbq4L_CxIQWwDyLm5hLVkkiAva3Q6cF7PnrlTL2uWh_5u6iaQLQWkDGs1rZvywhWsJXcLqQsYe7RM5Uz3W6VsKL5178CaOJJNkohcrLqpxA2MegwTkmHFQWFxCs6S3Ev_ZgEATo0Ye/w640-h240/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Eclipse, The Courtship of the Sun and Moon / Barbie</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_1803_a329_d7d4_bc94" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSGxh4XwBOBHSTe3Un6gDt5-vr6dggy0LKhHCmwfBvrkpu7YLkWxl9heNesPsQj6HY-RVoREyZk6Q8Y3DouXBdToZ_FFSXbw6-xwec2RsMkiOrvHYd0ljx1p8ny3qLhJh9cEOqMcDr6PKhTc_84XSqBU7bnypsSZPvp3FWT2PCfFIXqy4NckiNMKNFTUZ-/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="750" height="180" id="id_808b_a3a4_4d94_e268" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSGxh4XwBOBHSTe3Un6gDt5-vr6dggy0LKhHCmwfBvrkpu7YLkWxl9heNesPsQj6HY-RVoREyZk6Q8Y3DouXBdToZ_FFSXbw6-xwec2RsMkiOrvHYd0ljx1p8ny3qLhJh9cEOqMcDr6PKhTc_84XSqBU7bnypsSZPvp3FWT2PCfFIXqy4NckiNMKNFTUZ-/w640-h180/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Mermaid / Barbie</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_21df_ade3_e940_c1e" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdF0Y155ETdcwLEgHDjlgOE8sNvzso6l1XBucPrgyE_zDn-aePKzDN3vGY1us20qYO33heqixaj7XwzTeCG6NmOYiGlPuA5aFm9aYXM0QPkWABuYKUHvkUliU6btN03oZPEt_yKwHnaT4UsGpIJIPD8d_0O9Y8EkeB9m_55j-CCEeQoANgutqbTweosTE2/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="212" data-original-width="750" height="180" id="id_b931_764a_9bdb_2910" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdF0Y155ETdcwLEgHDjlgOE8sNvzso6l1XBucPrgyE_zDn-aePKzDN3vGY1us20qYO33heqixaj7XwzTeCG6NmOYiGlPuA5aFm9aYXM0QPkWABuYKUHvkUliU6btN03oZPEt_yKwHnaT4UsGpIJIPD8d_0O9Y8EkeB9m_55j-CCEeQoANgutqbTweosTE2/w640-h180/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Mermaid / Barbie</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Same applies to folks that came after Melies like Ernst Lubitch...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_f8d_6d19_91bb_ed64" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpz0qWtN20CGfKeghGkb8UpWlElMP41mbTu2DeYftVWvzHJfht5aG-bJZkX_1kplyDxoBB6LQZj7QdOfoOVCAH1t7qZbn1Cyp3ZJHi_at-ExsDtgbITYc3DoOdLJlAYh_YpCo85Qb3W6OXYs6xIXWzPR3zEP44xF6PeVWXwJJdgSFNZNN1g8_D-CXhAiOZ/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="750" height="360" id="id_37ca_af84_43b0_eae3" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpz0qWtN20CGfKeghGkb8UpWlElMP41mbTu2DeYftVWvzHJfht5aG-bJZkX_1kplyDxoBB6LQZj7QdOfoOVCAH1t7qZbn1Cyp3ZJHi_at-ExsDtgbITYc3DoOdLJlAYh_YpCo85Qb3W6OXYs6xIXWzPR3zEP44xF6PeVWXwJJdgSFNZNN1g8_D-CXhAiOZ/w640-h360/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Doll / Barbie<br /><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_6674_341f_9a27_5aa8" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM1t2dcSeIXPb9Uzd4-6x3rUFlxGGHmVAZYuOIiHGlpxrPC1TWoww4mPkxUk8R154x1eCvBkT_LfinTJC-Pq9ZFCidORjqSxoIrLfdAX8pw07Su2tZodTgE6so-vZAbG1HDpqwPurLyu0IewJ-OBEGHcgAk7Q2QHDW3jHj8Pm5DoR7QgZsPF-FdW956IbT/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="750" height="360" id="id_c005_684_787f_1ff6" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM1t2dcSeIXPb9Uzd4-6x3rUFlxGGHmVAZYuOIiHGlpxrPC1TWoww4mPkxUk8R154x1eCvBkT_LfinTJC-Pq9ZFCidORjqSxoIrLfdAX8pw07Su2tZodTgE6so-vZAbG1HDpqwPurLyu0IewJ-OBEGHcgAk7Q2QHDW3jHj8Pm5DoR7QgZsPF-FdW956IbT/w640-h360/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Doll / Barbie</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-size-adjust: auto;">A possible <i>Matrix </i>reference?</p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUMUjz6RdoiwuURGXAy-OqOEMuniRqZuGfrZ-QxpTazVLyLDeFjslm66TpZ6xgjmWOWQCZdUDOTrsHwO_fhQEUOnV4VbmPW_x0D2BSOEARq-FWTZmgjq7qmAHuvZULANQWP_U_yOwFzVDaGQbk7k3cDrensuIuHMfbbLCTfADEjZ0fnnSbr1nYhE_6S-69/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="750" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUMUjz6RdoiwuURGXAy-OqOEMuniRqZuGfrZ-QxpTazVLyLDeFjslm66TpZ6xgjmWOWQCZdUDOTrsHwO_fhQEUOnV4VbmPW_x0D2BSOEARq-FWTZmgjq7qmAHuvZULANQWP_U_yOwFzVDaGQbk7k3cDrensuIuHMfbbLCTfADEjZ0fnnSbr1nYhE_6S-69/w640-h180/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Matrix / Barbie</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br />Which could also be a <i>Total Recall</i> reference...<br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDlGBBCA7mBkhP7-_qmVS80l6zcbFcqk-yzE_gs3-Lk9nUkxUslM2lOybYzZPBBzHe4WxkzT9XZv_jAZMgLQ7k-sB3ITmLJi0i92DC-ZkG8dPQbYH4wvoIMrsnZupGgl1RXTavZw-Hg83IUQ4Fh6ScCs_K3JVhIFfTbEsGenDm4ZLSl6zHiIYjbvUZkrzj/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="750" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDlGBBCA7mBkhP7-_qmVS80l6zcbFcqk-yzE_gs3-Lk9nUkxUslM2lOybYzZPBBzHe4WxkzT9XZv_jAZMgLQ7k-sB3ITmLJi0i92DC-ZkG8dPQbYH4wvoIMrsnZupGgl1RXTavZw-Hg83IUQ4Fh6ScCs_K3JVhIFfTbEsGenDm4ZLSl6zHiIYjbvUZkrzj/w640-h180/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Total Recall / Barbie</i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Gerwig is a major fan of Chantal Akerman, so Akerman's most colorful & playful film rubbing off on her isn't too farfetched...</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_f098_9842_bd7c_f478" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd6Hpcm5FR1h-DZ-fVEvwK9gqAYeMSZpEergHyhTxvmiZ14ZL8WKFFZQtJqly5vJ3pKZymAioDOw9tRecT4199G1sWhbBVvFIZEWcLR65jwisOKtEyrlAkR4VFlaAonwTr8gK-CKbTXB_mbFzd4Q7ItdLSWFac1dGOmxG1SHX5taiMPmzR3fvDoF3t1p3U/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" id="id_b6bd_d50d_173a_233" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhd6Hpcm5FR1h-DZ-fVEvwK9gqAYeMSZpEergHyhTxvmiZ14ZL8WKFFZQtJqly5vJ3pKZymAioDOw9tRecT4199G1sWhbBVvFIZEWcLR65jwisOKtEyrlAkR4VFlaAonwTr8gK-CKbTXB_mbFzd4Q7ItdLSWFac1dGOmxG1SHX5taiMPmzR3fvDoF3t1p3U/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Golden Eighties / <br />Barbie<br /><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Douglas Sirk wasn’t a name I remember Gerwig namedropping but her use of pink is quite reminiscent of Sirk’s…</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_1953_adcd_a1c9_9478" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiljhZouDITmju7nKyG8qO9XIHNxZ-S8r0KMgMhUAzLXp-aS5kZC4xAfO1BUy5Y1OVtsbwZd3DmKo0ZtYaOJqBIH6Wpqx7XUnon152PiWDvWYT0ALeNduOzw71oNTXwG4LPTiUr9aUNNoEmh9mEXUQ2ZavTAuez_9gc3_uyc4bKY3hT1R5GEvpOzBOgjSWz/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="173" data-original-width="750" height="148" id="id_cec4_808_299b_7196" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiljhZouDITmju7nKyG8qO9XIHNxZ-S8r0KMgMhUAzLXp-aS5kZC4xAfO1BUy5Y1OVtsbwZd3DmKo0ZtYaOJqBIH6Wpqx7XUnon152PiWDvWYT0ALeNduOzw71oNTXwG4LPTiUr9aUNNoEmh9mEXUQ2ZavTAuez_9gc3_uyc4bKY3hT1R5GEvpOzBOgjSWz/w640-h148/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Written On The Wind / Barbie</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_1d32_9377_6a50_dfd" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjznclV6K9qeiyNAMKBjwN1iE_MA6JGVSi75880RZ_5d_x4PI0vXsPxzgKtEQPKAuNe7bCWRb73lyZJH7Vx7RSw-MDAZ-a5IHwRZtS1NyrMsV_I69l5cg857lr6YWcd4iLMlWSJN1J9_5d3Md8GBv9ewunEc4ev4bRTX8R5RoN6sI1UL5rN72rWEeOgn4s6/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="174" data-original-width="750" height="148" id="id_ada6_6565_ea86_eb57" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjznclV6K9qeiyNAMKBjwN1iE_MA6JGVSi75880RZ_5d_x4PI0vXsPxzgKtEQPKAuNe7bCWRb73lyZJH7Vx7RSw-MDAZ-a5IHwRZtS1NyrMsV_I69l5cg857lr6YWcd4iLMlWSJN1J9_5d3Md8GBv9ewunEc4ev4bRTX8R5RoN6sI1UL5rN72rWEeOgn4s6/w640-h148/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Written On The Wind / Barbie</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">And, naturally, other filmmakers who borrowed from Sirk (Todd Haynes, Fassbinder, etc) came to mind when thinking of <i>Barbie</i>…</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_ab26_a01_81c5_8d75" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYG_WTyDCOyudeTrAhZxozoM2NcndorNItT9knGU_s3_I5B2C4WVqZBJ6sg8CmMi8IxfVbEvx5vxQERHuFPWe1ObFLiuOtv71sMt7L739mD2eYd6-cm4dBGmNgcZJSjMqkd_ZQdURDnSe8gV6aposfv_rkaKoMr9Rb4EQeaXbyDUeulDNKcauKd4ItyXC_/s1796/IMG_3728.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="605" data-original-width="1796" height="216" id="id_ea6e_8691_e8ce_bcb6" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYG_WTyDCOyudeTrAhZxozoM2NcndorNItT9knGU_s3_I5B2C4WVqZBJ6sg8CmMi8IxfVbEvx5vxQERHuFPWe1ObFLiuOtv71sMt7L739mD2eYd6-cm4dBGmNgcZJSjMqkd_ZQdURDnSe8gV6aposfv_rkaKoMr9Rb4EQeaXbyDUeulDNKcauKd4ItyXC_/w640-h216/IMG_3728.JPG" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Barbie / Vlevet Goldmine</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_e221_771f_3789_8887" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjbLALkP8FP7zxdEtLHqHaL9rCUaaCbMmwL24M8RRR0ivtbLEQe3Ne4BZzREweFyiu1rluLy5xBvJWVh5eqr3Nbqk9tOGr--iBKe57JPz78EBMVpdv9W8u-g1LzdFXojTjGlYE9HBskits5KX67npJ3HJYVHOeDOD9mX4tAmY9b7c6ga3O2nwJqtgskrUV/s1800/IMG_3728.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="606" data-original-width="1800" height="216" id="id_5e21_3f39_2b36_8aad" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjbLALkP8FP7zxdEtLHqHaL9rCUaaCbMmwL24M8RRR0ivtbLEQe3Ne4BZzREweFyiu1rluLy5xBvJWVh5eqr3Nbqk9tOGr--iBKe57JPz78EBMVpdv9W8u-g1LzdFXojTjGlYE9HBskits5KX67npJ3HJYVHOeDOD9mX4tAmY9b7c6ga3O2nwJqtgskrUV/w640-h216/IMG_3728.JPG" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story / Barbie</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_ebd0_1ee_5179_45fb" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzzUgknDWijxWvECCr4gcUWl2x_4i8wJR6p1Rx4P57Sq1xkicZJ8x_uqg-GbrrxAPQr7HoeaRQX7JGWDKKCeNvi50qaN078LmGs_WnzOu1kncQKWIrPcUjRgabv0GOvTfHPncu-uxtmwWdkH0LGHFMzXw7io5R_HIyxF4zaaDktRdZ4kd_s2s7919_WgdE/s1800/IMG_3729.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="604" data-original-width="1800" height="214" id="id_dcd6_cd4d_7366_47ae" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzzUgknDWijxWvECCr4gcUWl2x_4i8wJR6p1Rx4P57Sq1xkicZJ8x_uqg-GbrrxAPQr7HoeaRQX7JGWDKKCeNvi50qaN078LmGs_WnzOu1kncQKWIrPcUjRgabv0GOvTfHPncu-uxtmwWdkH0LGHFMzXw7io5R_HIyxF4zaaDktRdZ4kd_s2s7919_WgdE/w640-h214/IMG_3729.JPG" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Lola / Barbie</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_77f0_178_9ea2_c576" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_-bAEWCdK3uTlFQXrjIEse_DB8GxJ5VYqXT42GBJVxCB7N46IhjTiAhhCk1bImvISZmXWju_N8ABpfbDxkZOmtH_0N50-VXHAArcSpbFqIoiTS74Uq8xkSEVjrYegk43jnzrMvNzOsOF9NM24X1OYL7YqrAkS2wWI27XyLL3fTN7PTRfC_Ca5kaoSnLPb/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" id="id_5442_248a_d321_3ca2" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_-bAEWCdK3uTlFQXrjIEse_DB8GxJ5VYqXT42GBJVxCB7N46IhjTiAhhCk1bImvISZmXWju_N8ABpfbDxkZOmtH_0N50-VXHAArcSpbFqIoiTS74Uq8xkSEVjrYegk43jnzrMvNzOsOF9NM24X1OYL7YqrAkS2wWI27XyLL3fTN7PTRfC_Ca5kaoSnLPb/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Lola / <br />Barbie</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_2012_53ba_8ace_dd16" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheiaBus9A0eLhe-WKUOnWunrmQQBAC6928m8z4wSFnc3ochF0whwcPnJmEO9niXJZIbT8a06rVD_RskZ6pTTo4-cZwLFT7LO-ku9KT6v7gdeedprAtG3vnmVZyBQlMk9QirmH9nVV-NwinNbUMxfTb_oHZe9mwiphpc1kTmh6Mumd0ocC46gocVqf8c2ZQ/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" id="id_37e7_72_a9dc_63c3" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheiaBus9A0eLhe-WKUOnWunrmQQBAC6928m8z4wSFnc3ochF0whwcPnJmEO9niXJZIbT8a06rVD_RskZ6pTTo4-cZwLFT7LO-ku9KT6v7gdeedprAtG3vnmVZyBQlMk9QirmH9nVV-NwinNbUMxfTb_oHZe9mwiphpc1kTmh6Mumd0ocC46gocVqf8c2ZQ/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Lola /<br />Barbie</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">The Wizard Of Oz is one of the biggest influences on <i>Barbie </i>(I don’t think this is any revelation). So naturally other Oz-influenced movies are going share visual similarities with Barbie…</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_7497_54c9_8e43_3014" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKP2Zrw9xTcioM54NJHn2_peVzQ-gF8XmZdnCMqsthtluzKSQdlRA3DvT2hHOWOpmrAFliDBc5Agz4iA_J1KuumygU6Buj2OA1__fy35vMjY35ecPfB7QqEwB2y-RJoImx3anWw_S5unoh6Wb6WXTDbV-_u4ypLxbrRN_Us0b1a_DQedQwm3__DNEWMulm/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="172" data-original-width="750" height="146" id="id_8dbe_59fb_806f_7b9e" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKP2Zrw9xTcioM54NJHn2_peVzQ-gF8XmZdnCMqsthtluzKSQdlRA3DvT2hHOWOpmrAFliDBc5Agz4iA_J1KuumygU6Buj2OA1__fy35vMjY35ecPfB7QqEwB2y-RJoImx3anWw_S5unoh6Wb6WXTDbV-_u4ypLxbrRN_Us0b1a_DQedQwm3__DNEWMulm/w640-h146/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Wild At Heart / Barbie</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">I’m not a film analyst but most of the things we do nowadays, also in advertising, lead back to Kenneth Anger’s work</span></b></i><span style="font-size: 17px;"> - Nicolas Winding Refn, Indiewire</span></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">This quote also kind of applies to <i>Barbie</i>…</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_4528_d369_695c_a8a8" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxzdDDqDWw0dC-qV7LK2VEEvGk2wtYPVPM7WDsCPfyO0gmL1skOKjJm23y8HZMX9AXTATP8TNm-N6JtdJiORBdOZCqS47Sm8-2GrEtsvO4yEWqmNRZ3YMwwVJhEZh7vK6FOf_tieUSdeTwOEs_3UcUlnVDLn7Ep61iqmgwrNqCk284S-_TS4LX_XMj2gn3/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="259" data-original-width="750" height="222" id="id_5775_339c_cbad_389f" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxzdDDqDWw0dC-qV7LK2VEEvGk2wtYPVPM7WDsCPfyO0gmL1skOKjJm23y8HZMX9AXTATP8TNm-N6JtdJiORBdOZCqS47Sm8-2GrEtsvO4yEWqmNRZ3YMwwVJhEZh7vK6FOf_tieUSdeTwOEs_3UcUlnVDLn7Ep61iqmgwrNqCk284S-_TS4LX_XMj2gn3/w640-h222/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Fireworks / Barbie</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_d6a1_1675_d7c0_4e90" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSgjM4fLykHGsio2JEGbCKyvnVa_H1WzBo_br3IA7SrHUNFw7oG_3x88IZGFqQQ4FxusxyljcyDj2jxEaSP6veVyfcDKZZNzS8E3I2t_jAk_QEFl2r38FOjs8GQOZD7ASd0fYRql2cTFUQNdbdeXAaNs-3xYFYKk8cmAiA2k9tq7Wx-LLILmm9NN8uw46g/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="206" data-original-width="750" height="176" id="id_5245_9085_5a0e_eb6d" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSgjM4fLykHGsio2JEGbCKyvnVa_H1WzBo_br3IA7SrHUNFw7oG_3x88IZGFqQQ4FxusxyljcyDj2jxEaSP6veVyfcDKZZNzS8E3I2t_jAk_QEFl2r38FOjs8GQOZD7ASd0fYRql2cTFUQNdbdeXAaNs-3xYFYKk8cmAiA2k9tq7Wx-LLILmm9NN8uw46g/w640-h176/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Kustom Kar Kommandos / Barbie</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="p2" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; min-height: 22px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"></span><br /></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;">Elvis’s music (and rumors about his sexuality) are associated with Kenneth Anger’s film so I don’t think it’s a reach to compare some of the dance numbers in <i>Barbie </i>involving the Kens with Elvis (naturally the dance sequence on the right brings Grease to mind but a lot of music and dance sequences in <i>Grease </i>can be traced back to Elvis)</span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" id="id_e0e9_24db_8817_878b" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQeoAPv8z0dUUF48zb-cQ5-hvRXhnAYN3z_9D003OtacsnOo8SMXlAyGu9Y9AWQgHAyQcP-tGXBXKtt7jPJefFd3tYSExM_Xj1G86z2CadDEClDUn43U1tnAFzdnP2s_xpLSlgfNy4DpDgcpyrYAQ8bmXfVc8B0VQDYSc2NYwWjdAf31MTf5jDrnJFAT5R/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="209" data-original-width="750" height="178" id="id_9d9c_a358_2c7b_6a77" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQeoAPv8z0dUUF48zb-cQ5-hvRXhnAYN3z_9D003OtacsnOo8SMXlAyGu9Y9AWQgHAyQcP-tGXBXKtt7jPJefFd3tYSExM_Xj1G86z2CadDEClDUn43U1tnAFzdnP2s_xpLSlgfNy4DpDgcpyrYAQ8bmXfVc8B0VQDYSc2NYwWjdAf31MTf5jDrnJFAT5R/w640-h178/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="height: auto; width: 640px;" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Jailhouse Rock / Barbie</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><span style="font-size: 17px;">This is also interesting because Refn, who was synonymous with Ryan Gosling for a couple of years also borrowed heavily from Kenneth Anger (click </span><b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="http://www.pinnlandempire.com/2021/05/kenneth-anger-nicolas-winding-refn.html">here </a></span></b><span style="font-size: 17px;">to read more).</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span></p><p class="p1" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size-adjust: none; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-ligatures: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><br /><br /><span class="s1" style="font-family: UICTFontTextStyleBody;"><br /></span><p></p> Marcushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09550373157852267023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849113514286360449.post-18634526731970817742023-09-11T03:01:00.008-04:002023-12-22T18:46:26.714-05:00AN INTERVIEW WITH KYLE EDWARD BALL<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg21Ybm1LUWrg0AyuM-2MuWwziDaN4cBHOVb_tolQYQL-BGCPIFnFnrJv7ZnXOfmu9vDZq-WGz6Ut1oXLQHRCwkKsELmTPtzYj_OwS_ZbRJ3qYNX73pbqC5wokZz5JL56Jtbb5vkhW0k6Fbgj68PGqRZIuOig6j5ihaqluCPueWudD1wtFVlzn4vor_PTsN/s844/Screenshot%202023-09-08%20134059.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="432" data-original-width="844" height="328" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg21Ybm1LUWrg0AyuM-2MuWwziDaN4cBHOVb_tolQYQL-BGCPIFnFnrJv7ZnXOfmu9vDZq-WGz6Ut1oXLQHRCwkKsELmTPtzYj_OwS_ZbRJ3qYNX73pbqC5wokZz5JL56Jtbb5vkhW0k6Fbgj68PGqRZIuOig6j5ihaqluCPueWudD1wtFVlzn4vor_PTsN/w640-h328/Screenshot%202023-09-08%20134059.jpg" width="640" id="id_f1df_43d0_e31e_9126" style="width: 640px; height: auto;"></a></div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><div><br></div><div>The great Kyle Edward Ball was kind enough to answer some questions regarding inspiration, horror, interpretations of his feature debut; <i>Skinamarink </i>and so much more (in an effort to not repeat myself here, click <b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.pinnlandempire.com/2023/02/skinamarink.html" target="_blank">here</a></span></b> and <b><span style="font-size: large;"><a href="http://www.pinnlandempire.com/2023/02/a-few-more-possible-visual-references.html" target="_blank">here</a></span></b> to read my my thoughts on <i>Skinamarink </i>from earlier this year).</div><div><br></div>Enjoy...<div><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br></div><b>PINNLAND EMPIRE: </b>How do you feel about Jane Schoenbrun’s assessment of your film essentially being about a child going through the stages of a concussion? Her assessment was actually a lot deeper than that but I am generalizing/focusing on the biggest talking point she brought up. It’s also one of the best breakdowns/understandings I’ve seen of your film.<br><br><b>KYLE EDWARD BALL:</b> I love hearing all the different interpretations. Before I even started writing it, I wanted to make a movie that people could interpret on a personal level and I think it worked out. I won't confirm or deny any interpretation or theory but I think it's interesting that lots of people gravitate to the concussion theory. It makes total sense given the falling down the stairs scene at the beginning. It's also so incredible getting kudos from someone like Jane Schoenbrun.<br><b><br></b><div><b><span style="font-size: medium;">PE:</span></b> Right. Just to be clear, for those reading who haven’t yet watched the film (or folks who <i>have </i>watched the film and have made their own assessment) - <i>Skinamarink </i>is the kind of movie to have so many interpretations. I mean, to me the “plot” comes second after the overall atmosphere. Was that one of your intentions? Feeling <i>first </i>then plot second?<br><br><b><span style="font-size: medium;">KEB:</span></b> Yes. At least that's what I tried to do. Feelings and ideas first and then plot second.<br><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" id="id_e055_ced_b3fd_9524"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbgo4cCOVkXhzYixTWidK0TknJiPIA7UbXEDZ_947dbKy7ZYJ2oGeuDrgM8Kr_3m8-_pXsA7Y1UKFzWvDnsfjQQbOnL_pIRPc4e6sVGJG5J7MGIUJgTL5UQ76OBg7mA41GJVUz57gvb9Mx6Gvu_KT3FshFfQDBMGBS2hfMYsJziwjQHBBHPLb3pyCS0UHD/s1798/IMG_4258.JPG" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="600" data-original-width="1798" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbgo4cCOVkXhzYixTWidK0TknJiPIA7UbXEDZ_947dbKy7ZYJ2oGeuDrgM8Kr_3m8-_pXsA7Y1UKFzWvDnsfjQQbOnL_pIRPc4e6sVGJG5J7MGIUJgTL5UQ76OBg7mA41GJVUz57gvb9Mx6Gvu_KT3FshFfQDBMGBS2hfMYsJziwjQHBBHPLb3pyCS0UHD/w640-h214/IMG_4258.JPG" width="640" id="id_1246_ab9b_2251_feb1" style="width: 640px; height: auto;"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Skinamarink / We're Going To World's Fair</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><b>PE:</b> Speaking of Schoenbrun - in a lot of film circles you are both kind of paired with each other/compared to each other. Similar to how Ari Aster & Robbert Eggers are. Or <i>Lost Highway</i>-era Lynch and <i>Crash</i>-era Cronenberg. How do you feel about this pairing/comparison to another filmmaker?<br>I also notice you guys seem to get along on Twitter and have a similar appreciation for the same filmmakers.<br><br><b>KEB:</b> It's really cool. Both our movies premiered at Fantasia (I think in Jane's case it was the international premier) and we both made horror movies that polarized audiences that relied heavily on atmosphere so I think the comparison fits like a glove.<br><br><b>PE: </b>I just hope you both never stop dissecting films out in the open on social media. It’s always a joy to watch young filmmakers not only make cool new movies but still enjoy & love cinema. Film dialogue on social media can sometimes be very negative so I appreciate you both. <br><br><b>KEB: </b>Thank you.<br><br><b>PE: </b>How important do you think it is for filmmakers to have reference points/connections to older films? I only ask because while <i>Skinamarink </i>is it's own unique film, you’re quite open about your cinematic influences & inspirations. I find not all filmmakers are.<br><br><b>KEB: </b>I don't really know. For me it's important because I love older movies so much and draw so much from them but I can see a filmmaker not having connections to older films and still making great work. I think that's kind of the neat thing about film/art. There are no rules on how to make a good one or how to get from point a to point b.<br><br><b>PE: </b>Very true. I’m always fascinated (in a good way) when a director makes a film that reminds me of a particular older films and then I come to find out the director isn’t really familiar with a lot of cinema and the similarities I noticed were just coincidental.<br>Speaking of influences - where did you discover the work of filmmakers like David Lynch, Maya Deren, Stan Brakhage, etc? Was it through film school or your own personal film discovery?<br><br><b>KEB: </b>When I was a pre-teen, I went through a whole “I'm gonna be edgy, I'm gonna get into experimental shit” period and discovered Lynch, Brakhage and Deren through the internet. David Lynch was kind of my idol as a teen. I wanted to be him so bad. If they made glossy posters of David Lynch, I would have hung it over my bed. Him and John Waters.<br><br><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;" id="id_f134_ca83_fbba_7b1c"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdPL_z2hWP9Byd7XKCBa0fZ_F4KL5N-sMvD2s4DxaTiiFxBvmYq_qPmociD7DHjyIzIX2OgEuum-5K6JyHmfxBTGMuywpd456SIWBXmevQX8Zl8u1DNi03KIzOIHcXx0kGWmIafSb-eOMQfnHXSef5J4MpoU6q6-kiWWtX69Sx0cIVQKl9K5Nbv9ESJwVz/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdPL_z2hWP9Byd7XKCBa0fZ_F4KL5N-sMvD2s4DxaTiiFxBvmYq_qPmociD7DHjyIzIX2OgEuum-5K6JyHmfxBTGMuywpd456SIWBXmevQX8Zl8u1DNi03KIzOIHcXx0kGWmIafSb-eOMQfnHXSef5J4MpoU6q6-kiWWtX69Sx0cIVQKl9K5Nbv9ESJwVz/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" id="id_de3a_103e_d469_80fd" style="width: 640px; height: auto;"></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Grandmother / <br>Skinamarink </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><b>PE: </b>I dedicated a large chunk of my personal blog to <i>Skinamarink </i>at the start of the year (making side by comparisons to older films). Were there any comparisons that I made that were way off?<br><br><b>KEB: </b>Yes, it was actually eerie how on point you were. I'm not just saying that. Even things that I wasn't completely conscious of. The comparisons to Lynch's early short films were particularly unnerving. I remember seeing his shorts when I was a teen and then kind of filing them away in my memory. When you made the comparison to them I thought “oh ya. This makes total sense." I remember the “black box” photography in Lynch's <i>The Grandmother </i>and it looming large in my mind. I was incredibly flattered by all the comparisons too by the way so thank you. Not for nothing, I did see <i>Inland Empire</i> twice in the theater, when it played at our local art-house. I was still in high school.<br><br><br><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVH-GwT3QVpMcVL7sIMoqaISZgQ4bnIBNlTnI-Y3L4RKS7WHjAUIaPktAsdkItMQd2siZgpKHpYAIEM6Mh9JRGeeUnyX3ADubon0RWmRxFWSZ5O9dh4wfqZ9qvQ7ObtQv-hcdbOnG2h2EYqHFc1X-tnQSYbd08RSJW6sII9_x_fnIPxF3Xo6NnRWHs8rAP/s1798/IMG_4258.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="602" data-original-width="1798" height="214" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVH-GwT3QVpMcVL7sIMoqaISZgQ4bnIBNlTnI-Y3L4RKS7WHjAUIaPktAsdkItMQd2siZgpKHpYAIEM6Mh9JRGeeUnyX3ADubon0RWmRxFWSZ5O9dh4wfqZ9qvQ7ObtQv-hcdbOnG2h2EYqHFc1X-tnQSYbd08RSJW6sII9_x_fnIPxF3Xo6NnRWHs8rAP/w640-h214/IMG_4258.JPG" width="640" id="id_31ce_440_73ba_1e8" style="width: 640px; height: auto;"></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br></div><b>PE: </b>What were some of your non-cinematic influences and inspirations? Art? Music? Literature?<br><br><b>KEB: </b>In no particular order, Francis Bacon, Goya, Trevor Henderson, Jimi Hendrix (particularly the opening track of Electric Ladyland), Jonah Johannson, Whitley Striebers Communion, Delia Derbyshire, Blvck Ceiling, Godspeed You Black Emperor, Dragan Bibin, Joe Meeks, Mort Garrisons Plantasia and Les Baxter just to name a few.<br><br><b>PE: </b>A lot of these make sense in an abstract way. Well - the names I’m familiar with. The sometimes “distorted” faces in Goya paintings almost remind me of the faces in <i>skinamarink</i>. And the fuzziness from Hendrix’s guitar and the overall fuzziness in his recordings remind me of the fuzziness and static throughout <i>Skinamarink</i>.<br><br><br><b>PE: </b>Who was the biggest surprise fan of your film?<br><br><b>KEB: </b>It's hard to say. I've been so humbled that the movie has any fans at all, that it's hard to mention ones that stand out. It's been cool seeing other film directors praise the movie, but to me that's not completely out of left field because they are filmmakers too. It's been cool seeing Gen-Z gravitate to the movie. I've heard about lot's of big directors who've seen <i>Skinamarink </i>but I don't know if they liked the movie or not. A part of me kind of doesn't want to know.<br>Jordan Peele had requested a DCP when it came out and I was over the moon. I loved <i>Nope </i>so much. I didn't hear anything about what he thought about it and that's probably for the best. If he didn't like it, I would kind of be heartbroken. I want to just live in optimistic suspense.<br>Some directors I know have super thick skin and don't care what their peers or critics think. I'm not like that. I'm like the most thin skinned wuss I know. I cry all the time. I cry during Oreo commercials.<br><br><b>PE: </b><i>Skinamarink </i>is a very tense film. At least that’s how it was to me. How did the cast & crew, especially the children, manage working on such an intense & seemingly intimate horror film?<br><br><b>KEB: </b>The shoot wasn't intense at all. It was super kid friendly and relaxed. The kids for the most part seemed to have a good time. All the tension came together in editing.<br><br><b>PE: </b>Great to hear that! </div><div>I don’t get to talk to a lot of modern horror filmmakers so I have to ask - what are your thoughts on the term “elevated horror”?<br><br><b>KEB: </b>I don't love it. I love a lot of what's deemed elevated horror but I don't like the term. It feels classist and revisionist. I remember for a while people were using the term "Post Horror” but it didn't seem to take off. I think that might be more appropriate although even that term feels weird.<br><br><b>PE: </b>Without giving too much away - what are some future plans you have coming up? I don’t need a lot of specific info or to get too personal/behind the scenes. Just perhaps some themes, ideas, etc. that you’d like to explore in the future.<br><br><b>KEB: </b>I'm currently writing my next feature. Hopefully I can start filming next year. It will be horror and it will be weird. I think that's all I'm allowed to say at this point.<br><br><b>PE: </b>That’s all I need to know. I’m sold. Can’t wait for it!</div><div><br></div></div><div><br></div><div><i>Skinamarink </i>is currently streaming on <span style="font-size: large;"><a href="https://www.hulu.com/movie/skinamarink-c7828c36-3f73-47bc-bac1-96aa545e78d3?entity_id=c7828c36-3f73-47bc-bac1-96aa545e78d3">Hulu</a></span></div>Marcushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09550373157852267023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849113514286360449.post-87760326304827561972023-09-01T03:01:00.411-04:002024-02-13T15:12:35.310-05:00 VISUAL REFERENCES & HOMAGES IN JUICE - PART ONE *UPDATED*<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixAuXtcRhmmnwuXPUKOKJ-tTRO2qCrVEo3aADGI8BT_OG1nG5WKBRfuT3LVs1-sCkYHZx3WU49mwopOSYIOluJ20k2MW6lEsirZ93gx3J6tRkwKq-rIUFKrBp96mvByt3e5gTEUsCTyQ0VALvJYBU3N0hJcv2WlRMsvylWyu2UsEO3AXgK20kC7ju9boa4/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixAuXtcRhmmnwuXPUKOKJ-tTRO2qCrVEo3aADGI8BT_OG1nG5WKBRfuT3LVs1-sCkYHZx3WU49mwopOSYIOluJ20k2MW6lEsirZ93gx3J6tRkwKq-rIUFKrBp96mvByt3e5gTEUsCTyQ0VALvJYBU3N0hJcv2WlRMsvylWyu2UsEO3AXgK20kC7ju9boa4/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Chinatown / <br />Juice</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>I got a little carried away and put together over 40 (possible) visual references for the movie <i>Juice </i>(there are a handful more that didn't make the initial cut which we'll look at in part two).</div><div><br /></div>There’s nothing left to say about <i>Juice </i>from an storyline standpoint. It’s been dissected up & down in every way possible for the last 30+ years.<div>Now…what often goes overlooked in these reviews are all the visual influences & cinematic homages. Just because something isn't<i> Pulp Fiction, Ghost Dog, Drive</i> or <i>Baby Driver</i> doesn't mean the movie isn't filled with references. </div><div><br /><div><div><i><br /></i></div><div><i>Juice </i>is synonymous with hip-hop culture and I think that's what causes some folks to miss all the cinematic references & homages <i>outside </i>of the culture. </div><div>Ernest Dickerson <i>does </i>borrow from two of the most famous hip-hop films in cinematic history…<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ40uvrs4vX26_C_cyUpnBZMkHTHkMqMrT1_7Oh9RAS79J3LQEvHK2jUoJy0tSLG25HsiIlP2MHkArOOeVkrRz7lyxMPT6JqMEh0kOzMd_uxZDsrc0pF3sOlUrMY8OTPyQqeeVgxpQFafBECmYNcW5tL-cJEac2XyAcQQqTHY4xrSBIWDFydjT6HwiLnbw/s402/IMG_1421.GIF" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="402" data-original-width="395" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ40uvrs4vX26_C_cyUpnBZMkHTHkMqMrT1_7Oh9RAS79J3LQEvHK2jUoJy0tSLG25HsiIlP2MHkArOOeVkrRz7lyxMPT6JqMEh0kOzMd_uxZDsrc0pF3sOlUrMY8OTPyQqeeVgxpQFafBECmYNcW5tL-cJEac2XyAcQQqTHY4xrSBIWDFydjT6HwiLnbw/w628-h640/IMG_1421.GIF" width="628" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Wild Style / Juice<br /><br /></i><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo-kqnEtoiEqfPgIBYM7cknu4neKTmaikGcb8In2JCUdu6unXrbADuj-kzWdL9e4BOZoaOFVpWh3LsOm53B17tenB43dVW_yWPomdgcC18ZcQRaHUEiQeAWk8EMNhzF1bnvhKLY0KGjjLkNRDW5pVCCNYGcOU9aO2qOrFhCmjEn5-wBmU_mNQPLggGGvWZ/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo-kqnEtoiEqfPgIBYM7cknu4neKTmaikGcb8In2JCUdu6unXrbADuj-kzWdL9e4BOZoaOFVpWh3LsOm53B17tenB43dVW_yWPomdgcC18ZcQRaHUEiQeAWk8EMNhzF1bnvhKLY0KGjjLkNRDW5pVCCNYGcOU9aO2qOrFhCmjEn5-wBmU_mNQPLggGGvWZ/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Style Wars /<br />Juice<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Ernest Dickerson is also one of the most important figures in modern Black cinema. Prior to his directorial debut he was Spike Lee’s cinematographer (he also shot <i>Brother From Another Plane</i>t and Eddie Murphy <i>Raw</i>). The famous dolly shot that we all know from all of Lee’s films (that Dickerson helped to craft early on) can also be found in <i>Juice</i>:<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixU6GGRFg6z60zDzrQPs8EKM-t54SYhu1weqo7SIJWxboaCLEFfBztiMdHEM1ELJvzsC1wfePvBnXcB_ZKVLD12yRDyaCjgAGtOqD-f5ZuF00dCUCNLyoO4iia795oi1sDfWO_ykCE7LGMnFY7TyoLthsSZXjbZiijpRkz7cN2Z_SdW71NjvyczxRhRhqv/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixU6GGRFg6z60zDzrQPs8EKM-t54SYhu1weqo7SIJWxboaCLEFfBztiMdHEM1ELJvzsC1wfePvBnXcB_ZKVLD12yRDyaCjgAGtOqD-f5ZuF00dCUCNLyoO4iia795oi1sDfWO_ykCE7LGMnFY7TyoLthsSZXjbZiijpRkz7cN2Z_SdW71NjvyczxRhRhqv/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Mo Better Blues /<br />Juice<br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxdz-F4GVX4iiZMLsvRbprvoJ1riux2qJhh66T3pNDzWvGjdUsC4FmlXpvrLvrYKExC4er20-iHQebRuHFnuXMw1UQQazv4_5kUF5Tt202FyftPzxNygTvBBDSM7ps88bdsn7DfXkK5N43AB18sqwIbylQ4lTf-sWaWqxuhKK7YbnpKWoc4ExNRgvQp88v/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxdz-F4GVX4iiZMLsvRbprvoJ1riux2qJhh66T3pNDzWvGjdUsC4FmlXpvrLvrYKExC4er20-iHQebRuHFnuXMw1UQQazv4_5kUF5Tt202FyftPzxNygTvBBDSM7ps88bdsn7DfXkK5N43AB18sqwIbylQ4lTf-sWaWqxuhKK7YbnpKWoc4ExNRgvQp88v/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Mo Better Blues /<br />Juice</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>But the cinematic references and visual homages don’t stop there...<br /><br />Like a lot of filmmakers from Ernest Dickerson’s era, he was influenced by a lot of the classics which you can see throughout <i>Juice</i>.<br />It should also be noted that a friend of mine worked with Dickerson on a television show a few years ago and he said that all Dickerson did on his downtime was watch movies in his trailer. This makes a lot of sense when you scroll through this post...<div><br /><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Hitchcock was a master visual storyteller. He believed in something that he called 'pure cinema' where the dialogue is almost superfluous. And I do try to tell the story as visually as I possibly can</span></b></i> - Ernest Dickerson, dailydead.com</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRJ1_Ppr-E8ZUpg-zpxT6x4irbb1DKYVOk8Gyx22lp8tF5nm5ORf5AWVf4nLMOJ48jg3Wj8EOlUtKoPUJ4s78-hVyXwU05fm6lmguNKd93Fa0SwIiJpMtEPlpIZZ5Tjp_ejNOSpMad_2aQuwR_SCVttsGOa6CjAmxQxeqOaNyeX-8aoFPoX1MaD269vuYu/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRJ1_Ppr-E8ZUpg-zpxT6x4irbb1DKYVOk8Gyx22lp8tF5nm5ORf5AWVf4nLMOJ48jg3Wj8EOlUtKoPUJ4s78-hVyXwU05fm6lmguNKd93Fa0SwIiJpMtEPlpIZZ5Tjp_ejNOSpMad_2aQuwR_SCVttsGOa6CjAmxQxeqOaNyeX-8aoFPoX1MaD269vuYu/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Vertigo /<br />Juice</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br style="text-align: left;" /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfMzY75OX4iPYDb6y7uGabdqeDaI8DzkjvNwHizBu_6p9Z6O3f2wNUL2di8oE_cMxutbVVpzCV2cAOfnPb4CDku8Efue-AVsMdacVWVglLjtXYJqL-TBeS3wsP3UEaA21cdRL15tsJ0-568165vD-tzsvJ91jrqhGHDeR6zqja4NEM3VA0GbXDVPrYhxft/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfMzY75OX4iPYDb6y7uGabdqeDaI8DzkjvNwHizBu_6p9Z6O3f2wNUL2di8oE_cMxutbVVpzCV2cAOfnPb4CDku8Efue-AVsMdacVWVglLjtXYJqL-TBeS3wsP3UEaA21cdRL15tsJ0-568165vD-tzsvJ91jrqhGHDeR6zqja4NEM3VA0GbXDVPrYhxft/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Vertigo /<br />Juice</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br style="text-align: left;" /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi2xRbZsAwNjIA5LtWAard3UE4dk6jITp56AQj6OhUhVojduCaknPD2MIZQOsDteXLXBQ1LACg1cIFTVMGIgc41nzge0IWQ2LTk0T423x4VWWMd6S3Ui1y4F5Upk71MUT126olq3GetGEKfG1O99nZphrxAWZVb3Lx4oYgfcYp3nTeDP_zGtwZtImowjmq/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhi2xRbZsAwNjIA5LtWAard3UE4dk6jITp56AQj6OhUhVojduCaknPD2MIZQOsDteXLXBQ1LACg1cIFTVMGIgc41nzge0IWQ2LTk0T423x4VWWMd6S3Ui1y4F5Upk71MUT126olq3GetGEKfG1O99nZphrxAWZVb3Lx4oYgfcYp3nTeDP_zGtwZtImowjmq/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Vertigo /<br />Juice</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br style="text-align: left;" /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYOgHX0RmmEp7f0FTMBCLt9RVUAVotaB_YQfrYNd70NbUZMt3YOYzFKqQYCPZ-BLBNf0wqhuI3CwZ984JDyrfd_mPuZ8wcU-i04PKGPC9ZTtCtG5QhEOEOYUuS6vkmyj64uCv_u7KqwBiQ5tJz2yR6QBO4Q13CjljsT0y5p3ZBk0gVnk335n34J3YRDJEH/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYOgHX0RmmEp7f0FTMBCLt9RVUAVotaB_YQfrYNd70NbUZMt3YOYzFKqQYCPZ-BLBNf0wqhuI3CwZ984JDyrfd_mPuZ8wcU-i04PKGPC9ZTtCtG5QhEOEOYUuS6vkmyj64uCv_u7KqwBiQ5tJz2yR6QBO4Q13CjljsT0y5p3ZBk0gVnk335n34J3YRDJEH/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Vertigo /<br />Juice<br /><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: left;">Dickerson returns to the Hitchcock suspense more than once in <i>Juice</i>...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL5zUHAIf4txHljpN9O-LsgxfnbcUMcbGMd39sZ0ye1J6jDbzN9AOh57YtwXwVpLU-hOc5K6Ve7r5P9SOtyu5FtCuMVg_MVReZEi46dtQK0PtEQGaVbXwtGqGgT6NwWWP5QpCwv5d8JaUswwfJiArZB1NgZMbYjpCxGXhKQc2FSQdQ_nqAbNheL6-DWh1U/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL5zUHAIf4txHljpN9O-LsgxfnbcUMcbGMd39sZ0ye1J6jDbzN9AOh57YtwXwVpLU-hOc5K6Ve7r5P9SOtyu5FtCuMVg_MVReZEi46dtQK0PtEQGaVbXwtGqGgT6NwWWP5QpCwv5d8JaUswwfJiArZB1NgZMbYjpCxGXhKQc2FSQdQ_nqAbNheL6-DWh1U/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Sabateur / Juice</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">One of the great movies of the 70's. One of the greatest movies ever - Chinatown</span></b></i> - Ernest Dickerson, trailers from hell</div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSS5q861BNc_zNp67W-F4DKSHxT250idsdCPxjxjmRl_WVipflOcCOuadsrrkVjbwOFhit8oKhNZuIST1DzL30CKjBSTWSw1gdchWGgarEo-Y3Y9IVj7lWCpFRKtpM87-Z2gM8bEWsWzj5dOHTXQMz7TO6VGV3XRCy1eISBm-FmGEaGAKky9M6Zd5VFpI_/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="564" data-original-width="750" height="482" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSS5q861BNc_zNp67W-F4DKSHxT250idsdCPxjxjmRl_WVipflOcCOuadsrrkVjbwOFhit8oKhNZuIST1DzL30CKjBSTWSw1gdchWGgarEo-Y3Y9IVj7lWCpFRKtpM87-Z2gM8bEWsWzj5dOHTXQMz7TO6VGV3XRCy1eISBm-FmGEaGAKky9M6Zd5VFpI_/w640-h482/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Chinatown / Juice</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div>It also can't be a coincidence that the final moments from <i>Juice </i>plays out like the final moments of <i>Chinatown</i>. Both films even end with the namedropping the title of the film...</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFsiFr8SMgulOHkHh6zXPxNZ8ntZkz199Meaa-W29MHuZI0bDKMuRC56tXXdHm30JuF1cPhlrXNeprou7D4ZRuMor3c-AuChxijolqeCt_VedVZtDv26FFj8oc6mylvd_MBeOnr1akp--Iu-s2bEYkYHNDd_7ZH0Cvk8xdb4CKNZMy9egEoHeADADF0BGm/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFsiFr8SMgulOHkHh6zXPxNZ8ntZkz199Meaa-W29MHuZI0bDKMuRC56tXXdHm30JuF1cPhlrXNeprou7D4ZRuMor3c-AuChxijolqeCt_VedVZtDv26FFj8oc6mylvd_MBeOnr1akp--Iu-s2bEYkYHNDd_7ZH0Cvk8xdb4CKNZMy9egEoHeADADF0BGm/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Forget it, Jake, it's <b>Chinatown </b>/<br />You got you the <b>Juice </b>now...</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">The filmmaker who stuck with me the most and really made me want to become a director was Stanley Kubrick</span></b></i> - Ernest Dickerson, Complex</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXvAEUWiJ-4PFvyRxEePw43ttnTw3KM1HDxmsLHD9P6PvTWz3ckzQpQdCrQIDkOeqdWom7haJwjeXLtXt6ODGExygiYi93AWNlxXG5m9I80zhn_LPh7CX3JFOBHbhBm3i-pQOoE1qhj_ATP4hr9Lnu2Rh-_Ap119SpDsWwXE3_5DG7ypU2U7nTWMBHYRa5/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXvAEUWiJ-4PFvyRxEePw43ttnTw3KM1HDxmsLHD9P6PvTWz3ckzQpQdCrQIDkOeqdWom7haJwjeXLtXt6ODGExygiYi93AWNlxXG5m9I80zhn_LPh7CX3JFOBHbhBm3i-pQOoE1qhj_ATP4hr9Lnu2Rh-_Ap119SpDsWwXE3_5DG7ypU2U7nTWMBHYRa5/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Shining /<br />Juice<br /><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmcKajxe0OLf6DjEvMNGVrAPJ8XnAg3d_X35nEEZXXQ9U-0MG_Ok4VLc_VbCJeRcYR7zUsl2tZmTmTSdsT6W_fGc6TX-WqSJqGDrBvpGiOUG_UVVUyBZ0yfqlqAu4l0xY3uZx8gFsbBFCQTxLBWPj48RsxMTgv8sQ4mzC1peMrf_1sX2IuzLiEnTmONk3U/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmcKajxe0OLf6DjEvMNGVrAPJ8XnAg3d_X35nEEZXXQ9U-0MG_Ok4VLc_VbCJeRcYR7zUsl2tZmTmTSdsT6W_fGc6TX-WqSJqGDrBvpGiOUG_UVVUyBZ0yfqlqAu4l0xY3uZx8gFsbBFCQTxLBWPj48RsxMTgv8sQ4mzC1peMrf_1sX2IuzLiEnTmONk3U/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Full Metal Jacket /<br />Juice</i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">I think the first film that really got me thinking about directing was Clockwork Orange</span></b></i> - Ernest Dickerson, Monsters, Madness & Magic podcast</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgSjxsUefMtMYRf1zbgO2p4tSIo4THo9dGuxWtshAZaKrdARsOyyXyf4CGrTQMTkP0vhikDLxKQXEe2bJTJdd5L2gp_7w8JmRC_A7C5zOx0kdHLSSss8109rrC5KeuiUhddNNRkMPBSzkh3hYmsAvE_eM-aFL55OqxvGFwItI9DoOnirq2wDd2Z_YogmEp/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgSjxsUefMtMYRf1zbgO2p4tSIo4THo9dGuxWtshAZaKrdARsOyyXyf4CGrTQMTkP0vhikDLxKQXEe2bJTJdd5L2gp_7w8JmRC_A7C5zOx0kdHLSSss8109rrC5KeuiUhddNNRkMPBSzkh3hYmsAvE_eM-aFL55OqxvGFwItI9DoOnirq2wDd2Z_YogmEp/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>A Clockwork Orange /<br />Juice</i><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ2Vh0z7gmsibRVG17LUfPftitrjts0v8W-Gb4nEsn4A59w4ZyJgS9Owv-5hkWzeBbSPJcswOCsHL3dN8UXAjMdRhJMEDjHc8RCURFR0G8z_nQMVKg0X8DRlmlkJ8B43durEtNJ551qPljAYaHPurKpm_AQNi0QYI5psVaaBdjkk8vGafwquuEpsFcGDTy/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJ2Vh0z7gmsibRVG17LUfPftitrjts0v8W-Gb4nEsn4A59w4ZyJgS9Owv-5hkWzeBbSPJcswOCsHL3dN8UXAjMdRhJMEDjHc8RCURFR0G8z_nQMVKg0X8DRlmlkJ8B43durEtNJ551qPljAYaHPurKpm_AQNi0QYI5psVaaBdjkk8vGafwquuEpsFcGDTy/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>A Clockwork Orange /<br />Juice<br /><br /></i><i><br /><br /><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">To be compared with Scorsese is an honor because he’s a hero of mine</span></b></i> - Ernest Dickerson, Freshfiction.tv<br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0T29qupgrxLcf1PhaF0Io6ojMKYekXd7pm18uhyCjZxmTi5WV9Y-p8nP1o4hTN4AtQtSudJBwRc-jilOqIanthK8OKugFYFxu0ptZfU5F_zng63sW_NiE7sAHwklK8FNsI_2z8dl-58ubesOqNOWB69RbhqfLS7hHv84MHgIyl4Maz3dqHm_NXLjOHS14/s960/20200325_130810.GIF" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="960" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0T29qupgrxLcf1PhaF0Io6ojMKYekXd7pm18uhyCjZxmTi5WV9Y-p8nP1o4hTN4AtQtSudJBwRc-jilOqIanthK8OKugFYFxu0ptZfU5F_zng63sW_NiE7sAHwklK8FNsI_2z8dl-58ubesOqNOWB69RbhqfLS7hHv84MHgIyl4Maz3dqHm_NXLjOHS14/w640-h426/20200325_130810.GIF" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Taxi Driver /<br />Juice</i></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg40Lgw_RxK3frH06Pt-nOPeKvKmMmsKTHhfi0n7O5BQFfVHxaqTRw69Rp92likUI3gk_uIxQNoaPdCr3gh5LGZWFVlqheXTGn-GH6l06ni7K3KoxVHVO9yZpIlCU60uNfzU_VqgF0Stxw9H_hnNLkNg6xbol4Mo56C9B5SxUjai-H8eu9FMDITo-N9ZxDq/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="750" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg40Lgw_RxK3frH06Pt-nOPeKvKmMmsKTHhfi0n7O5BQFfVHxaqTRw69Rp92likUI3gk_uIxQNoaPdCr3gh5LGZWFVlqheXTGn-GH6l06ni7K3KoxVHVO9yZpIlCU60uNfzU_VqgF0Stxw9H_hnNLkNg6xbol4Mo56C9B5SxUjai-H8eu9FMDITo-N9ZxDq/w640-h180/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Taxi Driver /<br />Juice</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br style="text-align: left;" /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg-ReJzUE9JIpZxclO5dEen9DBH5z4Q0zWgckA7QsMV8HZT7T1s5wW3cGPF86uR4jS08R1fIc2F9xDhxv1uBAeDewVFKMWuqp2V8J_oLcr6_dwY6PaSbtoJYEMlErSE0zV41rOYrVyuRNBtVS6IItpmjhMa5yHPFCApHnlzYKWm9CPbU7EmFU2t1sa1hVX/s1280/20200325_152019.GIF" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="720" data-original-width="1280" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg-ReJzUE9JIpZxclO5dEen9DBH5z4Q0zWgckA7QsMV8HZT7T1s5wW3cGPF86uR4jS08R1fIc2F9xDhxv1uBAeDewVFKMWuqp2V8J_oLcr6_dwY6PaSbtoJYEMlErSE0zV41rOYrVyuRNBtVS6IItpmjhMa5yHPFCApHnlzYKWm9CPbU7EmFU2t1sa1hVX/w640-h360/20200325_152019.GIF" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Taxi Driver /<br />Juice<br /><br /></i></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Well, we were creating a thriller, so definitely movies like THE FRENCH CONNECTION were an influence</span></b></i> - Ernest Dickerson, Flavorwire.com</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC67uRCCfOVdADGT1pxq6GAfqNvIgzA2B-CQ7wM0wEXHu-IvscTXJGgrnRjwilvnc-heWm3kHRqJd3vJyNNDSEsIj1KAlyr7gcu3DtNsdYVZ6l7dOjLdK-bRU1caxT136d1PH5C_VZlxot57hwMhoskTVOCnyrqKkf3dy8t_4dvYqIORH8fJ6aaf3KdA4z/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC67uRCCfOVdADGT1pxq6GAfqNvIgzA2B-CQ7wM0wEXHu-IvscTXJGgrnRjwilvnc-heWm3kHRqJd3vJyNNDSEsIj1KAlyr7gcu3DtNsdYVZ6l7dOjLdK-bRU1caxT136d1PH5C_VZlxot57hwMhoskTVOCnyrqKkf3dy8t_4dvYqIORH8fJ6aaf3KdA4z/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The French Connection /<br />Juice</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>Dickerson even borrows from one of the most famous (and earliest) shots in cinema history…</div><div><br /></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvMf8Y1kneYgiBbdKCthSQH7_-9_z10K16B3i_bhnVUnS61eoem77UAtblInl1SnLXBMK6QNy3unCk32PDvMAUQdpWrGfJyKEQhUzx3B_Y6R_toXYvdow2Jom15d_W8wPl4N9tF1dyC8ymcNuaTOrQqcv40Q8MFfpw7uJmauAItL7UhC6HSfPMyL7sHjmy/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvMf8Y1kneYgiBbdKCthSQH7_-9_z10K16B3i_bhnVUnS61eoem77UAtblInl1SnLXBMK6QNy3unCk32PDvMAUQdpWrGfJyKEQhUzx3B_Y6R_toXYvdow2Jom15d_W8wPl4N9tF1dyC8ymcNuaTOrQqcv40Q8MFfpw7uJmauAItL7UhC6HSfPMyL7sHjmy/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Great Train Robbery /<br />Juice</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><div>The biggest influence appears to be a smaller lesser known made-for-tv film from the 40’s about a group of troubled teens that get torn apart after they acquire a gun (sound familiar?)...<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Another influence was an unknown film from back in the late 1940s called CITY ACROSS THE RIVER, which was an adaptation of a book called The Amboy Dukes</span></b></i> - Ernest Dickerson, Flavor Wire</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYfkICWHZF7ixeJnzehHYj09cg96eBscJiAwVFFyTVJoWuvVqC5iZ3hq0oU0aOQjVlNCfgIhYfF8Md07hms9B7FFlhvi7Ig5x6b8_vedlgPOiKM5Qx97AzsqUMiAiOarbzkX6Ej6IsQp7wqRaIvEwLBvlnLji5NY8h5XX96oeUCdjyADa-2YT_ufzF5W85/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYfkICWHZF7ixeJnzehHYj09cg96eBscJiAwVFFyTVJoWuvVqC5iZ3hq0oU0aOQjVlNCfgIhYfF8Md07hms9B7FFlhvi7Ig5x6b8_vedlgPOiKM5Qx97AzsqUMiAiOarbzkX6Ej6IsQp7wqRaIvEwLBvlnLji5NY8h5XX96oeUCdjyADa-2YT_ufzF5W85/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>City Across The River /<br />Juice</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ7KneuqlbgBThKx1WMjvGRNGCAR9YPiQgbT27KiBR15ERnKQLPsBEX7qtQAQ5DzVkDU6QoRxyfgflRsoUbwSJ2UCKxjrjm75MLT6p5sBhT_mFUlne8Bw3kdqSVh6nRIiI3jz3iIwrPhXN7YRnQSLpZS66UnI91nyZjbBec54U5KfI8XVkFtbLPW9HMX8S/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ7KneuqlbgBThKx1WMjvGRNGCAR9YPiQgbT27KiBR15ERnKQLPsBEX7qtQAQ5DzVkDU6QoRxyfgflRsoUbwSJ2UCKxjrjm75MLT6p5sBhT_mFUlne8Bw3kdqSVh6nRIiI3jz3iIwrPhXN7YRnQSLpZS66UnI91nyZjbBec54U5KfI8XVkFtbLPW9HMX8S/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>City Across The River / Juice</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /></div><div><i>Juice </i>also pays homage a lot of smaller films in a kind “blink and you’ll miss it” sort of way…<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">One night we were watching OLIVER TWIST, the 1948 version directed by David Lean. My uncle said, ‘God, the photography is amazing.’ That's when it hit me. Movies are photographs</span></b> - Ernest Dickerson, Ebony</div><div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgqtZwBAptgRYQYELMJEI9WerrUCR-Z0wOj2awhgZt25pCWmptSP5SV55_6mRO0pXIvD8rNAcpb_-Il763dtHPat9WZ7Yi4-V7D5v8MYv2JQDTskOFsnirQYDz9Nczwv4iZPXCf2tLRl_sPuiWuLXXeIJTOKAKAhXWAMG8norefiB8aXpRV2FFRRNxuSwN/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="750" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgqtZwBAptgRYQYELMJEI9WerrUCR-Z0wOj2awhgZt25pCWmptSP5SV55_6mRO0pXIvD8rNAcpb_-Il763dtHPat9WZ7Yi4-V7D5v8MYv2JQDTskOFsnirQYDz9Nczwv4iZPXCf2tLRl_sPuiWuLXXeIJTOKAKAhXWAMG8norefiB8aXpRV2FFRRNxuSwN/w640-h480/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Oliver Twist /Juice</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>KILLER OF SHEEP is an excellent film. Yeah, we knew of Charles Burnett's work </b></span></i>- Ernest Dickerson, Shadow and Act</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEift_H0uXUexGYWsQdh9uRNBPPbSooEgqAo0_Sf2hEZDO7FBdzmax_Hi-B_KSJijnKPyi8ndCNzdDHJ8htFYQ7QGblKa-1PHQLqYqkXEJk5s2u8xD7l4GXkcdb15yI8qc72p0SuNZ_bb4La86rpDXRzZ3kFGUwQDb40TV7vRQadgAwsUUiWOk1Z-yFzL-v2/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="176" data-original-width="750" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEift_H0uXUexGYWsQdh9uRNBPPbSooEgqAo0_Sf2hEZDO7FBdzmax_Hi-B_KSJijnKPyi8ndCNzdDHJ8htFYQ7QGblKa-1PHQLqYqkXEJk5s2u8xD7l4GXkcdb15yI8qc72p0SuNZ_bb4La86rpDXRzZ3kFGUwQDb40TV7vRQadgAwsUUiWOk1Z-yFzL-v2/w640-h150/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Killer Of Sheep / Juice</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">He [Melvin Van Peebles] was one of our heroes</span></b></i> - Ernest Dickerson, Cineaste</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZrlVfD8RbCeYitkYOhOHwYCUiC5TmD2T6JWja-hd6ej8CCMK4mqfOUqnQZKFJt6w_nvpiuQi7vSi8c_BogllmfiULhzeV5Z2m0Ulg-C_ee5GyftAQ4WKSwIZXNpoJOlV2wxJ6uZjJeZIJK66sm4Rwr8qL14HEmwZ4t6nGiNzBfg1oHlUe9vtZK_vsw8Kl/s550/VideoToGif_GIF%20(1).gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZrlVfD8RbCeYitkYOhOHwYCUiC5TmD2T6JWja-hd6ej8CCMK4mqfOUqnQZKFJt6w_nvpiuQi7vSi8c_BogllmfiULhzeV5Z2m0Ulg-C_ee5GyftAQ4WKSwIZXNpoJOlV2wxJ6uZjJeZIJK66sm4Rwr8qL14HEmwZ4t6nGiNzBfg1oHlUe9vtZK_vsw8Kl/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF%20(1).gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Sweet Sweetback's Badass Song / <br />Juice</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">The most influence on me was the films of [Orson] Wells, especially THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS</span></i></b> - Ernest Dickerson, Ebony</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDVwegeOdJabd9Y-lJvdgNyik8o_6e6oUzarumaYYlxxKBUqax3MmKdvZj78ai2YLkpVvrgIv3D1oyV6_1aze5AddMvgpPrk8C_5sbX12kHG-bPCqCeo6-Om6SLiKk4H73fzL5pu5OQmb1mRejeJosGwkpVFhUKihDyA1KRN_fcnFRJSm7XDkfRdBmLJQP/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="750" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDVwegeOdJabd9Y-lJvdgNyik8o_6e6oUzarumaYYlxxKBUqax3MmKdvZj78ai2YLkpVvrgIv3D1oyV6_1aze5AddMvgpPrk8C_5sbX12kHG-bPCqCeo6-Om6SLiKk4H73fzL5pu5OQmb1mRejeJosGwkpVFhUKihDyA1KRN_fcnFRJSm7XDkfRdBmLJQP/w640-h180/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Magnificent Amberson / Juice</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br />Other unexpected sources of inspiration came from folks like Fritz Lang:<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i><b><span style="font-size: x-large;">Movies like Fritz Lang's Metropolis, the look of Metropolis, had an effect on us</span></b></i> - Ernest Dickerson, Flavorwire.com</div><div><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiARUzADSSx_zqSs1jtZ6ZnOUWaqWWZbseWfruFa4nK83PejttQgm4R_2UVxdBXogpAFWLi7scq4l5LnU3F8ad3eo8nwG5ql6A48ZeZ1pUJbaexdZ0Jg-ELVM7efsRwIiuKaocWUQHn-CJuvavxfmB-yUMHsQxH7XisIkCBcKUaPxG_CjGagL4M7nc8K0c/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiARUzADSSx_zqSs1jtZ6ZnOUWaqWWZbseWfruFa4nK83PejttQgm4R_2UVxdBXogpAFWLi7scq4l5LnU3F8ad3eo8nwG5ql6A48ZeZ1pUJbaexdZ0Jg-ELVM7efsRwIiuKaocWUQHn-CJuvavxfmB-yUMHsQxH7XisIkCBcKUaPxG_CjGagL4M7nc8K0c/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Metropolis /<br />Juice</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqwB8nlmbEsnSWvIKx1124Qh306v7OPHb2eTbZrda2mP7j8o0dnYTTMNPgNvBQBcT1yL5sy-YkXK3QNnmnONLi9_Y3J6Uy4yt5unlW0f3nGHxeH9RB0olLc9H2QHaK4Shoc8p04t4ynN_C8AIoKj1ZRtNfBsH5GjSRrGYgIeRRDH31i-s70O4vicoNaMvd/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqwB8nlmbEsnSWvIKx1124Qh306v7OPHb2eTbZrda2mP7j8o0dnYTTMNPgNvBQBcT1yL5sy-YkXK3QNnmnONLi9_Y3J6Uy4yt5unlW0f3nGHxeH9RB0olLc9H2QHaK4Shoc8p04t4ynN_C8AIoKj1ZRtNfBsH5GjSRrGYgIeRRDH31i-s70O4vicoNaMvd/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Metropolis /<br />Juice</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_5IAiPI-vVnKUw-Nb_UPmqu05CUVAtLKiMcyXbaRsxqC-vQIKMbCyDhfS2FkNSQDt09QDQn2uIh32rDIq-Nceb7dKHblOTSoJvVx4ZRPNEt1aqvXopku9Rf_QqTvRtQj1Jh236jICTEXouzFjx36tS41jbWS3nuyEtqVGCyNR1VYhKSidGwdrRYN_jdKc/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_5IAiPI-vVnKUw-Nb_UPmqu05CUVAtLKiMcyXbaRsxqC-vQIKMbCyDhfS2FkNSQDt09QDQn2uIh32rDIq-Nceb7dKHblOTSoJvVx4ZRPNEt1aqvXopku9Rf_QqTvRtQj1Jh236jICTEXouzFjx36tS41jbWS3nuyEtqVGCyNR1VYhKSidGwdrRYN_jdKc/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Metropolis /<br />Juice</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>The German Expressionism seen in <i>Metropolis </i>also played a major part in the horror elements found in <i>Juice</i>. Outside of Dickerson’s legacy with <i>Juice </i>and his connection to Spike Lee - he’s also a staple in the modern horror genre. In addition to his films like <i>Demon Knight</i> & <i>Bones</i>, Dickerson even worked on <i>Day Of The Dead</i> with George Romero early on in his career.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: large;">we were looking at Expressionistic elements - elements from German Expressionist films</span></i></b> - Ernest Dickerson, Flavorwire.com</div><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG7HWXaVjAL9ZQ0C2T2-28IWqZ1EGgn9FYPoeCQ7Oi8Ue8BQ65-Od-1FEMiu6FEQykY0qaSqi1ZT9bpz4xmYCyDASey4wG8AF103ee3lPvhGSarybLlAjGTbEljt4i_-nKVOM4qtCtig4_fcVzY7uut0gnQGeUjRcL2jyX6zFQ1YLlSpEh7p96hl7u6NoE/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG7HWXaVjAL9ZQ0C2T2-28IWqZ1EGgn9FYPoeCQ7Oi8Ue8BQ65-Od-1FEMiu6FEQykY0qaSqi1ZT9bpz4xmYCyDASey4wG8AF103ee3lPvhGSarybLlAjGTbEljt4i_-nKVOM4qtCtig4_fcVzY7uut0gnQGeUjRcL2jyX6zFQ1YLlSpEh7p96hl7u6NoE/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Nosferatu /<br />Juice</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b><i><span style="font-size: x-large;">Even when I directed my first film [Juice] there were elements I put in you could consider horror</span></i></b> - Ernest Dickerson, Zavvi.com</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKD9ygjbWg5wY7j5zquUlSgiklz-5vdrvYERDelt68UiQkaCCGHikpLIwm-_wRkcLqQACHG3EvsOZCcOmc0GF0-DniylfiaC_bOggEik9w95aXF51Zmrpzq2Q4eEhAPN9nfxaNNdwWca4m-34FBQO5HTW5Gm1hdfK8SYVx-cRbjEifIUIWerpgnYVJnpwu/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKD9ygjbWg5wY7j5zquUlSgiklz-5vdrvYERDelt68UiQkaCCGHikpLIwm-_wRkcLqQACHG3EvsOZCcOmc0GF0-DniylfiaC_bOggEik9w95aXF51Zmrpzq2Q4eEhAPN9nfxaNNdwWca4m-34FBQO5HTW5Gm1hdfK8SYVx-cRbjEifIUIWerpgnYVJnpwu/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Halloween /<br />Juice</i></td></tr></tbody></table><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsCs1flEQY7fVM7FbmhuPW8zCs7Viu8FBpo8FXzSAtm6tdHBsVPJJ-KfAKHlAGdAYbdUXEc5BagU7lTfikoWENc1dp-LHsieQXpIYiF-gjXuvLyN2N2HBX5o7LwqiKfk8cRVnAYIapn7qXHVNo9AkAOvp0Iiscy-dVwuqLgUCwpLM3-nPVnmy5OgkiJXDh/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsCs1flEQY7fVM7FbmhuPW8zCs7Viu8FBpo8FXzSAtm6tdHBsVPJJ-KfAKHlAGdAYbdUXEc5BagU7lTfikoWENc1dp-LHsieQXpIYiF-gjXuvLyN2N2HBX5o7LwqiKfk8cRVnAYIapn7qXHVNo9AkAOvp0Iiscy-dVwuqLgUCwpLM3-nPVnmy5OgkiJXDh/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Halloween /<br />Juice</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg8tplokkAgPKstZcjyZoHPoZUqtoXNjmsR2PeS-NsRZQHSW5nDT-YcPmNXx6lnc9j3_gaWAsZf5EOvoAtUjrCeE3DY64-9mJFa5Tk8gHUK79fhS4ZE160-Kdqp2oeJ7h8y4gDiolgwfZiv6xbEfWzLoN-4x75GJMCLIdFLuqkchI-0M5pOvLuwbf0hvE0/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg8tplokkAgPKstZcjyZoHPoZUqtoXNjmsR2PeS-NsRZQHSW5nDT-YcPmNXx6lnc9j3_gaWAsZf5EOvoAtUjrCeE3DY64-9mJFa5Tk8gHUK79fhS4ZE160-Kdqp2oeJ7h8y4gDiolgwfZiv6xbEfWzLoN-4x75GJMCLIdFLuqkchI-0M5pOvLuwbf0hvE0/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Halloween /<br />Juice</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGqCam8OHRqByVovV9MhhNZy9GDnFomPcNlM-u2BgJOjznZ_8quq5lQmW5cBTz3lNtCiVhQWoxvG2-H9vk0f9JDcVhLiSz7zoPCvJJ-8jQ6XbQQNHYzX_zs2tQv7Y-2jTflS0P3r3a5yt5y4JHUeYlEXd3Rob6iYpJMrnUllsIujxvtzRXndTPAB6ub69M/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGqCam8OHRqByVovV9MhhNZy9GDnFomPcNlM-u2BgJOjznZ_8quq5lQmW5cBTz3lNtCiVhQWoxvG2-H9vk0f9JDcVhLiSz7zoPCvJJ-8jQ6XbQQNHYzX_zs2tQv7Y-2jTflS0P3r3a5yt5y4JHUeYlEXd3Rob6iYpJMrnUllsIujxvtzRXndTPAB6ub69M/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Halloween /<br />Juice<br /></i><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicF_54An9O45weqCnvFWYPXb4CQiQydXQZdTrt4LDqlVy5bgcRBtCBwHMutsQnJGqWD8y-p28IE54LaAtOnf1OjJLRlUHbF2SNx2QBOMEmujs1WRAclK2B1WB-dI7TYd3kyWZoJmr8f7sPkbMtchp67Xb1ndYadN-Y2zrtAAYO2UhNfatQJwxEpV4XsVjz/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicF_54An9O45weqCnvFWYPXb4CQiQydXQZdTrt4LDqlVy5bgcRBtCBwHMutsQnJGqWD8y-p28IE54LaAtOnf1OjJLRlUHbF2SNx2QBOMEmujs1WRAclK2B1WB-dI7TYd3kyWZoJmr8f7sPkbMtchp67Xb1ndYadN-Y2zrtAAYO2UhNfatQJwxEpV4XsVjz/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>A Nightmare On Elm Street /<br />Juice</i></td></tr></tbody></table></div><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYerihxMy9nzi_AEjPzXlKkmoyp3soOrHLJ0-81UOp7ZAxv_P9NwxUQwXm73Pg5npmbqpJL1vsIbH1r7mlz0HeT4ZFapG_A4XYAHYwhlnlo8AT0kFMbW7p20rWRfS8Rlx0Gsbgcb9tcmEL6tmmVxRSw0I1a617aeFlB4sAj1VDhFxdhZuI2haFWvBOETcx/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYerihxMy9nzi_AEjPzXlKkmoyp3soOrHLJ0-81UOp7ZAxv_P9NwxUQwXm73Pg5npmbqpJL1vsIbH1r7mlz0HeT4ZFapG_A4XYAHYwhlnlo8AT0kFMbW7p20rWRfS8Rlx0Gsbgcb9tcmEL6tmmVxRSw0I1a617aeFlB4sAj1VDhFxdhZuI2haFWvBOETcx/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Repulsion /<br />Juice</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnWxhm9pgElgYP4WFm-hXgVBCAai4K-pBboR0bTVTqKbEwYM2J6SY_nHPI2bs_FVJVjg-r8VzXNBXB9pmMHS7LA_NBsZzHhW--qVHc8aLGUDzDktrgi9Y0hWWXQfjOVldKSSEPV4kgCk7id65S1vSCgwC38jCkBXkYzucImbtFkghUsOP08DhG70JKxJ2R/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjnWxhm9pgElgYP4WFm-hXgVBCAai4K-pBboR0bTVTqKbEwYM2J6SY_nHPI2bs_FVJVjg-r8VzXNBXB9pmMHS7LA_NBsZzHhW--qVHc8aLGUDzDktrgi9Y0hWWXQfjOVldKSSEPV4kgCk7id65S1vSCgwC38jCkBXkYzucImbtFkghUsOP08DhG70JKxJ2R/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Night Breed /<br />Juice</i><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM0A3EOhrUfPcKV0icpqusUn4ruLYOvGdbSrY9VM309azsgqH70ZFc0pcCIxog_W1Cr5Nkoo0kqpntLJCNgdnbF9Rct8BR3g5oyWfFZlg8_R3rZZbvzhR8yaf2tifLsgPmPGTElVMoKb9oIZDrByvto11LWCBbDGx-5DYg1IQ3t950rf6quE57raE-Q8r0/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM0A3EOhrUfPcKV0icpqusUn4ruLYOvGdbSrY9VM309azsgqH70ZFc0pcCIxog_W1Cr5Nkoo0kqpntLJCNgdnbF9Rct8BR3g5oyWfFZlg8_R3rZZbvzhR8yaf2tifLsgPmPGTElVMoKb9oIZDrByvto11LWCBbDGx-5DYg1IQ3t950rf6quE57raE-Q8r0/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Carrie /</i><br /><i>Juice</i><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">The Hitchcock influence shown earlier in the post returns...</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinXo_IMoWEd_hzNsqiEBi735yNgW67ek6urnHxsAYKzGb35J7TXiwk09GzKJr78s6CdPDEhy-aU_ha9WOAl6WNusVFneYzasQk9aBiFVwjjtM8-cpYo2IsIRkxOg9ijV9az0IOc_49d0k46_YbRjzvbYPgvIjw-ntmeLkMb9T3L_7dXNl8B4tHFeVjhvN1/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinXo_IMoWEd_hzNsqiEBi735yNgW67ek6urnHxsAYKzGb35J7TXiwk09GzKJr78s6CdPDEhy-aU_ha9WOAl6WNusVFneYzasQk9aBiFVwjjtM8-cpYo2IsIRkxOg9ijV9az0IOc_49d0k46_YbRjzvbYPgvIjw-ntmeLkMb9T3L_7dXNl8B4tHFeVjhvN1/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a><i><br /></i><i>Psycho /<br />Juice<br /></i><br /></td></tr></tbody></table></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Marcushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09550373157852267023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849113514286360449.post-88475746437367627642023-08-14T14:22:00.006-04:002023-08-14T14:22:36.562-04:00HOLLYWOOD SHUFFLE (ALTA JOURNAL)<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.altaonline.com/dispatches/a44785566/seriously-funny/" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="379" data-original-width="760" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOlg787wsMLDHeL_ls1WD31nmSVxXlb7XUL_6tUsTFKCStaNvLiqkgzI2ovdXIoEq-EIRaVVZ8QaW462O_XCsBAfiD2cjvE3eFmzCrrF93f_iot48AyG9sBYos2anAhwPv3Rx2SwJv10eVFYU3oWFEHMhBAhiIFcsd5AOkDCRFWmj3ZgDtqrLJ2Oo3yknJ/w640-h320/Screenshot%202023-08-14%20111551.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">The great folks over at Alta Journal had me back to write about Robert Townsend's <i>Hollywood Shuffle</i> in an effort to remind folks that while it is "groundbreaking" and "important", it's also <i>funny</i>. Very Funny.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Click <b><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://www.altaonline.com/dispatches/a44785566/seriously-funny/">here</a></span></b> or the image above to go to the article.</div><br /><p></p>Marcushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09550373157852267023noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8849113514286360449.post-58282206370920747152023-08-01T03:02:00.001-04:002023-08-01T03:02:00.143-04:00THE SCHOOL OF TARKOVSKY: AMAT ESCALANTE - PART TWO<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIiKrDxcNv8MVbpxsHpqrmlwcJAEUjXk9Od8v9Df5M9mUnRKXWvfURGhB_j6L9DtITyKbmvtfB5dPYFqgEbRDaeAi17XJuPIbIzdk0Rc25Z8A11ZheTeb52htyOQybA9eZsYpWJu9eJR97cBZVsUe0VY1ZOZ7Tr4xqTZgym_luU4MI5qxfcUw2nSF4Ag/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIiKrDxcNv8MVbpxsHpqrmlwcJAEUjXk9Od8v9Df5M9mUnRKXWvfURGhB_j6L9DtITyKbmvtfB5dPYFqgEbRDaeAi17XJuPIbIzdk0Rc25Z8A11ZheTeb52htyOQybA9eZsYpWJu9eJR97cBZVsUe0VY1ZOZ7Tr4xqTZgym_luU4MI5qxfcUw2nSF4Ag/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Sacrifice /<br />The Untamed </i></td></tr></tbody></table><p>In this latest entry of the School of Tarkovsky, we take a deeper look at the (possible) visual connections between Tarkovsky and Amat Escalante</p><p><i><b><a href="http://www.pinnlandempire.com/2018/06/the-school-of-tarkovsky-part-17-amat.html">Click here to read part o</a>ne</b></i>.</p><p>Enjoy...</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq9BSJ54zEOkNNAtBTjxbFTDzhNqHZxvFK-pmIlZjo2QSOVHGXmGewBJ1x5UmLt-fpXgHadLLFSMRtAFpD7--p5VbKcxGYDkRVwik6Mha-5nQAIcpSzkeIBI_xcamnldUvkT0cQZxMJn8nWHfUOg37_Gl2W0C1C0j5OBJU5y4mHhWWEX4sPKL9irCnDA/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="421" data-original-width="750" height="360" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiq9BSJ54zEOkNNAtBTjxbFTDzhNqHZxvFK-pmIlZjo2QSOVHGXmGewBJ1x5UmLt-fpXgHadLLFSMRtAFpD7--p5VbKcxGYDkRVwik6Mha-5nQAIcpSzkeIBI_xcamnldUvkT0cQZxMJn8nWHfUOg37_Gl2W0C1C0j5OBJU5y4mHhWWEX4sPKL9irCnDA/w640-h360/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Sacrifice / The Untamed </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf0py5G3A4elWT4ZWHp_yAuS7g_i9ugy0w9yRtiHJZ46OVh2bjooKkHRjxCSq7xKXfTR1Omy-QIKkNAN3oCdoFyegFrrid5jXBB_S5lj6wy_tDwYJYCAgz-MJ4RWEy277UiZeSycQjOPqww1KRsqa_mZkmvAkYdMaY3N6QeHaPiPThwKXbNJ7QPIGX2w/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjf0py5G3A4elWT4ZWHp_yAuS7g_i9ugy0w9yRtiHJZ46OVh2bjooKkHRjxCSq7xKXfTR1Omy-QIKkNAN3oCdoFyegFrrid5jXBB_S5lj6wy_tDwYJYCAgz-MJ4RWEy277UiZeSycQjOPqww1KRsqa_mZkmvAkYdMaY3N6QeHaPiPThwKXbNJ7QPIGX2w/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Stalker /<br />The Untamed </i></td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMr_VetSB3u_Bl6wJJ6Wtksc0WhCxo_Q38dctUOMg9IMICeTyDm0v5h87ax-1zdwC0sgyV_UKJ1ONrH6R71hnf3UxqiXCsLqmsPS0x1k7yfjiKSwidJZlPEdI3xYKo1TBayz3QIeYNG2e_LEJspyvFrIMonjpGGtsqZuLVWICH-sPYJ1Z3ot97r9Nb3Q/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMr_VetSB3u_Bl6wJJ6Wtksc0WhCxo_Q38dctUOMg9IMICeTyDm0v5h87ax-1zdwC0sgyV_UKJ1ONrH6R71hnf3UxqiXCsLqmsPS0x1k7yfjiKSwidJZlPEdI3xYKo1TBayz3QIeYNG2e_LEJspyvFrIMonjpGGtsqZuLVWICH-sPYJ1Z3ot97r9Nb3Q/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Sacrifice /<br />The Untamed </i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEcTSUAVLBAlQSqjesDmJ2SlsUutfybv5ZgV1DU_9QuEt53oN1jmz2EO8BBkZciLS6ejQ9Y1zVhurijLPde70YXTsudv-_Ooo6mJ0eh_UyI8sqDSaxJQiV_N3X361FpbcfzRvT8rjPwKyoi-x7rpa8mucT-LNb97oH3gI9yNBAeTtEPNHLMcm4w55cTg/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEcTSUAVLBAlQSqjesDmJ2SlsUutfybv5ZgV1DU_9QuEt53oN1jmz2EO8BBkZciLS6ejQ9Y1zVhurijLPde70YXTsudv-_Ooo6mJ0eh_UyI8sqDSaxJQiV_N3X361FpbcfzRvT8rjPwKyoi-x7rpa8mucT-LNb97oH3gI9yNBAeTtEPNHLMcm4w55cTg/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Stalker /<br />The Untamed</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZgedlLvohfwULHTMfMgtgaV3eiUyClPuSxMYDJDSmo9WBEqkeAMPVQ_9DzdZKP8ZNvO2HgtM4i1KGs3t-GOEghEfyxUUqLYc74zuKzw47kkr6DAsByGVqiCAljR60Ju12akIqa82SORo2E8oxbo_5erBhmxH77PA4M131PDnx2xsUtuINATt24SnCBQ/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZgedlLvohfwULHTMfMgtgaV3eiUyClPuSxMYDJDSmo9WBEqkeAMPVQ_9DzdZKP8ZNvO2HgtM4i1KGs3t-GOEghEfyxUUqLYc74zuKzw47kkr6DAsByGVqiCAljR60Ju12akIqa82SORo2E8oxbo_5erBhmxH77PA4M131PDnx2xsUtuINATt24SnCBQ/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Stalker /<br />The Untamed</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigVFJ3mowhRJpXL6XV52u3f8nG1IIcABhuwuZ1n3XFaS4Po3FwtTToc8WkI4K9xSyxiN1OWYrvt1lHeI0HkFEeWPBEI5tEkVtwuDc6BG2Vg0mrqun5J0fQoVoo0nQrkIEhNSsnOYtivktdTyZELQMj0NVPpZ-ZzU4QVSrf3t8GbVMRwuUpLUB8OnGDgg/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigVFJ3mowhRJpXL6XV52u3f8nG1IIcABhuwuZ1n3XFaS4Po3FwtTToc8WkI4K9xSyxiN1OWYrvt1lHeI0HkFEeWPBEI5tEkVtwuDc6BG2Vg0mrqun5J0fQoVoo0nQrkIEhNSsnOYtivktdTyZELQMj0NVPpZ-ZzU4QVSrf3t8GbVMRwuUpLUB8OnGDgg/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Stalker /<br />The Untamed</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRf7Iz6RfOPV71F9fxoDOnDQr76nLFMnBd2Uvpw0ZOLkxxVOwfMvONprkUpxMMFuoBGkdePP9T8br61GDabSTAEA65u-uqtG1a62XN4ztbY3IlskzJp6WzgNIWMmUwRLUtPT0y6yVuIZNBFzpYE0Jyvt48OAQRIZ0BybohdN82kG5UlL0ZoCk2fJ4zyw/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRf7Iz6RfOPV71F9fxoDOnDQr76nLFMnBd2Uvpw0ZOLkxxVOwfMvONprkUpxMMFuoBGkdePP9T8br61GDabSTAEA65u-uqtG1a62XN4ztbY3IlskzJp6WzgNIWMmUwRLUtPT0y6yVuIZNBFzpYE0Jyvt48OAQRIZ0BybohdN82kG5UlL0ZoCk2fJ4zyw/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Mirror /<br />Heli</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGI14YV4tPboKdwTNIJxrnnRX2VXXdy9XQZCX5DEbS96JTc6dvk7_L-yPT9s0Mn6Ujt9SQ_Bq2QBITIRmLDoTM97s6zgHzr3VngTtQc-CRaPjmWmlf6ITTW0q6VuzvMdmSCBEc6JSr9uo_u7X5ydFy6LAdLEsF15ovGGaC5P5ykXqHLjC9mMUeP3SPbQ/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGI14YV4tPboKdwTNIJxrnnRX2VXXdy9XQZCX5DEbS96JTc6dvk7_L-yPT9s0Mn6Ujt9SQ_Bq2QBITIRmLDoTM97s6zgHzr3VngTtQc-CRaPjmWmlf6ITTW0q6VuzvMdmSCBEc6JSr9uo_u7X5ydFy6LAdLEsF15ovGGaC5P5ykXqHLjC9mMUeP3SPbQ/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Mirror /<br />Heli</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnv27NEijkUyg_Qhat1m2YphlMt83uoM6dtO0T0cDW57RMjcartHplKFFr6lezUu6VZgQAxBacZ5F_kHm7wbBRah17lpacRBu8vSCLht8nW1MPHrnwdUuKd0XQXANrfk3UeHxzjY-O0xEyetN8sz_eQm5vgMAyHQUazSsH_iTc_D6ARN8EdufPntBkiQ/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnv27NEijkUyg_Qhat1m2YphlMt83uoM6dtO0T0cDW57RMjcartHplKFFr6lezUu6VZgQAxBacZ5F_kHm7wbBRah17lpacRBu8vSCLht8nW1MPHrnwdUuKd0XQXANrfk3UeHxzjY-O0xEyetN8sz_eQm5vgMAyHQUazSsH_iTc_D6ARN8EdufPntBkiQ/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Mirror /<br />Heli</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVtIRDfAXvhIQzhqXgU3GptsDQC_GS5VTWoVG6UPNWGsbRFilRoaEy5dRoe9J5WlIxbZCWRvSEZpp0OxlfsgNI2N7mT0yXpWQJnlXO0pyyL9VOX8bioun6IoYb5qSMQ3_xZvM-pv-6yAsK37vquUoy3Kctieay0Mafh80E0dcNuNur31DJyYO32yxBlw/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVtIRDfAXvhIQzhqXgU3GptsDQC_GS5VTWoVG6UPNWGsbRFilRoaEy5dRoe9J5WlIxbZCWRvSEZpp0OxlfsgNI2N7mT0yXpWQJnlXO0pyyL9VOX8bioun6IoYb5qSMQ3_xZvM-pv-6yAsK37vquUoy3Kctieay0Mafh80E0dcNuNur31DJyYO32yxBlw/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Mirror /<br />Heli</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7RsFvKS8f1a8EootjEiptHragwENzo56acGmcdzv8dLENTnwoONQrSgBgl2-R_7XEaZCL0aeAUIW01EMgGFxPXSKS6Vu1i34dO43U0DdyIXc_C9BuGoVkaECE90WH1wUa2uyY2dyHIe4KOU-0lP7tuWRmWeoVkqPvySTs00qMj6tvbq7fiVjhrPSoxA/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="750" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7RsFvKS8f1a8EootjEiptHragwENzo56acGmcdzv8dLENTnwoONQrSgBgl2-R_7XEaZCL0aeAUIW01EMgGFxPXSKS6Vu1i34dO43U0DdyIXc_C9BuGoVkaECE90WH1wUa2uyY2dyHIe4KOU-0lP7tuWRmWeoVkqPvySTs00qMj6tvbq7fiVjhrPSoxA/w640-h480/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Solaris /<br />Los Bastardos</i></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRvstuu4eUPU8M_Eo0E5VbR5ldTZ5VRi3QmrB4gnpw0eXXxVLpoDsWYnbuZRj0FNvlxvt9So5vrF26P8gczMoLii-GA7MUlhhEeTzxsgeuxCXwL22zYZBIsNYXTZLj2xaQwhqZ56YLEVaw6qNewDm-vkxMNuyylSQDEEGXxoY7roPbzELnIBtqFqjdAA/s750/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="562" data-original-width="750" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRvstuu4eUPU8M_Eo0E5VbR5ldTZ5VRi3QmrB4gnpw0eXXxVLpoDsWYnbuZRj0FNvlxvt9So5vrF26P8gczMoLii-GA7MUlhhEeTzxsgeuxCXwL22zYZBIsNYXTZLj2xaQwhqZ56YLEVaw6qNewDm-vkxMNuyylSQDEEGXxoY7roPbzELnIBtqFqjdAA/w640-h480/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>Andrei Rublev /<br />Heli</i></td></tr></tbody></table><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTnwbpPf12W1EW7ZXjUxQc-Me9ydKWgFjX9beK3IE5FyNu0-ahC9tfnolO5jLNFaYtqOMZCLGQ47Dt3aXj_KsKrZ9TUejac_Q-92T4R7HVO2SlZZieGUXx7AcOltkwNFmERfuqxx_v7BR_MsNVA9Ywe7x8kXp_dZBe20f_KcXJ1Gern4tyM8O8_gVufw/s550/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="550" data-original-width="550" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTnwbpPf12W1EW7ZXjUxQc-Me9ydKWgFjX9beK3IE5FyNu0-ahC9tfnolO5jLNFaYtqOMZCLGQ47Dt3aXj_KsKrZ9TUejac_Q-92T4R7HVO2SlZZieGUXx7AcOltkwNFmERfuqxx_v7BR_MsNVA9Ywe7x8kXp_dZBe20f_KcXJ1Gern4tyM8O8_gVufw/w640-h640/VideoToGif_GIF.gif" width="640" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><i>The Mirror /<br />Heli</i></td></tr></tbody></table>Marcushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09550373157852267023noreply@blogger.com