THE SCHOOL OF TARKOVSKY: CARLOS REYGADAS - PART TWO

 Just by accident one of the first films I saw was a film by Tarkovsky called Nostalghia and then I saw the rest. I couldn’t believe what I was seeing. I couldn’t believe cinema could be like that - Carlos Reygadas (Burnaway)

Nostalghiaa/ Post Tenebras Lux

We continue our look at the influence Tarkovsky continues to have on the work of Carlos Reygadas. Make sure to check out PART ONE if you haven't yet.

Enjoy...

Sacrifice /
Japon

In the previous entry I left out the earliest example of Tarkovsky rubbing off on Carlos Reygadas. In his early short film, Maxhumain, we see Ivan's Childhood's DNA all over...

Ivan's Childhood / Maxhumain

Ivan's Childhood / Maxhumain

Ivan's Childhood / Maxhumain

Ivan's Childhood / Maxhumain

I read Sculpting in Time and felt it was the clearest insight I’ve ever heard about on the meaning of art, not only cinema. Sure I agree with Tarkovsky. Just I would add -aware that Tarkovsky knew this-, that time doesn´t exist without matter, space and movement (ultimately one single thing the 4 of them) which means that cinema is about the presence of matter-moving-in-space-time - Carlos Reygadas, specchioscuro.com

Sacrifice / Japon

Sacrifice /
Japon

Sacrifice /
Japon

A clear homage to Stalker...

Stalker / 
Japon

Andrei Rublev / Japon

Andrei Rublev /
Japon

Andrei Rublev /
Japon

Andrei Rublev /
Japon

A Solaris-esque moment from Our Time...

Solaris / 
Our Time

And like every one of his features thus far, Reygadas pays homage to the highway scene from Solaris...

Solaris / Post Tenebras Lux

Solaris /
Japon

COMPLETE FEATURE FILMOGRAPHIES

I'm happy to announce that I've now written about the (feature length) filmographies of some of my favorite active filmmakers. Take some time throughout the rest of the year to get familiar with their work...

(*click each movie title for the individual review*)

Carlos Reygadas

Japon

Battle In Heaven

Silent Light

Post Tenebras Lux
Our Time

Bonus Content:

  The Cinema Of Carlos Reygadas Told Through Images & Stills

Claire Denis

Chocolat 

No Fear, No Die (The Pink Smoke)

I Can't Sleep
U.S. Go Home (The Pink Smoke)

Nenette & Boni

Beau Travail

Trouble Every Day
Trouble Every Day (The Pink Smoke)

Friday Night

The Intruder

35 Shots Of Rum

White Material (The Pink Smoke)

Bastards
Voila L'enchainement
Let The Sunshine In
High Life

Bonus Content:
Vers Mathilde vs. Dionysis In '69

The Cinema Of Claire Denis Told Through Images & Stills

An Interview With Claire Denis

THE WAITING ROOM/THE CINEMA OF CLAIRE DENIS 1.5

Lodge Kerrigan

Clean, Shaven

Claire Dolan

Keane

Bonus content: 

The Cinema Of Lodge Kerrigan Told Through Images & Stills

An Interview With Lodge Kerrigan

Lynne Ramsay

Ratcatcher (The Pink Smoke)

Morvern Callar

We Need To Talk About Kevin
You Were Never Really Here

Bonus Content:

The Cinema Of Lynne Ramsay Told Through Images & Stills

Jordan Peele

Get Out
Us

Yorgos Lanthimos

Kinetta

Dogtooth

Alps

The Lobster
The Killing Of A Sacred Deer
The Favourite

Bonus Content:

Aggeliki Papoulia

Attenberg

Steve McQueen

Hunger

Shame

12 Years A Slave
Widows

Rick Alverson

The Builder

New Jerusalem

The Comedy

Entertainment

Bonus Content:

The Cinema Of Rick Alverson Told Through Moving Images & Stills

THE SCHOOL OF TARKOVSKY: CARLOS REYGADAS PART ONE

Cinema is the art of reality, the medium in which reality’s beauty is captured, where you can film marble or a face, or record someone’s voice, a sunset, the innate beauty of what you’re contemplating. Tarkovsky achieved this - Carlos Reygadas (Bomb Magazine)

Solaris /
Japon

With Tarkovsky, I was seeing something made from reality itself, reality was transformed into a form of beauty, conveying so much feeling. - Carlos Reygadas (Burnaway)

We can go on and on with quotes and citations of Carlos Reygadas name-dropping Andrei Tarkovsky as a major influence on his career over the last two decades, OR, you can use your eyes and check out the examples below.

It's no mystery that Carlos Reygadas has pulled from directors like Carl Theodor Dreyer, Luis Bunuel, Arturo Ripstein and more. But at the end of the day, Tarkovsky is his number one influence. Below are some of my favorite examples of the visual & thematic similarities between Andrei Tarkovsky & Carlos Reygadas.

Enjoy...

When I was about 15, my father gave me a Tarkovsky film on VHS and I was amazed at the simplicity, the power that comes out of a single event. I’m not very much into narrative-driven films and I never remember dialogue; what sticks in my mind are the sound, the image and the camera movement. With Tarkovsky it’s as if direct emotion comes out of each image and sound. It drives me crazy - Carlos Reygadas (Sight & Sound)

Ivan's Childhood / Post Tenebras Lux

The title [Our Time] refers to the unfolding of events in time, which is, as Tarkovsky suggested, the third dimension of cinema - Carlos Reygadas (Film Comment)

Solaris /
Our Time

Andrei Rublev /
Our Time

Solaris / Battle In Heaven

Solaris / Japon

Andrei Rublev / This Is My Kingdom

The Mirror / Silent Light

Solaris / Battle In Heaven

Ivan's Childhood / Post Tenebras Lux

Solaris / Silent Light

The Mirror /
Post Tenebras Lux

The Mirror / Post Tenebras Lux

Ivan's Childhood /
Post Tenebras Lux

Solaris /
Japon

Stalker / Post Tenebras Lux

Ivan's Childhood / Post Tenebras

ZEBRAS IN AMERICA EPISODE 97

Scott & I are back to talk about the latest from Carlos Reygadas & Rick Alverson.

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THE SCHOOL OF GODARD PART 3: MOVING IMAGERY

From the regular culprits (Jarmusch & Hal Hartley) to not-so familiar faces (Charlie Ahearn), we take another look at Godard's (POSSIBLE) influence on modern cinema.

Enjoy...


I admire Jean-Luc Godard and I think it's impossible today for anyone making cinema to escape from his influence - Hal Hartley

Masculin Feminin / The Book Of Life

New York Times: Was your own filmmaking influenced by Godard?

Jim Jarmusch: Certainly. “Breathless” was really inspiring to me formally. With that one, he didn’t have enough money to shoot a film with sound. It’s all dubbed after the fact, so he could go out on the street and just shoot in a guerrilla style, which is how I started out. And he used jump-cutting to facilitate the ability to edit something out of whatever he shot.

Masculin Feminin / Permanent Vacation

Masculin Feminin

King Of New York / Contempt

Band Of Outsiders / Cold War

Godard, Fellini and Bergman were my heroes - David Lynch

Vivre Sa Vie / Inland Empire

Vivre Sa Vie / Mister Lonely

Weekend /
Synecdoche New York

A Married Woman / The Best Day Of My Life

Contempt / Belle Du Jour / King Of New York

I think the only people who really experienced film are people like Jean-Luc Godard, you know? He really experienced the texture - Claire Denis

A Married Woman / Trouble Every Day

Vivre Sa Vie / Inland Empire

Breathless / Chungking Express

First Name Carmen / Our Time

First Name Carmen / Revanche

Breathless / Kreutzer Sonata