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WEEKEND (1967): A FILM BY JEAN-LUC GODARD
December 31, 2012
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Few road trips are as volatile, chaotic and freakishly comical as Jean-Luc Godard's iconoclastic 1967 epic Weekend. A bourgeois and murderous married couple, Roland (Jean Yanne) and Corinne (Mireille Darc), venture by car through the French countryside.
Their destination: Corinne's parents’ house. Their purpose: forcibly securing an inheritance from her dying father. What unfolds, from the moment they board their vehicle, is a toxic onslaught of incidents: feuds with neighbours, altercations with strangers, on-road
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BRAVE NEW YEAR
December 31, 2012
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It’s that time again, where we prepare to celebrate the dawning of another year. And many of us proceed with hopes, plans and dreams to guide us on our journey ahead.
New Year’s Resolutions (NYR). They can comprise almost anything from losing weight and quitting smoking to embarking on travel, changing jobs, pursuing a new career or returning to study. They can even include terminating an incumbent relationship, rekindling an old romance or sparking a new connection.
Whatever the resolution, it is often easier said than done. Stipulating a goal or objective is one thing, but
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‘THE BICYCLE THIEF’ (1948), ‘TIMECRIMES’ (2007), ‘INCENDIES’ (2010): FILMS BY DE SICA, VIGALONDO & VILLENEUVE
December 31, 2012
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Commenting on modern film, the Russian writer and director Andrei Tarkovsky observed that ‘time becomes the basis of bases in cinema, like sound in music, like colour in painting’.
What better way to ring in the new year than with three films that offer different variations on time: Vittoria De Sica's Ladri di Biciclette (The Bicycle Thief) (1948), Nacho Vigalondo's Cronocrimenes (Timecrimes) (2007) and Denis Villeneuve's Incendies (2010).
The scarcity of employment, the paucity of existence and the bitter timing of misfortune in post-war Italy are powerfully rendered in De Sica's
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RARE EXPORTS: A CHRISTMAS TALE (2010): A FILM BY JALMARI HELANDER
December 25, 2012
Essays on Film - Every year there comes a day when legions of people around the world, adults and children alike, celebrate the miraculous arrival of a singular individual. He is recognised and revered for both his appearance and his works: tall, bearded, long flowing hair, a jovial disposition, fondness and rapport with children and a penchant for miraculous acts of generosity. Yes. I am referring, of course, to Santa Claus: the portly cosmopolite who sojourns across the world on Christmas Eve, frequents family homes and bestows gifts upon deserving children (and, reportedly, a lump of coal for theirRead More
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SEASON’S GREETINGS
December 24, 2012
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It has been a little over two months since Projektor was launched into cyberspace.
In that time, I have uploaded essays and reviews of films by an array of directors, including Pedro Almodovar, Larry Charles, Sofia Coppola, Raymond De Felitta, David O. Russell, Henry Selick, Giuseppe Tornatore, Paul Verhoeven, Lars Von Trier, Billy Wilder and Len Wiseman.
I have also had the great fortune of receiving positive and reassuring feedback from numerous individuals who have found something of value in these writings. Warm and sincere thanks to all of you.
Your support for Projektor and all
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