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‘INLAND EMPIRE’ (2006): A FILM BY DAVID LYNCH
November 15, 2012
Essays on Film -
‘To me, a detective is the most magical type of character, because mysteries are to me the greatest thing. Puzzles and things like this are thrilling, clues, things like finding money. Everything is a mystery and we’re all detectives. Even scientists are detectives and they’re all looking for clues to solve the big mystery. There are so many detectives going around, and so many mysteries’.
This from David Lynch, a director whose films likewise force the viewer to assume the role of a cinematic sleuth. From his brilliant, enigmatic Eraserhead (1977) to the corrosive and confounding
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‘THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS’ (1993): A FILM BY HENRY SELICK
November 15, 2012
Film Reviews -
You could be forgiven for thinking that Halloween and Christmas are two diametrically different festivities. Heck, one is a garish, gaudy and perversely delicious celebration of the macabre and the morbid. The other commemorates the star-crossed birth of a virgin child reared in a manger, wrapped in swaddling cloths and blessed by native fauna, local folk and foreign aristocracy. But they have more in common with one another (and with Pagan, Celtic, Roman and Mexican traditions) than one might think.
And in Henry Selick's The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), Crīstesmæsse and All Hallow's
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‘THE SKIN I LIVE IN’ (2011): A FILM BY PEDRO ALMODOVAR
November 15, 2012
Film Reviews -
Some films have the peculiar effect of staying with you long after the final credits have rolled, enveloping you like an article of clothing.A Pedro Almodóvar film is a lavish garment, where the scenery, characters, colours, textures and sounds are all threads meticulously arranged and interwoven to create an intricate, nuanced fable that enrobes you - awkwardly but snugly.
In his latest outing The Skin I Live In (2011), the Spanish auteur delivers a profound, haunting and, at times, astounding drama on the various guises that individuals construct, assume and, in some cases, are coerced
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PROJEKTOR IS NOW HERE (NOWHERE)!
November 15, 2012
Updates -
What is Projektor?
A play on technology and agency, a merging of possibilities: a machine that projects illuminated, moving images; the projection of observations and reflections on cinema.
What is Projektor?
A site devoted to the interpretation of motion pictures from around the world as experienced on the silver screen, Digital Video Disc and Blu-Ray.
What is Projektor?
A platform for contemplating the power and possibilities of cinema, its ability to challenge and entertain, provoke inquiry, commentary and debate on the manifold facets of human existence.
Welcome.
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‘THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH’ (1955): A FILM BY BILLY WILDER
November 15, 2012
Film Reviews -
There comes a time in relationships, where couples momentarily part company and seek solitude for rest, rejuvenation and recreation. And it is what transpires during this hiatus that tests the resilience of their union and makes for the most interesting and dramatic viewing.
In The Seven Year Itch (1955), co-writer/director Billy Wilder immerses us in the world of Richard Sherman (Tom Ewell), a native of Manhattan who, like many other husbands of his Manhattan milieu, sends his wife and child away for the summer. Temporarily severed from the constraints of marital life – the
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