The Death of Cinema (2001, Paolo Cherchi Usai)
For the first time, this is an entry about a book I’ve read, not a movie I’ve watched. It’s a book about film though, so I think it fits in. I enjoyed P.C. Usai’s writings in the “1000 Movie Moments”...
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This must be the best book I’ve read on the work of a director. It’s organized just how I’d like, with articles covering all aspects of Tashlin’s work (with little overlap), interviews with Tashlin and...
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Poetics of Cinema 2 (2007, Raoul Ruiz)
I don’t get 99% of his references, and I lose about 90% of his trains of thought, but I like these books anyway. Some good bits: My goal is to show that certain germinal images or instant fictions are...
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I, Madman (1989, Tibor Takács)
“Both books were non-fiction, Malcolm insisted… claims they were confessions.” I like a movie that reminds me of In the Mouth of Madness. I also like 80′s children’s horror flick The Gate and its...
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Canyon Cinema (2008, Scott MacDonald)
I first heard about this book (and Canyon, probably) at this screening at the Nashville Film Festival presented by Dominic Angerame, executive director of Canyon. Had been meaning to buy it ever since....
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With Nails (1996, Richard E. Grant)
Picked this up at Strand, opened to a random page in The Player chapter and decided I need it – then thought I’d better watch Withnail & I before reading. Hilarious, fun book about Richard’s...
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¡Cuba Sí! (1961, Chris Marker)
As soon as Castro took over after the communist revolution, Marker went to document the experience, producing a jubilant propaganda film in the style of his recent travel essay films. Not sure if he...
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The Babadook (2014, Jennifer Kent)
Kind of a traumatic movie. You never know if one of the two characters is going to hurt or kill themselves or the other, and/or if there’s a real monster/spirit after them. A little ways in you...
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Béla Tarr Roundup
Tarr Bela, I Used To Be a Filmmaker (2013, Jean-Marc Lamoure) A making-of-The Turin Horse. Crazy the amount of work, the lighting and helicopters and camera rehearsals and actor-torturing that went...
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Non-Fiction (2018, Olivier Assayas)
Publisher Guillaume Canet (writer/director of Tell No One) is married to TV actress Juliette Binoche, but we know she’s having an affair with writer Vincent Macaigne (The Innocents) because when her...
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Cover to Cover (1975, Michael Snow)
RIP Michael Snow. I’ve seen his Wavelength on film and disrespected it, watched a horrendous home video copy of La Region Centrale and loved it… had fun with Presents and *Corpus Callosum, Sshtoorrty...
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Trenque Lauquen (2022, Laura Citarella)
Two movies really, with full credits for each part. Not much here to gaze upon, and my copy looked like streaming mush; it’s all narrative. Chapters give different characters and perspectives (I like...
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