RUBBER JOHNNY – Chris Cunningham, 2005
“Adherence to legend at the expense of facts will ruin America…”
This from David Thomson’s article on John Ford in his Biographical Dictionary…The whole article is of great interest, but this bit … Continue reading “Adherence to legend at the expense of facts will ruin America…”
How the Hunt Went In Ferguson, MO
On August 9, 2014, Officer Darren Wilson of the Ferguson Police Department encountered a dark fate – a grim, unrelenting, … Continue reading How the Hunt Went In Ferguson, MO
“this big block of machinery that actively…subdues what’s interesting”
Substitute “movie press” for “music press” in this bit from Mary Harron’s 1977 interview with Brian Eno for Punk Magazine, … Continue reading “this big block of machinery that actively…subdues what’s interesting”
The Cineastes – Big Trouble In Little China
[By way of some notes around Carpenter’s Big Trouble In Little China – ] “ China is here, Mr Burton. … Continue reading The Cineastes – Big Trouble In Little China
“Uncle Sam’s Nephew vs. Uncle Ho’s Niece,” or “Maoism and climate”
A few choice bits from Colin MacCabe’s only occasionally credulous Godard: A Portrait of the Artist at Seventy: In many … Continue reading “Uncle Sam’s Nephew vs. Uncle Ho’s Niece,” or “Maoism and climate”
“…Pixar Has Gone Too Far”
A writer named Eileen Jones from the erstwhile (and incorrigible – “God bless ’em!” as Sarah!™ would say) eXile has … Continue reading “…Pixar Has Gone Too Far”
The Cineastes – Ugetsu monogatari
To be honest, staging an approach to Kenji Mizoguchi’s Ugetsu from the West – decades of precedents and even the … Continue reading The Cineastes – Ugetsu monogatari