Thematic preoccupations are what make individual filmmakers so intriguing as one steps back to examine certain artist’s entire careers.
Carlos is the exception that proves the rule.
Abu Dhabi Film Festival 2010: First Impressions, Up the Burj Khalifa, Secretariat, & The Accordion
by Aaron Cutler
We came for the fourth annual Abu Dhabi Film Festival, with over 170 films, and like the city, the lineup extends multiculturally
Film usually reveals itself to audiences with splices and scratches, while Eastwood has shown how DV printing and projection can look pristine.
A tour group passes behind a kitchen furniture setup. The guide says, “And here we have two dining room chairs and a table.”
An intellectual achievement rather than a visceral or emotional one.
You could disagree, and claim that a few pop selections help people notice the small stuff. Hopefully.
If Poetry’s emotions are diffuse, Our Life’s are downright incomprehensible.