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Dennis Hopper, 1936 – 2010
The greatest scene-stealer of them all. And owner of one of the finest performances ever put on film, as Frank Booth in Blue Velvet.
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Life During Wartime
Life During Wartime (2009) Dir. Todd Solondz Correct me if I’m wrong, but it feels to me that in the span of three films, critics and the film community at large have quietly forgotten Todd Solondz....
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Animated Short of the Week – Mindscape
Mindscape (1976) Dir. Jacques Drouin An utterly transfixing work of animation, and cinema in general, done in the Pinscreen technique pioneered by Alexandre Alexeieff and Claire Parker. Under the...
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Footnote: Pin-Screen Demonstration by Alexeieff/Parker
This brilliant demonstration is intended as an addendum to Monday’s post regarding Jacques Drouin’s masterpiece, Mindscape. Here we see an excerpt of a workshop from 1972 held by Alexeieff/Parker for...
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Helsinki, Forever
Helsinki, Forever (2008) Dir. Peter Von Bagh Helsinki, Forever is a lovely contribution to the budding micro-genre, the city symphony, and one that absolutely transcends the overtly scholarly...
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La Jetée
La Jetée (1962) Dir. Chris Marker The greatest short film ever created. This is where I stand with this film, always and forever, but it arose with confidence once again in my mind after my...
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Avant-Garde 101
(This list began as an e-mail to a good friend of mine, but I figured it would be appropriate for discussion here on this site. There is quite a lot else to say about this topic, and the films...
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The Tree of Life
Sorry I’ve been away for a bit, but here it is folks… Next year’s front-runner, in a nifty two minute package. My heart is still racing.
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Outer Space
Outer Space (1999) Dir. Peter Tscherkassky So I’ve got much catching up to do. Many films were viewed, many books were read in this long absence for Febriblog, but as I feel compelled to write on...
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To Sleep With Anger
To Sleep With Anger (1990) Dir. Charles Burnett When Killer of Sheep was ceremoniously re-discovered and released in 2007 with great fanfare, director Charles Burnett had a triumph over obscurity that...
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