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Jean-Luc Godard's "Hail Mary"
Studies in Cinema Posted by Jeremy Carr on Mar 10, 2013
"Deeply wounds the religious sentiments of believers." – Pope John Paul II
With
the appointment of a new pope, the beginning of Holy Week and President
Obama's recent trip to the Holy Land, Christianity seems rather topical
these days. So with that in mind, I wanted to look at read more
Rio Bravo
Studies in Cinema Posted by Jeremy Carr on Jan 10, 2013
When
people speak of films made in the past, sometimes lamenting that “they
don’t make them like they used to,” they are in many cases recalling
not just the quality of these movies, but also the apparent
effortlessne read more
The 39 Steps (2)
Studies in Cinema Posted by Jeremy Carr on Jul 10, 2012
Despite having made such Hollywood films as Rear Window (1954), Vertigo (1958), and Psycho
(1960) — to name just a few of his many great movies — there are some
who make the case that Alfred Hitchcock actually did his finest work in
England, prior read more
Johnny Guitar (2)
Studies in Cinema Posted by Jeremy Carr on Jul 10, 2012
The 1950s, while having the apparent
veneer of conformity and stability, was in actuality a rather tumultuous
and polemical time, especially for the movies. And in no genre were
there more attempts to combat the traditional with the progressive than
in the Western. Sure, this was still the decad read more
Mean Streets & The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Studies in Cinema Posted by Jeremy Carr on Jun 10, 2012
Following the Ingmar Bergman double
feature previously discussed, for this entry we'll stick with another
combination of two movies, but this time with the theme of New York City
in the 1970s.
From 1969's Best Picture winning (and at the time X rated) Midnight Cowboy, through films like The Fren read more
The Gold Rush (2)
Studies in Cinema Posted by Jeremy Carr on Jun 10, 2012
“A sort of Adam from whom we are all descended.” – Federico Fellini on Charlie Chaplin
With The Artist and Hugo
both released last year, it appeared that there may be a sudden return
of interest in cinema's silent era. But, now that the novelty of these
new releases has worn of read more
Kes
Studies in Cinema Posted by Jeremy Carr on Apr 10, 2011
Released on a Criterion Collection DVD and Blu-Ray April 19 and currently available to watch instantly on Netflix, Kes (1969), directed by Ken Loach, is widely regarded as one of the best of all British films (ranked No. 7 by the British Film Institute). That praise could go even further though.Kes read more
Blow Out
Studies in Cinema Posted by Jeremy Carr on Apr 10, 2011
As reviewed on Examiner.com. Set for a DVD/Blu-ray release Tuesday, April 26, Blow Out, the 1981 film directed by Brian De Palma and starring John Travolta, is a spellbinding motion picture, one of the great filmmaker’s best.While the 1970s produced an array of superior American political th read more
Weimar sensibility in The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari’s mise-en-scene
Studies in Cinema Posted by Jeremy Carr on Jul 10, 2010
In the period of Germany’s Weimar Republic, a unique and volatile pre- and post-war era within a window of less than 20 years, the German people were experiencing a torrent of new ideological, social, and political views. What was once normal was giving away to the new and unusual; what was ty read more
World War II Through a Comedic Lens
Studies in Cinema Posted by Jeremy Carr on Jul 10, 2010
When Lina Wertmüller, with Pasqualino Settebellezze (Seven Beauties, 1975), and Roberto Benigni, with La vita è bella (Life is Beautiful, 1997), chose to look back at the era of World War II, its beginnings, its horrors, and its aftermath, they would do so, daringly, in comedic fashion. Through the read more
Italian Cinema: New Directions in the 1960s
Studies in Cinema Posted by Jeremy Carr on Jul 10, 2010
More than a decade removed from the rubble and ravaged streets of immediate post-war Italy, well into and beyond the reconstruction and stabilization of the years following, ushered in with a prevailing sense of modernity and a new sociocultural system of existence, and driven by a new desire for &# read more
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Studies in Cinema Posted by Jeremy Carr on Jul 10, 2010
The 2007 film Le scaphandre et le papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly) is a dreamscape of images and memories told through the perspective of a man, Jean-Dominique Bauby, a stroke victim subsequently paralyzed who chooses not to roll over and die, but to live, and in doing so dictates a memo read more
Jean-Luc Godard: Audience detachment through narrative delay
Studies in Cinema Posted by Jeremy Carr on Feb 10, 2010
Should a film have a beginning, middle and end, it was once asked of Jean-Luc Godard. Yes, he famously responded, but not necessarily in that order (Sterritt, “Films” 20). Indeed, straying from formulaic narrative conventions has been a hallmark in the French filmmakers’ more than read more
Clint Eastwood: the “Morally Conflicted Poet of Masculine Despair”
Studies in Cinema Posted by Jeremy Carr on Feb 10, 2010
Since he made his presence known on the television series Rawhide in the late 1960s, up through his last released directorial effort and last (for good?) starring role in 2008’s Gran Tornio, Clint Eastwood has firmly established himself as a major figure in American (and beyond) cinema and as read more
Lang and the abject: tracing the concept through three Fritz Lang films
Studies in Cinema Posted by Jeremy Carr on Feb 10, 2010
Aside from the technical and narrative skill he brought to Weimar-era German cinemas, director Fritz Lang also proved to be a master of extremely memorable characters. Whether such individuals were staples of mythical legend (Siegfried in Die Nibelungen), a symbol of modernity and the role of women read more
Easy Rider (2)
Studies in Cinema Posted by Jeremy Carr on Feb 10, 2010
"A man went looking for America, and couldn't find it anywhere..." With a
blistering rock-and-roll soundtrack, a host of trippy cinematic
techniques and dialogue that represented a very unique period in
American history (“They're not scared of you. They're scared of what you
represent to t read more
Intolerance
Studies in Cinema Posted by Jeremy Carr on Feb 10, 2010
My reaction to D.W. Griffith’s masterwork Intolerance has always been one of wonder, and that feeling increases each time I see the picture and as I discover more about film history, Griffith himself, and the conditions of American filmmaking during this astounding period. Based on budget-to-p read more
Thoughts on Italian Neorealism
Studies in Cinema Posted by Jeremy Carr on Feb 10, 2010
Like most great cinematic movements, that of Italian Neorealism is not without its share of controversy and conflicting definitions and designations. Roberto Rossellini’s 1945 film Roma, città aperta stands as a preeminent example of the approach to filmmaking, and perhaps is its first true fi read more