On this episode of Cinema Dual, Jon and Chris talk about a pair of experimental movies from filmmaker William Greaves.
Episode 18 – Symbiopsychotaxiplasm
Episode 17 – Anime
On this episode of Cinema Dual, Jon and Chris talk anime.
Varda by Jon – Part 7: Her Body, Herself
Didacticism in art can be tricky to pull off well. You can have a band like Rage Against the Machine, whose politics are notoriously and very obviously left-wing, get co-opted by their political opponents who can’t see the irony in their choices. Even successfully didactic art is subject to taste, because some people don’t find a lecture all that inspiring. While the ideal balance between art and education isn’t always the same for every project, it does need to be considered. This week’s batch of movies finds Agnès Varda, no stranger to directness, pushing that balance in interesting ways.
Episode 16 – Bergman
On this episode of Cinema Dual, Jon and Chris talk about Swedish filmmaker Ingmar Bergman. Movies Discussed: The Seventh Seal, Smiles of a Summer Night Recommendations : Wild Strawberries, Summer With Monica (Chris), Shame (Jon) If you like our film thoughts, you can find more of them at http://www.cinemadual.com. Follow us on Twitter: @jonmichaelnoise @cmvoss042 Follow us... Continue Reading →
Varda by Jon – Part 6: In California
For all of the struggles that Agnès Varda would experience with the Hollywood establishment in the context of her career as a filmmaker, she never let those experiences go to waste. Indeed, the majority of her “California” work was produced over a couple of trips, one in 1968 and another in 1979, and was borne out of professional and even personal challenges. The first trip in 1968 saw Varda trying to get a film project off the ground while her husband Jacques Demy similarly was attempting his own Hollywood breakthrough. The second trip in 1979 saw Varda set out by herself (and her son) on a film project that would almost immediately collapse.
Varda by Jon – Part 5: Married Life
If Agnès Varda could be described as an observant person, that focus of perception would strike especially true for the neighborhood where she lived for most of her adult life: the Rue Daguerre in Paris. The early 70s were a relatively fallow period for Varda artistically...Fortunately a German production company reached out with an offer to let her make any kind of movie she wanted. Varda decided to make a movie within that community circle, with her focus on the shopkeepers of Rue Daguerre.
2020 Movies Jon Liked
If Agnès Varda could be described as an observant person, that focus of perception would strike especially true for the neighborhood where she lived for most of her adult life: the Rue Daguerre in Paris. The early 70s were a relatively fallow period for Varda artistically...Fortunately a German production company reached out with an offer to let her make any kind of movie she wanted. Varda decided to make a movie within that community circle, with her focus on the shopkeepers of Rue Daguerre.
Episode 15 – Powell and Pressburger
On this episode of Cinema Dual, Jon and Chris talk about the filmmaking pair of Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. Movies Discussed: I Know Where I'm Going, The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp Recommendations : A Canterbury Tale, A Matter of Life and Death (Chris), 49th Parralel (Jon) GREAT NEWS: We have a real... Continue Reading →
Varda by Jon – Part 4: Rue Daguerre
If Agnès Varda could be described as an observant person, that focus of perception would strike especially true for the neighborhood where she lived for most of her adult life: the Rue Daguerre in Paris. The early 70s were a relatively fallow period for Varda artistically...Fortunately a German production company reached out with an offer to let her make any kind of movie she wanted. Varda decided to make a movie within that community circle, with her focus on the shopkeepers of Rue Daguerre.
Episode 14 – Romantic Comedies
On this episode of Cinema Dual, Jon and Chris talk romantic comedies. Movies Discussed: Notting Hill, Down With Love Recommendations : Much Ado About Nothing (Jon), Amelie, Moonstruck (Chris) GREAT NEWS: We have a real gosh darned website now, where we'll write about movies in between episodes, check it out at http://www.cinemadual.com. ALSO GREAT NEWS:... Continue Reading →
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