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Guy de Maupassant 1982
There's very little information in the English speaking world about Maupassant and this biopic seems to tick most of the boxes of what's readily out there: the author's caddish lifestyle, his punishing relationship to his craft and the fatal descent into madness as a result of syphilis. Drach bases his dramatization around Maupassant's final years, padding it with flashbacks laden with nudity and eroticism. Standard fare for the Euro films of the era, but the subject's tenderness and grasp of…
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The Demon Disorder 2024
THE DEMON DISORDER is the debut film from Steven Boyle who uses the body horror genre as a means of investigating familial trauma and abuse. While deftly directed, its script required redrafting. The central premise needed to be on the table for the audience by the end of the first act; anything short of total clarification is confusing to the point of distraction. The first 'parasite purging' needed to be at the midpoint. Each brother's parasite should have subtextually reflected…
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Eno 2024
There was a memorable clip in last night's screening where Brian Eno suggests that his creative process is largely due to incompetence and I wonder if something similar can be said about the 'generative' gimmick Huswit has built his film upon. The irony of watching ENO was that despite the alleged multitude of possible outcomes, the film hit all the structural beats of any other conventional arts doco. Huswit never adequately explained the method used to re/arrange his film. Were…
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State of Siege 1972
It’s certainly unnerving to consider that State of Siege’s depiction of a city gripped by terrorists came a whole five years prior to the Red Army Faction’s exploits in the late 70’s. Something of a film buff, RAF founder Andreas Baader supposedly cited Battle of the Algiers as his favourite, finding influence in its tale of violent subversion. It’s not outside the realm of possibility that State of Siege’s influence may also have been pivotal in the lead up to…
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