Seen with a live performance of the score by the City Light Symphony Orchestra at the KKL Lucerne
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The Seventh Seal 1957
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Film #3 of my Scavenger Hunt #3 Challenge
Task #30: A film depicting medieval times
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_______________________________________________________________This is of course best known for the playing chess against Death scenes, referenced and parodied multiple times. I had always assumed there was a sense of metaphysical doom and gloom dominating the entire proceedings but was surprised to find that the film has many light and humorous moments throughout. The medieval setting brings a disillusioned knight returning from the crusades back…
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Koyaanisqatsi 1982
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Film #4 of my Scavenger Hunt #3 Challenge
Task #15: An avant-garde film
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___________________________________________________________________Does dialogue-free visual poetry sound avant-garde enough for you? I had always wondered whether any film would follow in the footsteps of Dziga Vertovs “Man With A Movie Camera” in trying to use image composition as the sole way of telling a story. It took about half a century, but here we are. Of course times are different now, and some of the footage,…
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