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  Cave of Forgotten Dreams 2010

  ★★★★★ Watched 16 Jul 2023

  Those of us who love art know its power to fill the imagination, mind and soul. for charm and pleasure; to heal and inspire; Correct, share wisdom. And we are sometimes, many times, confused by those for whom art has no meaning. In Werner Herzog's documentary, Cave of Forgotten Dreams, an investigation into cave paintings that have been radiocarbon-dated to be more than thirty thousand years old, we have evidence of how ancient and how primal to create art is.…

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  Blood of the Beasts 1949

  ★★★★ Watched 19 Jun 2023

  Georges Franju's background was in theater stage design. As a set designer, he learned to create atmosphere using subtle visual cues, but he also learned that each scene and each shot is a world unto itself. If conceived correctly, a photograph can convey as much information as a full page of dialogue. Where the camera focuses, when people enter, where objects stand and how they are lit are not merely aesthetic variables, they are to cinema what words are to…

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  Under the Pavement Lies the Strand 1975

  ★★★★ Watched 26 May 2023

  This 1975 avant-garde first major film is an existential examination of a couple struggling to cope with their own insignificance after the student riots in Germany in 1968. Even after all these years, this cult-classic is an important film that shares the political vision of the feminist movement. Helma Sanders-Brahms said: “Cinema is the most beautiful thing that people have ever thought of, the most complex and the best of all. A really great movie - it has everything. All…

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  Kes 1969

  ★★★★★ Added

  نگاهی به فیلم Kes شاهکار فراموش‌نشدنی کن لوچ بزرگ

  شاد، غمگین، شاعرانه، انسانی

  قوش فیلمی به کارگردانی کن لوچ در سال 1969 است که به موضوع فقر طبقه کارگر و فرصت های محدود در یورکشایر جنوبی می پردازد، جایی که کارگران معدن جزو کم دستمزدها بودند. دلیل تمرکز بر مردم در این زمینه و این منطقه در چنین جزئیاتی به این دلیل است که لوچ به دنبال سینمایی است که به مردم طبقه کارگر ارزش و منزلت بدهد، همانطور که…

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