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Rebel Without a Cause 1955
God is Dead: solving the filmic complication of automatism
Symbols are one additional level of abstraction. The application of mystical levers must only be necessary when articulated language can no longer suffice. Rejecting this conceptualization, form begins to corrupt content. Obviously, the idea form doctors content is an almost Kuleshovian precept with specific interest on the indexicality of expression. However, the consumer should yearn for their media products to be genetically coded by the medium and not the adulterous mind…
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Blow-Up 1966
“A true thing, badly expressed, is a lie.”
Whilst this quote, simultaneously, speaks to the relationship between form and content, it also reveals exactly how it does so. The quote is incorrect. It’s a lie. However, the idea form doctors content is an almost Kuleshovian precept. Antonioni has Thomas ‘blow up’ the reality that he has captured in the park, defining mise-en-scène. It is a spectacular accomplishment.
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L'Argent 1983
Tim Cawkwell’s Introduction to L’Argent
Are you Bresson-wise or Bresson virgins? If the latter, here are some aids to appreciating L’Argent. This is a film which may puzzle you on first viewing, but on deep acquaintance reveals great riches.
Firstly, Robert Bresson was an admirer of the philosopher Blaise Pascal, who he regarded as “for everyone”. A noted Pascal sound bite (which translates pensée in meretricious fashion) is, “The heart has its reasons which reason knows not of.” When you…
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Satantango 1994
The Sneetches by Dr. Seuss may be the finest representation of film discourse ever. Seriously, that shit should be read to every individual that considers themselves a student of Cinema.
I’ll post the wiki description: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Sneetches_and_Other_Stories
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The first story in the collection tells of a group of yellow bird-like creatures called the Sneetches, some of whom have a green star on their bellies. At the beginning of the story, Sneetches with stars discriminate against and shun those without. An…Translated from by
