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“The Fiery Beauty of the World”: Wojciech Has and The Hourglass Sanatorium
“It was then that the revelation took place: the vision of the fiery beauty of the world suddenly appeared, the secret message of good tidings,
The Pleasure of the Image – The Flowers and the Angry Waves
“The world changes all the time. We can no longer win by force alone.” - Akira Kobayashi in The Flowers and the Angry Waves In
Losing Your Head – Lucrecia Martel and The Headless Woman
Is there one person in our family who has died sane? - (Tía Lala) María Vaner, The Headless Woman As a “poster girl” for what
Bonfire of the Painted Dolls – Bardem and Death of a Cyclist
“In my day, there were too many symbols.” - Juan Fernandez Soler (Alberto Closas) in Muerte de un ciclista (Death of a Cyclist) Madrid in
Beyond Paradise: The Life of Ramon Novarro by André Soares
Perhaps the most outrageously beautiful man ever to step in front of a camera, the 1920s and ’30s star Ramon Novarro is remembered today for
Almodrama and the Aesthetics of Excess: Latin American Melodrama: Passion, Pathos and Entertainment edited by Darlene J. Sadlier All About Almodóvar: A Passion for Cinema edited by Brad Epps and Despina Kakoudaki
Pick up the two books and hold one in each hand. Just looking, you can learn a lot. Latin American Melodrama is a slender, grey
Writing on Water – From the Depths of La piscine
“You have to change your own desires, not the order of the world.” - Maurice Ronet to Alain Delon, La piscine There are the reasons
Blood on the Rainbow: Jacques Demy and Une chambre en ville
“There are few films I have so longed to make”, said Jacques Demy of Une chambre en ville. “Few I have dreamed of as much
The Ghosts of Parties Past: Exorcising India Song
India Song (1975 France 120 mins) Prod Co: Sunchild/Les Films Armorial (France) Prod: Stéphane Tchalgadjieff Dir, Scr: Marguerite Duras Phot: Bruno Nuytten Ed: Solange Leprince