Bright Star (Jane Campion, 2009) Holly Willis September 2017 Cinémathèque Annotations on Film Issue 84 Over a black screen, birds chirp in the near distance. The dulcet chords of a cello begin to sound, embellished by a woman’s voice moving joyfully through a sequence of notes before harmonizing with another...
The Smell of Burning Ants Holly Willis August 2013 Cinémathèque Annotations on Film Issue 68 In 1994, a 22-minute film appeared that at once announced a new, prodigious filmmaking talent and helped bring renewed attention to serious short-form filmmaking in the United States. The film was The Smell of...
Marilyn Times Five Holly Willis March 2009 Cinémathèque Annotations on Film Issue 50 Marilyn Times Five (1973 USA 12 mins) Filmmaker: Bruce Conner Mus: “I’m Through with Love”, words and music by Matty Malneck, Gus Kahn, Jerry Livingston, sung by Marilyn Monroe Bruce Conner’s...
Dancers of the Sea Holly Willis October 2004 Cinémathèque Annotations on Film Issue 33 Dancers of the Sea/Les Danseuses de la mer (1956 France 20 mins) Source: ACMI Collections Filmmaker: Jean Painlevé Mus: Pierre Conte “You will not make documentaries if you do not feel the...
Vagabond Holly Willis April 2004 Cinémathèque Annotations on Film Issue 31 Vagabond (1985 France 104 mins) Source: CNC Prod Co: Ciné Tamaris/Films A2/Ministère de la Culture de la Republique Française/Channel Four Films Prod: Oury Milshtein Dir, Scr: Agnès Varda Phot:...
Crazy Bloody Female Center: The Cinema of Nina Menkes Holly Willis October 2002 Nina Menkes: Experimental Issue 22 Precise and insightful discussion of the films of this intuitive, perceptive and innovative filmmaker.
