Cinémathèque Annotations on Film
Anatomy of a Murder
In an interview with his fellow filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich, Otto Preminger speaks of the influence of the law on his life and work. Preminger’s father
I giorni contati
Although Elio Petri’s second film, I giorni contati (1962), has all the characteristics of the director’s debut feature, L’assassino (1961), it was written (with Tonino Guerra)
The Sun in a Net
At various points in Štefan Uher’s Slnko v sieti (The Sun in a Net, 1962) there are reminders of the many ways we look at
Trial of the Road
In her 2007 study of the Russian war film, Denise J. Youngblood argues that while Soviet society was in a state of stagnation in the
Prénom Carmen
Jean-Luc Godard’s Prénom Carmen (First Name: Carmen, 1983) is the third film, after Sauve qui peut (la vie) (Every Man for Himself/Slow Motion, 1980) and
Two or Three Things I Know About Her
Deux ou trois choses que je sais d’elle (Two or Three Things I Know About Her, 1967) is a very special entry in the remarkable
The Passion of the Peasant Poet: Jiří Trnka, A Midsummer Night’s Dream and The Hand
“The very name conjures up childhood & poetry.” (1) – Jean Cocteau “‘Mr. Deitch, I am a very famous man!’ Jiří Trnka was indeed a
“Kissin’ the Breeze Goodbye”: Otto Preminger and Carmen Jones
Once upon a time – this is a true story – there was a poor old woman who loved opera to death, and who probably
Ballad of Narayama
Keisuke Kinoshita was the cineaste laureate of Official Japan, his films seeming to pander to his audience rather than challenge it. His best-loved work, Nijûshi
Cinémathèque Annotations on Film
José Sarmiento on The Battle of Chile Christopher Sharrett on Nostalgia for the Light Louise Sheedy on Salvador Allende Lee Hill on The Pinochet Case