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‘an eye for an eye ….’
.. but may be I’ll take two – hope you don’t mind ….
.... that at least is the impression I got, when I finally had the chance to see Avi Mograbi’s documentary Z32. Nevertheless by the filmmaker’s doubts, which have been mixed into the film as questioning songs, it all together might – ...
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Manhatta
Short, but stunning city portrait: ‘MANHATTA’
A portrait of New York …
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Histoire(s) du cinéma
These two articles focusing on Jean-Luc Godard’s Histoire(s) du cinéma are the openers of the recent screening the past issue, as in the issue before an international poll has selected Godard’s Histoire(s) (along with Gilberto Perez’s The Material Ghost: Films and Their Medium) as the most significant publications in our field in the past …
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the ultimate underground movie
Yesterday I posted on Ken Jacobs Online Exhibition at tank.tv and gave two short examples of the films to be seen there. ‘The Whirled’, which was a pre-work to his magnum opus ‘Star Spangled to Death’.
And this latter film definitely deserves some more words.
Synopsis according to Jim Knipfel (from an interview with K.Jacobs): ...
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Ken Jacobs Online Exhibition at tank.tv
Don’t miss this kind of unique opportunity to watch these rarely seen films:Ken Jacobs Online Exhibition at tank.tv / Curated by Mark WebberKen Jacobs (b.1933) has been active as a filmmaker, performer and teacher for the past five decades. Rigorous and dedicated, his work is characterised by a keen eye for formal composition and …
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The Stranger in Me – Das Fremde in mir
UPDATE: I posted this information before I even saw the film as I knew an earlier work by film maker Emily Atef (‘Molly’s way’ / see post) ... and was right to do so >>> The Stranger in me is a strong movie focusing on an unpopular theme and narrating its story convincingly in …
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Z32
Avi Mograbi’s presentation at the Venice Film Festival this year seemingly offered an interesting approach towards a difficult theme in which the filmmaker questions his own political and artistic approach. The film, based on real interviews, but concealing the attester’s identity is set up as a musical documentary tragedy. An Israeli ex-soldier who participated …