The movie star, just one component of a small society: Jacqueline Bissett in Day For Night. The cult movie star, locus of irrational desire: Maggie Cheung in Irma Vep. Zeitgeist's upcoming,…
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From Irma Vep, Olivier Assayas, 1996. A near whip-pan across Maggie Cheung's hotel room before she goes on her midnight adventure. You might believe that I despise certain individuals on the…
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La nuit americaine, Francois Truffaut, 1973Inspired by a citation in a Kent Jones essay in the booklet for Zeitgeist's excellent new edition of Olivier Assayas' Irma Vep, I watched both…
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Sally Eilers in Bad Girl, Frank Borzage, 1930, from the "Murnau, Borzage and Fox" box setFox's staggering John Ford box last year was a euphoric shock for cinephiles who were…
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It’s the weirdest coincidence. In two out of the three films I saw this week someone was shot in the ear. Seriously, go figure. Since I started this gig I’ve…
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Assassin's wound, Kyuketsuki Gokemidoro, Hajime Sato, 1968 Amfortas' wound, Parsifal, Hans-Jurgen Syberberg, 1982I'm just as perplexed about the whole thing as you must be. But I try to make sense…
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