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One More Scene: A Brief Meditation While Watching The Hunter
The most devastating moments in my life have been when I realize that the world I believe to be real, the world I want to be real, is only an product of my imagination. There is a scene in Daniel...
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Artist’s Corner: Louis Malle on Story
“You must find the note, the correct key, for your story. If you find it, everything will work. If you do not, everything will stick out like elbows.” —Louis Malle QOL: meaning and truth
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One More Scene: Death of a Giraffe
My favorite movie scenes seem to exist in a strange world of contradiction: I often watch movies to escape the overwhelming weight of reality, but then my favorite scenes almost always draw me into a...
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Artist’s Corner: David Lynch on Desire and Ideas
“Desire for an idea is like bait. When you’re fishing, you have to have patience. You bait your hook, and then you wait. The desire is the bait that pulls those fish in–those ideas.” —David Lynch QOL:...
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Artist’s Corner: Francois Truffaut on Humor and Melancholy
“When humor can be made to alternate with melancholy, one has a success, but when the same things are funny and melancholic at the same time, it’s just wonderful.” —Francois Truffaut QOL: meaning and...
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Quote of the Week 6/30-7/6/13
“Everyone is on the internet but they’re not all talking with each other. There are groups upon groups out there, but they don’t talk to one another. So while the internet brings everyone into a shared...
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One More Scene: Dancing on Black River
Like all of Masaki Kobayashi’s leading characters, Shizuko is held captive in a broken system. Black River makes several post-WW2 commentaries, but its most poignant criticism is directed toward the...
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Quote of the Week 7/7-13/13
“An artist is never poor.” —Babette from Babette’s Feast QOL: beauty, meaning and truth
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Quote of the Week 7/14-20/13
“In Paradise, you cross the sand without seeing your shadow. there is a landscape even without deeper meaning. Paradise is available to everyone. In Paradise only god is looking on. There you cross the...
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One More Scene: Dancing Hazard
I’m not spoiling much with the clip above. It could be easily separated from the film it’s attached to, though it is also a very appropriate ending. Whit Stillman’s The Last Days of Disco is one of my...
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Artist’s Corner: David Lynch on Desire and Ideas
“Desire for an idea is like bait. When you’re fishing, you have to have patience. You bait your hook, and then you wait. The desire is the bait that pulls those fish in–those ideas.” —David Lynch QOL:...
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Quote of the Week 7/7-13/13
“An artist is never poor.” —Babette from Babette’s Feast QOL: beauty, meaning and truth
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Quote of the Week 7/14-20/13
“In Paradise, you cross the sand without seeing your shadow. there is a landscape even without deeper meaning. Paradise is available to everyone. In Paradise only god is looking on. There you cross the...
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