Just finished The Battle of Chile for the first time. Not in one sitting. I found the structure somewhat odd--it's in three parts, and the third part doubles back and covers some of the same ground as the first part, though from a different angle; 10 minutes in, I was worried I'd accidentally watched the discs out of order--but an often hypnotic cascade of words, almost always from one person speechifying as others look on and listen. Hope to see it again in a theatre one day; really impressive.
― clemenza, Saturday, 19 December 2015 02:01 (eight years ago) link
I found the lead girl in Seventeen exceedingly annoying, so that interfered with all that was good about it. Great freeze-frame ending.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwX1Y-BGR58
― clemenza, Sunday, 3 January 2016 16:57 (eight years ago) link
the NYC Quad is having a Claude Lanzmann retro... anyone ever seen his first feature, Israel, Why (1973)? The only iMdB-linked reviews are in German.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0069115/fullcredits/
https://quadcinema.com/film/israel-why/
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 16 November 2018 15:29 (five years ago) link