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Spoorloos, dir. by George Sluizer, 1988

Posted in 1988, Featured, France, George Sluizer, Mystery, Netherlands, Psychological Drama, Thriller on Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011 at 5:18 pm 4 Comments

A note on the method: one of the key questions we must ask when analyzing any work of art is whether the artist expresses a pessimistic or optimistic point of view. It’s typically “either – or”, because the mixture of both is practically never even, and tends toward either…

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La Pianiste, dir. by Michael Haneke, 2001

Posted in 2001, Austria, Featured, France, Michael Haneke, Music, Psychological Drama, Romance on Wednesday, March 23rd, 2011 at 3:33 pm No Comments

There’s a certain type of predator whose function is to lure potentially enlightened people away from enlightenment.  The predator, socially deprived of traditional ways to achieve dominance, is motivated by the urge to dominate and will occupy the professional position of authority related to a certain spiritual phenomenon, and…

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L’Arrivee d’un train, 1895

Posted in 1896, Documentary, Featured, France, Silent Films, Thriller on Wednesday, March 16th, 2011 at 4:12 am No Comments

My goal in writing this article is to prove that “L’Arrivee d’un train” is remarkable not merely as one of the early examples of moving image, but more importantly, as an early work of cinema as art – thanks to its profound philosophical controlling idea. I know the film in…

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  • L’Arrivee d’un train, 1895
  • L’Arrivee d’un train, 1895