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The Act of Killing or, How to Turn a Documentary into a Buddy Movie | PHOTOGÉNIE
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I would describe as photogenic any aspect of things, beings or souls whose moral character is enhanced by filmic reproduction. – Jean Epstein. March 14, 2014. The Act of Killing or, How to Turn a Documentary into a Buddy Movie. I was not surprised when The Act of Killing. Did not win Best Documentary Feature at the Oscars. This is because, I believe, the film is a much better work of fiction than documentary. Your name and political party, they quip. Without his buddy, the narrative shows us, Herman ...
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“Mexico is bleeding”: The Films of Carlos Reygadas [video essay] | PHOTOGÉNIE
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I would describe as photogenic any aspect of things, beings or souls whose moral character is enhanced by filmic reproduction. – Jean Epstein. June 25, 2015. 8220;Mexico is bleeding”: The Films of Carlos Reygadas [video essay]. Link to video essay: “Mexico is bleeding”. Carlos Reygadas explores both the ordinary and extraordinary in contemporary Mexico. He stages scenes of graphic violence, sex, dying, and death; his non-professional actors convey sadness, contempt, distrust, and experience great loss.
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Trent Film Society Presents Carlos Reygadas’ Battle in Heaven | PHOTOGÉNIE
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I would describe as photogenic any aspect of things, beings or souls whose moral character is enhanced by filmic reproduction. – Jean Epstein. February 11, 2013. Trent Film Society Presents Carlos Reygadas’ Battle in Heaven. From Trent University’s Arthur Student Newspaper: http:/ trentarthur.ca/trent-film-society-presents-carlos-reygadas-battle-in-heaven/. Can be thought of as such. Next post →. Sex is Metaphysical: Catherine Breillat’s Pornographic Films. Porn in the art gallery: collecting a genre.
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To Intervene or Not to Intervene: Documentary Filmmakers’ Dilemma | PHOTOGÉNIE
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I would describe as photogenic any aspect of things, beings or souls whose moral character is enhanced by filmic reproduction. – Jean Epstein. June 16, 2015. To Intervene or Not to Intervene: Documentary Filmmakers’ Dilemma. There is a moment in. The Act of Killing. Joshua Oppenheimer, 2013) that has troubled me more than t he rest of the film. Jill Bauer and Ronna Gradus’s. Is belittled for its moralizing qualities). These two cases,. The Act of Killing. The Act of Killing. Next post →. Film Programming...
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Approaching Carlos Reygadas’s Post Tenebras Lux (2012) | PHOTOGÉNIE
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I would describe as photogenic any aspect of things, beings or souls whose moral character is enhanced by filmic reproduction. – Jean Epstein. May 30, 2014. Approaching Carlos Reygadas’s Post Tenebras Lux (2012). After Darkness, Light. After the premiere of. At Cannes in May of 2012, the audience apparently booed and jeered, then, several days later, Reygadas was awarded the Best Director prize. [1]. More importantly, this re-working demonstrates Reygadas’s proximity to Romney’s above assertion that.
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Introduction to Carlos Reygadas’ Battle in Heaven, February 12th, 2013 | PHOTOGÉNIE
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I would describe as photogenic any aspect of things, beings or souls whose moral character is enhanced by filmic reproduction. – Jean Epstein. February 13, 2013. Introduction to Carlos Reygadas’ Battle in Heaven, February 12th, 2013. Trent Film Society Presents…. Marcos Hernandez and Ana Mushkadiz. All three of the films are about love and all three ends more or less the same way with proclamations of love; Flanders began with the vocal outburst Fuck! Battle in Heaven begins with Shit! Next post →. Pingb...
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A question for ReFrame: Where are the documentary films? | PHOTOGÉNIE
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I would describe as photogenic any aspect of things, beings or souls whose moral character is enhanced by filmic reproduction. – Jean Epstein. January 26, 2015. A question for ReFrame: Where are the documentary films? Where are the Flahertys, the Vertovs, the Vigos, the Rouchs, the experimental NFB films, the Allan Kings, the Minh-has, the Farockis? Could we ever see a film from a filmmaker like Wiseman or Seidl or Herzog or Varda, or a work from the Sensory Ethnography Lab? 2014), the overwhelming numbe...
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Video Essay: Death and Dying in Post Tenebras Lux | PHOTOGÉNIE
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I would describe as photogenic any aspect of things, beings or souls whose moral character is enhanced by filmic reproduction. – Jean Epstein. July 17, 2014. Video Essay: Death and Dying in Post Tenebras Lux. Link to Video essay: Death and Dying in Post Tenebras Lux. This is my first attempt at a video essay. It turned out less like a video essay and more like a read essay with video accompaniment. This was simply because the material is drawn from my dissertation. Wordy, to be sure. Tiago de Luca,.
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Onscreen and off-screen flesh and blood: performance, affect and ethics in Catherine Breillat’s films [abstract] | PHOTOGÉNIE
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I would describe as photogenic any aspect of things, beings or souls whose moral character is enhanced by filmic reproduction. – Jean Epstein. May 21, 2015. Onscreen and off-screen flesh and blood: performance, affect and ethics in Catherine Breillat’s films [abstract]. In this article, I argue that actors’ and actresses’ performances are key objects of analysis in addressing the affective and ethical challenges of extreme films. Breillat’s Fat Girl. 2001) and its fictionalized making-of, Sex is Comedy.
