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October Newsletter: On Taking a Seat in the Warm Colours of a Woody Allen Film
I often associate a view I see with movies. I see a red and grey barn on a countryside road and I think of Bergman’s island where he lived. A deserted street lined with tall buildings on a rainy, grey day from the window of a cafe, Three Days of the Condor. A flock of birds on a wire, The Birds, always. The sky before a storm about to break, Wings of Desire. Leaves turning gold on a crisp autumn day, Woody Allen’s films. Read More
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Read Instead…in Print
All that remained were her memories, especially from her childhood summers, every one of them spent with her father on the island of Fårö. And those didn’t come easily, didn’t come back flowingly. “For me it was like this: I remembered nothing, but then I came across a photograph of Georgia O’Keeffe that reminded me of my father. I began to remember.” Read More
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Read Instead…in Print
A photo of a good book about cinema 01. Peter Weir: Interviews. Read More
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September Newsletter: On Memories of A Good Year and the Film of the Fall
Photos: Classiq Journal I first watched A Good Year when it first came out, 15 years ago. Then I forgot everything about it. And then one day this summer I found the dvd in our family country … Read More
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August Newsletter: On River… and Radio Silence
Photos: Classiq Journal I still haven’t watched all River Phoenix’s movies. I like the feeling that there are still movies of his I am yet to discover, that I have to wait to watch another film of … Read More
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