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“Badlands” at 50: Timeless and Still Timely
During the car chase, when the police are almost on top of him, Kit keeps checking his hair in the mirror. Kit fashions himself an outlaw eager for notoriety, an aimless garbage man who has the Dean look. And he wears his convictions, or lack thereof, on the outside. In Badlands, Terrence Malick’s astounding first feature film, Martin Sheen is Kit, Read More
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Samuel Fuller was an original. Facts were the bedrock of his stories. He was after the truth, nice or ugly, just as in journalism, and gave it to you straight. But he put just as much imagination into his characters and action. His extraordinary autobiography, A Third Face: My Tale of Writing, Fighting and Filmmaking, offers a great insight into original filmmaking. Read More
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The Look of Reservoir Dogs: Rooted in Jean-Pierre Melville’s Films, Fashioned by Agnès b.
Referring to them as “the black suits of armour”, Tarantino’s gang members in Reservoir Dogs look like gangsters from Jean-Pierre Melville’s films. Melville’s characters, too, were dressed in suits of armour. Read More
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May Newsletter: Bad Guys We Like, High Fidelity and Drops of Summer
In this month’s newsletter: Bad guys we like, High Fidelity and drops of summer. Read More
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When François Truffaut talks about his films, he makes you present to their making. In light of this, his films become even more special. Because Truffaut lived through films and for making films. The book Truffaut on Cinema is an artistic autobiography, gathering the interviews of the filmmaker presented chronologically by film. Read More
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