Comment on TIFF 2012 – Day 3 by Dan
So, it sounds like you would NOT recommend Ruiz’ film? Is it that bad?
View ArticleComment on TIFF 2012 – Day 3 by Darren
Dan, Ruiz was credited with directing 115 films, I’ve seen five or six of them, and Night Across the Street is often described as a kind of swan song that revisits many of his life-long obsessions,...
View ArticleComment on Version 13 by Felix
I was thinking about (and then reading about) Susan Sontag when I suddenly thought about what was up with that guy (who I think referenced Sontag a lot) who ran that awesomely-designed film blog I...
View ArticleComment on Ivan’s Childhood (1962) by Look!: “Ivan’s Childhood”; “La...
[...] Now that I’ve seen it, I look forward to reading more about it. Today, I started by reading Darren Hughes’ decade-old responses to it. -I also caught a 2009 film called La Pivellina (Little...
View ArticleComment on Benito Cereno (1855) by Herman Melville: “Benito Cereno,” 1855 | A...
[...] four voices in more detail, I rely on Darren Hughes, who looked at the work in his paper, “That First Comprehensive Glance“ The “official” voice is that of the deposition section, which serves as...
View ArticleComment on Blue is the Warmest Color (2013) by Darren
Just occurred to me that Douglas Gordon and Philippe Parreno's <em>Zidane: a 21st Century Portrait</em> might be the closest precedent for Kechiche's technique.
View ArticleComment on Blue is the Warmest Color (2013) by JDR
what a lovely analysis of a technique (and it certainly is a technique) — I think you’ve hit upon something that’s really been missing in analyses of the film, although it should be noted that the C300...
View ArticleComment on Blue is the Warmest Color (2013) by Darren
Thanks for the comments, JDR. The last few sentences of my post are lazy writing, but I’m okay with that because this is a blog post rather than an essay. (Granted, that distinction probably matters...
View ArticleComment on Blue is the Warmest Color (2013) by Matthew Flanagan
‘extensive use of hi-def closeups + interesting faces (casting) + duration + realistic performances = the manufacture of feeling’ First thought: basically like Warhol, but not.
View ArticleComment on Blue is the Warmest Color (2013) by Darren
Yep. Warhol definitely came to mind. Critics will often describe a film as a "portrait" of a character. <em>Blue</em> fits that description better than most. It's why I think...
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