Articles de cet auteur (185)
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Kilomètre Zero (English Corner)
Now, here is a film with a definite, even exultant, strong point of view. It is a Kurdish film, with French collaboration. Right at the outset we hear Kurds announce that President Bush and the US might be imperialists but they did get rid of the loathed Saddam Hussein. If it had been France or Switzlerland who did it, the Kurds would have (...) -
Lemming (English Corner)
Beware lemmings, those furry rodents from Scandinavia who, myth says, rush to cliffs and leap over to their deaths. This film says otherwise : at a time of overpopulation they migrate ; but when they are swimming across large lakes, they die from exhaustion. Now, what that has to do with this film is another matter. They may be symbols for (...) -
Les côtelettes
Betrand Blier has long been an ’in-you-face’ director. In the 70s, Les Valseuses stood out as a thumbing of nose at society and its values, with Gerard Depardieu and Patrick Dewaere as a couple of amoral bums who seemingly couldn’t care less. It is interesting to read that Blier has commented that his two ageing gentleman in Les Cottellettes are (...) -
Sang et or
From a screenplay by Abbas Kierstomi, Panahi has created a character portrait of a former soldier who has fallen on hard times, is ill, is overweight, is supposed to marry the sister of his best friend. He is tempted to commit a robbery in a jewelry store where he has been snubbed by the manager. The film opens with the robbery gone wrong and (...) -
Purple Butterfly
Portrait of a significant phase in Chinese history, Manchuria in the late 1920s and the Japanese occupation during the 1930s. One of the difficulties for a western audience is the unfamiliarity with the period and the effort to identify the characters easily. However, the director creates an atmosphere, presents us with characters who are (...)