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Articles de cet auteur (185)
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19 mai 2009
Manila
Raya Martin directed Independencia and co-directs Manila, keeping his preference for filming in black and white. We are offered two stories of hardship in contemporary Manila, entering Brillante Mendoza territory without the explicit treatment. The first story is of a young addict, his search for drugs, and the story of his mother, a (...) -
18 mai 2009
Independencia
A 76 minute experiment for director, Raya Martin. Filmed in black and white on colour stock, the chosen cinematic styles is rudimentary (primitive, one might say). Simple takes with minimum movement, actual locations in front of set backdrops, basic narrative editing, an episodic plot with stolid-looking and sounding performances. It is as (...) -
18 mai 2009
Irene
Alain Cavalier has made films like Therese and Libera Me which are artificially staged, word-driven, usually poetic and symbolic and have a determined preference for contemplation over action. Recently, as he has moved into his mid-70s and beyond, he has filmed himself as film-maker (the title of his 2005 film). This time he peruses and reads (...) -
17 mai 2009
Kinatay
Kinatay is a Filipino word for slaughter. And that is what happens in the third act of this film, a barbaric torturing and dismembering of an addicted prostitute. However, the film begins in a bright and breezy way as Peping (Brillante regular, Coco Martin) goes to his wedding ceremony with his bride and extended family while the grandmother (...) -
17 mai 2009
L’armée du crime
A film about the French Resistance, centred principally on Paris and its surroundings. It begins with a long list of names of people who are declared to have died for France. While the scope of the film is large and runs for well over two hours, the focus is principally on three groups. Simon Akbarian portrays an Armenian intellectual exile (...)