‘Sight’ Category
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The Art of Odilon Redon
Comments Off on The Art of Odilon RedonMarch 17, 2012 by Admin
I recently found a lovely short film featuring the mysterious and beautiful paintings and drawings of the French symbolist Odilon …
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Great Film – Emir Kusturica’s Underground
Comments Off on Great Film – Emir Kusturica’s UndergroundMarch 17, 2012 by Admin
Underground, by Emir Kusturica, is one of the great films of recent years. From 1995, it uses the epic, funny, …
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Interesting Architecture – Reykjavik’s Hallgrimskirja Cathedral
Comments Off on Interesting Architecture – Reykjavik’s Hallgrimskirja CathedralMarch 17, 2012 by Admin
I’d seen pictures of it before, but not until the first time I drove into Reykjavik, Iceland did I appreciate …
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Veit Helmer’s Surprise
Comments Off on Veit Helmer’s SurpriseMarch 11, 2012 by Admin
If you’ve seen the films Tuvalu or Absurdistan, then you know the wonderfully off-center work of director Veit Helmer. If …
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Great Russian Animation – Two from Ivan Maximonv
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Russian animation is a huge and wonderfully variegated world. One of its finest creators is Ivan Maximov. Take a look …
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Two from Samuel Beckett
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Billie Whitelaw’s performance of Samuel Beckett’s Not I has to be one of the most remarkable things I’ve ever seen …
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Art or Vandalism? Either Way, A Great Documentary Film – Exit Through the Gift Shop
Comments Off on Art or Vandalism? Either Way, A Great Documentary Film – Exit Through the Gift ShopMarch 4, 2012 by Admin
A friend strongly recommended Exit Through the Gift Shop, featuring the graffiti artist Banksy. I watched it many months ago …
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Interesting Architecture – New York’s Original McGraw-Hill Building
Comments Off on Interesting Architecture – New York’s Original McGraw-Hill BuildingFebruary 25, 2012 by Admin
This one’s easy to miss if you’re not looking for it. Slightly to the right of Manhattan’s Port Authority Bus …
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Edgard Varese and Le Corbusier – Together Again!
Comments Off on Edgard Varese and Le Corbusier – Together Again!February 25, 2012 by Admin
If you’ve never seen the remarkable short film that the architect and sometime filmmaker Le Corbusier created for Edgard Varese’s …
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Kenneth Anger’s Eaux d’Artifice
Comments Off on Kenneth Anger’s Eaux d’ArtificeFebruary 19, 2012 by Admin
One of the great pioneers of independent cinema was Kenneth Anger. Wikipedia describes him as “an American underground experimental filmmaker, …
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