Herz Frank on documentarists

The first rule of a documentary filmmaker is: Have the patience to observe life!

Herz Frank

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Freelance film critic and hardcore cinephile.

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REVIEWS

La Mort de Louis XIV (The Death of Louis XIV) – Jerusalem 33

Albert Serra’s cinema once again reaches the boundaries of experimentalism as he explores the historic figure (and death) of Louis XIV. Wilf Family Foundation Award at the 33rd Jerusalem International Film Festival.

Bezúčelná Procházka (Aimless Walk, 1930)

Alexandr Hackenschmied directs the landmark of Czechoslovak avant-garde cinema and one of the most influential of its genre.

Eastern Boys – Venice 70 Orizzonti

A highly narrative dramatic - romantic film by by Robin Campillo dealing with male prostitution and the trafficking of boys from the Eastern Europe in France. Winner of 70th Venice Orizzonti section.

Ida (2013)

Paweł Pawlikowski tries to express everything that troubled 60s Poland but his aesthetic austere formalism surpasses the content.

Il Passaggio della Linea (2007)

The debut documentary film of the Italian director Pietro Marcello is a nocturnal train journey collage through the Italian landscape.

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La Mort de Louis XIV (The Death of Louis XIV) – Jerusalem 33

Bezúčelná Procházka (Aimless Walk, 1930)

Eastern Boys – Venice 70 Orizzonti

Ida (2013)

Il Passaggio della Linea (2007)

Chris Marker on time

Żuławski on pleasing the majority

The ideas of David Lynch

John Cassavetes: I am here and I don’t know why

Biće Skoro Propast Sveta (It Rains in My Village, 1968)

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