TagLisandro Alonso

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My 2014 or 24 films by 24fpsverite

The official selection of the 24 films that marked the cinematic year of 2014.

Experimental, Fantasy

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Jauja (2014)

Jodorowsky meets Tarkovsky with a touch of Beckettian minimalism in Lisandro Alonso's hypnotic meta-Western that leads Viggo Mortensen into a never-ending journey to a surreal existential void.

Cinema News

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Viggo Mortensen: Jauja is subtler than Interstellar

Viggo Mortensen defends Lisandro Alonso's Jauja over Christopher Nolan's Interstellar.

REVIEWS

Jauja (2014)

Jodorowsky meets Tarkovsky with a touch of Beckettian minimalism in Lisandro Alonso's hypnotic meta-Western that leads Viggo Mortensen into a never-ending journey to a surreal existential void.

Force of Evil (1948)

Abrahams Polonsky suggests that entrepreneurship is not so far away from criminality and that something is corrupted in the immaculate postwar American society.

Kreditis Limiti (Line of Credit) – Venice 71 Orizzonti

Salomé Alexi is dealing with the sensitive issue of financial crisis in the post-Soviet Georgian society seen from a female point of view.

A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence – Venice 71

The best finale to Roy Andersson's witty and extremely unpredictable existentialistic Living Trilogy. Golden Lion at the 71st Venice Film Festival.

Algunas Chicas (Some Girls) – Venice 70 Orizzonti

A rather obscure and off beat thriller by Santiago Palavecino that is set contemporarily in dream and reality.

QUOTES

Solitudine (1966)

Scenes from the experimental short film Solitudine by the Italian independent director Romano Scavolini.

Chris Marker on time

Who said that time heals all wounds?

Gian Maria Volonté: Ogni film è politico

Ogni film, ogni spettacolo, è generalmente politico.

Béla Tarr on Filmmaking

I don't want to be a stupid filmmaker who is just repeating himself

Antonioni on directing

When I am shooting a film I never think of how I want to shoot something; I simply shoot it.