History
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Ain’t It Funny: The Producers (1967) and The Producers (2005)
An amusing gaze into the lunacy of Broadway in The Producers, both current film versions.
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Kino-Pravda Docs: #6 – A Film Unfinished
A look at the unmasking of lies in A Film Unfinished.
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The Human Condition (3/3) – Escaping Death/Wandering in the Wilderness
A final confronting look with Masaki Kobayashi’s The Human Condition.
A.O Scott, Chuji Kinoshita, Cinema, Death, Epic, Existentialism, Faith, Film, Film Pravda, Francis Ford Coppola, Grappling with ideas, History, Ideas, Japan, Junpei Gomikawa, Masaki Kobayashi, Michiyo Aratama, Ningen No Joken, No Greater Love, Road to Eternity, Sam Raimi, Spiderman, Stories, Survival, Tatsuya Nakadai, The Godfather, Truth, Violence, Women, Yoshio Miyajima
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A Ghost Story : Phantom Mechanics
A look down the mystifying rabbit hole of A Ghost Story.
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The Beguiled : Fading Magic
A look into the collapsing mysteries of Sofia Coppola’s film The Beguiled.
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The Human Condition (2/3) : Nostalgia/The Fog of War
A continuing look at Masaki Kobayashi’s monumental 9 hour trilogy, and its second part.
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The Deer Hunter: Lost and Found
A look into Michael Cimino’s seminal epic, The Deer Hunter.
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Saló or 120 Days Of Sodom : Mythologising The Inane/The Insane
A look at Pasolini’s last infamous film, and whether it was really worth it (it wasn’t).
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