André Bazin declared it admirable, but ultimately disappointing because the short film could not do justice to such a vast subject. The images, he writes, 'nous laissaient un peu sur notre faim' (left us a little hungry for more) (Bazin ...
A heavily illustrated study of French filmmaker Chris Marker's portentous video installation Owls At Noon Prelude: The Hollow Men, with essays by Adrian Martin and renowned French film theorist Raymond Bellour, introduced by Robert Leonard.
cm: Yes, we also do work with television. When the film was finished, ... He said that if television had not been there at the time of Kennedy's assassination, some sort of riot might have taken place. A news broadcast on radio leaves ...
He has travelled around the world, tracking political upheavals and historic events, as well as unearthing the stories buried under official reporting.
Marker admired many things about Yves Montand as a performer , but most of all his ability to marry musical ... In December 1956 Montand and Signoret visited the Soviet Union , in the teeth of widespread condemnation of their trip ...