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Money is everywhere but so is poetry. What we lack are the poets.
Federico Fellini
Money is everywhere but so is poetry. What we lack are the poets.
Federico Fellini
Reviews 54
Black is Black !
for Touch of Evil (1958)
A lost motel run by a misfit. Janet leigh, undressed. Does it ring a bell ? This scene was watched by Alfred Hitchcock (who must have been inspired) before he actually shot it and made a...
Written on February 08, 2020
Pandora's Box
for Kiss Me Deadly (1955)
The early 50's. America still sees itself in white. Mc Carthy's obsession for communism ruins thousands of lives. The cold war is The USA daily bread. The cinema, as always a mirror of the American...
Written on February 25, 2020
Bruise Almighty
for Trudno byt bogom (2013)
Where shall I start? This movie by Alexei Guerman is so unique that it's difficult to know where to begin with. The plot: on a foreign planet, people still live in the middle age and the leaders...
Written on March 03, 2020
Puzzle of a Downfall Child
for Io la conoscevo bene (1965)
Early 60's, Italy. A countryside girl dreams of stardom. Like a butterfly she is attracted by the city lights. We've seen this before. Or haven't we? We first discover Adriana (S. Sandrelli in an...
Written on March 04, 2020
The Dream of Light
for El espíritu de la colmena (1973)
Spain in the 30's. The world seen by a little girl. It starts like in cinema. It starts with cinema. And of course with the light which is linked to it. There are secrets and silence and cinema...
Written on April 23, 2020
Shadows and Faces
for Cristo si è fermato a Eboli (1979)
Everything starts with a look. An old man, Carlo Levi (Gian Maria Volonte, a great actor!), looks at his paintings and through them he looks at his past. On these paintings, there are faces. Looks...
Written on May 12, 2020
Family Life
for Distant Voices, Still Lives (1988)
Voices. Distant because they are far away but vividly alive. Unforgettable. Not the still lives, a play on words suggested by the title, but photos, screenshots coming back to life, from the past....
Written on November 19, 2021
Time and Tides
for Lu bian ye can (2015)
There is the pitch: A man looks for his nephew mistreated by his brother. The scene is set in a small province Chinese town. Then, there is the style. The long sequence shot in the middle of the...
Written on December 21, 2021
Killing Them Softly
for Elephant (2003)
in the early 2000's Gus Van Sant is asked to make a movie inspired by the tragedy of Columbine, the last school-shooting which has just stunned America. He has already shot 9 movies and has just...
Written on December 28, 2021
The Return of the Living Dead
for Laura (1944)
Black screen. Voice from beyond the grave : « I'll always remember the day Laura died ». An epigraph which sounds like an epitaph. The story can begin. A modern Pygmalion, Waldo Lydecker (a famous...
Written on January 06, 2022
