from Jerry Lewis’ THE TOTAL FILMMAKER (and inspired by Gina’s recent post)
“I have no rights. I have only duties.”
Per Jean-Luc Godard, there is no such thing as “intellectual property.” Read
Film within a film
from UNE FEMME DOUCE (1969, Robert Bresson), with an unexpected cameo by Pierre Clémenti in THE DIARY OF AN INNOCENT BOY (1968, Michel Deville)
It’s still 2011 in my heart
Hélas / Hell As
The ubiquitous cruise ship from FILM SOCIALISME (2010) tragically sank today. Story here.
2011
Best films of 2011, that premiered in New York/elsewhere:
ANY EVER (Ryan Trecartin)
HOUSE OF PLEASURES (HOUSE OF TOLERANCE) (Bertrand Bonello)
SEEKING THE MONKEY KING (Ken Jacobs)
MARGARET (Kenneth Lonergan)
SLEEPLESS NIGHTS STORIES (Jonas Mekas)
THAT SUMMER (Philippe Garrel)
THIS IS NOT A FILM (Mojtaba Mirtahmasb and Jafar Panahi)
THE RETURN (Nathaniel Dorsky)
MILDRED PIERCE (Todd Haynes)
COLOR STUDY (Madison Brookshire)
THE DAY HE ARRIVES (Hong Sang-soo)
WEEKEND (Andrew Haigh)
J. EDGAR (Clint Eastwood)
LETTERS FROM THE BIG MAN (Christopher Munch)
MELANCHOLIA (Lars von Trier)
BAS FONDS (Islid Le Besco)
I WISH I KNEW (Jia Zhang-ke)
A LAX RIDDLE UNIT (Laida Lertxundi)
RICKY (Janie Geiser)
THE COLOR WHEEL (Alex Ross Perry)
[Close: SEPTIEN (Michael Tully), HUGO (Martin Scorsese, FAST FIVE (Justin Lin)]
[THE TURIN HORSE would figure in heavily if I saw it on the big screen; Still need to see A SEPARATION, NOSTALGIA FOR THE LIGHT, THE GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO, EXTRAORDINARY STORIES, and THE SLEEPING BEAUTY]
and Best Films of 2011 that received a week-long run:
01. FILM SOCIALISME (Jean-Luc Godard)
02. MYSTERIES OF LISBON (Raul Ruiz)
03. CERTIFIED COPY (Abbas Kiarostami)
04. HOUSE OF PLEASURES (Bertrand Bonello)
05. MARGARET (Kenneth Lonergan)
06. SLEEPLESS NIGHTS STORIES (Jonas Mekas)
07. UNCLE BOONMEE WHO CAN RECALL HIS PAST LIVES (Apichatpong Weerasethakul)
08. J EDGAR (Clint Eastwood)
09. WEEKEND (Andrew Haigh)
10. ESSENTIAL KILLING (Jerzy Skolimowski)
[Flash 9 is required to listen to audio.]
Goodbye, 2011, from Stephan Mathieu & Ekkehard Ehlers.
2011 Repertory Discoveries
The 25 best features and shorts I saw on screen this year:
L’AMOUR FOU (Jacques Rivette)
DIARY OF A COUNTRY PRIEST (Robert Bresson)*
DOOMED LOVE (Manoel de Oliveira)
THE DRIVER (Walter Hill)
FLOATING WEEDS (Yasujiro Ozu)
FRANCISCA (Manoel de Oliveira)
THE GOLDEN EIGHTIES (Chantal Akerman)
A HERO OF OUR TIME (Michael Almereyda)
HOUSE OF BAMBOO (Samuel Fuller)*
ISHTAR [Director’s Cut] (Elaine May)*
JUDGE PRIEST (John Ford)
LOVE AFFAIR (Leo McCarey)
MAN’S GENTLE LOVE (Jean-Paul Civeyrac)
MOONFLEET (Fritz Lang)
THE MOVIE ORGY (Joe Dante)
OXHIDE & OXHIDE II (Jiayin Liu)
REMEDIAL READING COMPREHENSION (Owen Land/George Landow)
THE SCENIC ROUTE (Mark Rappaport)
THE SUN SHINES BRIGHT (John Ford)
TO SLEEP WITH ANGER (Charles Burnett)
THE TERRORIZERS (Edward Yang)
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (James Benning and Bette Gordon)
WINTER KILLS (William Richert)
YOLANDA AND THE THIEF (Vincente Minnelli)
[* Indicates seen in a previous version, aspect ratio, or have renewed interest after seeing on screen]
Very honorable mentions: AN AMERICAN GUERILLA IN THE PHILIPPINES (Fritz Lang), BEAT THIS! A HIP HOP HISTORY (Dick Fontaine), THE BOX THEORY (Owen Land/George Landow), CASUAL RELATIONS (Mark Rappaport), CHAIN LETTERS (Mark Rappaport), CLOAK AND DAGGER (Fritz Lang), THE COOL WORLD (Shirley Clarke), FANTOMES (Jean-Paul Civeyrac), FLOWING (Mikio Naruse), HUMAN DESIRE (Fritz Lang), IN SPRING (Mikhail Kaufman), INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS (Don Siegel), JE T’AIME, JE T’AIME (Alain Resnais), JUBILEE (Derek Jarman), THE LIFE AND DEATH OF COLONEL BLIMP (Powell/Pressburger), LOCAL COLOR (Mark Rappaport), MIDNIGHT RUN (Martin Brest), NEW YORK, NEW YORK (Martin Scorsese), ON THE MARRIAGE BROKER JOKE AS CITED BY SIGMUND FREUD IN WIT AND ITS RELATION TO THE UNCONSCIOUS OR CAN THE AVANT-GARDE ARTIST BE WHOLED? (Owen Land/George Landow), PAT GARRETT & BILLY THE KID (Sam Peckinpah), RAPE (Yoko Ono), RISKY BUSINESS (Paul Brickman), SECRET BEYOND THE DOOR (Fritz Lang), SERIE NOIRE (Alain Corneau), SMOKING/NO SMOKING (Alain Resnais), TEA AND SYMPATHY (Vincente Minnelli), WIDE ANGLE SAXON (Owen Land/George Landow), and YOU AND ME (Fritz Lang).
from the Tate Modern catalogue “Film: Tacita Dean” (ed. Nicholas Cullinan)
