long dream of home

Victor Hugo once called exile "the long dream of home" - a turn of phrase that rings true to me and explains the shared aesthetic of the work that most intrigues me... movies, poetry, and literature that exist outside the margins, celebrate the liminal and are not afraid to consider the soft or seedy underbelly of people, places and things.

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

With Gravity or Levity: How Art Addresses the Condition of Existence

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Call it what you want – ignore it if you can… but if you choose to engage with art you are always, on a level, confronting someone’s point o...
Thursday, January 28, 2010

"Don't ever tell anybody anything..."

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a tribute to J.D. Salinger 1919 - 2010 Like many, I was pretty much in love with Holden Caulfield. We had so much in common; he was full of ...
Monday, December 7, 2009

Dreams and the Will... the charm of "The Red Balloon"

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ALBERT LAMORISSE (1922 - 1970)...
Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Varda and Demy

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"Jacquot de Nantes is the sort of film that no one but Miss Varda would have made or, for that matter, could have made. It's neithe...
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Tuesday, October 20, 2009

Agnes Varda, "queen of the margins"

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"If we opened people up, we'd find landscapes." ~ Agnes Varda Agnes Varda was the only woman to make a significant cinematic m...
Monday, October 12, 2009

voice(over) - 10/22/09

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Voice(over) - is a production technique where a non-diegetic voice is broadcast live or pre-recorded in radio, television, film and theatre...
Saturday, October 10, 2009

Alain Resnais - 10/19/09

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Alain Resnais is a French documentary film director who made films alongside the critic-turned-filmmakers of the French New Wave (Francois T...
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