Orpheus in Hell: Unlicensed Film Reviews
Writing the kind of film reviews that I have been searching for (paraphrasing Toni Morrison)
Did You Wonder Who Fired Gun? (d. Travis Wilkerson) I don’t know what to make of this work. It’s a documentary about a murder committed by the director’s great grandfather in Alabama. The filmmaker claims, at one point, that he has expensive camera gear, but then refuses to show us key people, interiors, and incidents; …
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Western (d. Valeska Grisebach)Happy as Lazzaro (d. Alice Rohrwacher) Interesting that both films, directed by women, locate Europe outside the metropolis. In addition, both films cast downtrodden Western Europeans as their protagonists. Western situates it in a remote village in Bulgaria which was once occupied by German troops in WWII. Meanwhile, Lazzaro situates villagers in …
“If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” –Toni Morrison I mourn the loss of my previous blog. It was a record of a time and place different from what came before and the present. I also mourn the loss of my old …
Orpheus in Hell: Unlicensed Film Reviews