8/10 (Very Good)
Peter Greenaway’s A Zed & Two Noughts is a fascinating take (both visually and plot-wise) on the archetypal theme of coping with death. Greenaway’s technical abilities shine through — Continue reading
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A Film Rumination: My Winnipeg, Guy Maddin (2007)
9.25/10 (masterpiece)
Where to start? At one time in my life I hid from the words “palimpsest”, “city”, “meditation”, and even, “experimental.” Then I watched Terry Gilliam’s Brazil, read some Borges, Continue reading
A Film Rumination: Underground, Emir Kusturica (1995)
9.5/10 (Masterpiece)
Winner Palm d’Or Cannes 1995
Seldom, if ever, have I been so enamored with a movie. Emir Kusturica weaves a poignant, comic, vicious, madcap, sprawling, and physics defying cinematic experience deftly intertwined
Continue readingA Film Rumination: Vertical Features Remake, Peter Greenaway (1978)
9/10 (Masterpiece)
Peter Greenaway’s early short concerns (in faux-documentary style with narration) a gaggle of intellectuals reconstructing a film based on fragmentary footage and virtually incomprehensible notes Continue reading
A Film Rumination: Europa (released as Zentropa in the US), Lars von Trier, (1991)
9/10 (Masterpiece)
Notable Awards received: Nominated for the Palm d’Or Cannes, Won Best Artistic Contribution Cannes, Won Jury Prize Cannes, Won Technical Grand Prize
For some reason despite my obsession with European cinema Continue reading
Science Fiction and Other Suspect Ruminations 