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BILL VIOLA EN EL GRAND PALAIS

Por Mónica Delgado

¿Hasta qué punto la influencia de Bill Viola se ha hecho reconocible en el cine experimental de las últimas décadas e incluso en obras de narración más convencional que intentan un estilo más «poético»? De un tiempo a esta parte casi toda auscultación sobre los cuerpos, sobre todo desde la materialidad que permite el digital, se le es atribuida a la inspiración que provoca Viola, pero distanciada claramente en intenciones y visiones de mundo.

2014.07.17

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PANORAMA: UNDER THE SKIN BY JONATHAN GLAZER

By José Sarmiento Hinojosa

Allegedly three years on the making, Under the Skin marks the return of English Filmmaker Jonathan Glazer, better know for his musical videos and the film Sexy Beast (200) with a memorable performance by Ben Kingsley.

2014.07.16

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PETER WHITEHEAD: REVOLUTION, REVELATION – PINK FLOYD LONDON 1966-1967

By Lu Juejing

Initially led by guitarist Syd Barrett, Pink Floyd is one of the most popular band of the London underground psychedelic scene. It is famous for being one of the first to use the psychedelic strobe lights screened during their concerts. The dramatization of their performances combine spectacular visual effects and music during the entire performance. They often play live at the UFO Club, which is the most prestigious club of the moment for the musical scene in London. They are also invited to “The 14 Hour Technicolor Dream” in 1967 at the Alexandra Palace of London, with many other artists (such as Yoko Ono, Mick Horovitz, Alex Trocchi, the dancer David Medalla and his band The Exploding Galaxy Dance Troupe, etc…) as well as many other psychedelic shows.

2014.07.11

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EMBRACING BY NAOMI KAWASE

By Adrian Martin

The film by Kawase that I saw on that memorable day in 1994 is 40 minutes long. Along with all the ephemeral details of places, of tokens, of captured images and stolen sounds – and of her own shadow – there is a subject, intensely personal and intimate to the filmmaker: it is her search for the father who abandoned her when she was very young.

2014.07.10

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A REAL DEAD RINGER FOR LOVE. VIDEO FOOL FOR LOVE

By Adrian Martin

Video Fool For Love is constructed from a video diary. We are told that, for ten years, Gibson carried around a compact video camera and filmed everything happening to him and around him – conversations, travels, car rides, sex, arguments: a lot of juicy, action-packed stuff. Most of the ten years fly by in a flash at the start, until we settle into the complications of a particularly difficult love triangle, when Robert is in his early 40s. First, there’s Robert and his troubled lover April, who flies off to stay in England. While she’s gone, Robert meets Gianna and they begin a wild relationship.

2014.07.08

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ROUTE ONE/USA DE ROBERT KRAMER

Por Nicolás Carrasco

¿Cómo aproximarse a una obra monumental como Route One/USA? Obra monumental no sólo a su ambición, sino también a la envergadura del viaje que registra (más de cinco mil kilómetros) y a su metraje de cuatro horas. Una obra que navega libremente en las aguas del diario fílmico y del cine ensayo, del falso documental y del road movie, abarcando tantos temas como personajes y situaciones.

2014.07.08

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EL DIARIO FÍLMICO EN ESPAÑA, HOY

Por Ricardo Adalia Martin

En los últimos años ha proliferado la realización de diarios fílmicos en España. Nombres como Andrés Duque, Elías León Siminani o Ion Sosa son los máximos exponentes de un “género” que, a primera vista, ha conseguido crear tendencia dentro del panorama de “autor” a consecuencia del desarrollo de la técnica y del abaratamiento de los costes de producción. Y en parte es verdad; este fenómeno no hubiera sido posible sin las herramientas ofrecidas por toda la revolución digital.

2014.07.08

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DAVID HOLZMAN’S DIARY BY JIM MCBRIDE

By Adrian Martin

In his early twenties, on a staggeringly small budget of $2,500, Jim McBride began making David Holzman’s Diary from three ideas: the central image of a man filming himself in a mirror; the banality of daily life and its rendering on screen; the oppressiveness of life in New York and how it affects people’s perceptions of themselves and others.

2014.07.08

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NEW FILMMAKERS: REI HAYAMA

By Mónica Delgado and José Sarmiento Hinojosa

One of the most intriguing works we watched at the last [S8] 5° Mostra de Cinema Periférico were the short films of visual artist and filmmaker Rei Hayama. A young japanese girl, Hayama’s intuition for a cinema of memory, of child-like wonder cathartic imagery and the exploration of the subconscious mind permeated in the celluloid texture of 8mm, was a refreshing look in an already stimulating exhibition. Desistfilm tracked her down and exchanged a couple of emails, which resulted in the following interview.

2014.07.08

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SHERMAN’S MARCH DE ROSS McELWEE

Por Nicolás Carrasco

Sherman’s March (1986) muestra la búsqueda de su realizador, Ross McElwee, por encontrar una novia sureña, mientras recorre las ciudades, también sureñas, que el general del Norte William Sherman arrasó durante la Guerra Civil Norteamericana. La película es, por un lado, un documental histórico sobre Sherman y, principalmente, un diario fílmico que le sirve a su director para lidiar con una reciente ruptura amorosa. En su recorrido McElwee conoce y conversa con todo tipo de mujeres solteras y visita antiguas novias, la mayoría ahora comprometidas con otras personas.

2014.07.07