Martin LaSalle

  • Robert Frank – O.K. End Here (1963)

    1961-1970ArthouseRobert FrankShort FilmUSA

    Quote:
    OK End Here is Frank’s 1963 short film about inertia in a modern relationship. The film alternates between semidocumentary scenes and shots composed with rigid formality, and appears to have been directly influenced by the French Nouvelle Vague and Michelangelo Antonioni’s films. The characters are often only partially visible or physically separated by walls, doors, reflections, or furniture, and the camera relays the story with little rhyme nor reason, a roaming gaze, which seems to lose itself in things of little importance, while at the same time capturing the dominant atmosphere of routine, alienation, and apathy.Read More »

  • Patricio Guzmán – La cruz del Sur AKA The Southern Cross (1992)

    1991-2000DocumentaryPatricio GuzmánSpain

    Quote:
    This overview of popular religiosity in Latin America journeys from pre-Colombian myths to liberation theology. “A sure synthesis of fiction and documentary. It’s a voice of voices: a space for an encounter of American diversity, which helps us to recognize ourselves as fingers on the same hand.”Read More »

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