THE TRIAL
Why am I always in the wrong without knowing what for or what it’s all about? So cries Josef K. The man is on trial, though his appearance before a court of his peers is brief. The rest of the … Continue reading THE TRIAL
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THE TRIAL
Based on a novel by Franz Kafka, The Trail is filmmaker Orson Welles at his most Wellesian. Anthony Perkins stars as K, a man accused of a crime he neither committed nor comprehends. K can ask all the questions he wants, but … Continue reading THE TRIAL
Home Viewing: Existential Cinema
Comfort watching comes in all shapes in sizes. Sometimes it’s a chubby little cubby all stuffed with fluff. Other times it’s Gene Kelly dancing with an umbrella and splashing around in puddles. Diversion, you could call it: A moment of … Continue reading Home Viewing: Existential Cinema
Born On This Day — May 6, 1915
I liked the cinema better before I began to do it. Now I can’t stop myself from hearing the clappers at the beginning of each shot. All the magic is destroyed. A poet needs a pen, a painter a brush, … Continue reading Born On This Day — May 6, 1915
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