Monthly Archives: May 2011

This is a call for papers for a small 2-day conference to discuss papers in process with a group of interested people. Any topic is welcome, length of individual presentation should be around 40min max. Any mixed media format is … Continue reading →

yet another perfectly awesome movie in the Monday screening series: COMRADES R:Bill Douglas,England 1986 Bill Douglas is one of cinema’s most under-appreciated heroes and Comrades isn’t even his best known work. He was born in Scotland and his trilogy of … Continue reading →

Chinese student takes aim, literally, at Internet regulator. “Supporters immediately offered the student cash, plane tickets, buffet dinners at five-star hotels, pornography and a virtual private network, or VPN, to help him scale the “Great Firewall”. AFP  

“Illuminacja” as a mature example of early period of the director Krzysztof Zanussi whose works doesn’t fit in the movements of Polish cinema creates an incisive examination of the essence of knowledge.      Through this we see a scientific approach to … Continue reading →

This came up, when I googled some of the issues raised during  last class meeting. Quote: “While I share the op’s opinion that “it’s been done”, I think the real missed opportunity is no one has figured out to monetize … Continue reading →

R:Andrzey zulwaski,Poland 1989 the masterprojekt of andrzej wajda scholar zulawski which he started to shoot in 1977 after he directed nachtblende with romy schneider and klaus kinski in paris. zulawski got banned from poland after his first feature diable and … Continue reading →

Lets start with a well-known anecdote that summarizes Ozus Yasujiros approach as a director. Ozu told his actors to act like vegetables. He would angle them at perfect 90 degrees to each other and tell them to behave like turnips. … Continue reading →

R:Richard Kelly,Samuel Goldwyn , USA 2006 after Donnie Darko it seems Richard Kelly was free to do whatever he wanted. and he decided to go to the end of the world – again and a very american one aswell. there … Continue reading →

Of all classical Japanese directors, I love Kurosawa best. Of course Western critics will cringe now, because they have decided that he is “too Western” and doesnt fit their bill  of “Japaneseness”. Point is: Kurosawa – in contrast to many … Continue reading →