Bilgesu Sisman

Writer & Programmer // Philosophy & Cinema

[Bilgesu Sisman @BilgesuSisman]

What happens when truth is not a prize at the end of a game show, but an idea hidden in plain sight, a random entity languishing in an odd corner of a labyrinth, something that's not attained but encountered mostly unwillingly, the path to which is full of dead ends& wrong turns?

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We just felt the ground shake in #Baltimore. Earthquake?

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Here's what I'd program in repertory this week. Presenting you Arthouse of Cars, or, if I may, Carthouse!

#FastX #FAST10

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I've been binging the #FastandFurious series this last week, prepping for the Friday release of #FASTX.

Arthouses have great opportunity to increase visibility and revenue for their screens by riding along the huge marketing waves for big studio releases like the F&F franchise.

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What came right after- especially with the influence of international filmmakers- was the New American Wave. The macroeconomics of our time is clearly very different, but experimentation with new models of funding and distribution for narrative features might be the only way out.

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@JacobOller's latest article in Paste touches upon a lot, from unsustainable corporate economics to rights over actors' image and voice to the erosion of craft and artistry, threading them in a way that gives an almost exhaustive view of the entertainment landscape [1/6]

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IP obsession has killed the mid-budget movie, it’s killed the movie star, and it’s coming for the rest of the industry. @JacobOller writes about the venture capital philosophy poisoning Hollywood: https://t.co/h82nVlL0vY

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and Affleck on getting Air off the ground. If there is a silver lining here, the current impasse we find ourselves in is similar to what was happening in 60s with the studio system having consolidated itself into the production of what was successful but mostly uninspiring fare.

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The recent restoration of Gregg Araki's "The Doom Generation" and the upcoming one for "Nowhere" taps into a yearning for stories of dismayed and disoriented Gen X (or characters identifying with them) looking for solace in transgression.

What'd you add?

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A first teaser for Yorgos Lanthimos's POOR THINGS, starring Emma Stone, Willem Dafoe, Ramy Youssef, Jerrod Carmichael, Christopher Abbott and Margaret Qualley and in theaters September 8.

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Two filmmakers from Turkey, Çiğdem Mater and Mine Özerden, have been held in Bakırköy Prison in Istanbul, for more than a year.
This video tells the story behind the poster:
"A Film That Was Never Made" resulted in an 18 year prison sentence in Turkey.
https://t.co/lWiUanpLY3

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within the individual through both historical and fictional characters.

Also, look at the beauty of these covers for SACCO AND VANZETTI.

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This is the last repertory series I programmed in my old job:

ITALIAN POLITICAL CINEMA OF THE 70s
The Conformist (Bertolucci, 1971)
Sacco and Vanzetti (Montaldo, 1971)
Love and Anarchy (Wertmüller, 1973)

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as well as on ethical and existential questions around revolutionary activity and personal sacrifice. The three films in the series, though thematically covering periods extending beyond the directors’ immediate present, grapple with the embodiment of the political...