In memory of the great filmmaker Peter Watkins (October 29, 1930 - October 30, 2025).
"I think the pain of loss is something that never really leaves you. If you have experienced it young there is a certain shift to the way you think about life, and you consider questions of mortality too young. I think I’ve approached it with a willingness to understand something that has oftentimes been difficult, but everyone deals with mourning in different ways. I think as more family members have passed away, I have unwittingly become the family archivist, although my approach is from an artistic standpoint, and not how you would traditionally catalogue a family history."
— Peter Watkins interviewed by Pauline Rowe, Rowe's blog Burning Bright in 2016
⬇️ Peter Watkins in 1972
RIP to one of the film artists who could rightly be called "radical". His most conventional piece pushes the boundaries of the cinematic form more than some could ever dream of. One can only hope he was made aware of how his film's legacies have sustained after all these decades.
Bon viatge Eusebio Poncela (1947 - 2025), no es poden entendre grans obres del cinema espanyol (Arrebato, La ley del deseo, Matador) sense la teva presència ❤️🩹
En mi humilde opinión, en estos minutos discretos, calladitos y epifánicos, está el punto y aparte para el cine de esta década. Si me apuran, casi de este siglo.