"The egregious merit of Chaplin is that he has escaped in his own way from the realism of the cinema and invented a rhythm. Of course, the unexplored opportunities of the cinema for eluding realism must be very great." - T.S. Elliot, 1924
We're pleased to announce that Cinema Guild have acquired the films of Margarida Cordeiro and António Reis for theatrical and home-video release: https://t.co/gfqgzfUyEY
There's an incredible section in this where he compares the Lynchian drone to the sound at the edge of the universe: an echo of the big bang which can't be removed or separated from space bc the sound "forms the ontological horizon" for space itself 🥵
"Lacan reminds us that the French word for “‘strange’ offers an amusing pun—étrange, être-ange.” When one says “strange” in French, one also unavoidably says “angel-being” or “to be an angel.” Richard Boothby
Now for some happy news, according to this Korean media report, Kim Min-hee is pregnant and Hong Sang-soo is expected to become a father later this year https://t.co/nvWdM3lZQg