What’s the main thing you notice?
Directed by Alexandre Perrier. Produced by Kidam.
Category Archives: Film
Sister by Sue De Beer
I found this film by Sue De Beer over at the Aksionsart film collection on MUBI.com. I like the light and the colors of the film. The girl in the room creates a space of color that becomes a whole world.
The History of Thanksgiving
A Day of Thanksgiving – 1951 Film
In that marvelously stilted, creepy and bigoted 1950s way, this little slice of propaganda shows how a family celebrates Thanksgiving. I’m most interested in the comment about being thankful for not ‘working slave hours.’ Interesting bit of thankfulness, especially since every thankful person in the film is white.
Mystery Video From Neill Blomkamp
Wired Magazine for the iPad included this mysterious little film that is apparently some sort of teaser by Neill Blomkamp, the director of District 9. It shows the discovery of a dead alien or unknown life form by two guys driving down a dirt road. Creepy. But why would anyone touch a dead alien? The creature is stamped as if part of some project at a lab. Maybe it’s about growing new life forms to feed the planet and then some of them escape. Or some company has captured and bred aliens for food production!
Here’s a Slashfilm article that suspects it’s a teaser for an online narrative about a company doing genetic engineering.
MUBI Presents Free Online Screening of Revolución
Tomorrow, Saturday November 20 through Sunday November 21, MUBI.com presents a free screening of Revolución. Ten directors contributed films to the project which looks back at the violent upheaval of the Mexican Revolution and compares conditions then to the situation today in Mexico.
The MUBI screening event has a Facebook page with more information.