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From: software salesperson8/13/2023 2:21:51 PM
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Cannes: new films from Kaurismäki, Wenders and Erice.

A stilted essay about the return of these filmmakers.



mubi.com



A Great Director Returns After 31 Years With a Grudge Against Cannes

vulture.com

Victor Erice is a Spanish filmmaker who made only 3 feature length movies - - the spirit of the beehive (RT 96) , for which he is most famous, el sur (RT 100) and dream of light( RT 90).


After el sur, he explained in a criterion interview, he couldn’t find much work because the producer bad-mouthed him for going over budget. El sur was only the 1st ½ of the movie he wanted to make.

23 years later, he wrote, directed and narrated a 33 minute short film that i really enjoyed ( and used to be rated 100 on rotten tomatoes but now it has vanished from RT) , la morte rouge, which i believe, along with el sur, is his best work. I think i’ve watched it about 6 times. It can serve as an intro to Erice and explains why he became a director and why he specializes in working with kids and young adults.

You can see it for free on vimeo:

vimeo.com - - a haunting work of art.

Here is Ana Torrent at 6 or 7 in beehive:



Here she is 50 years later in close your eyes( RT 93) :



Eventually, i suspect that criterion will air these 3 late works. But it could take years.

Other links:

thewrap.com

filmlinc.org

indiewire.com - - looks like help may be on the way. You can watch in various ways if you know what you’re doing technically or have the right hardware. Unfortunately, i don’t on either count. - - n.b. Instructions from 3 years ago. Option still available? Clarification forthcoming?
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