moviesinframes:

Funeral Parade of Roses, 1969 (dir. Toshio Matsumoto)

By Klakk

moviesinframes submission #6

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Female Prisoner Scorpion: Jailhouse 41, 1972 (dir. Shunya Ito)

By Klakk

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Europa, 1991 (dir. Lars von Trier)

By Klakk

moviesinframes submission #4

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La battaglia di Algeri (Battle of Algiers), 1966 (dir. Gillo Pontecorvo)

By kklak

The Battle of Algiers

Absolutely incredible, startling film about resistance to the French in Algiers. It’s all documentary realism, violence and fifties chic in crisp black and white, and with the added tension of a pulpy (but fab) Morricone score. Really, really highly recommended.

moviesinframes submission #3

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Tengoku to jigoku (High and Low), 1963 (dir. Akira Kurosawa)

by kklak

Exciiiteddd.

second moviesinframes submission

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Kuroneko, 1968 (dir. Kaneto Shindô)

by http://kklak.tumblr.com/

All’s Well That Ends Well

I just saw this at the National Theatre, and it was an absolutely brilliant production; beautiful and imaginatively staged, funny, accessible, and all about sex.

It was like a pop-gothic noir fairytale; the set was all black, but peppered with 18^th century furniture, gold chandeliers, and mirrored doors that were used to reflect light back onto the set, while the costumes were mainly Napoleonic – all frogging and braid – with touches like silver shoes, and dripping with glittering costume jewellery.

The staging was very cinematic, like a film somehow translated to a live setting; there was a projection of Persepolis/Prince Achmed-style animation as a backdrop, showing birds in trees, or wolves or stars, while some moments were played out as jerky, toy-like silhouettes in doorways.

Also, occasionally characters or scenes would lapse into slow motion – which sounds absolutely awful, but was extremely well choreographed, and combined with the atmospherics and music was actually wonderful. For example, solders running downstairs onto set waving banners, set to lively, boisterous music, then flipping into slow-motion and quieter music, with silvered confetti coming down… It was magical, really electric.

I love when you see plays etc that are so good you don’t want to leave, and that make you really appreciate the unique feeling of seeing a live performance. Just… ace, really.

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