If you’re a fan of Terrence Malick, you may know how hard it is to come across interviews with the director. In the interview, Malick talks in some depth about making his moving début Badlands. Kudos to All Things Shining for unearthing a rare 1974 interview from Filmmakers Newsletter. (Chain of Twitter thanks: @NekoCase, @kurt_loder, @Coudal).
In One Breath is a documentary about the making of Aleksandr Sokurov’s 2002 film Russian Ark, one of the dreamiest, most sublime movies I’ve ever experienced. The entirety of Russian Ark unfolds in one continuous take, with not a single cut in its 99 minutes (even though there are ballroom dance scenes and orchestras and other massive set pieces). Stunning stuff.
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Happily Drowning a short film by Sebastian Sommer, based on the Tao Lin stories “Cancer” and “Robbers.” More on the film. Read the stories. I liked the short film more than the stories, but apples and oranges.
A favorite scene from a favorite film.
Beautiful scene from a beautiful film.
Parc Monceau, another rich, beautiful, continuous shot from Alfonso Cuarón, from the compilation film Paris Je T’Aime.
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