Category Archives: Movies

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Eliane Radigue – A Woman Next to the Arp synthesizer

photo © 2012 Henry Roy Eliane Radigue is a French electronic music composer (born 1932). She studied electroacoustic music techniques at the Studio d’essai at the RTF and was an assistant to Pierre Henry, a pioneer of the musique concrète … Continue reading

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Mary Wigman’s Witch Dance

Mary Wigman (born Marie Wiegmann, 13 November 1886 – 18 September 1973) was a German dancer, choreographer, notable as the pioneer of expressionist dance, dance therapy, and movement training without pointe shoes. She is considered one of the most important … Continue reading

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Solipsist – Psychedelic Fantasy

Solipsist is a three part psychedelic fantasy short film directed by Andrew Huang who lives in Los Angeles, USA. He graduated from the University of Southern California with a degree in Fine Arts and started his career with dark sci-fi … Continue reading

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“L’avventura” & “Professione: reporter” by Michelangelo Antonioni

Michelangelo Antonioni was an Italian modernist film director, screenwriter, editor and short story writer. In 1994 he was given the Honorary Academy Award “in recognition of his place as one of the cinema’s master visual stylists.” Virginia W. Wexman has … Continue reading

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Memorable Prison Break Films

Jacques Becker (1906 –1960) was a French screenwriter and film director. He died few weeks after shooting his last famous film The Hole (French: Le Trou). This film is based on José Giovanni’s 1957 book of the same name which … Continue reading

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“Army of Shadows” by Jean-Pierre Melville

The film “Army of Shadows” (French: L’armée des ombres) is a 1969 French film, directed by Jean-Pierre Melville (October 20, 1917 – August 2, 1973). Melville is famous for being the first French director to use real locations regularly. His … Continue reading