Filmwell Favorite Scenes of 2009 – Part Four
Splats of mud in Munyurangabo, the unexpected drift of the lens in Revanche, the train passages in 35 Shots of Rum, the ecstatic beginning of The Headless Woman, the en plein air end of Summer Hours. This year of cinema was rife with memorable shots and sequences from so many different contexts and technologies. I like the way these scene lists cinephiles often put together revel in what ultimately makes cinema tick: well-composed glimpses of stuff that for whatever reason survive... Read More
Liverpool (Alonso, 2008 – SLIFF 2009)
Reviews that object to the minimalism of Alonso’s Liverpool usually proceed along the lines of: too slight, too similar to his earlier work, or just simply, yawn. But I am not sure such responses noticed the remarkable contrasts and transitions that give the otherwise spare film its shape and momentum. Even just in the first few minutes we transition from the mechanical din of a large cargo ship heading to port to the relative quiet of a tiny bulkhead bunk in which the mere... Read More
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