Not the “silence” of silent cinema, but the real silence of being suddenly alone in a place that had seemed full of life, and now is so empty as to be unbearable.
Category Archives: Moving Images
The Positive is Invisible
On a few lines from an antifascist novel about two political prisoners of the fictional state of Molussia.
The Rare Noir
On glimpsing some fragment of the true shape of things, as through a glass, and darkly.
On Zack Snyder’s Justice League
The reality is that a movie like this has never been made before and will never be made again. Let’s talk about it.
The Haunted Palace (1963)
An existence trapped between life and death, degenerating with each successive lap
Rancho Notorious (1952)
“She’s right there on the floor right in front of you and she’s got blue, blue eyes, you feel ‘em staring at you?”
The Man and the Curtain
You are helpless. You cannot trust the ground under your feet or the roof over your head. Your death could be around any corner.
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