Sontag asserts that inevitably, the modern style of interpretation separates form and content in a manner that damages an artwork and one’s own sensorial appreciation of a piece.
Cinema 2000-2025: Tarantino’s Favorite Films
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Tarantino unveils his list of 20 greatest movies of the 21st century so far.
Documentaries 2025: New York Film Fest
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Wang Bing’s Youth (Homecoming) and Youth (Hard Times), both playing at NYFF, run over 6 hours.
Fires Were Started (aka “I Was a Firefighter”) (1943): Humphrey Jennings’ Seminal Feature about WWII Firefighters
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Shot in documentary style, it depicts the lives of firefighters through the Blitz during the Second World War.
Manchurian Candidate, The (1962): Making of Frankenheimer’ Most Vital and Impactful Film
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Both conceptually and visually, Frankenheimer had “complete control” over the production.
