because distrihutorx think we can't get enouglt ol it. It is suspended because \mi/m/i .S'oir hy (‘laire Denis. who made [Mm 'Ii‘ui'uil. is almost as good as [ml 'Iimgu in Paris: Marina de Yain’s dehut Duns .llu Pam is -— [We heard ~ a great and disturbing lilm ahout sell-mutilation: and .S'wimming l’iml (though only partly in l‘rench) is lirancois ()/on'\ latest. (‘harlotte Rampling and l.udi\'ine Sagnier \tar in [his heautil'ully simple tale with a surprise ending.
.-\nd then there‘s Ht'l/t'l'l/lt’ li’cmlcrmm. in which old ladiex kill l‘rogx with hand grenades. we see inxide a dog\ dream. l-‘red Satirc'x shoes eat him and l"ranco-.-\merican relationxhipx are savaged. There are no words in this lilm. hut it is xenxational.
Also see Lucas Belyaux‘s ’l'lic ‘li'i/ogy‘ lllllxtlt'pl‘l\lllgl_\ a trilogy of lilmsi. ('n ('oup/e t‘pumm. silnity lu l'lt' and (inn/c are in French and you might he wary of them. hut don't he because they are great and also became they quality under Rule (3: See all trilogies. The rationale ix that Kiexlokai\ Red. ll'liitc and Bluc were ouNanding. as were l.uhrmann\ R('(/ ('urmm trilogy. The Bill Douglas 'I'rilogy'. and l.ar\ \'on 'l‘rier's (in/den llmrt threesome (though thexe were irritating
too). l)el\‘au.\'.\ lilms are nearly ax good. The \ame is true of
the only quintet in the lill-‘li thix year. You may haye seen Visual artist Matthew Barney's (‘rmtmlcr (yr/e made and released in the somewhat unpredictable order 4. I. 5. 2 and 3. It‘ not. how can you resist oy er six hour\ of Bunuelean cinema natned alter the mascle which raises and low erx testiclex.
Clockwise from far left: Cremaster Cycle. All Tomorrow‘s Parties. Belleville Rendez-Vous. Dashuk's Report from the Rabbit Hutch. Dashuk's Vitebsk's Case. Dans ma Peau. The Bookstore and Victar Dashuk himself
Architecture. hiodeterminixm. l‘rcudian \y mholism. gattgstet‘ixttt. pttnk and the Isle of Man are Barney 's \omewhat
personal set of themex.
Rule 7 needs no explanation: See eyerything directed by
.\liklo.\ Jancso. lle wax the master of long \llltlt)tl\ takes in the (l(l\ and 70.x. inlluencing .»\ngclopoulo\. Bela 'l'arr and l-‘red Kelemen thereafter. The liextiyal l\ \creening some of hix heat lilms. which are l‘urther e\amplex ol‘ the phenomenon ol' llungarianx way mer-achieying in the an of cinema. .-\ \lg‘ll oyer the \tal‘l‘ canteen in the MGM \tudio in the 30x read: 'Jllxl hecauxe you are llttngarian doesn‘t mean you are a geniux.‘ .Ittllc‘xt) was. Rule 8: Documentariex are ll\llitll) more e\citing than dramax. though not it they are perxonal \tories or use commentaries.
liinally. a rule about when to see the l'ilms themselyes: in the afternoon or e\ en the morning. .\'ot in the ex ening. Your brain won’t he licxh enottgh. or you'll haye had a beer. When you aren't at your hext.
TO WATCH THE TELEVISUAL ARISTOCRACY SCHMOOZE ON THE HEAD OF A PIN, IS A NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE
go to \omething which doexn't require your lull attention. like
theatre.
()r it you are incapable of any judgement. hit the 'I'\'
liextiyal.
Next week Mark Cousins dreams up his fantasy film
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