Always private: The character is an enigma

Michelangelo Antonioni, “Il deserto roso” (1964)

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Camera Obscura: Wajda’s “Tatarak” and the Art of Remembering

When a film is created, it is created in a language, which is not only about words, but also the way that very language encodes our perception of the world, our understanding of it.
Andrzej Wajda

The principle of the camera obscura is pretty simple: Light from an external source passes through a tiny hole in a dark box and strikes inside a surface (a screen) creating a projection (an image) of the object outside of the box. By doing so the camera obscura is known as the invention that led directly to the art and technique of photography. That, of course, makes it a predecessor of cinema as well.

Taken by its Latin roots, camera obscura means “vaulted chamber” or “darkened chamber room”.

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What are they driving at ?

I just can’t help myself, but I’m always noticing the similarities – Aren’t they just adorable
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I don’t want to set the world on fire…

But the hobo with a shotgun wants to see those evil gangsters burn in hell forever. Just like the 99 percent out there demonstrating, want to see something happen to those rich-ass people stealing their money and getting away without any harm or anything but the money they stole, buying beaches and private islands and a lot of other stuff. You get where this is going? Continue reading »

Festivalamok. An introduction

Things will change: So let’s get it on !

For nearly two years Maria and I tried to cover as many festivals as we could for our beloved blog. We blogged and podcasted from Berlin, Venice, Vienna and Leipzig. But now things will (and somehow have to) change. Of cause we will still be covering some festivals, but we want to try something new. We want to expand the themes and subjects of the blog. That’s why we are happy to introduce two new members to our small festivalamok-family. Anna and Kais will contribute to our site. Anna is a freelance journalist from Germany who covers the world of cinema for nearly every possible radio station of the country. She shares her passion for the movies with Kais who is a cinephile with a highly eclectic taste. But both will introduce themselves through their writing and discussions on this site. Continue reading »