Sublime

Bertolt Brecht,

In the operating room, I am the one who changes focus, who makes the close-ups and the medium shots. In the theater, Antonioni has already chosen what parts of the operation I can watch; the camera looks for me—and obliges me to look, leaving as my only option not to look.

When a painting is reproduced by a film camera it inevitably becomes material for the film-maker’s argument.

“I think the political responsibility of the fan is to challenge that memory—challenge the desire for nostalgia and, in doing that, challenge the soundtracks that have latched onto this nostalgia.”

benighted

Eijanaika

When this movie’s going right, it makes the spectator aware not only of repetitiousness but of the actual duration of a commonplace act.