Comments for Cinephile: The University of British Columbia's Film JournalCinephile: The University of British Columbia’s Film Journal

Comment on CFP – Contemporary Realism (7.2) by Lindsay

Lindsay — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 04:10:17 +0000

Nice photo. I am looking forward to this issue!

Comment on Alice in the Cities: The Uses of Disorientation by Victor Enyutin

Victor Enyutin — Sat, 28 May 2011 23:34:50 +0000

Wim Wenders’ “Alice in the Cities” is about a disinterested togetherness between a German journalist (with a heart of a poet) in the middle of a creative block and a pre-adolescent girl who unexpectedly found herself in his care. It is also about a unique psychological atmosphere which is created by these two protagonists and which becomes the very style of the film – relaxed, tender, warm, more than just life. Thirdly, the film is about creative process when the object of creative effort is life itself. And, finally, it is about the geography of two cultures, American pre-globalist (and impulsively entrepreneurial) and European post-fascist (knowingly existential).
The girl is without any of the usual appealing, without any need for success with other characters (inside the film) or the audience. As a screen presence she is rather shocking for most American viewers. The guy’s creative authenticity can match Alice’s existential one. We see them in New-York and then during their meaningfully absurd trips throughout West Germany. The power of their existential encounter without any expectation of any advantage is strong because they leave life in peace. Only life left in peace can reward people with enlightenment.
The film shows that it is possible to feel together in the world without any sentimental ties. It depicts humanism in psychological action. “Alice…” is a film of moods when visual currents follow the music of emotions with freedom from conventions and strains. It is a film where Being is awakened to human life.
Please, visit: http://www.actingoutpolitics.com to read essay about the film (with analysis of shots) and articles dedicated to films by Godard, Resnais, Bergman, Bunuel, Bresson, Antonioni, Pasolini, Cavani, Kurosawa, Alain Tanner, Rossellini, Bertolucci, Fassbinder, Moshe Mizrahi and Ronald Neame.

Comment on Hitler as Actor, Actors as Hitler: High Concept, Casting, and Star Performance in Der Untergang and Mein Führer by Michael

Michael — Sat, 28 May 2011 11:27:38 +0000

Oh how I wish this whole Hitler thing were simply the figment of someone’s perverted imagination! Unfortunately, it’s all too real…

Comment on The New Scene Canon by Chris

Chris — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 18:24:52 +0000

I can see three of my favorite movies of all time: Shining, Pans Labyrinth and the guy in the toilet is an actor from Trainspotting, right?

Christian R.

Comment on About by Jeannie

Jeannie — Sun, 10 Apr 2011 23:06:42 +0000

“Cinephile will publish all essays and articles it deems of academic relevance”

The “Spirited Awry Reassessing Anime” would be interesting. I have wanted to learn more about Anime.

Comment on Hitler as Actor, Actors as Hitler: High Concept, Casting, and Star Performance in Der Untergang and Mein Führer by Zionsville Dentist

Zionsville Dentist — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 11:12:05 +0000

“Its basic premise-a Jewish actor is recruited by Joseph Goebbels (Sylvester Groth) from the Sachsenhausen concentration camp, three months before the inevitable collapse of Nazi Germany, to coach Hitler for a final rousing speech to the harried citizens of the ruined Berlin-helps to unfold some of the meanings of the film’s title.”
Not surprising that Hitler would use the talents of one of the people slated for murder to advance his evil mission.

Comment on Hitler as Actor, Actors as Hitler: High Concept, Casting, and Star Performance in Der Untergang and Mein Führer by Mort Fertel

Mort Fertel — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 20:54:16 +0000

The photographs of Hitler in this article make my skin crawl.

Comment on From Ingushetia to the Finland Station by gerald beatty

gerald beatty — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 14:08:02 +0000

Critical and historical study of European writers and theorists of socialism who set the stage for the Russian Revolution of 1917, by Edmund Wilson. It was published in book form in 1940 although much of the material had previously appeared in The New Republic. The work discusses European socialism, anarchism, and various theories of revolution from their origins to their implementation. It presents ideas and writings of political theorists representing all aspects of socialist, anarchist, and what would later be known as communist thought, among them Jules Michelet, Henri de Saint-Simon, Robert Owen, Mikhail Bakunin, Anatole France, Karl Marx, Friedrich Engels, Leon Trotsky, and Vladimir Ilich Lenin–who arrived at Petrograd’s (St. Petersburg’s) Finland Station in 1917 to lead the Bolshevik revolution

Comment on About by Stefanie

Stefanie — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 11:37:10 +0000

Yes~!! That’s true! Cinephile is good and much awaited by journalists like us!

Comment on About by kristine

kristine — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 11:27:53 +0000

Hi there timothy! I am also looking forward to the “Spirited Awry: Reassessing Anime” release. And, I think R. Colin Tait (”Hollywood Liberalism Today“) is also good, too. Let’s watch out for these.