Theme: Propaganda
–Earth
–A Sixth Part of the World
–No Politics: The New US War Film
–Reel Sounds: Triumph of the Will
Interviews:
–Bong Joon-ho on Mother
–Sylvain Chomet on The Illusionist
–François Ozon on The Refuge
–Peter Whitehead on Terrorism Considered as One of the Fine Arts
Film Reviews
–The Human Centipede
DVD Reviews
–Pandora and the Flying Dutchman
–Paranoiac
–Kamui
Comic Strip Review:
–Cargo
Trailers and videos:
–trailer for Oddsac
Podcast:
The Films of Vincenzo Natali
Propaganda: Revolutionary Soviets, Nazi bombast, apolitical America
This month’s propaganda theme was prompted by the recent releases of Alexander Dovzhenko’s Earth and Dziga Vertov’s A Sixth Part of the World. We also have a feature on the absence of propaganda in recent American war films and a Reel Sounds column on the soundtrack of Leni Riefenstahl’s Triumph of the Will.
New cinema releases include the notorious extreme body horror movie The Human Centipede, and we have an interview with Bong Joon-ho, whose extraordinary Mother is out this month. We also interview Sylvain Chomet about The Illusionist and François Ozon about The Refuge.
In the DVDs, we look at classic Technicolor romance Pandora and the Flying Dutchman, Hammer’s excellent atmospheric thriller Paranoiac and disappointing ninja movie Kamui. We also have a comic strip review of Swiss sci-fi thriller Cargo. And we interview Peter Whitehead on Terrorism Considered as One of the Fine Arts.
In the Blog, we have previews of FrightFest and the London Animation Film Festival. And you can watch the trailer for Oddsac, a film by Animal Collective and Danny Perez.
PODCAST:
The Films of Vincenzo Natali: Alex Fitch talks to director Vincenzo Natali about Splice, his previous films with actor David Hewlett, and his forthcoming adaptation of William Gibson’s novel Neuromancer.