Posted on September 23, 2009 by Wayne Lorenzo Titus
Based on the novel L’Incident by Christian Gailly, Alain Resnais’ Wild Grass is this year’s Opening Night film. The venerable filmmaker earns this coveted spot by passing along his sheer intoxication with the medium, parachuting any stuffy formalism or burdened dialogue for the pleasure of light and shadow.
We enter the film through a magical doorway [...]
Filed under: Andre Dussolier, Christian Gailly, L'incident, New York Film Festival, Sabine Azema, alain resnais, wild grass | Leave a Comment »
Posted on September 23, 2009 by Wayne Lorenzo Titus
Sweetgrass begins with a frozen Montana landscape. The man-made structures are mired by the ravages of cyclical time. Sheep suddenly fill the screen, lazily chew and mill about. Have they taken over this barren terrain? One turns its head and looks out over the audience intently. Are we in some post-apocalyptic world a la Planet [...]
Filed under: Beartooth Mountain, Ilisa Barbash, Lucien Casting-Taylor, Montana, New York Film Festival, Sweetgrass, sheep | Leave a Comment »
