Critiques de bradclacy

This is a book and film comparison of the classic existential masterpiece ‘The Woman in the Dunes’. The story follows an entomologist who travels to a distant beach in search of rare insects. As the sun fades, villagers ask if he’d like to stay the night with them, but the protagonist is unaware...

Jean-Luc Godard’s ‘Vivre Sa Vie’ stars the unforgettable Anna Karina, which follows her character’s descent into prostitution. This is a classic of the nouvelle vague, just like many of Godard’s films from the 60’s, and contains some wonderful scenes like Karina’s famous dance scene and her...

Jacques Rivette's four-hour masterpiece 'La Belle Noiseuse' is a brilliant adaptation of Balzac's famous short story 'Le Chef-d'œuvre inconnu' (The Unknown Masterpiece). Both are quite different in their approaches, yet both effectively demonstrate the struggles of an artist's perfectionism and...

This is my all time favourite series. Kieślowski brilliantly modernises each of the ten commandments by exploring the consequences and moral dilemmas that they bring about in contemporary society. He ultimately demonstrates how incompatible these tenets are with modern life by revealing the fine...

Jodorowsky's 'The Holy Mountain' (1973) is a surrealist masterpiece, which follows its characters on a spiritual journey toward enlightenment. The film is riddled with symbolism and metaphor, and contains some of the most aesthetically original set designs and mises en scène ever put to film. Its...