I would love for people to watch the works of the great masters from each country and see how all themes are intertwined, that the core of human emotions and desires are all connected. That, in the end, despite culture and geography, we are all the same. It would also help wean some off of the sugar-coated high that is modern cinema, and find joy in seeing internal conflict unravel, where there is no tangible antagonist. Or CGI explosions, car chases or sex scenes holding your hand every step of the way, explaining every fucking plot point, movement or inner emotion through dialogue narration. Or roller-coaster event film tantrums saying, “This is what you should think and feel when you leave the theater.”
Mali: Guimba the Tyrant by Cheick Oumar Sissoko
Japan: Gate of Flesh, by Seijun Suzuki
Poland: A Short Film About Killing, by Krzysztof Kieslowski
Russia: Andrei Rublev, by Andrei Tarkovsky
India: The Adversary, by Satyajit Ray
Germany: Fear of Fear, by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Italy: Accatone, by Pier Paolo Pasolini
Spain: High Heels, by Pedro Almodovar
France: Pickpocket, by Robert Bresson
Netherlands: Turkish Delight, by Paul Verhoeven
Sweden: Through a Glass Darkly, by Ingmar Bergman
USA: Husbands, by John Cassavetes
Mexico: Los Olvidados, by Luis Buñuel. A Mexican classic, although the director is actually from Spain.
Japan: Gate of Flesh, by Seijun Suzuki
Poland: A Short Film About Killing, by Krzysztof Kieslowski
Russia: Andrei Rublev, by Andrei Tarkovsky
India: The Adversary, by Satyajit Ray
Germany: Fear of Fear, by Rainer Werner Fassbinder
Italy: Accatone, by Pier Paolo Pasolini
Spain: High Heels, by Pedro Almodovar
France: Pickpocket, by Robert Bresson
Netherlands: Turkish Delight, by Paul Verhoeven
Sweden: Through a Glass Darkly, by Ingmar Bergman
USA: Husbands, by John Cassavetes
Mexico: Los Olvidados, by Luis Buñuel. A Mexican classic, although the director is actually from Spain.
from Solar Gambling (2009)
from Xenophanes (2009)
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