The River (Jean Renoir, 1951)
“Colour film is finally born! True colour film! And, in one fell swoop, it erases even our memory of black-and-white film, as sound-film did to silent images.” In his text ‘The Rebirth of Colour’, French film critic André Bazin praises The River by Jean Renoir: “In this simple story without bumps or dramatic turns, smooth and slow as the serene flow of the river, Renoir has managed to closely combine the landscape with the fate of his protagonists. A pantheistic and deeply spiritual harmony unites the characters with the universe.” Watch The River (1951) now on the Criterion Channel. (Only available when located in the United States or Canada)
Nightcleaners (The Berwick Street Collective, 1975)
Art Cinema OFFoff is hosting a special online screening of Nightcleaners by The Berwick Street Collective (Marc Karlin, Mary Kelly, James Scott and Humphry Trevelyan). The film is selected and introduced by author, lecturer and feminist activist Silvia Federici, who will be in conversation with Irish video artist Jesse Jones. The event will take place on 13 November at 20:00. Save the date, because the event is free but only accessible upon registration. More info and registration here.
Archipels nitrate (Claudio Pazienza, 2009)
At the State of Cinema 2019, Claudio Pazienza presented his text ‘Echoes of an Intimate Language’, in which he is looking for the poet’s language: “I feel it, restless, like a promise. I reckon that if the language cultivates what is possible, horizons will open. I reckon that if certain poets and certain filmmakers make me euphoric, they do so through their intimate language. A rebellious and restless language. An archetypal language. A language that claws away and leaves its trace in me.” Pazienza’s film Archipels nitrate talks of cinema and time in the form of a visual symphony in which a hundred films partake in a unique journey. You can rent the film on Avila.
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