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A Button in Der Letzte Mann and Kurutta Ichipeiji
In the winter of 1925 Teinosuke Kinugasa visited the Matzuawa mental hospital in the Setagaya district of Tokyo and wondered “whether there wasn’t some kind of drama behind the figure of the insane.” Unbeknownst to Kingusasa at the time was the role buttons and realism would play in the realization…
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Wörter für die Welt da draußen #5: Eigallerte
In einer Wagenrinne auf einem alten Auwaldweg nahe Jettsdorf sammelte sich trübes Regenwasser. Darin trieben knapp unter der Oberfläche zwei schillernde Laichklumpen, umklebt von froschigen Eigallerten, die gleich einer verblassten Götterspeise oder einer wasserfarbenen Traubenrispe vom kommenden Leben einiger Springfrösche kündeten. Erstarrt schwebte die Zukunft unter dieser durchsichtigen Schicht, die…
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Inattentive Individualism: River of Grass by Kelly Reichardt
A film of offbeat humour, inert narration, yet with a creative and intense soundtrack, Kelly Reichardt’s River of Grass is an unchallenging, dynamic blend of idiosyncratic self-awareness and shallow characters, whose thoughtlessness and irresponsibility are framed as the reinvention of the wheel. A very effective condensation of the period’s and the subculture’s…
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Notiz zu Modrić und Di Maria
Als wir vor sieben Jahren über den Platz huschende Katzen wie Modrić oder Di Maria sahen, dachten wir noch sie seien sterblich. Aber nun leben sie ihr siebtes Leben, die tiefer werdenden Trauerfalten auf ihrem Gesicht sind eigentlich Zitronenfalter, die den Platz bestäuben, als wäre er eine einzige riesige Blume.…
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From Donostia to Pasaia: the first steps – Goats & A stone wall
Whether it leads to an absurdly shaped reservoir, a rich seam of mushrooms, or vineyards blazing in yellow, hiking in the Basque Country is infinitely blissful. The most approachable site for me is Monte Ulía, a small but mysterious mountain connecting Donostia and Pasaia, which in itself offers inexhaustible excitement with its…
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Glimpses at PLACES TO REST
DAVID PERRIN: ANDREW CHRISTOPHER GREEN: ANNA BABOS: PATRICK HOLZAPFEL: JAMES WATERS: I’ve been discovering the meaning of both «aperture» and «shutter speed». I make a small hole encircling my right index thumb and hold it up to my eye. Through this hole I can see the trees clearer, but darker. The focus is…
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Village Time – Shinsuke Ogawa Pro’s Sanrizuka: Heta buraku
A scene in which a father mourns his son’s suicide takes place. The village farmers – or, what’s left of the “Parents Alliance” – gather for a meeting in the midst of Narita Airport’s imminent construction, one set to destroy Sanrizuka’s agricultural community in the process. Two of the villagers’ sons –…
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Retreats: Martine Rousset’s Mansfield K. and Ute Aurand’s Kopfüber im Geäst
Martine Rousset’s Mansfield K. and Ute Aurand’s Kopfüber im Geäst are two films that both explore and hinge upon a central absence. They may not seem similar at all, but despite distinct inner structutres and methodologies they can be regrouped together by the way they adhere to and gravitate around something which…




