Movie and DVD Reviews

Studio executives in High Concept Hollywood have very short attention spans. When pitching a film idea, many believe if you can’t do it in one sentence it is an unmarketable product. For example Planet Of the Apes (1968) starring Charlton Heston was pitched by producer Arthur Jacobs as “Moses T…

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Enjoying its Southeast Premiere at the Florida Film Festival and arriving soon at a theater near you, “The Devil and Daniel Johnston” is a moving study of a singer-songwriter-musician-illustrator-artist who almost loses his career — and indeed his very life — because of manic depression. Dire…

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Jon Jost, independent film-maker. The early films

2. Flower

Jon Jost’s short film ‘Flower’ (1970) explores the relationship between language and meaning. A direct parallel is drawn between film language and verbal language. The film opens with a quote, in the form of a printed text…

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