GALLERY OF FILM STILLS FOR CHAPTERS 8 & 10 OF FILM PAST, FILM FUTURE
March 2011
chapter 8: TIME'S LABYRINTH
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8.1 to 4 Time manipulated by cross-cutting in Griffith's Intolerance |
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8.5 The past and the future intertwined in the final shot of Tarkovsky's Mirror |
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8.6 Mizoguchi's The Life of Oharu: Oharu sees . . . |
8.7 . . . the face of her past lover in the boddhisattva |
8.8 Ophuls' Letter from an Unknown Woman: "by the time you read this letter I shall be dead" |
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8.9 Nolan's Memento: tattoos . . . |
8.10 . . . writing on polaroids . . . |
8.11 . . . notes . . . |
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8.12 . . . are the only means Leonard has to combat short-term memory loss |
8.13 Ruiz's version of Proust's A la recherche: two Marcels at the end . . . |
8.14 . . . and three Marcels in the labyrinth of time |
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8.15 Satyajit Ray's Jalsaghar: the music room empty of sound . . . |
8.16 . . . and its master deprived of his youth |
8.17 to 20 The finale of Antonioni's L'Eclisse: the city eclipsed of all drama |
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8.21 Kieslowski's Blind Chance: in part one Witek catches his train . . . |
8.22 . . . in part two he is prevented from catching it . . . |
8.23 . . . and in part three he misses it |
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8.24 The shot that goes round the world in Inarritu's Babel |
chapter 10: INTERIORITY
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10.1 Mendes' Road to Perdition: father-figure Rooney is the last gangster standing . . . |
10.2 . . . as son-figure Michael blazes away in the dark |
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10.3 Zviyagintsev's The Return: father tries to reach out to son . . . |
10.4 . . . and fails |
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10.5 Tatyana sees the drawing of herself . . . |
10.6 . . . in Onegin's library (Martha Fiennes's Onegin) |
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10.7 Michael Graham's 'Soil and Sense' reveals Colpeper's inner world in A Canterbury Tale |
10.8 The opening of Hitchcock's Rear Window is a whole narrative in itself |
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10.9 Hitchcock's Psycho: Norman's mother's bedroom . . . |
10.10 . . . and Norman the child's bedroom . . . |
10.11 . . . and Norman's taste in music - uncovered by Lila Crane in the finale of the film |
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10.12 Bresson's L'Argent: playing Bach brings a touch of grace to the tyrannical father |
10.13 The environmental wasteland mirrors Giuliana's mental state in Antonioni's Red Desert |
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10.14 Lean's The Passionate Friends: Mary re-enters the room as the sound drops away . . . |
10.15 as her jealous husband watches |
