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bringing class consciousness to the masses!
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More friends, i watched this on 16mm where the film was loaded onto a projector reel by reel. the projectionist said either the type of film used or the age of it caused a red tint on the film, he wasn’t sure, but turned off the lights for me and focused the camera and adjusted the sound and i got to watch one of my favorite movies on a reel (real) projector as it hummed and whirred. the new york public library is the best in the world i love my hometown
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hamaguchi in person at the hfa <3
lots of gems from the talkback, and may just dump my notes unedited, but he talked so much about performance and performativity, and the productivity and vulnerability created in the space between two actors, or two people embodying someone else. for hamaguchi, it seems, performance and coincidence animate everyday life, give it structure, delight, conflict, spontaneity. loved the nods to rohmer. (he also namedropped ozu, bresson, and cassavetes.) the moderator mentioned his hong…
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