Adrift in the Shadows of Fog: Forget Love for Now (Hiroshi Shimizu, 1937) Rolland Man April 2020 CTEQ Annotations on Film In his book In Praise of Shadows Junichiro Tanizaki identified in 1933 the attraction to shadows as one principle of Japanese aesthetics: “We delight in the mere sight of the delicate glow of fading rays clingi...
Carnal Spirituality: Desire (Frank Borzage, 1936) Rolland Man March 2020 CTEQ Annotations on Film There seems to be a curious near-unanimity among critics and historians of cinema that attributes the paternity of Desire (1936) to its producer, Ernst Lubitsch, rather than to its credited director, Frank Borz...
The Melancholy Dance of the (Un)Masked Soul: I fidanzati (Ermanno Olmi, 1963) Rolland Man October 2019 CTEQ Annotations on Film By Ermanno Olmi’s own admission, I fidanzati (The Engagement), his third feature, is a pivotal work in his career. His first feature, Il tempo si è fermato (Time Stood Still, 1959) had been accused by Italian c...