Realism, Morality and Care in Where Is the Friend’s House? (Abbas Kiarostami, 1987) Sandra E. Lim July 2020 CTEQ Annotations on Film Kahne-ye doust kodjast? (Where is the Friend’s House?, 1987), is the first of three interrelated films in Abbas Kiarostami’s “Koker trilogy”, named after the northern Iranian village where the films are set. Th...
The Tribulations of the Working Class: Bicycle Thieves (Vittorio De Sica, 1948) Sandra E. Lim February 2020 CTEQ Annotations on Film Ladri di biciclette (Bicycle Thieves, 1948) marked Vittorio De Sica’s eighth directorial credit in a prolific filmmaking career, which had included work produced within the dictates of Italy’s government-contro...
Vera Cruz (Robert Aldrich, 1954): A “Superwestern” from the Postwar Hollywood Left Sandra E. Lim March 2019 CTEQ Annotations on Film At the end of the American Civil War and during the height of the Franco–Mexican War, circa 1866, Joe Erin (Burt Lancaster) and Ben Trane (Gary Cooper) make their way into Mexico looking to sell their services ...
Rehabilitating the Hollywood Left in Thom Andersen and Noël Burch’s Red Hollywood (1996/2014) Sandra E. Lim March 2018 CTEQ Annotations on Film In the opening titles, Red Hollywood (Tom Andersen and Noël Burch, 1996/2014) declares itself a compilation film. Compilation films are a form of historical and documentary practice, with roots in early Soviet ...
Playtime (Jacques Tati, 1967) Sandra E. Lim March 2017 Love Letters: 1967 Revisiting Playtime’s Style of Comic Democracy Playtime (Jacques Tati, 1967) is the third of four films based on the character of Monsieur Hulot (Jacques Tati), which follows a self-effacing everyman as he vis...
Individualism and Populism in Frank Capra’s Meet John Doe (1941) Sandra E. Lim March 2016 CTEQ Annotations on Film Meet John Doe (Frank Capra, 1941), is the story of down and out baseball player Long John Willoughby (Gary Cooper), who having never quite made it to the major league, has taken up the carefree life of a hobo, ...
