Melodramatic Postwar Confessions: Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini’s La Paura (1954) Christopher Weedman June 2015 CTEQ Annotations on Film La Paura (Fear, 1954) is the final and arguably most underrated film collaboration between Ingrid Bergman and Roberto Rossellini. Before their seven-year marriage from 1950-57, the couple made headlines after t...
Jean-Pierre Melville’s Quand tu liras cette lettre: The Novice and the Homme Fatale Amidst Moral Decay in Postwar France Christopher Weedman April 2015 CTEQ Annotations on Film Esteemed as one of the most prominent French independent directors of the post-World War II era, Jean-Pierre Melville laid a proto-auteur framework for the French Nouvelle Vague directors that followed in the l...
Realism Painted with Darkness: T-Men and the Docu-noir Aesthetic of Anthony Mann and John Alton Christopher Weedman May 2013 CTEQ Annotations on Film Anthony Mann’s T-Men (1947) is a significant entry in the classic American film noir cycle and, arguably, the best of the subcycle of “docu-noirs” that was released by Hollywood in the wake of the financial suc...
Notre musique: Godard’s Shot/Reverse Shot Ruminations on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict Christopher Weedman March 2013 CTEQ Annotations on Film An admitted anti-Zionist with a history of ardent support for Palestinian opposition to Israel, Jean-Luc Godard frequently uses his films as a forum in which to ruminate on this contentious political conflict. ...
Mr. Klein Christopher Weedman July 2010 CTEQ Annotations on Film Joseph Losey’s Monsieur Klein (Mr. Klein) is one of the exiled American director’s finest accomplishments. Shot in both Paris and Strasbourg between December 1975 and mid-February 1976, this existential thrille...
Optimism Unfulfilled: Jerzy Skolimowski’s Deep End and the “Swinging Sixties” Christopher Weedman July 2009 CTEQ Annotations on Film Deep End (1970 West Germany/USA 87 mins) Prod Co: Maran Films-Bavaria Atelier/Kettledrum Productions Prod: Helmut Jedele Dir: Jerzy Skolimowski Scr: Jerzy Skolimowski, Jerzy Gruza, Boleslaw Sulik Phot: C...
Under the Cover of Darkness: Expressionistic Experimentation in Howard Hawks’ The Criminal Code Christopher Weedman February 2009 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Criminal Code (1931 USA 97 mins) Prod Co: Columbia Pictures Prod: Howard Hawks, Harry Cohn Dir: Howard Hawks Scr: Fred Niblo, Jr., Seton I. Miller, based on the play by Martin Flavin Phot: James Wong...
Cul-de-Sac Christopher Weedman February 2005 CTEQ Annotations on Film Cul-de-Sac (1966 Britain 107 mins) Source: Sharmill Films Prod Co: Compton Films/Tekli Film Productions Prod: Gene Gutowski Dir: Roman Polanski Scr: Roman Polanski, Gerard Brach Phot: Gilbert Taylor Ed: ...
