La Peau douce Dan Harper March 2018 CTEQ Annotations on Film La Peau douce (1964 France 113 mins) Source: NLA/ACMI Prod Co: Les Films du Carrosse/SEDIF/SIMAR Dir: François Truffaut Scr: François Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard Phot: Raoul Coutard Ed: Claudine Bouché Mus:...
Assassination Dan Harper June 2011 CTEQ Annotations on Film “I would like to be able to take hold of the past and make it stand still so that I can examine it from different angles.” - Masahiro Shinoda (1) In the long history of Japan, few moments were as volatile and...
Sins of Omission: A Dissenting View of Robert Bresson Dan Harper May 2007 Spotlight on Robert Bresson At the risk of sounding like the devil, probably, to Bresson’s admirers, Harper expresses some personal doubts about the stature of Bresson’s cinema.
A Hard Act to Follow: In Search of Cinema: Writings on International Film Art by Bert Cardullo Dan Harper May 2007 Book Reviews I write about the cinema because I believe that it is the true Gesamtkunstwerk (or total work of art) and therefore has greater expressive capacity than any other art; because I agree with the pronouncement tha...
Red Beard Dan Harper May 2006 CTEQ Annotations on Film Red Beard/Akahige (1965 Japan 185 mins) Source: ACMI Collections/NFVLS Prod Co: Kurosawa Productions Co./Toho Prod: Ryuzo Kikushima, Tomoyuki Tanaka Dir: Akira Kurosawa Scr: Ryuzo Kikushima, Masato Ide, ...
Ugetsu Monogatari Dan Harper July 2005 CTEQ Annotations on Film Ugetsu Monogatari (1953 Japan 96 mins) Source: NFVLS Prod Co: Daiei Prod: Masaichi Nagata Dir: Kenji Mizoguchi Scr: Matsutaro Kawaguchi, Yoshikata Yoda based on stories by Akinari Ueda Phot: Kazuo Miyaga...
A Tale of Springtime Dan Harper April 2005 CTEQ Annotations on Film A Tale of Springtime/Conte de Printemps (1990 France 107 mins) Source: Level Four Films Prod Co: Les Films du Losange/Roissy Films Prod: Margaret Menegoz Dir, Scr: Eric Rohmer Phot: Luc Pages Ed: Maria L...
Winter Light Dan Harper February 2005 CTEQ Annotations on Film Winter Light/Nattvardsgasterna (1963 Sweden 81 mins) Source: ACMI Collections Prod Co: Svensk Filmindustri Prod: Allan Ekelund Dir, Scr: Ingmar Bergman Phot: Sven Nykvist Ed: Ulla Ryghe Art Dir: P.A. Lun...
Street of Shame Dan Harper October 2004 CTEQ Annotations on Film Street of Shame (Japan 1956 85 mins) Source: ACMI Collections Prod Co: Daiei Dir: Kenji Mizoguchi Scr: Masashige Narusawa, based on the novel Susaki no Onna by Yoshiko Shibaki Phot: Kazuo Miyagawa Prod D...
Pandora’s Box (G.W. Pabst, 1929) Dan Harper July 2004 CTEQ Annotations on Film Lulu's story is as near as you'll get to mine. – Louise Brooks There is no Garbo! There is no Dietrich! There is only Louise Brooks! – Henri Langlois It is easy to see the great films of the short-lived W...
La Peau douce Dan Harper April 2004 CTEQ Annotations on Film La Peau douce (1964 France 113 mins) Source: NLA/ACMI Prod Co: Les Films du Carrosse/SEDIF/SIMAR Dir: François Truffaut Scr: François Truffaut, Jean-Louis Richard Phot: Raoul Coutard Ed: Claudine Bouché ...
Confessions of a Film Hater Dan Harper October 2003 Book Reviews David Thomson's film criticism continues to incite passion and debate. Harper takes a chilly view of the latest edition of his New Biographical Dictionary of Film...
Diary of a Country Priest Dan Harper July 2003 CTEQ Annotations on Film Diary of a Country Priest/Journal d'un curé de campagne (1950 France 120 mins) Source: ACMI/NLA Prod Co: UGC Prod: Leon Carre, Robert Sussfeld Dir, Scr: Robert Bresson from the novel by Georges Bernanos ...
Teshigahara, Hiroshi Dan Harper May 2003 Great Directors b. January 28, 1927, Chiyoda, Tokyo, Japan d. April 14, 2001, Tokyo, Japan filmography web resources “What were you looking at? “A window. “No, no. I mean what were you looking at through the window...
The Gold Rush Dan Harper October 2002 CTEQ Annotations on Film The Gold Rush (1925 USA 80 mins) Source: ACMI/NLA Prod Co: Charles Chaplin Productions Prod, Dir, Scr, Ed: Charles Chaplin Phot: Roland H. Totheroh Art Dir: Charles D. Hall Cast: Charles Chaplin, Mack...
Kurosawa, Akira Dan Harper July 2002 Great Directors b. March 23, 1910, Omori, Tokyo, Japan. d. September 6, 1998, Setagaya, Tokyo, Japan. filmography bibliography articles in Senses web resources Few societies are as well mapped-out on film as Japa...
Sonatine Dan Harper July 2001 CTEQ Annotations on Film Sonatine (1993 Japan 94mins) Source: JIS Prod Co: Office Kitano Prod: Masayuki Mori, Hisao Nabeshima, Takio Yoshida Dir, Scr, Ed: Takeshi Kitano Phot: Katsumi Yanagishima Art Dir: Osamu Sasaki Mus: Joe H...
Claude Chabrol’s Le Beau Serge Dan Harper April 2001 CTEQ Annotations on Film Le Beau Serge (1958 France 97 mins) 35mm Source: CNC Prod. Co: AJYM, CGCF Prod: Jean Cotet Dir, Scr: Claude Chabrol Phot: Henri Decäe Camera Op: Jean Rabier Ed: Jacques Gaillard Mus: Emile Delpierre Assi...
A Cry in the Dark Dan Harper April 2001 Australian Favourite Films Schepisi's sober telling of the events that rocked a nation.
Sullivan’s Travels (Preston Sturges, 1941) Dan Harper February 2001 CTEQ Annotations on Film Sullivan: I want this picture to be a . . . document. I want to hold a mirror up to life. I want this to be a picture of dignity . . . a true canvas of the suffering of humanity. LeBrand: But with a little sex...
A Noble Ruin: Remembering De Sica Dan Harper December 2000 Italian Cinema Harper sensitively discusses an uneven yet prodigious career.
Vernon Young: Unpopular Critic of a Popular Art Dan Harper December 2000 Philosophy, Criticism & Film Harper looks back into the history of film criticism to uncover a notable critic.
Kitano Takeshi’s Sonatine (1993) Dan Harper November 2000 Takeshi Kitano Harper's poignant, perceptive meditation on the formal beauty of Sonatine.
Andre Delvaux’s Belle (1973) Dan Harper November 2000 Underrated & Overlooked A very unknown and unseen film but close to Harper's heart.
