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There are many reasons Orson Welles' "Citizen Kane" (1941) is widely regarded to be the greatest film of all time. To watch it is to relive your favorite cinema moments; every scene, every plot turn, every camera angle has influenced countless filmmakers. But the pleasure of watching, or rewatching, "Citizen Kane" is not derived solely from an appreciation of its technique. The greatest films tell great stories, and Kane's, like that of Norma Desmond in "Sunset Boulevard," is an absorbing tale of ambition and loss...
Through September. "Body Sights: A Symposium on Vision, the Body, and Video Art" is offered in connection with "Between Cinema and a Hard Place." This exhibition features artist Gary Hill's video/sound sculpture installation consisting of twenty-three modified video monitors of various sizes, posing questions about the relationships of space and time...
...oddly echoes his appearance in 1990's "The Freshman" with Matthew Broderick, which was touted as Brando's last film. With Broderick happily pursuing a career in Broadway musicals, perhaps Brando felt obligated to come out of retirement and reselect a successor to assume his unique place in American cinema...
There is a place in cinema for commercialism. Big budget movies like "Batman Returns," ridiculous farces like "The Mask," and pure kitsch like "The Brady Bunch" make no pretense of being fine art. They're pure fun, and they know it. But sometimes Hollywood latches on to a story and a cast of quality and breaks their legs with a sledgehammer, one by one, in the name of "accessibility." The simplest verdict is that the screenwriter killed the film...
...Remembered [which received a nomination for Best Documentary Feature]. Also, to suggest that I am a committee sachem" is false, since I have not been a member for the past four years, nor have I been involved in making rules or running the committee. Mitchell W. Block, President Direct Cinema Limited Santa Monica, California...