Erich von Stroheim's Greed is probably, along with Orson Welles' The Magnificent Ambersons (1942), the most famous mutilated masterpiece in the history of cinema, an epic exploration of human nature that has been slashed from its original length of over nine hours to its current running time.
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How to portray a person whose job it is to think – this is the challenge von Trotta tackles in her biopic of the philosopher Hannah Arendt.
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A love story meets a devilish pursuit, and documentary street scenes collide with stylised silent film aesthetics. True to its... View Article
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We honour the 130-year anniversary of film not only by documenting its origins through the Lumière brothers, but also by... View Article
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Klaus Härö’s latest film could be described as Finland’s Schindler’s List. The subject of this historically plausible-looking period film is... View Article
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Winner of the main prize at the Berlin Film Festival, Dreams tells the story of 17-year-old Johanne, who comes to... View Article
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The Rex has seen decidedly better days. But so has all of Wales – make that: Great Britain.
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Robert J. Flaherty is considered the father of documentary cinema, but he is also the great grandfather of Finnish experimental filmmaker Sami van Ingen.
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