In societies where modern conditions of production prevail, life is presented as an immense accumulation of spectacles. Everything that was directly lived has receded into a representation.
—Guy Debord, Society of the Spectacle
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“A Scandal in Suburbia”
October 6, 2014 No Comments
A Scandal In Suburbia Interview with Todd Haynes and Edward Lachman by Jon Silberg on Far From Heaven from American Cinematographer (December, 2002) READ
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Douglas Sirk, “You Are Making a Bad Film”
March 7, 2013 No Comments
Here’s a great snippet of a longer interview with Sirk. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z02M_qbTbDA
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“Direct Tenderness” Todd Haynes on Fassbinder and Sirk
March 7, 2013 No Comments
This is from the DVD extras for Fassbinder’s Ali: Fear Eats the Soul. It’s very insightful on both Fassbinder and Sirk.
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Beyond Melodrama: Kathryn Bigelow on Douglas Sirk
March 7, 2013 No Comments
Beyond Melodrama This is an excerpt from a longer documentary short by Factory Films on Kathryn Bigelow discussing the work of Douglas Sirk. WATCH
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A Powerful Political Potential: Todd Haynes on Sirk and Fassbinder
March 7, 2013 No Comments
A Powerful Political Potential This is s short excerpt from Factory Films’ documentary of Haynes talking about Sirk and Fassbinder. WATCH THE CLIP
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