Alexandre O. Philippe (of Faith): on documenting pop culture first published by Little White Lies “This is Bill Friedkin, day one, take one,” says the famous filmmaker, bringing his hands together, like a clapperboard, in front of the camera. In this opening scene to Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist, we see a…
First published by VODzilla.co “This is my dream body,” declares a cartoon sketch of performance artist Laurie Anderson, before launching into an animated account of a dream that she had: as she lies in a hospital bed, a doctor presents her with her newborn baby, which is in fact her pet dog Lolabelle swaddled in…
“Hello. I’m Uwe Boll, the writer, director and producer of the film Auschwitz. I am responsible for this movie.” For Boll formally to introduce his latest film like this, direct to camera, switching from his native German to English and back again, might seem something of a provocation. After all, this is the director whose…
First published by TheHorrorShow It starts (and ends) with a window. We are inside, in shadow, looking out – at a low angle, as though in a bed or on the floor – at the upper windows and roofs of the dusk- (or is it dawn-?)lit houses opposite in which, perhaps, similar people have similar…