Sizing up A Single Man
by Matt Paley
The trailer for the Tom-Ford-directed-gay-period-suspense-drama, A Single Man, is up on youtube.
Tom Ford–formerly of Gucci, then of, well, Tom Ford–explained to the press during the Venice Film Festival (where the film made its debut) that cinema has been a direction he’s wanted to move in “forever,” and called A Single Man is “the most personal thing I’ve ever done; a pure expression.”
Ms. Longworth, for whom I’ve previously professed my love, gave the film an A- at Toronto, calling it both gorgeous and affecting.
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Nov 02, 2009 | Categories: Matt, blog | Tags: A Single Man, Christopher Isherwood, Colin Firth, David Lynch, Fantastic Mr. Fox, Julian Schnabel, Karina Longworth, Mike Nichols, Peter Hutton, Robert Breer, Tom Ford, trailer | 1 Comment »
Peter, Peter, Pumpkin Eater!
by Adam Hirsch
The one inarguable element of Peter Hutton’s work is that you know a Peter Hutton film when you’ve seen one. All of his films share the same aching reminder of beauty that normally comes from landscape painting. I’d argue that his most engaging and beautiful work is Boston Fire — an eight-minute silent film comprised of haunting shots of a huge, burning warehouse on the Boston waterfront. Each shot fades in and out, interspliced with meditative lengths of black leader. But what’s so interesting about Peter is that the process behind the film can many times be as interesting as the film itself.
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Aug 19, 2009 | Categories: Adam, blog | Tags: At Sea, Bard College, Boston Fire, Peter Hutton | Leave A Comment »
