Look – the New Putney Debates
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Author Archives: michaelc
A double loss
The death in Buenos Aires of Argentine filmmaker and theorist Octavio Getino was reported on the same day as that of the historian Eric Hobsbawm in London. Worlds apart and different spheres of activity, perhaps, but both contributed in major … Continue reading
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‘Secret City’
It’s almost a year since anti-capitalist protestors, intending to set up camp in front of the London Stock Exchange in Paternoster Square under the banner of Occupy LSX, were ejected from the square and parked themselves instead in front of … Continue reading
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Tagged Capitalism, London, Politics, Recession, Resistance
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A Short Film About Money
Won’t solve your money problems, but it might make you think about why you’ve got them. ‘A Short Film About Money’ is a spin-off from a longer film I’ve been making with Lee Salter, ‘Secret City’, which launches soon. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YFcoelfewXc&feature=plcp[/youtube] … Continue reading
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Tagged Capitalism, Politics, Recession
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9 Notes on Digital Cinema
A new online journal from Colombia, Corónica, has posted a short interview with me on video, made by Juan Soto, called ‘9 Notes on Digital Cinema’. It accompanies my film on the students protests in Chile, Three Short Films about … Continue reading
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Lake Garda, Summer 2012
Just a trifle, an exercise in kitsch. [vimeo]http://vimeo.com/47962913[/vimeo] Shot on a Sony HDR-CX 250, handheld throughout.
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A Documentary Festival in Cyprus
A long time, I know, since the last post. That’s because I’ve been hard at work on a new film, to be unveiled soon. Back in August, however, I had a welcome break with a visit to Cyprus for the … Continue reading
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“I Like Students’
or ‘Me gustan los estudiantes’: Mario Handler at St Andrews The Uruguayan documentarist Mario Handler came to St Andrews recently for a symposium revisiting New Latin American Cinema of the 60s through the Uruguayan case. The event was able organised by … Continue reading
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Changes in Cuba; independent video thriving
In 2002 the Cuban filmmaker Fernando Pérez made a compelling documentary called Suite Habana which portrayed the melancholic mood of the Cuban capital at the start of the 21st century. Ten years later the mood is rather different, as I … Continue reading
Posted in Academic life, Cuba, Cultural Politics, Latin America
Tagged Cuba, Film, Politics
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Soundscapes in Maastricht
Maastricht provided a suitably quiet setting for an international workshop on ‘Soundscapes of the urban past’, which covered the behaviour of audition across different forms — radio, film, theatre, plus new audio phenomena like car stereos and audio museum guides … Continue reading
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Tagged Academic life, Cities, Film, Media, Soundtrack
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