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Martin Scorsese‘s latest cut of Silence clocks in at 195 minutes. It’s expected to be released by the end of the year.
Little Men director Ira Sachs visits The Criterion Collection closet (and read our interview with him):
Michael Haneke and Sean Baker have finished shoot their latest features.
Jacques Tati discusses Charlie Chaplin in a 1957 interview at Kino Slang:
This is a very delicate comparison. First, because Chaplin has made (and made well) over fifty films while I made (and failed) with two short films, and almost succeeded with two long films. So you see, it is difficult for me to speak of Chaplin; and moreover I believe it is too easy to mention Chaplin as soon as comic films are mentioned. Before Chaplin there was Max Linder, and before him Little Tich. I believe everyone has the right to make a funny film. I am sure that tomorrow a young man with other conceptions than mine will undertake to present the visual effects of the gag.
Watch a video on Jurassic Park‘s special effects:
Andrei Tarkovsky‘s Polaroids will be auctioned off, The Guardian reports.
Marlene Dietrich on sex symbols:
Why great art is inherently polarizing by Jordan Rosenbloom:
What connects many of the so-called beloved classics today is that they were once ridiculed, misunderstood, mislabeled, etc. If we believe that true, daring artistry will incite strong viewer reactions, whether positive, negative, or a mixture of both, then perhaps universal consensus is the antithesis to an artist taking bold, creative risks.
Watch a documentary on the making of Johnnie To‘s Three: