Aug 6
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Looking for the greatest, most outrageous, daring and incredible acting performance in a horror movie? Well, look no further than Isabelle Adjani in the cult horror classic Possession. I went into this movie not knowing what to expect, and was thoroughly floored by it. It’s one of the best horror films I’ve ever seen (though […]
Jul 14
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This week’s Unforgettable Scene is from one of my absolute favourite movies. A social drama about family secrets surfaced and confronted, Thomas Vinterberg’s Festen is a hell of a movie, centering on the sixtieth birthday of the family patriarch Helge. If you haven’t seen the film, don’t read on or watch this scene, but for […]
Jun 30
This week’s Unforgettable Scene is a doozy indeed. What do you think of if I say the name Luis Buñuel? If you’ve seen any of his films, chances are you think he’s a rebellious, daring, incredible filmmaker. If you don’t, that’s cool too. I know it’s certainly what I think of him. The man, in my […]
Jun 18
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Last week I had a chance to revisit a film called Andrei Rublev, directed by a filmmaker named Andrei Tarkovsky. It was the third time I had seen the film, and it is a movie viewing I will never, ever, ever forget. The room I was in was deathly quiet for the whole 185 minutes, […]
Jun 4
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When Roger Ebert named Errol Morris’ 1978 documentary Gates of Heaven as one of his ten favourite films of all time in 1981, it prompted a lot of people to check out this incredible little documentary that has been somewhat neglected over time. It was not until the 12th of April, while watching the short documentary by […]
May 20
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Welcome to Unforgettable Scenes, a weekly series that looks at one scene from a movie that really leaves a lasting impression of greatness on its own. This week’s scene is the final ten-minute sequence of insanity and brilliance that closes Werner Herzog’s masterwork Stroszek. Writing this, it has been less than an hour since I […]
May 8
For this week’s Unforgettable Scene, I’m going to do something I probably shouldn’t, and make it a scene from a movie that’s already been featured once before in this format. The last time I used a scene from Werckmeister Harmonies as an Unforgettable Scene was nearly two months ago, and that scene was the opening […]
Apr 23
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Unforgettable Scenes is a feature here at Southern Vision that hasn’t popped up for a few weeks, so I’ve decided to bring it back as I love writing these posts. If you haven’t read any of these before, than the title should be self-explanatory. This week’s Unforgettable Scene is the Letter scene from Ingmar Bergman’s […]
Mar 26
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Michael Haneke’s Code Unknown is a series of interrelated vignettes in the lives of people affected by an outburst of violence in the streets of Paris. It consists of several scenes, all separated by a few seconds of blackness, and almost all shot in just one take per scene. Every single scene is absolutely utterly […]
Mar 16
On Wednesday I received the DVD I’d bought of my all-time favourite film in the mail. I was ecstatic. Finally, I would be able to watch this film whenever I want rather than turning to YouTube, the only other place that has the film. I waited until later that night, then put it on in […]
