Animation &Daily post 12 Aug 2006 08:10 am
Lunacy
– Currently playing at the Film Forum in New York is Jan Svankmajer’s most recent feature, Lunacy.
I loved this line in the NY Times review by Manohla Dargis: Mr. Svankmajer’s provocations skew toward the intellectual and the shivery rather than the pop and the visceral, and at his best, he doesn’t just get under your skin, but also deep in your head, too.
That’s enough to get me into the theater. The trailer is designed to keep me away. (The least the distributor, Zeitgeist Films, could do in promoting their own film is to spell Edgar Allan Poe correctly. There are two A’s in Allan.)
The Onion also had a review worth reading.
Thank heaven for the Film Forum. They consistently give us alternative films we couldn’t otherwise see. Kudos to Karen Cooper and all the rest involved in the theater and its programming.
There was a time in NYC when a number of theaters would show the more daring films and older movies with pristine prints. Those movie houses have all but disappeared except for the Film Forum which continues like a beacon just around the corner from my studio. It’s a haven for film lovers in New York.
on 14 Aug 2006 at 11:52 am 1.Karen Cooper said …
Michael:
Thank you for all your kind words – for LUNACY, Film Forum, and me personally. Much appreciated.
K.