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YAKUZA PRINCESS — Vicente Amorim Interview

May 3, 2022 By Leave a Comment

YAKUZA PRINCESS — Vicente Amorim Interview

Click here to listen to the interview. When I spoke to Vicente Amorim by Zoom on August 29, 2021, it was to talk abut his latest film, YAKUZA PRINCESS, a high-energy, fiendishly plotted martial arts fest starring MASUMI in her feature film acting debut. She plays a young woman living in Sao Paulo who discovers… Read More »

Tagged With: Bleach bypass, Brazil, Buster Keaton, Charlie Chaplin, cinematography, Danilo Beyruth, graphic novel, Gustavo Hadba, katana, moral relativism, silent film, Yakuza

DARK PHOENIX

June 8, 2019 By Leave a Comment

DARK PHOENIX

Is this really how it all ends?  A ragged bit of doggerel to finish out the cinematic X-Men saga? Or at least this incarnation of same.  What started as a trenchant study of human nature at its best and worst, as well as a scathingly good time at the movies has, with DARK PHOENIX, devolved… Read More »

Tagged With: graphic novel, mutants, sequel, space shuttle

Bel Powley and Marielle Heller Share THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL

August 17, 2015 By Leave a Comment

Bel Powley and Marielle Heller Share THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL

When I spoke with Bel Powely and Marielle Heller on August 3, 2015,  the subject was, of course, sex. Their film, THE DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL, addresses that issues from the first scene, wherein the heroine, 15-year-old Minnie Goetz, proudly tells the audience that she’s just had sex and it was >amazing<. I started… Read More »

Tagged With: 1976, AMERICAN PIE, Bel Powley, Catcher in the Rye, DIARY OF A TEENAGE GIRL, female sexuality, graphic novel, hormones, Marielle Heller, Minnie Goetz, patriarchy, Patty Hearst, personal responsibility, Phoebe Gloeckner, ratings system, San Francisco, Stockholm Syndrome, Superbad, teen sexuality, women's movement

Marjane Satrapi Serves CHICKEN WITH PLUMS

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Marjane Satrapi Serves CHICKEN WITH PLUMS

When I spoke with Marjane Satrapi on April 30, 2012, one of the many questions I had for her was why she used live-action instead of animation when she adapted CHICKEN WITH PLUMS from her graphic novel of the same name. Her previous film, PERSEPOLIS, was also adapted from her graphic novel, but echoed its distinctive… Read More »

Tagged With: graphic novel, human rights, Iran, Isabella Rossellini, Persepolis

Marjane Satrapi Creates PERSEPOLIS

September 1, 2014 By Leave a Comment

Marjane Satrapi Creates PERSEPOLIS

When I talked with Marjane Satrapi on December 12, 2007, the national news was full of the latest example of gun violence in the United States. Before getting down to talking about PERSEPOLIS, based on her autobiographical graphic novel of the same name, she asked me why the pundits were talking about the shooter’s psychology… Read More »

Tagged With: animation, artist, autobiographical, black and white cinematography, book to screen, conservative culture, director, exile, expatriate, forgiveness, graphic novel, gun control, gun violence, Iran, Iranian Revolution, Marjane Satrapi, narrative, writer

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