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“In [SALO], sex is nothing but allegory, the metaphor for the commodification of...”

– — Pier Paolo Pasolini, excerpted from the filmmaker’s recently discovered penultimate interview, recorded just weeks before his murder. the interview was thought to be lost, but Pasolini’s swedish translator recently rediscovered all of the materials. you can / should head over...

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Short Film: Facts About Projection “This is a short film about my job as a Projectionist. I am quite proud of this film, mostly because I’m so proud of my job – it seems like a fullfilment of my childhood romantic notions of what I wanted to be when I grew up.” this is neat, movingly sincere, and well worth watching. not all that much to do with Criterion, necessarily, but…...

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hey guys, just wanted to let you know that i’ve enabled comments on Criterion Corner. sooooo… that’s pretty exciting. i still need your notes to live (i’ve actually found a way to distill affirmation into sustenance), but if you want to say something or start a conversation, there ya go! okay, thanks, carry on.

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“I’m going to make a porno film and I want you to play the lead… You...”

– Lars von Trier offering Stellan Skarsgard a role in his upcoming “porno” film, NYMPHOMANIAC. oh, you so silly, lars von trier… also, um, spoiler alert? (via The Playlist)

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“That’s two hours I’ll never get back,’ is a favorite thing for an angry person...”

– - Charlie Kaufman from a lecture Kaufman gave at BAFTA in september. you can watch the whole thing here. i once had the opportunity to hang out on the ridiculous set of kaufman’s directorial debut, SYNECDOCHE NY, where he was a tiny and nervous little presence, but his cast and crew hung on...

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“The film of tomorrow will resemble the person who made it, and the number of...”

– - Francois Truffaut accurately predicts internet culture. this, of course, raises the distinct possibility that Fahrenheit 451 may actually be a documentary brought back from the future. i mean, all bets were off once we definitively concluded that Charlie Chaplin’s The Circus was...

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