trailer:
Criterion opens with this:
Letters from Chantal Akerman’s mother are read over a series of elegantly composed shots of 1976 New York, where our (unseen) filmmaker and protagonist has relocated. Akerman’s unforgettable time capsule of the city is also a gorgeous meditation on urban alienation and personal and familial disconnection.
Rotten Tomatoes has a critics consensus score of 100%.
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This sounds very interesting, thanks!
ReplyDeleteI really felt for both of them.
DeleteNice review!
ReplyDeleteIt was quite a find :)
DeleteThis is a cool little film. Thanks for sharing. And happy Sunday to you!
ReplyDeleteHappy Sunday! I'm watching Meet the Press :)
Delete...the subtitles flash by too quickly for me.
ReplyDeleteI'm still able to manage it.
DeleteVery poignant.
ReplyDeleteThat's a good word for it.
DeleteFabulous! Great find and thanks for sharing 😊. Happy weekend! Hugs Jo x
ReplyDeleteSuch an interesting film!
DeleteThis sounds a good film.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks for sharing it.
All the best Jan
You're welcome :)
DeleteI was the one who wrote letters to home. We traveled Australia and once per month I sent a letter to my family.
ReplyDeleteCrazy. If something bad´d happened they´d only known where we were 3 weeks ago!
Now, when we go to Perth (and stay there) MIL asks every day via FB if we are OK!
Social media has made it so much easier to keep up!
DeleteThis sounds like a gem. One time I wish I had HBO Max!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad I tried HBO Max. It's worth keeping for us.
DeleteIt suddenly hit me that I never ever received a letter from home.
ReplyDeleteThey can be guilt trips about "please let me hear from you."
DeleteA couple of posts back, there was a discussion about Sling TV. It is for people who have an antenna and get their local news and programs that way. They deal with cable shows only. I think they are a rip off unless you are really attached to cable, want to save a bit of money, and have a good working antenna.
ReplyDeleteWe get local programming via an antenna, but we don't miss cable at all. Certainly not bad enough to use a cable substitute that works the same way.
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