Dave/Eksvplot wrote:If I had a film festival I'd do something mildly daring and screen nothing but films about psychological imprisonment.

All of the films in this festival would feature characters who aren't literally in prison but may as well be.


These people are trapped.

Somehow.

Dave/Eksvplot wrote:Never seen any Kren films before, but I remember when he died.

Noticed recently that this VERY promising looking Austrian imprint, Index DVD has some of his films for sale. (Gonna wait until Xmas, when Index does their 2-for-1 deal again and snatch up the Peter Tscherkassky and Martin Arnold releases. Possibly do a blind buy, too.)

Cranius wrote:You could definitely add Wages of Fear to that list I reckon.

Dave/Eksvplot wrote:If I had a film festival I'd do something mildly daring and screen nothing but films about psychological imprisonment.

All of the films in this festival would feature characters who aren't literally in prison but may as well be.


These people are trapped.

Somehow.


Could be like the kids in Nobody Knows, whose mother abandons them, leaving them to fend for themselves while dealing with the unspeakable strain of having to keep up appearances before an uncaring world. (For my money, this is the most accomplished film anyone's made in the 2000s.)

Could be like the priests in Winter Light and Diary of a Country Priest, who can't help but feel as if God has abandoned them, forsaking them with his indifference, relegating them to self-reflexive doubt. (Actually, just about every Bergman or Bresson film could play at this festival. Lotta Fassbinder too.)

Could be like the city man in Woman in the Dunes who, upon being physically trapped in a dune is forced to live out a patently Sisyphisian existence, literally working to survive. All day. Every day. With dead certainty. (At least this guy gets to get laid, though.)

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