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London Film Festival · 2011

London Film Festival 2011

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6 films · 2 reviews

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Correspondence: Jonas Mekas - JL Guerín (Correspondencia Jonas Mekas - J.L. Guerin)

Review preview for Correspondence: Jonas Mekas - JL Guerín

Without any constraints of time or budget, and no need to impose any narrative on their musings, the result is often vague, undefined and verging on the pretentious.

Jeff Robson · 3 out of 5
Two filmmakers exchange ‘letters’ in the form of filmed reflections on their personal experiences and the nature of cinema.

(Country: Spain, USA; Year: 2011; Director: José Luis Guerín, Jonas Mekas)

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Free Radicals: A History of Experimental Film

Pip Chodorov's personal journey through avant-garde film history features appearances from Jonas Mekas, Peter Kubelka, Stan Brakhage and Hans Richter.

(Country: France; Year: 2010; Director: Pip Chodorov; Writer: Pip Chodorov, Lucy Allwood; Stars: Robert Breer, Ken Jacobs, Peter Kubelka, Jonas Mekas, MM Serra)

Futures Market

A haunting documentary on objects, memory and the politics of commerce by prize-winning filmmaker Mercedes Alvarez.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2011; Director: Mercedes Alvarez; Writer: Arturo Redn, Mercedes lvarez)

The Lord Worked Wonders in Me

A figure in the grass with a gun, a name called out in the distance, a woodcutter and a man who has lost a dog are woven together by Lisandro Alonso in a meditation on the past we inherit and the future we construct.

(Country: Spain; Year: 2011; Director: Albert Serra)

Two Years At Sea

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If this is a character study, there is little character in it.

Anton Bitel · 2 out of 5
A portrait of Jake, an outsider who lives in the wilderness of his own creation.

(Country: UK; Year: 2011; Director: Ben Rivers; Stars: Jake Williams)

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Twenty Cigarettes

James Benning brings his formal precision to this study of twenty people engaged in the act of smoking.

(Country: USA; Year: 2011; Director: James Benning; Writer: James Benning)