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Thaïs Castralli
Dec 29, 20198 min read
wkly inspiration #8: Brazil (1985)
Brazil (1985) is a psychedelic neo-noir dream to tackle a dystopian retro-future in which bureaucracy reigns absolute. Terry Gilliam’s...
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Thaïs Castralli
Dec 24, 20197 min read
weekly inspiration #7: Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
Video with full color analysis: Following the footsteps of The Night of the Hunter (1955) as an unusual holiday movie, Eyes Wide Shut...
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Thaïs Castralli
Dec 13, 20198 min read
weekly inspiration: The Night of The Hunter (1955)
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. And to kick off the holiday season, which is my absolute favorite, I am going to share weekly...
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Thaïs Castralli
Dec 1, 20196 min read
weekly inspiration #5: Phantom Lady (1944)
Phantom Lady tells an hallucinatory tale of city life, presenting New York as a cold and lonely landscape, where people are more invested...
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Thaïs Castralli
Nov 19, 20196 min read
weekly inspiration #4: The Tenant (1976)
Isolation and paranoia are the two recurrent themes in Roman Polansky’s Apartment Trilogy. Composed by Repulsion (1965), Rosemary’s Baby...
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Thaïs Castralli
Nov 10, 20199 min read
weekly inspiration #3: The Innocents (1961)
The sophisticated psychological horror of The Innocents (1961) and how Cinemascope re-shaped its visual style.
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Thaïs Castralli
Oct 31, 201910 min read
weekly inspiration #2 CAT PEOPLE (1942)
Cat People (1942) and the Immigrant Experience in America
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Thaïs Castralli
Oct 25, 20194 min read
weekly inspiration #1 MR. DEEDS GOES TO TOWN (1936)
The exquisite lighting work (and deep shadows) of cinematographer Joseph Walker in one of his many collaborations with director Frank Capra
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Thaïs Castralli
Oct 25, 20194 min read
WHY CINEMA?
If you allow me, I would like to try to explain why I finally decided to share my writings on movie scenes or film analysis. I have...
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