Comments: "Film-makers on film: the archive."

These are great.
Two of the best essays I've seen, which are not online - are Peter Greenaway writing about Last Year at Marienbad (in Sight & Sound) and Chris Marker writing about Vertigo (in the Projections film journal).

Posted by Matt at January 30, 2004 9:58 AM

For the link to the index, there is a space and a quote mark that doesnt belong there, so if you click on the link it doesnt work...simply copy the link and trim the end and it works...

Posted by wayne at January 30, 2004 10:55 AM

Good heavens, thanks for catching that, Wayne. Should be all fixed now.

Posted by David Hudson at January 30, 2004 11:53 AM

Wow. this is so cool. It's like the features in the NYTimes where Michael Kimmelman watches a film with a director. Same concept, just scattered throughout the archives of the paper.

Posted by greg.org at January 31, 2004 7:41 PM

Yes, these are so enlightening. (I was also amused to discover Philip Glass was a filmmaker!) I love Neil Jordan's pick, and even more of a wonderful surprise was Spike Lee's thoughts on Dr. Strangelove. I like Spike even more now (he says, as he fondles his copy of Strangelove on DVD, recently received as birthday gift). And Neil LaBute picking Carnal Knowledge, that makes complete and utter sense, once I thought about it for a second.

C

Posted by Craig P at January 31, 2004 8:55 PM