Another strand at this time seemed to be concerned with eccentricity or madness, such as And Did Those Feet (1965), a curious fantasy which Taylor partly recorded in a public swimming pool at night.
(Scott) ★ 'This Is Not a Film' (No rating, 1 15, in Farsi) The Iranian director Jafar Panahi, banned from making films by the authorities, responded by composing this video diary, a meditation on cinema and reality (partly recorded with a cellphone camera) that is both a stirring document of conscience and a sly, subtle work of art.
(Catsoulis) ★ 'This Is Not a Film' (No rating, 1 15, in Farsi) The Iranian director Jafar Panahi, banned from making films by the authorities, responded by composing this video diary, a meditation on cinema and reality (partly recorded with a cellphone camera) that is both a stirring document of conscience and a sly, subtle work of art.
(Genzlinger) ★ 'This Is Not a Film' (No rating, 1 15, in Farsi) The Iranian director Jafar Panahi, banned from making films by the authorities, responded by composing this video diary, a meditation on cinema and reality (partly recorded with a cellphone camera) that is both a stirring document of conscience and a sly, subtle work of art.
Like Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn, says Mullan, 15-year-old Vernon "speaks" in an English that is partly recorded from real speech and partly poetically invented.
Like Twain's narrator, 15-year-old Vernon "speaks" in an English that is partly recorded from real speech (Pierre has lived in Texas, where Vernon has spent his life), and partly poetically invented.
Before the dramatic end to the standoff, which was partly recorded by television news cameras, a police negotiator had been speaking with the driver via cellphone, trying to coax him to release the two children and the woman, who police said was his girlfriend.
(Chinen) BILL FRISELL QUINTET (Through Sunday, and Tuesday through April 30) On his latest Nonesuch releases -- "East/West" and "Further East/Further West," both partly recorded at the Village Vanguard -- the guitarist Bill Frisell conjures a compelling hallucination of the American popular songbook, with Tony Scherr and Kenny Wollesen on bass and drums.
(Chinen) * BILL FRISELL QUINTET (Tuesday through April 23 April 255 through 30) On his latest Nonesuch releases -- "East/West" and "Further East/Further West," both partly recorded at the Village Vanguard -- the guitarist Bill Frisell conjures a compelling hallucination of the American popular songbook, with Tony Scherr and Kenny Wollesen on bass and drums.
His third studio album, partly recorded with Questlove, may be due next year.
