Yes: Screenplay and NotesTo have her characters better express ideas which might be abstract or hard to digest, Potter chose to write their dialogue in verse, though such is the narrative drive and the strength of the performances that for much of the time this seems like just more lyrical version of everyday speech. She says of her choice: "I read somewhere that in times of war the sales of poetry books go up. It's as though we need to use our most clear and rich tool, which is the tool of language, to express. |
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Page viii
... Filmmaking , writ- ing , all art , all forms of fiction seemed to have a question mark hanging over them . The notion of pure entertainment , or the story of an “ inner voyage " divorced from the outer reality , seemed impossible ...
... Filmmaking , writ- ing , all art , all forms of fiction seemed to have a question mark hanging over them . The notion of pure entertainment , or the story of an “ inner voyage " divorced from the outer reality , seemed impossible ...
Page ix
... filmmaking with all of us trying to go beyond our limits ; dependent on each other's generosity and openness ; working from a place of respect for each other's differ- ences . At least a dozen different nationalities , from the East and ...
... filmmaking with all of us trying to go beyond our limits ; dependent on each other's generosity and openness ; working from a place of respect for each other's differ- ences . At least a dozen different nationalities , from the East and ...
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... Collins The Filmmakers wish to thank : Philippe Akoka Sandrine Ageorges Beverly Berger Nella Bielski Gabriel Boustani Giuliana Bruno Amy Carr Simon Channing Williams Julie Christie Eric Clapton Prof. Shamshad Cockcroft 103.
... Collins The Filmmakers wish to thank : Philippe Akoka Sandrine Ageorges Beverly Berger Nella Bielski Gabriel Boustani Giuliana Bruno Amy Carr Simon Channing Williams Julie Christie Eric Clapton Prof. Shamshad Cockcroft 103.
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Yes: Screenplay and Notes Sally Potter,John Berger,Sally Porter,Pankaj Mishra No preview available - 2005 |
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