Category Archives: Film

On The Martian

Posted on 10/12/2015 by kunzelman

Somewhere around the winter release of the film, Daniel Joseph tweeted this about Interstellar: Intersteller is a three hour long advertisement for the corn industry about an astronaut who loves his daughter. — DanJo.txt (@Daniel_Joseph) November 12, 2014 Daniel has a way … Continue reading →

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On Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp

Posted on 08/07/2015 by kunzelman

I’ve been down with Wet Hot American Summer for something like a decade. I think that I might have learned about it via a weird daisy chain of really liking Reno 911, learning about the connection to The State, and then finding out about what all … Continue reading →

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A Quick Note On Jupiter Ascending’s Politics

Posted on 06/25/2015 by kunzelman

There’s a short response to my previous post on the films of the Wachowskis over at Fuck Yeah Jupiter Ascending, and I just want to take a moment to think about it and be a little more explicit at how … Continue reading →

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Val Kilmer as Batman

Posted on 06/24/2015 by kunzelman

“Val Kilmer was the most beautiful Batman. The perfect face for that mask. Those lips.” – Stephen Goldblatt, “Batman Forever: The Story Behind The Surprise Hit Nobody Really Wanted“

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Three Readings of Films by The Wachowskis

Posted on 06/23/2015 by kunzelman

I. The Matrix Trilogy The Matrix Trilogy presents us with a supposedly linear vision of time that is revealed to be completely static. In the second film, the council member takes Neo beneath the city to show him the machinery that allows … Continue reading →

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“evocation without the dead weight of explanation”: on Mad Max: Fury Road

Posted on 05/18/2015 by kunzelman

The beauty of The Road Warrior is that it is a legend. We’re given the past through the lens of someone who lived it, and the trials and tribulations of Max himself become something akin to the Bibilical suffering of Job or … Continue reading →

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On The Battle of the Five Armies

Posted on 04/28/2015 by kunzelman

The Battle of the Five Armies, the third film in Peter Jackson’s The Hobbit trilogy, doesn’t make a lot of sense to me. I’m a weird half-fan of Tolkien. I went through “the phase” as a kid, and then I checked out … Continue reading →

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Fists Are Now Guns: On John Wick

Posted on 02/13/2015 by kunzelman

A few days ago I watched John Wick, and I will be completely honest: I haven’t recovered. Somehow the tropiest, most uncreative film (the villain not only kicks the dog, he kills it [traumatically]) managed to rope me in and keep … Continue reading →

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Jean Epstein on discontinuity and continuity

Posted on 02/06/2015 by kunzelman

Discontinuity becomes continuity only once it has entered the movie-viewer. It is a purely interior phenomenon. Outside the viewing subject there is no movement, no flux, no light in the mosaics of light and shadow that the screen always displays … Continue reading →

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Michael Mann on Technology

Posted on 01/19/2015 by kunzelman

You’re always pushing forward with digital technology and use of cameras.  Is there a camera or bit of digital technology for filmmaking that’s right on the cusp of coming that maybe you’ve seen or are excited to use?  Or was … Continue reading →

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