Tag: The Connection

  • Apollo 18’s Scrapped Trilogy Plans Would Have Been Big

    The idea of found footage as a filmmaking technique stretches back to at least 1961 with the release of Shirley Clarke’s relatively obscure drama “The Connection.” The found footage style was used to present scripted material as if it were documentary footage, employing a lot of shaky, handheld camera work and extemporaneous-sounding dialogue. The term…

  • November review – replay of Bataclan terror response is good PR for French cops

    November review – replay of Bataclan terror response is good PR for French cops

    Cédric Jiminez’s focus on police operations in the aftermath of the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks doesn’t give a real sense of who any of the agents involved areArtistic responses to the 2015 Paris terrorist attacks – including You Will Not Have My Hate, Paris

  • Locarno Film Review: ‘I Feel Good’

    Locarno Film Review: ‘I Feel Good’

    It’s been six years since Jean Dujardin improbably charmed his way to an Oscar for a sparkling star turn in “The Artist,” and since then, even the French film industry has struggled to make optimum use of the funnyman’s outsize, old-school screen presence. Drug thriller “The Connection” was a solid enough play-it-straight vehicle, but by…