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Experimental Defiance
The Defy Film Festival returns to Studio 615 in East Nashville this weekend. With that in mind I wrote this primer on experimental film for this week’s The Contributor. Pick up a paper from your neighborhood vendor! What we talk about when we talk about experimental film In the most general sense the term “experimental [...]
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Tagged cinema, Defy Film Festival, Experimental Film, film, film festival, movies, non-narrative film
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25 Years After Cassavetes
25 years ago, in February of 1989, filmmaker John Cassavetes died. One of the greatest actors of his generation, Cassavetes mostly turned his back on appearing in front of the camera in favor of self-financing a series of highly personal, deeply polarizing films that continue to vex critics, actors, directors and audiences alike. I discovered [...]
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Tagged 1989, actor, audience, Cassavetes, film festival, filmmaker, The Dirty Dozen
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