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Post by Ripley on Oct 6, 2015 15:56:58 GMT -5
"...She made her first film, the black-and-white short “Saute Ma Ville” (“Blow Up My City”) at 18 after dropping out of film school. Seven years later came her breakthrough, Jeanne Dielman, 23 Quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles. The three-hour, 20-minute film chronicles the daily routine of a widowed housewife as she cooks, cleans, and receives clients who pays her for sex, ultimately building to a shocking climax. Throughout her more than 40 films, Akerman often explored themes of angst, isolation, and violence, often seen through the lens of the inner lives of women. Her other films include News From Home (1977), A Whole Night (1982), From the East (1993), A Couch in New York (1996), The Captive (2000), and Almayer’s Folly (2011)... " link
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Post by Bravekat on Oct 7, 2015 11:30:24 GMT -5
I don't believe I've seen any of her films. I used to have time to go to foreign films before I had kids! Always sad when a good filmmaker passes away.
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