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Transcendent Science Fiction: Pondering Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind

Transcendent Science Fiction: Pondering Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind

In anticipation of Super 8, Anton contemplates a Spielberg classic.

(Re)Viewing the Canon, EssaysAnton BergstromMay 29, 2011art, extraterrestrials, Francois Truffaut, Richard Dreyfus, science fiction, spirituality, Steven SpielbergComment

Lawrence of Arabia and the Intimacy of the Epic

Lawrence of Arabia and the Intimacy of the Epic

Is the label "epic" a valuable or meaningful label for a film at all?

(Re)Viewing the Canon, EssaysAnders BergstromFebruary 21, 2011David Lean, epic, Lawrence of Arabia, Peter O'Toole Comments

2001: A Space Odyssey and My Evolution as a Cinephile

2001: A Space Odyssey and My Evolution as a Cinephile

I once told a friend I thought 2001 was boring, but that I liked that about it.

(Re)Viewing the Canon, EssaysAnton BergstromFebruary 12, 20112001: A Space Odyssey, human evolution, outer space, science fiction, Stanley Kubrick Comments

The Rogue Warrior and the Dirty Town in Yojimbo

The Rogue Warrior and the Dirty Town in Yojimbo

Akira Kurosawa's Yojimbo gave birth to a whole new kind of cinema.

(Re)Viewing the Canon, EssaysAren BergstromFebruary 11, 2011Akira Kurosawa, samurai, Sanjuro, Toshiro Mifune, YojimboComment

Shutter Island and the Trauma of Modernity

Shutter Island and the Trauma of Modernity

Is Shutter Island just a thrilling genre exercise? Or is it rather a powerful reflection on the delusions of Modernity and the trauma of violence?

Essays, Movies TodayAnders BergstromFebruary 8, 2011Leonardo DiCaprio, Martin Scorsese, Shutter Island, traumaComment