Ed McCarry
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Brecht wrote “a little detective story” where the setting is a dinner with Jean Renoir and Carl Koch. In it, Renoir tells a war story.
In the last years of his life, Howard Hawks helped a young screenwriter, who approached the master for advice, on a story: “I’m having fun with it.” The writer was Leonard Schrader, and the story became a film in 1983: P.P. RIDER by Shinji Somai. From ‘Hawks on Hawks’:
Starting this Friday and running until May 17 at TIFF Cinematheque:
A. Reis: “Yes, but let’s use the proper term: it’s a cultural genocide against people’s sensibilities.” M. Cordeiro: “No, genocide means killing, and people aren’t dead, they’re asleep.” theaterofthematters.com/texts/thelifeo…
This Sunday, 5/10, at The Beacon in Seattle, WA: a scorching double feature.
W/its visceral focus on a young man who murders his parents, THE YOUTH KILLER was a shocking triumph. Flickering thru time & memory w/a Beatlesque OST by Godiego, Hasegawa's debut exudes an alienated melancholia amid its rage. Screens 5/9 & 5/16 on 16mm: japansoc.org/youthkiller
