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Cauleen Smith

The director ofDrylongsotalks about her fondness for Jean-Pierre Gorin, her love ofTo Sleep with Anger’s title sequence, and the influence of Sergei Parajanov on her own work.

11 picks / Filmed October 2022

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11 picks

Do the Right Thing

Spike Lee

1989 • United States • 2h

Unavailable

La Jetée/Sans Soleil

Box Set

The Flavor of Green Tea over Rice

Yasujiro Ozu

1952 • Japan • 1h 56m

Eclipse Series 31: Three Popular Films by Jean-Pierre Gorin

Box Set

Stalker

Andrei Tarkovsky

1979 • Soviet Union • 2h 42m

Blow-Up

Michelangelo Antonioni

1966 • United Kingdom • 1h 51m

Unavailable

The Color of Pomegranates

Sergei Parajanov

1969 • Soviet Union • 1h 20m

Black Girl

Ousmane Sembène

1966 • Senegal, France • 1h 5m

To Sleep with Anger

Charles Burnett

1990 • United States • 1h 41m

Unavailable

Symbiopsychotaxiplasm: Two Takes by William Greaves

William Greaves

1968 • United States • 1h 15m

The Princess Bride

Rob Reiner

1987 • United States • 1h 39m

Unavailable