· Dominican Republic · 2018 · 3m

Crossing of Time: Marker and Mizoguchi's Ghosts

Cruce de Tiempos: Los Fantasmas de Kenji Mizoguchi & Chris Marker

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A video essay examining the dead, the living, and the ghosts of cinema.

Synopsis

This work arises from the random encounter of two titles having a tie in the 50th place on the Sight & Sound list in 2012, curiously enough, when considering a dialogue between these two films, we see how cinema can generate its own ghosts: in both films the dead and the living coexist; in La Jeteé thanks to time (insubordinate of movement) and in Ugetsu Monogatari thanks to movement (a panoramic view within a sequence shot, which refers to a deceptive narrative continuity). What would happen if we stripped both films of their construction?

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Diego Cepeda directed Crossing of Time: Marker and Mizoguchi's Ghosts. Explore their complete filmography and the collaborators who shaped their vision.

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