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THOMAS IMBACH
* Switzerland 1962, director/author/producer
Those who see many films are especially grateful for idiosyncratic and unpredictable authors who seek their way off the beaten track. One of the most conspicuous among these literal essayists of the past thirty years is Thomas Imbach, a native of Lucerne and a native of Zurich by choice. Already in his second work, Restlessness from 1991, the theme was directly reflected in the rhythm of the film, in Well Done (1995) the repetitiveness of the screen work turns into stupendous staccato editing, in Ghetto (1997) the disorientation of teens before leaving school show in an uncompromising narrowing of the gaze. Imbach oscillates between fiction and documentaries whose common denominator is the joy of experimentation. With every film he breaks new ground, not everybody likes everyone of them, but every new one is eagerly awaited.
IMBACH @ CINEFILE
Those who see many films are especially grateful for idiosyncratic and unpredictable authors who seek their way off the beaten track. One of the most conspicuous among these literal essayists of the past thirty years is Thomas Imbach, a native of Lucerne and a native of Zurich by choice. Already in his second work, Restlessness from 1991, the theme was directly reflected in the rhythm of the film, in Well Done (1995) the repetitiveness of the screen work turns into stupendous staccato editing, in Ghetto (1997) the disorientation of teens before leaving school show in an uncompromising narrowing of the gaze. Imbach oscillates between fiction and documentaries whose common denominator is the joy of experimentation. With every film he breaks new ground, not everybody likes everyone of them, but every new one is eagerly awaited.
Bonus
LAUREL & HARDY & "MONEY"
Remix YouTube by Lord Jeremy
In Bonnie Scotland (1935) Laurel & Hardy were hired to collect garbage. Demonstration of their dance steps.
Two Woody Allen classics
On the occasion of Allen's «A Rainy Day in New York»
Woody Allen's late work fluctuates between niceness, nostalgia and sharp-sighted wit. Here are two highlights.
A charming journey in the mind to a focal point of Allen's nostalgic longing: The Paris of the artists and intellectuals of the 1920s.
Cate Blanchett as the wife of an NY financial shark fleeing from herself after her husband's house of cards has collapsed.
Family Life
Six films about parents, children and their entanglements
Turist
Ruben Östlund, 2014
When a family man is less brave than you'd expect him to be.
Shoplifters
Hirokazu Koreeda, 2018
What if a family isn't a family at all?
Home
Ursula Meier, 2008
When a family doesn't want to move at any price.
Ceux qui travaillent
Antoine Russbach, 2018
If the breadwinner has to go over dead bodies and his family is happy to take the money.
Captain Fantastic
Matt Ross, 2016
When a mother is missing and the father is following a fixed idea.
The Killing of a Sacred Deer
Yorgos Lanthimos, 2017
If the parents keep a dark secret and a third person finds out.
