Film
Towards Mathilde + Vers Nancy
- 2PM
Dir. Claire Denis
2005, 84min
Denis’ richly sensorial style and abiding interest in the movement of bodies through space finds exhilarating expression in this one-of-a-kind dance film. Chronicling the development of an experimental new work by choreographer Mathilde Monnier, Denis’ camera becomes a participant in the piece, moving with the dancers in an ecstatic pas de deux.
Dir. Claire Denis
2002, 12min
In this heady work of cinematic philosophy set aboard a train, thinker Jean-Luc Nancy considers the concept of foreignness, his abstract ideas complicated by the presence of a black passenger.
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