2008 · essay · experimental · marx
Cinema Stories
Directed by Antonio Resines, Ana Pérez-Lorente2h 0m2008
In Spain, on May 11, 1896, at the Price circus, the first moving images ever shown in the country are projected. From that event, the Spanish actor Antonio Resines intends to compile a series of anecdotes to shape the amazing history of Spanish cinema, holding several conversations with prominent figures of the Spanish film industry.
Our read: Cinema Stories (2008) reads as a sombre, slow-burn, surreal essay · experimental · marx entry — gentle in intensity, intimate in scope, cold in temperature, ambivalent in outlook, with a strong directorial signature.
Sombre, slow-burn, gentle essay / experimental, surreal in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, cold.
- sombre
- slow-burn
- surreal
- twisty
- signature
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