An image from Helene Klodawsky’s documentary ‘Malls R Us’
Last week I had a chance to see Malls R Us, an excellent new documentary by an excellent Montreal filmmaker, Helene Klodawsky. Helene has made some terrific films, my favourite being No More Tears Sister, a story from Sri Lanka which beautifully illustrates the notion that [...]
Documentary Field Notes and Flashpoints: archive
You are at the archive for the April, 2009
Excellent doc: Malls R Us
Thought-provoking! Lech Kowalski and the ‘post-doc’ age
An image from Lech Kowalski’s ‘Hey! Is Dee Dee Home?’
Last week I saw the most creatively radical documentary I have ever seen, East of Paradise (2004) by Lech Kowalski. It breaks every convention of story development. The first half of the film is made up of an interview with Kowalski’s mother, about the horrors [...]
‘Brave New 1984′ on the NFB’s Citizenshift website
Power is in inflicting pain and humiliation. Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in shapes of your own choosing…If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face – forever.
George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-four, 1949
A really efficient totalitarian state would be one in [...]
Our artists in Havana/Nos artistes à La Havane
Annie Roy and Pierre Allard of ATSA with one component of their installation at the Havana Biennial
Annie Roy et Pierre Allard de ATSA avec une partie de leur installation à la Biennale de La Havane
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With my close collaborator Simon Bujold, I am just back from Cuba, where we were filming the artists Annie [...]
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About Magnus
Magnus Isacsson is a documentary filmmaker based in Montreal. He specializes in following social, political and environmental conflicts over long periods of time. He also lectures and leads workshops on doc filmmaking.