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Review of "Sunday at Six"
Lucian Pintilie's "Sunday at Six"One distinctive feature of Lucian Pintilie’s Duminica la ora/Sunday at Six (1965) is its use of interruptions. In the film, an oncoming train quickly silences an exchange between protagonists Radu (Dan Nutu) and Anca (Irina Petrescu), both young, militant communists engaged in a love affair threatened by Party administrators. The ... read more Posted on 04/30/2008 by Ricky D'Ambrose 
Review of 12:08 East of Bucharest
The Event That Never Was: Corneliu Porumboiu's "12:08 East of Bucharest"The Romanian title of Porumboiu’s 2006 film is A fost sau n-a fost, or Was There or Wasn’t There? “There” refers to Romania’s December 1989 revolution – or “revolution,” depending on who’s being asked – a topic discussed in the space of a local television broadcast featuring two pitiable middle-aged ... read more Posted on 04/30/2008 by Ricky D'Ambrose |
