Tag Archives: Alain Tanner

“The Middle of the World”

Posted on November 30, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Alain Tanner’s “The Middle of the World,” released in 1974, is a movie about cultures clashing in the most subtle of ways. Maybe it’s more appropriate to say it’s about cultures slipping past each other in the … Continue reading →

Posted in Demographics, Movies, Politics and Economics, Sex | Tagged Alain Tanner, Feminism, Film, John Berger, movies, Olimpia Carlisi, Philippe Leotard, Roger Ebert, Switzerland, The Middle of the World | 5 Comments

“In the White City”

Posted on November 16, 2013 by Fabrizio del Wrongo

Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: This oddball meditation on transience is like one of Eric Rohmer’s “season” movies filtered through “Sans Soleil.” The title refers to Lisbon, the Portuguese capital. An alluring hodgepodge of a port city, Lisbon admits to a long history of occupiers — … Continue reading →