A video essay, of sorts, in six chapters, drawing upon the images, sounds and arguments of some of the films I saw for the first time in 2017. All clips are property of the respective rights holders – as listed at the end of the video – and are excerpted here in accordance with fair use provisions. List of films: Kairat (Darezhan Omirbayev, 1992) The Lacemaker (Claude Goretta, 1977) The Lovers (Louis Malle, 1958) Four Nights of a Dreamer (Robert Bresson, 1971) Call Me by Your Name (Luca Guadagnino, 2017) I Am Cuba (Mikhail Kalatozov, 1964) Tell Me (Chantal Akerman, 1980) The Lonely Voice of Man (Aleksandr Sokurov, 1987) Diary for My Children (Marta Meszaros, 1984) Du Cote d'Orouet (Jacques Rozier, 1971) Harvest: 3000 Years (Haile Gerima, 1976) The Day Shall Dawn (A.J. Kardar, 1959) Something Different (Vera Chytilova, 1963) Ghost Dance (Ken McMullen, 1983) The Castaways of Turtle Island (Jacques Rozier, 1976) Hermia & Helena (Matias Pineiro, 2016) Not Reconciled (Jean-Marie Straub & Daniele Huillet, 1965) Labyrinth of Passion (Pedro Almodovar, 1982) Pepi, Luci, Bom (Pedro Almodovar, 1980) Happy End (Michael Haneke, 2017) Sieranevada (Cristi Puiu, 2016) Morgiana (Juraj Herz, 1972) A Page of Madness (Teinosuke Kinugasa, 1926) Visitor of a Museum (Konstantin Lopushansky, 1989) Living Room (Rao Heidmets, 1994) The Wildcat (Ernst Lubitsch, 1921) La La Land (Damien Chazelle, 2016) Surreal Estate (Eduardo de Gregorio, 1976) On the Beach at Night Alone (Hong Sang-soo, 2017)
