Olivier Pere
Harmony Korine
By Olivier Pere | | 50 Best FIlmmakers Under 50, CS50, From Cinema Scope Magazine
By Olivier Père Born in 1973 in California but raised in Nashville, Tennessee, where he lives, Harmony Korine has made at least three indisputable masterpieces of modern American cinema. The precocious scriptwriter for Larry Clark’s 1995 film Kids (with whom Korine worked again in 2002, scripting Ken Park), in 1997 Korine made a stunning directorial…
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Bad Billy: William Friedkin on Killer Joe
By Olivier Pere | | CS49, From Cinema Scope Magazine, Interviews
By Olivier Père With The French Connection (1971), The Exorcist (1973), Sorcerer (1977), Cruising (1980), and To Live and Die in L.A. (1985), to cite some of his most famous films, William Friedkin has made a deep impact on contemporary American cinema, establishing himself as one of the most talented and uncompromising of the New…
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Policeman (Nadav Lapid, Israel)
By Olivier Pere | | CS48, From Cinema Scope Magazine, Spotlight
By Olivier Père It’s been a long time since a first feature has displayed such masterly direction as Nadav Lapid’s Policeman (Hashoter), such a sense of connection to the films of Godard, Bresson, Fassbinder, Kubrick, and Haneke, and giving those more perceptive viewers such a conviction of witnessing the arrival of an outstanding filmmaker while…
Read More The Decade in Review | Olivier Père
By Olivier Pere | | CS42, The Decade In Review
Russian Ark by Alexander Sokurov (2002) The last great master, in the Viscontian sense of European cinema. And one of the great digital artists, endowing digital with a Proustian impact. His films raise issues about preservation (of History, Art) and memory. I could equally well cite his magnificent film The Sun. Black Book by Paul…
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