Tag: Djibril Diop Mambéty

Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project – The Criterion Collection #685-690 (a J!-ENT Blu-ray Disc Review)

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There have been many wonderful Criterion Collection releases for 2013 but “Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project” set is easily my pick for the “Best Criterion Collection Blu-ray release of 2013”.  If you are a cineaste, it’s a must-own set that I highly recommended! Image courtesy Read More …

Touki Bouki (as part of “Martin Scorsese’s World Cinema Project”) – The Criterion Collection #685 (a J!-ENT Blu-ray Disc Review)

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I really enjoyed “Touki Bouki” for Djibril Diop Mambéty’s surreal style and because of his cinema influences, may it be French Nouvelle or even Neo-Realism, the film is non-traditional and different from other contemporaries of Francophone African cinema and is no doubt an important, classic Read More …