Crossing of Time: Marker and Mizoguchi's Ghosts

"A video essay examining the dead, the living, and the ghosts of cinema."

This work arises from the random encounter of two titles having a tie in the 50th place on the Sight & Sound list in 2012, curiously enough, when considering a dialogue between these two films, we see how cinema can generate its own ghosts: in both films the dead and the living coexist; in La Jeteé thanks to time (insubordinate of movement) and in Ugetsu Monogatari thanks to movement (a panoramic view within a sequence shot, which refers to a deceptive narrative continuity). What would happen if we stripped both films of their construction?

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Scrooge

Scrooge

1922

A Case of Spring Fever

A Case of Spring Fever

1940

Tweedledum in Love with a Singer

Tweedledum in Love with a Singer

1911

Sixty Egyptian Pounds

Sixty Egyptian Pounds

2023

Ra: The Path of the Sun God

Ra: The Path of the Sun God

1990

Midwinter Sacrifice

Midwinter Sacrifice

1946

May Flowers

May Flowers

2019

Every Other Animal

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Goose Mountain

Goose Mountain

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El que la traga la paga

El que la traga la paga

1943

Le premier cigare

Le premier cigare

1897

Les clowns Price

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Psycho Baby

Psycho Baby

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Liv

Liv

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Coffee to Go

Coffee to Go

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Under the Bed

Under the Bed

2011

The Woman in the Room

The Woman in the Room

2022

The Woman in the Room

The Woman in the Room

2022

The Woman in the Room

The Woman in the Room

2023

Cen's Piñata

Cen's Piñata

2024