The Ravages of Colonialism: Concerning Violence + Grande Hotel
Review of Göran Olsson’s Concerning Violence (2014), which begins its run at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema Friday February 27th.
Author Archive: Mark R. Hasan
Film: Concerning Violence (2014)
Using a blend of text, archival audio and film footage, Finnish director Göran Olsson (The Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975) adapts words from Frantz Fanon’s The Wretched of the Earth (1961) to itemize the consequences and lingering ills of (primarily) European colonialism, and its messy legacy in Africa…
Ghostly Unrest: Audrey Rose (1977) + Bloody Flesh / Carne de tu carne (1983)
Two tales of ghostly unrest now on Blu / DVD: Robert Wise’s film of Frank De Felitta’s Audrey Rose (on Blu from Twilight Time) + Carlos Mayolo’s eerie Bloody Flesh / Carne de tu carne (One 7 Movies).
BR: Audrey Rose (1977)
Robert Wise had already proven his flair for slow-burning horror in The Haunting (1963) and procedural sci-fi with The Andromeda Strain (1971), and his background as an editor ensures the strategic shocks really pack an emotional wallop, but he’s essentially building on an already solid core of adult characters forced to watch a child they love be afflicted by awfully traumatic nightmares…
DVD: Bloody Flesh / Flesh of Your Flesh / Carne de tu carne (1983)
With few Colombian films available on video in North America, there’s a huge unfamiliarity with the country’s history and culture up here, making it a little tough to fully grasp the political and cultural references in Carlos Mayolo’s political critique that’s housed within a supernatural container…
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