Cahiers du cinéma n°385 - juin 1986 (1986-06)Cahiers du cinéma
Road trip
Our perception of movies is often affected by the beauty and magnitude of the landscapes where the action unfolds, and the world itself has now become haunted by the cinematic memories it forms the backdrop to.
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Ingmar Bergman's island
It was on the set of Through a Glass Darkly (1961) that Ingmar Bergman discovered the Swedish island of Fårö and its "raukars" (limestone sea stacks formed by erosion).
Persona (1966)Cahiers du cinéma
He built a house and shot six feature films there, including Persona (1966).
The Sacrifice (1986)Cahiers du cinéma
It was also in Närsholmen, on the neighboring island of Gotland, that Andreï Tarkovsky ignited the set of his last movie, The Sacrifice (1986). The house had to be completely rebuilt after a technical problem during the first take.
In a moving sequence shot, Alexander, the mystery arsonist, watches his house burn while being chased by Swedish firefighters.
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Cahiers du cinéma n°75 - October 1957 (1957-10)Cahiers du cinéma
Cabiria, after nearly being thrown off a cliff and deciding not to jump herself, ends up wandering through the woods bordering Lake Albano.
As it's getting late, she comes across a group of young people going home who surround her with their music — Ma la vita continua (Life Goes On) by Nino Rota— and Cabiria smiles through her tears, her gaze fixed on the audience.
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Talk to her (2002)Cahiers du cinéma
It's at the Cine Doré cinema that "Benigno Martín goes to see El Amante menguante (The Waning Lover), a fictional silent movie that inspires him to commit a criminal yet pivotal act." (Cahiers no. 746).
Cahiers du cinéma n°567 - April 2002 (2002-04)Cahiers du cinéma
Talk to Her is on the cover of issue 567 of Cahiers, published in April 2002.
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The redwoods of Muir Woods National Monument
In one of the scenes in Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo (1958), Scottie watches Madeleine trace her life on the rings of a redwood tree trunk with her finger at Muir Woods National Monument. This inspired another journey through time in La Jetée (The Pier, 1962) by Chris Marker.
Cahiers du cinéma n°92 - February 1959 (1959-02)Cahiers du cinéma
Chris Marker also embarked on a cinematic pilgrimage by retracing the journey in Vertigo in his movie Sans Soleil (Sunless) in 1983.
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The Straight Story (1999)Cahiers du cinéma
The film, based on a true story, follows 73-year-old Alvin Straight as he embarks on an extraordinary 380-kilometer lawnmower journey through rural America to visit his ailing brother in Wisconsin.
Cahiers du cinéma n°540 - November 1999 (1999-11)Cahiers du cinéma
A Straight Story appeared on the cover of issue 540 of Cahiers du cinéma, published in November 1999.
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Cahiers du cinéma n°490 - April 1995 (1995-04)Cahiers du cinéma
Despite its highly polished look (the result of collaboration between Wong Kar-wai and cinematographer Christopher Doyle), Chungking Express was shot in under six weeks with a hand-held camera.
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Cahiers du cinéma n°319 - January 1981 (1981-01)Cahiers du cinéma
Satyajit Ray's film, The Music Room (1958), was on the cover of issue 319 of Cahiers du cinéma, published in January 1981.
Several issues of Cahiers du cinéma are devoted to the subject, including n°724 “Filmer l'été" and n°746 “Guide de voyage”.
