Tag Archives: Documentary

A Labor of Love (1976)

Posted on April 25, 2012 at 6:00 am by Jeff Kuykendall

The Last Affair was intended to be a sensitive arthouse film about a young woman, Mary (Debbie Dan), whose desire for a child is thwarted by her lover’s infertility, driving her into the beds of other men. Thoughts of Truffaut … Continue reading →

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Fata Morgana (1971)

Posted on April 4, 2012 at 6:00 am by Jeff Kuykendall

“In Paradise, man is born dead.” So speaks the gruff German narrator of the second movement of Werner Herzog’s apocalyptic travelogue, Fata Morgana (1971). The images support the thesis. This, Herzog’s third full-length feature film, depicts an African landscape littered … Continue reading →

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Monterey Pop (1968)

Posted on January 9, 2012 at 6:00 am by Jeff Kuykendall

With Michael Wadleigh’s Woodstock (1970) gradually transforming from an engrossing concert film to a Shoah-long historical document, I find myself increasingly valuing D. A. Pennebaker’s Monterey Pop (1968). At just 79 (count ’em!) minutes, the great documentarian’s compilation of the … Continue reading →

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