Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2004/01/06
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I'd start with the grandaddy of them all, "Nanook of the North" (1922), but then proceed rapidly to the best of Canadian cinema in French, including things like "Mon Oncle Antoine", Kamouraska", "Les Bons Debarras", "Cordelia", "Jesus de Montreal" (a favourite), and much of the rest by Denis Arcand. Don't miss the delightful animated short "The Hockey Sweater." Also look for the recent Cannes Camera d'Or winner "Atanarjuat -- The Fast Runner", a truly great film by any cinematic standard. There are a bunch of political dramas and documentaries that are essential to understanding this country as it is now -- e-mail me and I can give you a short list. I find far too many English films made in Canada embarrassing because they seem to strive to perpetuate the image of this country as a place populated by beer-swilling clods in checked shirts, probably to conform to the paying American public's preconceptions. Emanuel Lowi Montreal - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html