Mark Rappaport Movies

  • 2017
    The Empty Screen

    The Empty Screen

    The Empty Screen

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    A video essay from Mark Rappaport about movies in movies, and how the screen watches us just as we watch it.

    The Empty Screen
  • 2021
    Two for the Opera Box

    Two for the Opera Box

    Two for the Opera Box

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    In the Hollywood's studio system, sets and equipment were used over and over again. Maybe this is why movies seem to have a dream logic today. A...

    Two for the Opera Box
  • 1980
    Mark Rappaport: The TV Spin-Off

    Mark Rappaport: The TV Spin-Off

    Mark Rappaport: The TV Spin-Off

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    In Mark Rappaport: The TV Spin-off, the filmmaker conducts a guided tour of his work that explains everything... and nothing. Rappaport shows himself...

    Mark Rappaport: The TV Spin-Off
  • 2016
    Tati vs. Bresson: The Gag

    Tati vs. Bresson: The Gag

    Tati vs. Bresson: The Gag

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    Jacques Tati and Robert Bresson were very different directors, yet the way they structure a scene is very similar.

    Tati vs. Bresson: The Gag
  • 2015
    The Circle Closes

    The Circle Closes

    The Circle Closes

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    An examination of four different films which to varying degrees center on a prop or an object or an item that crosses various characters' lives and...

    The Circle Closes