Following D.W. Griffith’s 1915 groundbreaking feature Birth of a Nation world cinema, in large part, became confined to certain conventions, seeming to skew itself into mindless entertainment. During World War II the industry had been misshapen by an infectious formula littered with political propaganda and fantasized realities. The years preceding the end of the warContinue reading “Vivre Sa Vie: The Metaphysical Realm of Tableaux Twelve”