“Bu filmi ile Ümraniye 1 Mayıs mahallesindeki yoksul halkın barınma hakkı mücadelesi 1970’li yılların 2. yarısının atmosferinde veren bir film yapmış […]. 1977 senesinin 2 eylül günü 1 Mayıs Mahallesi’ne gecekondu yıkımı için gelen polisler ile mahalle halkı arasında çıkan ve 12 mahallelinin ölüp onlarcasının yaralandığı çatışmalar sırasında çeşitli sosyalist yapılar etrafında örgütlenmiş mahalle sakinlerinin gösterdiği direniş Türkiye’deki sosyalist mücadele tarihi içerisinde çok önemli bir yere sahiptir [...].” Sinematek.tv: http://sinematek.tv/2-gun-2-eylul-direnisi-1978/ (13 November 2019).
“The conflict between the District May 1 organized in various socialist collectives and the police that came to the district to demolish the shantytown, which resulted in 12 people living in the district killed on 2 September 1977 has an important place in the history of the socialist movement in Turkey [...]. [İshak Işıtan’s] film is about the poor people of Ürmaniye/District May 1’s a struggle for the housing right reflecting the atmosphere of the second half of the 1970s [...]. Sinematek.tv: http://sinematek.tv/2-gun-2-eylul-direnisi-1978/ (13 November 2019).
"University of Illinois Chicago (UICC) animated student film about being drafted to the Vietnam War." Chicago Film Archives
“Last year, marking the twentieth anniversary of the World War’s end, Mr. Gallet produced Vingt Ans Après, a color film with sound, which depicts activities of the French War Veterans of New York, of which he is a member.” Movie Makers, Jun. 1939, 347.
"201-203 tells the simple story of man and woman, the alienated anti-heroes from two civilizations at the opposite ends of the spectrum, Asian and America. They try to make contact, through reality as well as fantasy, against a backdrop of technology and pop theology. Well acted and well photographed" PSA Journal, Aug. 1967, 36.
"This is a film Mr. Bowdery shot and edited into a form of home newsreel called THE SECOND WORLD WAR -- THE HAND OF TYRANNY. It is captioned with headlines from the 'People's Advocate' newspaper. The footage contains scenes of the exterior of the Vancouver Post Office at Hastings and Granville. Employees being checked at the entrance. Interior of building, protestors in sit-down strike. [Close-up of] trio of protestors, other good [close-ups]. Protestors singing 'The Red Flag', [with] banjo and accordion accompaniment. Unemployed march" (Browne).
The film is also known as Vancouver Post Office Sit-Down Strike.
frammenti che includono: Apollo e Dafne, Fantasia plastica, Uomo stanco [tuttavia i titoli variano in Gli amanti impossibili, Mutazioni, Apollo e Dafne] Fragments that include: Apollo and Daphne; Plastic Fantasia, Tired Man [the titles vary as The Impossible Lovers, Mutations, Apollo and Daphne]
El filme muestra una carrera en la que se observa la presencia de nieve en la calle y la carretera por donde corren los participantes. La película está editada con una entrevista y aparecen fotografías del cross popular y de los participantes. Hay una voz en off durante algunas partes de la película que narra y comenta la carrera de forma informal y con un toque de comedia. El locutor habla del pelotón como si fuese el parte de ellos y si los estuviese animando. Se muestran varias entrevistas con participantes y termina con algunos planos de la ciudad ya finalizada la carrera como la retirada de las vallas de seguridad y del polideportivo.
The film shows a race in which there is snow on the street and on the road where the participants run. The film includes an interview and overlapped images of the popular cross and the participants. An off voice narrates the race in an informal manner with a touch of comedy. The narrator talks about a platoon as if he were part of it and cheers them on. Several interviews with participants are shown and the film ends with shots of the city once the race is over, like withdrawing security fences and images of the sports center.
"Plays out at an amateur level Jean-Luc Godard’s dictum that all a film needs for a plot is a woman and a gun. This is how Margaret Conneely says The ’45 came about: with a prop and an actor. From these elements she crafts a mischievous and entertaining film about a woman willing to employ any means to send away the man who comes looking for her husband with a gun." Chicago Film Archives
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