Live! From the Vidéothèque #8: The Kalatozov & Urusevsky Episode

Matt walks through films by director Mikhail Kalatozov and cinematographer Sergey Urusevskiy. While waxing philosophical about Westerns and the inner landscapes of emotion, Sam treats listeners to a Werner Herzog impression. Matt has a love for landscape films in general but he may have discovered a new favorite. Letter Never Sent (1959) is a recent discovery […]

Matt walks through films by director Mikhail Kalatozov and cinematographer Sergey Urusevskiy. While waxing philosophical about Westerns and the inner landscapes of emotion, Sam treats listeners to a Werner Herzog impression.

Matt has a love for landscape films in general but he may have discovered a new favorite. Letter Never Sent (1959) is a recent discovery of his in the Vidéothèque library which he shares with Sam. The third and last of this director and cinematographer collaborations was I Am Cuba, which was clearly seen by at least one renowned contemporary American filmmaker.

Some further references:

Letter Never Sent (1959) directed by Mikhail Kalatozov

The Cranes Are Flying (1957) directed by Mikhail Kalatozov

I Am Cuba (1964) directed by Mikhail Kalatozov

Boogie Nights (1997) directed by Paul Thomas Anderson

There Will Be Blood (2007) directed by Paul Thomas Anderson

No Country for Old Men (2007) directed by Joel Coen and Ethan Coen

Cinema as Poetry: Kalatozov & Urusevsky film about the filmmakers.

Host: Matt Silcock has worked at Facets for a very long time as shipping and receiving manager and as co-manager of the Vidéothèque. He doesn’t watch as much film as he’d like to, but he thinks about them all the time.

Host: Sam Lounsbury, Facets’ official floater, has worked for the organization in one capacity or another since he moved to Chicago in 2015. He can be found sitting silently in any of the theaters or yelling at one of his fellow staff members about cinema in general. You can follow Sam on Twitter @ItsLounsbury.