In our last tribute to Present Confusion’s 15th year, Princess Kinoc writes about John Tawasil’s video essay on Joven Tan’s hidden masterpiece on metacinema. In John Tawasil’s video essay of Joven Tan’s Echoserang Frog, he removes the elusive filmmaker from the guise of how bad his films are made, and
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Lynch’s ‘Mulholland Dr.’: Using manipulation to cinematic effect
It has been more than ten years since the release of famed director David Lynch’s Mulholland Dr. The film has since sparked insightful conversations aplenty among cinephiles and critics. What makes it such an effective, mind-boggling film? The Nerdwriter’s Evan Puschak dissects Lynch’s technique in utilizing expectation to manipulate his
The Hitchcockian Scene: ‘Vertigo’ and Hitchcock’s masterful blocking
The Hitchcockian scene is as hard to find these days as it is hard to define. Rare is that scene that bears a propensity for detail, for rhythm, and for distinct aspects of careful attention and intricacy. The famous scene in Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo, in which an unsuspecting detective falls
