Season 1 · Episode 156

News from Home [1976]

Scene and Heard · Jacqueline Postajian & Gregory Kleinschmidt

March 3, 202647m 43sExplicit

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Show Notes

Jackie and Greg move out of their parents' house for Chantal Akerman's NEWS FROM HOME from 1976. Topics of discussion include Akerman's cinematic prose, the unspoken personal experiences of her parents, how correspondence has changed over generations, and the New York City of the 1970s.

#52 on Sight & Sound's 2022 "The Greatest Films of All Time" list. https://www.bfi.org.uk/sight-and-sound/greatest-films-all-time

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