TC #93 - Girish Shambu (Gold)

The Cinephiliacs

If the cinephilia of lining up on small streets of Paris and New York for obscure rare prints of art films and the auteurs of Hollywood to appreciate the wind in the trees has died with Susan Sontag, what has replaced it? This is one of many questions asked by blogger Girish Shambu in his book The New Cinephilia. In this final report from SCMS, Girish discusses his childhood in India and how he became interested in not just film but the kind of critical discourses it creates, and how he sees himself functioning within that world. The two talk about the opportunities and challenges that cinephilia faces in our current moment, both in terms of the expanding definition of media and its relation to politics. Finally, they turn their eyes toward the ever nebulous group of coy German filmmakers known as the Berlin School, and in particular, Thomas Arslan's Klondike-trekking western Gold with Phoenix star Nina Hoss.

0:00-3:03 Opening 3:57-12:15 Establishing Shots — A Tale of Twin Peaks 13:07-52:22 Deep Focus — Girish Shambu 53:14-56:13 Sponsorship Section 57:17-1:16:58 Double Exposure — Gold (Thomas Arslan) 1:17:03-1:18:42 Close