Wheel of Ashes (1968)
- Directed by
- Peter Emmanuel Goldman
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- France
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Rating
- 8.0 of 10 from 10 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This black-and-white drama captures youthful despair in 1960s Greenwich Village and Paris. It follows characters adrift in these bohemian settings, with a raw cinematic style mixing American underground and French New Wave sensibilities.
bleakmelancholicatmosphericslow-pacedintrospectivegrittyrawdespairingexperimental
What happens
Peter Emanuel Goldman (born June 5, 1939) is an American filmmaker, writer and investigative columnist. He was widely recognized as the connection between the New American (Underground) cinema and the French New Wave during the 1960s. Goldman was a director of independent feature films in New York and Paris and was highly praised by Newsweek, Susan Sontag, Jean-Luc Godard (who wrote that “Goldman stands alone” among young American filmmakers). His first feature, Echoes of Silence, became a landmark of the American Underground. This film, and a film shot in Paris, Wheel of Ashes (Roue de Cendres), played to critical acclaim at leading festivals including the New York, Venice Cannes, London and Pesaro film festivals. Goldman's films are considered to be in a realm between the American Underground, the New York School of Cinema Verité, and the French New Wave. His black-and-white films offer a portrayal of youthful despair in 1960s Greenwich Village and Paris, alongside New York City. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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