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VIDEO ESSAYS: The Seventh Art on GIRL WITH THE DRAGON TATTOO and SON FRERE

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This month the online video film magazine The Seventh Art has published two video essays on films: one on David Fincher's remake of The Girl with a Dragon Tattoo, and one on Son Frere and depictions of death and dying in cinema.

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June 6, 2012 8:49 AM
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The Terrorizers is not just a postmodern film, but "the postmodern film."

By The Seventh Art
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April 25, 2012 9:09 AM
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Press Play is proud to co-present a new series of video essays produced by The Seventh Art, an independently produced video magazine on cinema. Our initial co-presentation is a lengthy critical video essay on Moneyball, coinciding with the opening week of Major League Baseball.

By Christopher Heron
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April 5, 2012 9:23 AM
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