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The Greatest Performance in Cinema

Renee Falconetti in The Passion of Joan of Arc, directed by Carl Dreyer (1928) Actors should at least know that the bar was set. A long long time ago. Pauline Kael: One of the greatest of all movies. The director, … Continue reading

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In Closeup: La Passion de Jeanne d’Arc

Roger Ebert writes: You cannot know the history of silent film unless you know the face of Renee Maria Falconetti. In a medium without words, where the filmmakers believed that the camera captured the essence of characters through their faces, … Continue reading

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