MY FEELINGS FOR FRED KELEMEN'S FILMS (1)

MY FEELINGS FOR FRED KELEMEN’S FILMS (1)

I have seen five films directed by Fred Kelemen. They are:

1.KALYI (1993, A+)

2.FATE (1994, A+)

3.FROST (1997, A+)

4.NIGHTFALL (1999, A+)

5.FALLEN (2005, A+)

And I also saw some parts of DESIRE (2001, Fred Kelemen, A+), which seems to be a hybrid between stage performance and cinema. DESIRE is adapted from DESIRE UNDER THE ELMS by Eugene O’Neill.

It’s too difficult for me to write about Kelemen’s films. As for now, I think I should just begin to note down my feelings and what I remember in the films and in the discussion after the films.

--I like the crazy dancing scenes in Kelemen’s films very much. They are like the release of frustration, the madness, the free expression of someone who was not free. These scenes include the one with electronic music in FROST, and the two scenes in DESIRE—one is when Abbie (Kathrin Angerer) danced in the kitchen while throwing dishes around, the other is when the party in the guest danced together after the father left the party.

--I’m very impressed with the singing scene in NIGHTFALL, in which we see the singer with blonde wig sings from the beginning of the song until the end, and her face seems to be emotionless (or seems to express some kinds of indescribable emotion) all through the song. I like this singer as much as I like Julee Cruise in TWIN PEAKS and Labina Mitevska in I WANT YOU (1998, Michael Winterbottom).