A 9-minute masterclass on why Linklater is time's favorite director.
If cinema is the art of time, Linklater is one of its most thoughtful and engaged directors. Unlike other filmmakers identified as auteurs, Linklater’s distinction is not found on the surface of his films, in a visual style or signature shot, but rather in their DNA, as ongoing conversations with cinema, which is to say, with time itself. A visual essay produced by Sight and Sound.
Editing
Seamless cross-film conversations spanning decades.
Direction
Kogonada's signature geometric precision meets Linklater's looseness.
Writing
Sight and Sound essay transformed into visual poetry.
Director
Kogonada
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Kogonada made this while developing his first feature Columbus, essentially auditioning his visual essay style for feature work.
Sight and Sound's poll crowned Vertigo greatest film in 2012; this essay quietly argues Linklater deserves similar canon consideration through philosophy, not spectacle.
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