Cinema DNA

Portrait of Jason

1967 · Directed by Shirley Clarke · United States

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Portrait of Jason stays at home, so far

All2 Director on record1 Critic argued1 2 of 2 cited · shown first

United States · 1967

Influenced 2 films

2 films

Paris Is Burning 1991 · Jennie Livingston The Guardian, 'Twenty-five years on, Paris is The Criterion Channel
Moonlight 2016 · Barry Jenkins Criterion Channel, 'Adventures in Moviegoing Disney+

Critic argued · United States → United States

Barry Jenkins has cited Claire Denis's Beau Travail as a foundational influence, the film that showed him how to use the body, light, and music as primary storytelling tools rather than dialogue. Moonlight's fragmented structure, its use of color as emotion, its willingness to let silence carry meaning, these are lessons from Denis and Wong Kar-wai. Beau Travail is streaming on Criterion Channel and is one of the most beautiful films ever made.

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