B.C. Wallin
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JoinedDecember 18, 2020
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B.C. Wallin is a writer, a reader, a cultural critic, an enthusiast of the particular. He lives in New York with his family.

2 or 3 Questions About The Clock

B.C. Wallin·
Extras
Whenever I speak about The Clock, the first, inevitable question I’m asked is ‘How?’ followed almost immediately by ‘Why?’ It’s impossible to discuss the work without thinking about it mechanically and logistically. How do you make a 24-hour movie? How could anyone physically watch a 24-hour movie? How could they manage, especially under these very particular circumstances of admission?
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The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014) | Fox Searchlight Pictures

One Nostalgia Later

B.C. Wallin·
Issue 90: Frames
I remember The Grand Budapest Hotel, and I remember those swirling lights and the clutched breath and the deep longing. I think about this frame of Agatha, frozen in time, holding her lover’s gaze—holding our gaze—as the darkness briefly clouds her face.
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