Letters To Cinema

This week, I approach my analysis differently to what I usually do by looking at a film through a cinephiliac moment or privileged moment. Paul Willemen states that a cinephiliac moment “has something to do with what you perceive to be the privileged, pleasure-giving, fascinating moment of a relationship to what’s happening on the screen.” In this episode, to explain this concept in film analysis, I look at Nicholas Ray’s "Johnny Guitar" (1954) and share a dramatic personal experience from my own life.