Today sees the release of my friend Dan Sallitt’s The Unspeakable Act on DVD (and for rent on iTunes!), which
remains one of my favorite films of the year after a recent second viewing.
Originally, I was planning to do a longform dialogue with another writer for a
publication on my thoughts as well as his two other films, but the
circumstances between my relationship with Dan when I first saw the film and
now are quite different. Before, I had only met Dan once and only spoke to him
briefly. Now I see him quite often, and feel it would be improper, especially
given “recent” fights about the relationship between filmmakers and critics, to
write about the film for a publication without a very long disclosure. (There’s
also a case of I’m currently working a paid project assigned by one of the collaborators
on The Unspeakable Act, meaning now I
really should recuse myself from
writing about the film professionally).
However, there are a few things to say here. First of all there’s the Cinephiliacs episode Dan and I did back in February, which is a very excellent listen. Secondly, I did excerpt some notes I had from my discarded piece on it:
However, there are a few things to say here. First of all there’s the Cinephiliacs episode Dan and I did back in February, which is a very excellent listen. Secondly, I did excerpt some notes I had from my discarded piece on it:
