Robert Persons Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/robert-persons/ What to Watch Tue, 09 Jan 2024 16:54:09 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://www.hammertonail.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/cropped-logo02-1-32x32.png Robert Persons Archives - Hammer to Nail https://www.hammertonail.com/tag/robert-persons/ 32 32 GENERAL ORDERS NO. 9 https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/general-orders-no-9-film-review/ https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/general-orders-no-9-film-review/#comments Mon, 27 Jun 2011 15:00:40 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=11374

When it comes to General Orders No. 9, comparisons to the work of Terrence Malick are inevitable, and while a spiritual and aesthetic kinship clearly exists, the reality is that General Orders No. 9 makes Malick look like a straight shot of Hollywood.

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]]> https://www.hammertonail.com/reviews/general-orders-no-9-film-review/feed/ 1 A Conversation With Robert Persons (GENERAL ORDERS NO. 9) https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-robert-persons-general-orders-no-9/ https://www.hammertonail.com/interviews/a-conversation-with-robert-persons-general-orders-no-9/#comments Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:38:14 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=11333 Before General Orders No. 9, Robert Persons had never made a film. His first foray into the land of cinema is a mesmerizing experience, a 71-minute reflection upon his home state of Georgia and the somber evolution of a quieter, […]

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If the Sarasota Film Festival isn’t my very favorite festival of them all, it’s certainly hovering right near the tippy-top. I’m sure that sounds like a fishy statement to make considering my girlfriend is Director of Programming Holly Herrick, not […]

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]]> MIKE S. RYAN’S SUNDANCE ‘10 WRAP-UP – Why Sundance Still Matters In The World https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/mike-s-ryan%e2%80%99s-sundance-%e2%80%9810-wrap-up-why-sundance-still-matters-in-the-world/ https://www.hammertonail.com/shorts-contest/mike-s-ryan%e2%80%99s-sundance-%e2%80%9810-wrap-up-why-sundance-still-matters-in-the-world/#comments Sat, 30 Jan 2010 08:26:17 +0000 http://www.hammertonail.com/?p=1694 On my fourth day, I finally emerged from my screening doldrums. After the streets and the buses became free of the non-film skiers and LA lookeeloos and I saw 3 Backyards, Blue Valentine, and Winter’s Bone, I started to think […]

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