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Donald
Cammell's The
Argument
"Cinematic Treasure"
Chicago Film
Festival
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Sometimes
viewed as a companion piece to Lucifer Rising,
Cammell’s 1972 short was left incomplete by the director
and rediscovered and finished by his editor and close
collaborator Frank Mazzola in 1999. The result is a
visually stunning piece of work, shot in Bryce Canyon by
the great Vilmos Zsigmond in glorious color and
Cinemascope, with Myriam Gibril as Aisha the Witch and
Kendrew Lascelles as the Director shouting a philosophical
dialogue
amidst the echoing rock formations.
The Film Society Of Lincoln Center review February 2007
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NEWS
*The
Argument world
wide distribution rights for sale* (excluding
the UK and territories)
MFC
is considering the sale of the complete film rights (exc. UK and
territories) including 35mm answer print, negative, Digital
master tapes, poster artwork and reviews.
Advance
Inquiries: prior to ebay auction
theargument@mazzolafilmco.com
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THE
ARGUMENT explores a typically Cammellian concern in a highly
compressed
form, the issue of sexual identity...
Like PERFORMANCE, THE ARGUMENT is an allegorical fantasy
filmed realistically.
The landscape is the landscape of the mind, hermaphroditic:
breast shaped hills, phallic shaped rock formations...
Vilmos
Zsigmond's (Cinemascope) cinematography is outstanding...
Cammell creates films that are both dense and richly suggestive,
and THE
ARGUMENT is no exception...the film is a surreal gem that
is also a fine illustration of the late director's powerful,
idiosyncratic
work...Abandoned,
once lost, now found,
Donald Cammell's
THE ARGUMENT, like the Phoenix, has been reborn."
Sam and Becky Umland
Video Watchdog review
Issue 65
Frank Mazzola
presents
a film by Donald
Cammell
“The
Argument”
Myriam GibriL Kendrew Lascelles
music by Bruce
Langhorne
director of photgraphy Vilmos
Zsigmond
assoc. producer Catherine
Hader
exec. producer Anthony
Mazzola
producer/ editor Frank
Mazzola
writer/ director Donald
Cammell
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