‘Terrorist Spectacles,’ ‘Symbolic Acts’ and the ‘Fear Box’ Discussed by Filmmaker Johan Grimonprez at IDFA: ‘Images Are Screaming Out at You’

Belgian filmmaker Johan Grimonprez, whose “Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat” won an award for cinematic innovation at Sundance, mused on the significance of the “symbolic act” during a talk at documentary festival IDFA on Sunday. Speaking in the art-deco splendor of Amsterdam’s Tuschinski movie theater, Grimonprez started with an extract from his film “Shadow World,” […]