Mulholland Drive Revisited
Last night I re-watched Mulholland Drive with the new transfer from The Criterion Collection, I suspect that this viewing will prompt more in the future.
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Three directors, eight movies, two masterpieces and six terrible movies (three of which I will love forever). After suggesting masterpieces I think that is a word that is overused. Certainly in this specific case they are Picasso’s when comepared to a sloppy paint-by-numbers that I painted. Days of Heaven – dir. Terrence Malick – 7.3 […]
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Thoughts on three Jessica Chastain films, Interstellar, Jolene, and A Most Violent Year. Also, Zatoichi, Avengers, Mr. (and Bride of) Boogedy.
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Thoughts on a few Chantal Akerman films, La Chambre and Hotel Monterey, also, Shame and Summer with Monika from Bergman and a few silent horror films.
Read more "Chantal Akerman and other Film Updates"Bond at 50
I watched through the 23 canon films released in the new boxed set. per by M. “…I think you’re a sexist, misogynist, dinosaur. A relic of the Cold war…”
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Thoughts on Alain Resnais’ Hiroshima, mon amour and Liv Ullmann’s remake of the play Miss Julie, starring Jessica Chastain.
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I can think of several people who will not like this film. There are two clear attributes against it straight out of the gate. The first is running time: Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce 1080 Bruxelles is two hundred and one minutes long. The second is that it is minimalist cinema at its […]
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