Hiroshima Mon Amour and Miss Julie
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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Thoughts on The Orphic Trilogy, The Hundred-Foot Journey, a few Jean Vigo film, Blind Chance, and the Man Who Fell to Earth.
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Thoughts on Straw Dogs, Diamonds are Forever, Boyhood, Hard-Boiled, The Spirit of the Beehive, Throne of Blood and Live and Let Die.
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Thoughts on A Safe Place, Cadence, Stromboli, The Las Picture Show, Five Easy Pieces, Day of Wrath, The Imitation Game, and everyone’s favorite, Salo.
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On paper, since I have started putting a number value to various aspects of these films, The Double Life of Veronique (1991) is, in my opinion, the greatest film, topping The Tales of Hoffmann by three measly points. This is the tops for me, statistically. This is one of the reasons why I question having […]
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The Thief of Bagdad is a large, beautifu, 1940 musical by Michael Powell, of The Red Shoes fame, and Ludwig Berger. It contains early blue screen.
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I started with Scenes from a Marriage (1973) and finished with Fanny och Alexander (1983). Both are directed by Ingmar Bergman.
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How I rate films I watch First and foremost any and all film ranking system is completely subjective. Someone will always disagree with me. I am okay with this. After watching what many consider the best examples of cinema I have noticed that watching other movies has become a bit slighted. I notice more in […]
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Federico Fellini tells the story of a director, struggling to tell a story he wanted to tell, in the confines of what the production company wants to see.
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