Sunday, June 29, 2008
Tuesday, June 24, 2008
La Bete Humaine
What a gorgeously filmed movie by Jean Renoir (based on the novel by Emile Zola). From 1938 starring Jean Gabin and Simone Simon. The cinematography involving the train was incredible and the story was pretty good. I could have easily watched this again as soon as I finished it but had too much work to do.
Monday, June 23, 2008
Friday, June 20, 2008
Thursday, June 19, 2008
finally, a good movie!
of course it probably helped that I didn't read the book (if there is one) that the movie was based on so I wasn't setting myself up for disappointment. "Elling" is one of the greatest movies about fear, friendship and LIFE that I've seen in a while. It is right up there with "The Kitchen Stories" and "Schultze Gets the Blues". Why can't Americans make movies like these? These are all genuinely intelligent but also kind of sweet and sad in a way that just can't be done here. For one thing, nothing can be SUBTLE here, our society just keeps dumbing everything down for the lowest common denominator and people don't "get it" unless they are hit over the head with it. I'm all for watching something simply for entertainment but I don't feel like it has to be absolutely moronic.
Wednesday, June 18, 2008
Love in the Time of Cholera
Once again, a pretty darn good book, TERRIBLE movie. More painful to watch than probably living through a cholera epidemic.
Monday, June 16, 2008
Sunday, June 15, 2008
The Man Who Fell to Earth by Walter Tevis
Matte had bought the Criterion Version of The Man Who Fell to Earth a while back and it came with the novel it was based on. I had never seen the movie and there was a blurb on the box that stated that you wouldn't get the full meaning of the movie if you didn't read the book. I could not put the book down, it was extremely well written and concise and beautiful. As soon as I finished reading, I couldn't wait to watch the movie version, especially being a long time David Bowie fan. I have not yet taken the time to find out what Walter Tevis thought of this movie rendition of his novel, right now I am too frustrated. I found the movie completely unwatchable. There were all kinds of sex scenes in the movie that were not in the book, in fact, the movie barely followed the book at all. Maybe I'm just not a fan of "cult" classics but I feel genuinely disappointed and ripped off by the movie version of the novel...
Thursday, June 12, 2008
Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Friday, June 06, 2008
Thursday, June 05, 2008
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