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Day 91: THE 400 BLOWS + Should I Go, Can I Stay + ‘Le Dernier Metro’ 1980

September 29, 2017March 15, 2018 - by Philip Powers

THE 400 BLOWS – blow by blow I did my usual written reduction, having been grabbed by its obvious, unaffected, genuinity/genuineness but ungrabbed by its greatness. It’s really interesting, I …

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Day 92

September 29, 2017March 15, 2018 - by Philip Powers

Wrote about three Truffaut films all day today. Will publish the essay tomorrow. About to watch Stolen Kisses.

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Day 90: THE 400 BLOWS + THE 400 BLOWS 1959 + JULES ET JIM 1962

September 28, 2017March 15, 2018 - by Philip Powers

THE 400 BLOWS – blow by blow THE 400 BLOWS analysis I did the same thing I do every time I’m confused by a film’s status. I wrote down everything …

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Day 89: AWOL

September 27, 2017March 15, 2018 - by Philip Powers

AWOL Today I just wandered off into my own blue world. I went outside into a new world where people experienced a life beyond shutters and a beam of light …

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Day 88: Bresson’s World, Party On

September 26, 2017March 15, 2018 - by Philip Powers

Bresson’s World, Party On Having ventured so far, I’ve had to acknowledge Bresson’s undeniable genius. I can’t let what happened in week one and two happen again. That week I …

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Day 87: Comparing BFI & TIME’s 100 Greatest Films

September 25, 2017March 15, 2018 - by Philip Powers

Comparing BFI & TIME’s 100 Greatest Films Today, I did an analysis of the films TIME magazine published in 2011 and those Sight and Sound (BFI: British Film Institute) published …

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Day 86: Letting Go of Bresson

September 24, 2017March 15, 2018 - by Philip Powers

Letting Go of Bresson This project keeps throwing curve balls. I think I’m going to do one thing one day and then out comes another curve ball. Tonight’s was born …

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Day 85: Robert Bresson 1951-1966 + ‘The Fall’ 2006

September 23, 2017March 15, 2018 - by Philip Powers

Robert Bresson 1951-1966 The intention, twelve days ago, was to watch Au Hasard Balthazar (1966), one of cinema’s most highly regarded films, as well as Pickpocket (1959) and Mouchette (1967), …

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Day 84: ‘Diary of a Country Priest’ 1951

September 22, 2017March 15, 2018 - by Philip Powers

‘Diary of a Country Priest’ 1951 Today I watched Robert Bresson’s Diary of a Country Priest (1951), his third feature film. Based on a novel by Georges Bernanos, it’s an …

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Day 83: ‘The Trial of Joan of Arc’ 1962

September 21, 2017March 16, 2018 - by Philip Powers

‘The Trial of Joan of Arc’ 1962 As you do, I got up and watched The Trial of Joan of Arc again today. I felt I’d been tired while watching …

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