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Day 215: ‘Mildura 10th Day’ + Chungking Express 1994 + Ten Films That Changed My Life (Recently)

January 31, 2018May 10, 2018 - by Philip Powers

‘Mildura 10th Day’ Tonight I’m staying at the Mildura Villas. It’s a beautiful apartment and the service was exemplary and it was my favourite overnight of the whole twelve-day journey to Broken …

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Day 214: ‘Kinchega National Park 9th Day’

January 30, 2018May 10, 2018 - by Philip Powers

‘Kinchega National Park 9th Day’ If it’s Tuesday I must be in Broken Hill. It was 20 degrees outside – in Broken Hill – and the grey sky went as …

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Day 213: Nuit el brouillard 1955 + ‘Broken Hill 8th Day’

January 29, 2018May 10, 2018 - by Philip Powers

Nuit el brouillard  1955 In my lifetime I have seen many, and will see many more, disturbing films: but not to this extent. The English translation is Night and Fog …

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Day 212: ‘Bourke, 7th Day’

January 28, 2018May 10, 2018 - by Philip Powers

‘Bourke, 7th Day’ If it’s Sunday, This Must Still be Bourke. I’m in Outback NSW and it is rain, rain, rain. Driving to Bourke, I was in and out of …

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Day 211: Shunpu den 1965 + ‘Bourke, NSW 6th Day’

January 27, 2018May 10, 2018 - by Philip Powers

Shunpu den  1965 The Story of a Prostitute A Seijun Suzuki Film It sounds better when enunciated in Japanese than English. I had actually been searching for Koroshi no rakuin …

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Day 210: The Wind Will Carry Us 1999 + ‘Dubbo, NSW 5th Day’

January 26, 2018May 10, 2018 - by Philip Powers

The Wind Will Carry Us 1999 I decided to watch this film again because I felt like I was missing important things. In fact, I problem hadn’t, but it was …

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Day 209: ‘Wellington, NSW 4th Day’

January 25, 2018May 10, 2018 - by Philip Powers

‘Wellington, NSW 4th Day’ The Wind Will Carry Us 1999 If it’s Thursday, This Must be Wellington. Woke up to discover that kids had broken the DVD machine while playing …

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Day 208: ‘Mumbil: 3rd Day’

January 24, 2018May 10, 2018 - by Philip Powers

‘Mumbil: 3rd Day’ If it’s Wednesday, This Must be Mumbil. Got to the house and found it stifling. The air-conditioning isn’t working and there’s no Wi-Fi, so I’m keeping notes …

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Day 207: ‘O’Connell: 2nd Day’

January 23, 2018May 10, 2018 - by Philip Powers

‘O’Connell: 2nd Day’ If it’s Tuesday, This Must be O’Connell. My daughters and I have two days on a sheep farm.

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L’ATALANTE 1934

January 22, 2018February 22, 2018 - by Philip Powers - Leave a Comment

As is my custom, I didn’t read anything about this film before watching it. I knew it was directed by a man called Jean Vigo. I knew it was European, …

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