Day 123: Yeah! Not a Good Day, but Also a Very Good day
Yeah! Not a Good Day, but Also a Very Good day Yes, Tuesdays aren’t, generally, good days and there is a reason why, and the reason is something that would …
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Day 122: A Third of the Way Through Tonight + Is 2018 a Leap Year?
A Third of the Way Through Tonight Analysing What I Need, to Finish the Project on Time and on Schedule It’s time to work out my goal for next year …
Read MoreDay 121: Seriously! Is French Cancan a masterpiece? + “Your wife’s home and your house is on fire” + Elena et les homes 1956
Seriously! Is French Cancan a masterpiece? I have now watched French Cancan again – the third time -trying to work out how such an overripe, exaggerated, film could be regarded …
Read MoreDay 120: ‘The Southerner’ 1945
‘The Southerner’ 1945 Watched The Southerner (1945), the ninth Jean Renoir film. A film made during his Hollywood years 1940-1948. It’s a very interesting film which follows The Rules of …
Read MoreDay 119: ‘The River’ 1951
‘The River’ 1951 Just finished The River. Even when I watched La Bête humain I felt like I was watching Renoir’s film, not Zola’s story. With The River, I felt …
Read MoreDay 118: Mick LaSalle – Film critic sees classics for the first time
“Mick LaSalle – Film critic sees classics for the first time” I read a brilliant and honest article from The San Francisco Chronicle from February 24, 2008. [Don’t know how …
Read MoreDay 117: ‘The Lower Depths’ 1936 + ‘French Cancan’ 1955
‘The Lower Depths’ 1936 ‘French Cancan’ 1955 I did a double feature Jean Renoir tonight. I watched the last of the 1930s films he directed which I have access to …
Read MoreDay 116: Understanding the Beast Within + The Smurfs 2011
Understanding the Beast Within – I looked at several sequences of The Human Beast (1938) again and realized that Renoir – in 1938 – had moved beyond his subject, beyond …
Read MoreDay 115: La Bête Humaine 1938
La Bête Humaine 1938 I’m assuming Emile Zola is the Charles Dickens of France. His name is as familiar to me as many authors, like William Thackeray, or Thomas Hardy, …
Read MoreDay 114: Looking at Renoir’s ‘The Rules of the Game’ in the light of WWII
Looking at Renoir’s ‘The Rules of the Game’ in the light of WWII As I was writing about my second viewing of La Regle du Jeu (1939), I wondered what …
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