Day 134: Left Awake and Alone – Brain Still Active
Left Awake and Alone – Brain Still Active Still trying to come to terms with Renoir and Chaplin. And of course there’s the Badlands observations I’ve written about. The stigma …
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Left Awake and Alone – Brain Still Active Still trying to come to terms with Renoir and Chaplin. And of course there’s the Badlands observations I’ve written about. The stigma …
Read MoreChaplin and Renoir Very intense days as I write about Renoir still and try to sum up Chaplin. I’m writing a short biography of Renoir based on the ten films …
Read MoreRenoir is a great director & his book on how he got started is – um – great Reading, reading, reading. This book is amazing, amazing, amazing. Bad Meets Good …
Read MorePublished my ‘A Patch of Red’ Essay on Vertigo [1958] I finished my essay, then proof-read it and published it on my site with a couple of other observations. Modern …
Read MoreBadlands 1973 Tonight, feeling – more than normal – I’m running behind schedule, I added another stand-alone film to this week’s attractions. Started watching it despite the other feelings I’ve …
Read More‘My Life and My Films’ by Jean Renoir 1974 Received this book in the mail as well as the book written by Scott someone on Renoir( – McDonaugh?). Started reading …
Read MoreRe-watching Vertigo It is now seven hours since I finished watching Vertigo (1958) with my wife and Mim. I noticed something about the colour red. I’ve not read about it …
Read MoreVertigo 1958 Amazing. Really amazing. It is the film I know least well by Hitchcock. I looked for circles and swirls or spirals plus any particular use of colour. I …
Read MoreJean Renoir on Directing Posted an
Read MoreJean Renoir on Directing Posted an observation called Jean Renoir’s Camera. Today I borrowed a book from the amazing Lane Cove Library. It’s the best library I’ve come across. Hundreds …
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