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Day 243: 2046 2004 + Lady Bird 2017 + Molly’s Game 2017

February 28, 2018April 25, 2018 - by Philip Powers

2046 2004 There was never much doubt that I was going to watch the other Wong Kar Wai film tonight. It’s also on the Top 100 list from TIME OUT. …

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Day 242: Moneyball 2011

February 27, 2018April 25, 2018 - by Philip Powers

Moneyball  2011 My night with the girls while Ali is at the gym. A Lane Cove Library visit to returns some dvds plus Sushi Train which is always nice. Back …

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Day 241: Sonatine 1993 + ‘Do I risk doing Godard?’

February 26, 2018April 25, 2018 - by Philip Powers

Sonatine 1993 An interesting Japanese crime film. Time Out’s List of 100 Great Films includes not one, but two Kitano films.   ‘Do I risk doing Godard?’ Fassbinder is now in the …

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Day 240: ‘Trying to Compute where my Head is but I think my Body is stuck in the Sand’

February 25, 2018April 25, 2018 - by Philip Powers

‘Trying to Compute where my Head is but I think my Body is stuck in the Sand’ Don’t know what to do. I’ve been mesmerized by a book produced by …

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Day 239: ‘Racism, Love, Acceptance, Fear and Rejection’

February 24, 2018April 25, 2018 - by Philip Powers

‘Racism, Love, Acceptance, Fear and Rejection’ Ali – Fear Eats the Soul (1974) (aka as Fear Eats the Soul) is a simply made film on most of its production levels …

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Day 238: ‘Writing and Thinking, Writing and Thinking, Processing and Thinking and Writing’ + ‘Wrapping up Fassbinder with Fear eating the soul’

February 23, 2018April 25, 2018 - by Philip Powers

‘Writing and Thinking, Writing and Thinking, Processing and Thinking and Writing’ Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) sits heavily on my shoulder again. The Epilogue has really thrown a spanner into the works. …

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Day 237: ‘Thinking of the Sense of a 15-hour movie’ + Teni zabytych predhov 1965

February 22, 2018April 25, 2018 - by Philip Powers

‘Thinking of the Sense of a 15-hour movie’ Berlin Alexanderplatz (1980) is one of the most interesting films I’ve ever watched. Watched it and completed it. It was a big …

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Day 236: ‘Home and on Wi-Fi’

February 21, 2018April 25, 2018 - by Philip Powers

‘Home and on Wi-Fi’ It’s good to be home. What an amazing three days in Manyana. Cloudy with a chance of torrential rain on day one. Happened. Overcast all of …

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Day 230-235: Berlin Alexanderplatz Episodes 6 – 14

February 20, 2018April 25, 2018 - by Philip Powers

Berlin Alexanderplatz  Episodes 6 – 14 The next week-or-so, starting tomorrow, will find me caught up watching the rest of the 930-minutes of the longest movie (or one of them) ever made. I’m away …

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Day 230: Film Course, Week 1 + The Best Man 1964

February 15, 2018April 25, 2018 - by Philip Powers

‘Film Course, Week 1’ Just about to head out to attend the first week of a twelve-week course in films from around the world, made in 1964 and 1965, with David …

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