Day 243: 2046 2004 + Lady Bird 2017 + Molly’s Game 2017
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
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 …
Read MoreDay 241: Sonatine 1993 + ‘Do I risk doing Godard?’
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 …
Read MoreDay 240: ‘Trying to Compute where my Head is but I think my Body is stuck in the Sand’
‘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 …
Read MoreDay 239: ‘Racism, Love, Acceptance, Fear and Rejection’
‘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 …
Read MoreDay 238: ‘Writing and Thinking, Writing and Thinking, Processing and Thinking and Writing’ + ‘Wrapping up Fassbinder with Fear eating the soul’
‘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. …
Read MoreDay 237: ‘Thinking of the Sense of a 15-hour movie’ + Teni zabytych predhov 1965
‘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 …
Read MoreDay 236: ‘Home and on Wi-Fi’
‘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 …
Read MoreDay 230-235: Berlin Alexanderplatz Episodes 6 – 14
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 …
Read MoreDay 230: Film Course, Week 1 + The Best Man 1964
‘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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