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Day 304: Journey to Italy 1954 ‘Viaggio in Italia’

April 30, 2018May 19, 2018 - by Philip Powers

Day 304 Monday 30 April 2018  5.13pm Viaggio in Italia (aka. Journey to Italy)  1954 A Roberto Rossellini Film “If you hadn’t called me now, I would have thrown myself into …

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Day 303: ‘Rossellini 1945 and 1948’ 2018

April 29, 2018May 19, 2018 - by Philip Powers

Day 303 Sunday 29 April 2018  3.32 ‘Rossellini 1945 and 1948’  2018 I saw Rome: Open City when I was studying film at NSW University in 1983. The film didn’t …

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Day 303: The Wild Bunch 1969

April 29, 2018May 19, 2018 - by Philip Powers

Day 303 Sunday 29 April 2018   11.10pm The Wild Bunch A Sam Peckinpah Film “Damn that Deke Thornton to hell.” “What would you do in his place? He gave his …

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Day 303: ‘Rossellini 1945 & 1948’ 2018

April 29, 2018May 19, 2018 - by Philip Powers

Day 303 Sunday 29 April 2018 2.56pm ‘Rossellini 1945 & 1948’   2018 I saw Rome: Open City when I was studying film at NSW University in 1983. The film didn’t mean …

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Day 302: ‘Desperation insists I watch two Rossellini films tonight’ 2018

April 28, 2018May 19, 2018 - by Philip Powers

Day 302 Saturday 28 April 2018 11.23pm ‘Desperation insists I watch two Rossellini films tonight’   2018 I have to watch two Roberto Rossellini films tonight, Rome Open City (1945) and Germany …

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Day 302: Les enfants du paradis 1945

April 28, 2018May 19, 2018 - by Philip Powers

Day 302 Saturday 28 April 2018 3.47pm Les enfants du paradis  1945 A Marcel Carné Film What a wonderful film. It has one of the saddest and funniest of scripts I’ve …

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Day 301: Intimate Lighting 1965

April 27, 2018May 19, 2018 - by Philip Powers

Day 301 Friday 27 April 2018 11.45pm Intimate Lighting   1965 An Ivan Passer Film Ivan Passer was a director who I knew well because of three films in particular: Silver Bears …

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Day 301: ‘Watching the children of Paradise’ 2018

April 27, 2018May 19, 2018 - by Philip Powers

Day 301 Friday 27 April 2018 11.10pm ‘Watching the children of Paradise’   2018 I’m watching the film, Les enfants du paradis (1945) – as in right after pressing Publish – about which I’ve …

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Day 300: ‘David Stratton’s A History of Cinema – Week 11’ 2018

April 26, 2018May 19, 2018 - by Philip Powers

Day 300 Thursday 26 April 2018 11.26pm ‘David Stratton’s A History of Cinema – Week 11’   2018 Tonight was the second last week of my twelve-week film course. I thought that …

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Day 299: ‘Early to Bed, Early to Rise’ 2018

April 25, 2018May 19, 2018 - by Philip Powers

Day 299 Wednesday 25 April 2018 11.24pm  ‘Early to Bed, Early to Rise’  2018 Unwell today, as I was for the last 48 Hours. We’re in the Blue Mountains. Got up here …

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