Moving pictures, #13
I was looking at my film-watching records – yes, I have a spreadsheet of which films I’ve watched, and when – and I noticed in 2013 I watched on average around 16 DVDs a month. Last year, that almost...
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Still catching up on these… Tere Naam, Satish Kaushik (2003, India). After watching Deewaar, I stuck a bunch of Bollywood films on my rental list and the first to arrive was Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, which I...
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Cracking on with these… Yeelen*, Souleymane Cissé (1987, Mali). I had to buy a copy of this as it’s only available on DVD in the US. That seems to be true of a number of films on the 1001 Movies You...
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Carrying on with getting my film posts to get up to date… Come and See*, Elem Klimov (1985, Russia). The opening of this movie did not bode well. Two boys, playing at war, while one of them puts on a...
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Almost up to date now – so it’ll back to the usual, somewhat irregular, schedule for these Moving picture posts after this one. A bit of a mixed bag this time – three from the US, two from France, and...
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Here we go again, more movies watched by yours truly. Only two from the list this time around. Drugstore Cowboy*, Gus Van Sant (1989, USA). Even if you show how degrading junkie culture is in a movie,...
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I’m pretty much up to date now, and this post only includes a single film from the list. In all other respects, a fairly typical spread, featuring directors I’ve mentioned in previous posts. The Naked...
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The whole reading books instead of watching films thing isn’t quite working out as planned – well, inasmuch as it’s not really working out at all. Having said that, of late I’ve been binge-watching The...
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A nice geographical spread this time, although only two films are from the 1001 Movies you Must See Before You Die list. Entranced Earth*, Glauber Rocha (1967, Brazil). I watched this while drinking...
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I’ve been using the 1001 Movies You Must See Before You Die list (2013 edition) to direct my film-viewing for a couple of years now, and I thought it might be worth having a look at how it’s been...
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