Movies 2007 #8 – The Quiet Duel
Akira Kurosawa’s: The Quiet Duel This may or may not be useful as a review, but The Quiet Duel plays like one of those teleplays that they used to do back in the 50s. Like they’d get Lee J. Cobb … Continue reading
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Movies 2007 #7 Lust for Life
Lust for Life: A very good film. The portrayals of Van Gogh and Gauguin, the two artists most prominently featured, were in line with my expectations. Douglas as Van Gogh was exceptionally good. He played what I feel when I … Continue reading
Movies 2007 #6
Gwoemul (2006): I’m halfway into a full-blooded review as I type this. A great monster movie. More to come.
Movies 2007 #5 Sanshiro Sugata 2
Sanshiro Sugata 2: The worst Kurosawa film I’ve yet seen. He really goes through the motions here. There are still moments, of course, but for the most part it’s pretty standard fare. Hopefully The Quiet Duel will be better.
Movies 2007 #4
In the Realms of the Unreal – The Mystery of Henry Darger: I’ve been fascinated by outsider artist Henry Darger for several years now, ever since I discovered his story on the Net. Following up on that I was lucky … Continue reading
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