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Director Top Five: Steven Soderbergh
Top Priority Traffic (2000) King of the Hill (1993) Schizopolis (1996) Sex, Lies and Videotape (1989) Bubble (2005) Films Seen : 9 Top Five The Limey (1999) Out of Sight (1998) Solaris (2002) Che: Part Two (2008) The Girlfriend Experience (2009)
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Director Top Five: David Cronenberg
Top Priority Spider (2002) Naked Lunch (1991) Crash (1996) Films Seen : 9 Top Five Dead Ringers (1988) Eastern Promises (2007) A History of Violence (2005) Videodrome (1983) The Dead Zone (1983)
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Last Tango in Paris (Bertolucci, 1972)
Aimer, souffrir, crier, pleurer… je veux rien. Je sourie quand je suis contente, je pleure quand je suis triste. La jeunesse, c’est facile! Ou Presque. J’essaie encore, mais vous êtes si grand et je ne peux pas résister. Parle, s’il vous plait. Je vous écoute, mais vous ne m’écouté pas. Je ...
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Gone with the Wind (Victor Fleming, 1939)
For the film’s 70 th anniversary and the upcoming release of a newly remastered edition and Blu-Ray, Gone with the Wind was released in theatres for a one day only event today. Even if I was not the fan I am, I probably could not pass up this opportunity, and though it is a film that’s ...
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Another Blog
  This is a project I wish I had thought of, the fifty best films of the decade, one day at a time just in time to end on December 31st 2009. A worthy and ambitious project. CHECK IT OUT
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That’ll do Blog
This is a blog I like, this is a blog to read, this is a blog that something something. Babe!
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Silent Film Screencap Challenge
It’s been a very long time since I attempted one of these, and since I’m finally almost done with silents for my classes I thought I’d give them their due. This one is going to be pretty difficult, so good luck! 1. Answer: 2. Answer: 3. Answer: 4. Answer: ...
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Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (David Lynch, 1992)
Laura Palmer has doe eyes, and when she meets the big bad wolf, her pupils dilate, her eyelids flutter and they fill with tears. Is that what love is? She surrounds herself with coloured light, distorting the true face of God, because we cannot look into the eyes of Our Father without ...
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Three Colors: Blue (Kieslowski, 1993)
Comparing an experience with great art with a religious experience is old hat and perhaps inappropriate. As someone with no formal education or connection to religion, my use of the statement seems ignorant, if not outright hypocritical. I’ve never had a profound experience relating ...
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Sunday Screencap #2
Breezy (Clint Eastwood, 1973)
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A Face to Launch a Thousand Ships
Was this the face that launched a thousand ships, and burnt the topless towers of Ileum? -Christopher Marlowe
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Director Top Five: Ingmar Bergman
  # films seen : 9 Top Priority Summer with Monika (1953) Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) Through a Glass Darkly (1961) Scenes from a Marriage (1973) Autumn Sonata (1978) Top Five 1. Fanny and Alexander (1982) 2. Cries and Whispers (1972) 3. The Virgin ...
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Director Top 5: Robert Altman
What can I say, I’m bored tonight. I take requests, though I might not get to them until tomorrow. # Films Seen : 11 Top Priority 3 Women (1977) Short Cuts (1993) California Split (1974) Brewster McCloud (1970) Popeye (1980) Top Five 1. McCabe and Mrs. Miller ...
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Two-Lane Blacktop (Hellman, 1971)
It’s difficult to describe the true effect of a film where so little happens. On paper it’s a film that’s been pitched and seen a thousand times over, as two cars race across the country for pride, honor and the other’s car. Neither party seems particularly involved ...
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Director Top Five: Jean-Luc Godard
  # of films seen : 9 Top priority Une femme mariée (1964) Sauve qui peut (la vie) (1980) Nouvelle Vague (1990) Made in U.S.A. (1966) 2 or 3 choses que je sais d’elle (1967) Top Five Band of Outsiders (1964) Vivre sa vie (1962) Contempt (1963)  ...
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Director Top Fives: Jean-Luc Godard
# of films seen : 9 Top priority   Une femme mariée (1964) Sauve qui peut (la vie) (1980) Nouvelle Vague (1990) Made in U.S.A. (1966) 2 or 3 choses que je sais d’elle (1967)   Top Five 1. Band a part (1964) 2. Vivre sa vie (1962) 3. Contempt ...
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Dietrich Moment
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Happy 50th Anniversary to the Hockey Mask!
Gilles Graton Believe it or not, there was a time in my life that I hoped to make a career of designing goalie masks. It was never meant to be, but I still appreciate the artistry and personalization involved. It is one of the appeals of hockey for me, a sport that I feel is founded by ...
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What I watched this Halloween season
These are from viewings in September and October, all ‘horror’ however vague that term may be judging from my viewings. The stars mean I’ve already seen the film, the attempt at order is silly but I tried my best; 1. Black Christmas (1974)* 2. All the Boys Love Mandy ...
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Black Christmas (Clark, 1974)
Black Christmas is one of those films that only improves with each viewing. IT’s a film that prides itself on it’s bleakness. The Christmas setting is undercut by the darkness that embodies every shot. Counteracting the beautiful Christmas lights is always blacks that are ...
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