January viewings
Viewed in January
Started off the New Year with some old favorites, The Wonder Boys, Monty Python’s Holy Grail and Everyone Says I Love You.
From Netflix:
His Girl Friday, which is an interesting mix of witty repartee and tangled love affairs, with a serious look at the death penalty and journalism.
Collateral, which was better than expected. Tom Cruise did a good job as the creepy killer.
Kitchen Stories, a slow-paced Scandinavian film set in the 1950s.
The Big Sleep. The DVD wasn’t labeled, we ended up watching the original cut of the film. One of the extra features highlighted the differences between the original and the version later released, which is the one we remembered seeing (and the one we would have seen if we had put the DVD in on its other unlabelled side). The original cut was much better, in our opinions.
Nashville – Robert Altman, 1975. Had never seen this. It was a great satire of country music, the South, politics, the Bicentennial. Really quite brutal when you reflect on it. The country songs done during the film are a hoot. Had to really laugh as the credits rolled and saw that most of the made-up songs were written by the actors, including Keith Carradine, Karen Black, etc.
The Door in the Floor – this is the adaptation of the first third of John Irving’s A Widow for a Year. Sad tale of a couple dealing with the aftermath of the deaths of their sons. Jeff Bridges behaves badly in brilliant fashion. Interesting feature on the DVD with Irving discussing book to movie adaptations.
Reruns: 8 Women, such a treat. The Wings of the Dove, a beautifully filmed depressing period piece. Can’t stand to read Henry James; am glad someone was able to make it into a movie.
Finally got to the theatre to see Closer. Excellent film but very depressing. Also saw The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, which we adored. I will say that The Royal Tennenbaums remains my favorite Wes Anderson film, but Life Aquatic has a lot to recommend it.
Started off the New Year with some old favorites, The Wonder Boys, Monty Python’s Holy Grail and Everyone Says I Love You.
From Netflix:
His Girl Friday, which is an interesting mix of witty repartee and tangled love affairs, with a serious look at the death penalty and journalism.
Collateral, which was better than expected. Tom Cruise did a good job as the creepy killer.
Kitchen Stories, a slow-paced Scandinavian film set in the 1950s.
The Big Sleep. The DVD wasn’t labeled, we ended up watching the original cut of the film. One of the extra features highlighted the differences between the original and the version later released, which is the one we remembered seeing (and the one we would have seen if we had put the DVD in on its other unlabelled side). The original cut was much better, in our opinions.
Nashville – Robert Altman, 1975. Had never seen this. It was a great satire of country music, the South, politics, the Bicentennial. Really quite brutal when you reflect on it. The country songs done during the film are a hoot. Had to really laugh as the credits rolled and saw that most of the made-up songs were written by the actors, including Keith Carradine, Karen Black, etc.
The Door in the Floor – this is the adaptation of the first third of John Irving’s A Widow for a Year. Sad tale of a couple dealing with the aftermath of the deaths of their sons. Jeff Bridges behaves badly in brilliant fashion. Interesting feature on the DVD with Irving discussing book to movie adaptations.
Reruns: 8 Women, such a treat. The Wings of the Dove, a beautifully filmed depressing period piece. Can’t stand to read Henry James; am glad someone was able to make it into a movie.
Finally got to the theatre to see Closer. Excellent film but very depressing. Also saw The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou, which we adored. I will say that The Royal Tennenbaums remains my favorite Wes Anderson film, but Life Aquatic has a lot to recommend it.
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