Out of town this week looking after the Latin American Film Festival and catching up with friends. And watching a few films.
Normal service, such as it is, will be resumed when I get back, late Monday-ish.
The anbaric journal of Dan Slevin, gentleman, of Newtown
Out of town this week looking after the Latin American Film Festival and catching up with friends. And watching a few films.
Normal service, such as it is, will be resumed when I get back, late Monday-ish.
Roger Ebert repeats an anecdote told him by Marcello Mastroianni about filming the famous Trevi Fountain splashabout in La Dolce Vita:
“The water, it was-a very cold,” He said. “Fellini, he shoots again and again. Finally, the time for the close shot of my fingers reaching to touch-a her cheek. I am always smoking, smoking, smoking. My fingers, the nicotine!”
He held them up to illustrate.
“Anita’s skin is alabaster white. Fellini, he looks-a my fingers against her skin, and shouts, Marcello! When-a you gonna learn the right way to wipe-a your ass?“
Made me laugh anyway.
(0)My friend Alex, honorary international judge for this year’s 48 Hours (Wgtn) sent me a story:
(1)I met a guy who lives in isolated Indonesia and builds medical centres
I asked him about the building materials- local
I asked him about the sanitation methods- pig
Yip
That’s right, there is a pig who lives under the building who gets shat on all day, who eats human shit all day, who doesn’t get out of the shit pen much
For its whole life
And then,
The villagers eat the pigNice story huh?
"The “evil twin” story is one of the oldest in literature and it makes for a pretty lumpy metaphor here."
0.3
"... I have rarely felt so detached from a big screen movie ..."
0.3Before the Devil Knows You're Dead... 4/5
2008-06-29 15:15
"Effortlessly switching perspectives and time-frames, Lumet proves that he hasn’t lost that ability to reveal human frailty by piling on the pressure. Totally recommended."
0.3Grow Your Own (2007) 3.5/5
2008-06-23 13:00
"... contains plenty of diverting comic moments while never losing sight of the human stories unfolding close at hand, reminding us that Social Workers may well be the heroes of the 21st century."
0.3The Chronicles of Narnia: Prince Caspian... 3.5/5
2008-06-22 12:45
"... chugs along at an excellent pace and the whole thing is sprinkled with plenty of wit."
0.33.5/5
2008-06-19 15:30
"The usual cross-cultural misunderstandings occur but the characters all grow on you, much like India grows on our hero."
0.3You Don't Mess with the Zohan (2008) 3/5
2008-06-16 11:00
"There are plenty of jokes per minute and the relentless teasing of Israelis for their love of fizzy drinks, hummus, disco and hacky-sack is pretty entertaining."
0.3
"Clumsily condensed and fussily directed, Brick Lane never quite overcomes it’s own clichés."
0.3Happy-Go-Lucky (2008) 2.5/5
2008-06-08 17:45
"... I think the reason why Happy-Go-Lucky fails is the lack of empathy for the characters (possibly caused by Leigh not having actors like Brenda Blethyn and Timothy Spall to make the emotional connections for him)."
0.3Sex and the City (2008) 2.5/5
2008-06-04 13:00
"... it appears to be about four women in Manhattan, not too bright, not too nice and not too deep, who are looking for love, success and shoes."
0.3Second Hand Wedding (2008) 3.5/5
2008-05-11 13:30
"... an adorable confection, easy to praise and a pleasure to recommend."
0.3The Painted Veil (2006) 3.5/5
2008-04-26 18:00
"... the images are ravishing, the performances are uniformly excellent and you could do a lot worse on a wet weekend."
0.3Lars and the Real Girl (2007) 4.5/5
2008-04-07 20:15
“Gosling’s performance is a thing of wonder but it wouldn’t be half as successful without great work from Paul Schneider, Emily Mortimer and Patricia Clarkson to play off. Kudos to them all. Not to be missed.”
0.3I'm Not There. (2007) 4.5/5
2008-03-29 20:15
"I think the key to Dylan is that he is less complicated (and at the same time more complex) than the world would have you believe and he fully deserves a work of art as fine as this one in his name.
0.3Scaphandre et le papillon, Le (2007) 4.5/5
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A masterpiece of sensitive adaptation.
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