Category Archives: cinema

this and that

Posted on Friday, 2005 May 13 by Anton

I’m sneezing up a storm today, and the good old allergy pill hasn’t helped. I do hope it’s not the same virus that afflicted my housemate for two weeks last month. Who is the center of the movie universe? Kevin … Continue reading →

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unAmerican

Posted on Saturday, 2005 May 07 by Anton

Movielens invites you to rate movies you’ve seen and offers recommendations according to your ratings. To my amusement, most of the top fifteen titles suggested to me are foreign: six Japanese (all by Miyazaki), four Chinese and one German.

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“I am damn unsatisfied . . .”

Posted on Wednesday, 2005 May 04 by Anton

Novel digital effects (interesting though somewhat crude by current standards) and slapstick mitigate the pointlessness of Kung Fu Hustle but detract from the fight scenes. Would I like it better if I understood the language?

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cinema 1963

Posted on Friday, 2005 April 22 by Anton

天国と地獄 High and Low. Kurosawa does not disappoint in this policier, from a novel by Ed McBain (King’s Ransom). As in 野良犬 Stray Dog, it’s weird to see Mifune with a modern haircut and mustache; I could not be sure … Continue reading →

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our television heritage

Posted on Wednesday, 2005 March 30 by Anton

My Favorite Martian is available on DVD, but not The Addams Family or The Wild Wild West or Get Smart. Does that seem right to you? We recently watched the first two episodes of The Protectors (1972), which wanted to … Continue reading →

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movies 1962

Posted on Sunday, 2005 March 13 by Anton

Jules et Jim (dir. Truffaut). It took me a long time to sort out that the one with an English name is French and the one with a French name is German. I find that in French a German accent … Continue reading →

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au cinéma 1961

Posted on Wednesday, 2005 March 02 by Anton

The Misfits (dir. John Huston). I dropped it after about forty minutes; it might be more enjoyable if I hadn’t read of its history. The script spends too much of the time exclaiming how wonderful the writer’s wife is. Clark … Continue reading →

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