Yesterday, I did myself a favour and finally got round to watching Blue is the Warmest Colour last years Cannes film Palme d’Or winner. Blue is an extraordinary love story about desire; desire to eat, desire to sleep with someone,…
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Blue is the Warmest Colour
Tagged with: A Story a day, Bergman, Bertolucci, Blue is the Warmest Color, Brokeback Mountain, Cannes Palme d'Or
Posted in Movies and TV
Posted in Movies and TV
Being There – A Fairly Solid Depressing Tale but Not an Overly Satisfying One
I don’t mind the odd depressing tale, but when it’s done so meekly that you pity EVERYTHING in the world including every character except the protagonist Chance, then suspension of reality and nuance can become too cumbersome on the viewer.…
Tagged with: Anthony hopkins, Being There, Holywood, Peter Sellers, Remains of the Day, Stanley Kubrick
Posted in Movies and TV
Posted in Movies and TV
Manhattan – A Stupendous Movie About Dating and Relationships
I can’t think of a more charming and thought provoking movie about dating and relationships than Manhattan. It possesses such rich dialogue and probing commentary on the desperate nature of human beings in search of love. Also it demonstrates Woody’s…
Tagged with: Annie Hall, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Manhattan, seinfeld, Woody Allen
Posted in Movies and TV
Posted in Movies and TV
Weird Clip of People Running Up on Stage and Touching Bob Dylan
Bob Dylan in Dubuque, Iowa Absolutely Sweet Marie How relaxed was Bob and the band with those ragamuffins? What a great version of his own song! That redhead’s performance in the finale might have made Bob’s eyes wobble.
Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
I am frankly very surprised by the negativity surrounding this movie. My partner and I are big fans of the first movie and we went into this with high expectations, but it didn’t disappoint in the slightest. The storyline carried…
Sigur Rós – Njósnavélin (The Nothing Song) and Cameron Crowe
I came across ‘The Nothing Song’ song some years ago when I watched the final scene in the movie Vanilla Sky. Cameron Crowe, the director of Vanilla Sky has such a great taste in music as seen by the song…
Tagged with: Álmost Famous, Bob Dylan, Cameron Crowe, Njósnavélin, Sigur Rós, The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan, The nothing song, Vanilla Sky
Posted in Movies and TV, Music
Posted in Movies and TV, Music
Smiles of a Summer Night (1955) Ingmar Bergman
Last night I saw this gorgeous movie called Smiles of a Summer Night. This Ingmar Bergman period piece comedy runs rampant with extremely clever and witty dialogue. It’s so unashamedly cheeky! On the surface, it’s seemingly a light-hearted humorous romp…
Tagged with: A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy, Breaking Down Bergman Series, Ingmar Bergman, Smiles of a Summer Night, Woody Allen
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Posted in Movies and TV
Who Killed JFK? The Kennedy Assassination – Beyond Conspiracy
I got hooked, lined and sinkered into the the whole conspiracy theory camp after seeing Oliver Stone’s JFK the movie. It aligned with my world view and the whole ‘masters of war’ rhetoric. Thankfully, I did a bit of my own…
Tagged with: JFK, JFK assassination, John F Kennedy, Oliver Stone, US Government
Posted in Movies and TV, politics
Posted in Movies and TV, politics
The Lego Movie. Be Wary of the Hype
I saw it The Lego Movie my son yesterday. I cannot understand 96% on Rotten Tomatoes. The beginning and end was interesting, but everything in between was well…very lego-ish. I felt like I was sitting in a boardroom watching a…
Inside Llewyn Davis – The Coen Brothers
Inside Llewyn Davis is about a folk singer trying, but not very successfully to make it ‘big’ in the early 1960s Greenwich Village. Llewyn is a lost man trapped inside a beastly world where its unremittingly bad karma pounds down…
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