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for my own referenceSunday, March 18, 2012
film list 2 - 18th march 2012
never
let me go, mark romanek - without the slow burn of the book, but
still a spooke slow take on that terrific novel. somehow the mystery is gone by
the aura remains. we know almost immediately about the fate that awaits the
three main protagonists - but they get to know later. the images are faithul
otherwise to the book.
tinker
tailor soldier spy, tomas alfresdon - another one of my
favourite novels into a film- an stunningly adapted. gary oldman's smiley
especially. though we never really see either annor karla- they naturally
mirror each other as the ghosts who shape the mans life- and london is
stunningly grey, bureaucratic and beautiful.
all
watched over by machines of loving grace, adam curtis- the trilogy
of documentary films with his trademark random connections and convincing
arguments- this time connecting ayn rand to 2008 market collapses; cybernetics
to bucky fuller; and trouble in the congo to the hunt for source of the aids
virus.
once
upon a time in anatolia, nuri bilge ceylan - the rolling hills
of anatolia where the search is on for a buried body. sudden flourishes of
things happening on the edge of the main action open out vistas of such beauty
that it is breathtaking. meanwhile inside the moving car conversation continues
discussing mondane matters of family and love.
visage,
tasai ming liang - i can generally take long self indulgent films- but this one
tested even my patience. i read somewhere that the film is supposed to be
tracking a taiwanese film director as he tries to make a film on salome in
paris. each little episode is gorgeously shot with tsai ming liang madness of
sudden songs and gay subtext. mirrors in a forest and songs in a freezing room.
megamind,
tom mcgrath - hilarious anti-hero hero megamind, the arch nemesis of the one
and only metro man finally defeats him only to find his life hollow and without
meaning. so he makes another hero instead...
Labels: animation, documentary, hollywood, taiwan, turkey
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