dir. Bill Forsyth
Scotland, 1980
Far odder than I anticipated, but very funny. Somehow has the best bits of Scotland and some bizarre European sensibility.
Wednesday 27 February 2013
Rewatch: Mean Girls
dir. Mark Waters
USA, 2004
Still as good as I remember it, and uncannily prescient. Burn Book.
USA, 2004
Still as good as I remember it, and uncannily prescient. Burn Book.
Friday 15 February 2013
Vicky Cristina Barcelona
dir. Woody Allen
USA, 2008
Only slightly less excruciating than Midnight in Paris. Possibly the most anti-feminist film I've ever seen, made even worse by its banality. The best scenes were the ones when Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz were arguing; I could watch them do that for hours. That's what Allen's film should've been, just those two arguing in Spanish for an hour and a half.
USA, 2008
Only slightly less excruciating than Midnight in Paris. Possibly the most anti-feminist film I've ever seen, made even worse by its banality. The best scenes were the ones when Javier Bardem and Penelope Cruz were arguing; I could watch them do that for hours. That's what Allen's film should've been, just those two arguing in Spanish for an hour and a half.
Friday 8 February 2013
River's Edge
dir. Tim Hunter
USA, 1986
This is a very strange film indeed, from the slow pace of the first third where despite a high school kid killing another high school kid, no-one seems too bothered, to Crispin Glover's manic/melodramatic acting that someone described as like he's in an entirely different film. Keanu Reeves is in it too, making lots of huffy gestures with his hands and putting his hands in his jean pockets a lot.
USA, 1986
This is a very strange film indeed, from the slow pace of the first third where despite a high school kid killing another high school kid, no-one seems too bothered, to Crispin Glover's manic/melodramatic acting that someone described as like he's in an entirely different film. Keanu Reeves is in it too, making lots of huffy gestures with his hands and putting his hands in his jean pockets a lot.
Rewatch: Fast Times at Ridgemont High
dir. Amy Heckerling
USA, 1982
This was the first of the new season at film club - teen movies, a season Al is suspicious of, though he chose this. When I saw it before, I was quite shocked at how seriously it pitched itself, stemming from the scriptwriter Cameron Crowe's underground reportage etc. That serious intention and the shock of serious - yet still recognisably "teen" - treatment still affects. It holds up well.
USA, 1982
This was the first of the new season at film club - teen movies, a season Al is suspicious of, though he chose this. When I saw it before, I was quite shocked at how seriously it pitched itself, stemming from the scriptwriter Cameron Crowe's underground reportage etc. That serious intention and the shock of serious - yet still recognisably "teen" - treatment still affects. It holds up well.
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