From 3466ec1b57c50f4167333fdf328069e4624990bd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Bryan Newbold Date: Sun, 24 May 2020 22:12:02 -0700 Subject: more film updates --- film/2019.page | 19 ++++++++++++++++++ film/2020.page | 59 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ film/to-watch.page | 10 --------- 3 files changed, 78 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) create mode 100644 film/2020.page diff --git a/film/2019.page b/film/2019.page index a61b1a5..cec3ab9 100644 --- a/film/2019.page +++ b/film/2019.page @@ -70,3 +70,22 @@ Only God Forgives -------------------- Meh. + + +Towering Inferno +-------------------- + +SF Hyatt Regency, OJ Simpson, etc! + + +I am Love +------------- + +Solid family drama. Always love Tilda Swinton in anything. + + +American Psycho +------------------- + +Alright I guess, only watched for the pop culture. + diff --git a/film/2020.page b/film/2020.page new file mode 100644 index 0000000..611a5ef --- /dev/null +++ b/film/2020.page @@ -0,0 +1,59 @@ + +The Net (1995) +---------------- + +Subway +----------- + +Fun, aesthetic, but didn't feel like there was much there there. Sort of +reminded me of Buckaroo Banzai. + + +Pain and Glory (Almadovar) +------------------------------------- + +This was great! Hard to put a finger on why exactly I liked it so much though. +Obviously much less tranditionally masculine than 8 1/2. + + +Bullitt +-------------- + +This has been on my list since J screened "Green Fog" for me at the archive, +for the San Francisco setting. McQueen is swaggery, though I expected even +more aggression from the reputation the film has. The chase scene is wild and +great. The cafe and SF culture establishing shots were unexpected. + +To be honest had to check some of the plot points online after... screen we +watched on didn't have good audio. + +I watched "Towering Inferno" before this, partially for the same "Green Fog" +motivation, and partially because it features the Embarcadero Hyatt atrium. +Also features McQueen and a couple other scenes were similar (everybody in +Pacific Heights is rich and horrible), but Bullitt is much better. + +Those blue McQueen eyes! + + +Pain and Glory +----------------- + +Good. + + +How to Get Ahead in Advertising +--------------------------------- + +I didn't like this as much as I expected I would? Manic, ranty, nice Cronberg-y +bits. + +The Lighthouse +------------------ + +Weird, intense. Good? Acting was great. Dialog was hard to understand at times. + + +Bombshell +------------- + +This was good. A juicy, buzzy story. diff --git a/film/to-watch.page b/film/to-watch.page index dfa2b72..82f9850 100644 --- a/film/to-watch.page +++ b/film/to-watch.page @@ -53,10 +53,8 @@ Films To Watch * 500 Days of Summer * God Bless America * The Game (Fincher) - * American Psycho * Network * The Tree of Life - * Glengarry Glen Ross * The Man Who Wasn't There (2001, Coen Brothers) * House of Games * We Children from Bahnhof Zoo (Christiane F) @@ -71,7 +69,6 @@ Films To Watch * Summer Wars (2009, anime) * Together (2000, Swedish) * A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy (Woody Allen) - * I Am Love (Tilda Swinton) * Margin Call * The Listening (2006) * Pather Panchali (1955) @@ -93,15 +90,12 @@ Films To Watch * The Untouchables (1987) * City of Women (Felini, 1980) * Norma Rae - * Subway (Luc Besson) * The Tall Blond Man With One Black Shoe * Genesis II (Roddenberry; 1973; Futurama-like plot) (also "The Questor Tapes") - * Star Trek: Into Darkness (2013) * Hard to Be a God (2014) * Songs from the Second Floor (2000) * Downfall (2004) - * Inside Llewyn Davis * Cache (2005, Haneke) * Volver * Talk To Her @@ -113,8 +107,6 @@ Films To Watch * Arabian Nights (2015, Gomes, 3 parts) * Knight of Cups (2015) * Titus (1999; Shakespearean) - * Agora (Library of Alexandria, 2009) - * Only God Forgives (Bangkok Ryan Gosling, 2013) * Daisies (Czech new wave, 1966, Věra Chytilová) * Woman on Top (Penelope Cruz romcom, 2000) * Okja (2017) @@ -124,12 +116,10 @@ Films To Watch * Song of the Exile (1990, HK, Maggie Cheung) * Center Stage (1991, HK, Maggie Cheung) * Clean (Assayas, Maggie Cheung) - * Mad Max: Fury Road (rewatch) * The Big Chill (Jeff Goldblum) * Hunger (2008, McQueen) * Adults in the Room (2019; Yanis Varofakis) * Virtuosity (1995) - * The Net (1995) Documentaries: -- cgit v1.2.3