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/2020.page | 59 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 59 insertions(+) create mode 100644 film/2020.page (limited to 'film/2020.page') 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. -- cgit v1.2.3