Belle de Jour (1967)
⊆ 4/17/2007 10:47:00 AM by HT | ˜ 0 comments »
Dir: Luis Bunuel
"It is possibly the best-known erotic film of modern times, perhaps the best. That's because it understands eroticism from the inside-out--understands how it exists not in sweat and skin, but in the imagination. "Belle de Jour'' is seen entirely through the eyes of Severine, the proper 23-year-old surgeon's wife, played by Catherine Deneuve. Bunuel, who was 67 when the film was released, had spent a lifetime making sly films about the secret terrain of human nature, and he knew one thing most directors never discover: For a woman like Severine, walking into a room to have sex, the erotic charge comes not from who is waiting in the room, but from the fact that she is walking into it. Sex is about herself. Love of course is another matter.
The subject of Severine's passion is always Severine.".....Read the full review on rogerebert.comUn Chien Andalou (The Andalousian Dog) 1929
⊆ 4/15/2007 01:05:00 PM by HT | ˜ 0 comments »The complete Surrealistic fantasy
Dircted by Luis Bunuel & Salvador Dali
No need to run out and rent this one the -- entire movie is here (15 minutes)
300, A Review (caution: contains spoilers)
⊆ 4/11/2007 03:53:00 PM by HT | ˜ 0 comments »
Caution: if you read the following you wont be able to sit through the movie.
from IMDB
Watched as a comedy, 300 is not bad, but they should have put in more funny scenes. I won't spoil anything, but we were all cracking up when the mutant ninjas appeared. It's as if the film makers were so scared that all the half-naked men might give the audience the wrong idea about the Spartans, that they turned the Hetero up to 11. At first I was offended, but the homo/xenophobia is so over-the-top, it becomes absurdly funny.
Things I learned from the movie:
1) Spartans are kind of like football players except that they all shave their chests and don't wear shirts.
2) If anyone is effeminate, nonwhite, a lesbian, or physically unattractive, they are an enemy of freedom or a slave.
3) Wearing underwear is only for evil people like hunchbacks and God-kings. The army of freedom goes commando.
4) Throwing your only weapon is a good battle strategy, as is slowing time and teleporting from one location to another. (I knew this from other funny action movies though)
5) The aesthetic style of perfume and car commercials from the early 90's is the new cutting edge of cinematography.
6) Rhinos and elephants are easy to ship, easy to train, and easy to kill.
7) Spartan cloaks never get dirty unless you are returning from a son-avenging murderous rampage. The cloaks can also summon wind if the wearer utters a corny line.
8) "Well-written action movie" (or video game or comic book) still means laugh-out-loud cheesiness during every dramatic scene.
So, while it doesn't quite top The Mummy Returns for unintentionally hilarious nonsensical action, it's a close second. I predict that this movie will score well with male gamers, adolescent boys, and ultra conservative patriarchs. I know it was based on a comic, but really, it's like an allegory for the War on Terror written by a confused twelve year old. If you're looking for quality even on par with the mediocre Gladiator, keep looking. 5/10
P.S. Make sure you watch the credit roll for the multiple evil transsexual Asian roles (I thought transsexual Asian #3 did an excellent job).
The Adventures of Baron Munchausen
⊆ 4/10/2007 12:51:00 AM by HT | ˜ 0 comments »Director Terry Gilliam
The Ninth Configuration
⊆ 4/10/2007 12:41:00 AM by HT | ˜ 0 comments »
Written and Directed by William Peter Blatty (1980)
"In order for life to have appeared spontaneously on earth, there first had to be hundreds of millions of protein molecules of the ninth configuration. But given the size of the planet Earth, do you know how long it would have taken for just one of these protein molecules to appear entirely by chance? Roughly ten to the two hundred and forty-third power billions of years. And I find that far, far more fantastic than simply believing in God."
LEONARD MALTIN: "A metaphysical murder mystery, a gothic war movie and a cosmic love story. You have never seen anything quite like it."
This odd but fascinating film is not for every taste but those willing to accept its challenging style will find themselves rewarded with a one-of-a-kind film that is both impassioned and inventive. Films like The Ninth Configuration are the reason the genre of "cult movie" was invented: its constantly twisting plot line incorporates elements of the psychological thriller, the social satire, the surrealist comedy and the allegorical tale without ever fully giving itself over to one style......Donald Guarisco Allmovie.com
William Peter Blatty’s The Ninth Configuration is a clever, theological drama disguised as a black comedy. This realization initially surprises us, since Blatty also wrote The Exorcist, which is probably the most disturbing horror film ever made, and he insists that The Ninth Configuration is that film’s “true sequel.” Daniel griffin Film as Art
an awesome, magnificent, wonderful, outstanding movie, 13 March 2002
Bicycle Thief (Lardi Di Biciclette 1948)
⊆ 4/10/2007 12:35:00 AM by HT | ˜ 0 comments »Dir: Vittorio de Sica
Gilda (1946)
⊆ 4/10/2007 12:33:00 AM by HT | ˜ 2 comments »Dir: Charles (King) Vidor
With Glenn ford and Rita Hayworth
