Showing posts with label film. Show all posts
Showing posts with label film. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 10, 2013

12 Angry Men: three versions of this film

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12 Angry Men, US Film  (1957) This film appeared in the theaters in 1957 and, while a critical success, did not attract an audience and di...
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Tuesday, January 25, 2011

Where the Green Ants Dream, a film

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I have a rather long queue on Netflix, so it takes some time for a film to work its way to the top. Frequently, therefore, I'm not exact...
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Wednesday, October 20, 2010

Mishima: A LIfe in Four Chapters, a film

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Yukio Mishima has been a favorite writer of mine for some time now. I've read a number of his novels, including "The Sea of Fertil...
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Sunday, September 12, 2010

Combination Plate 16

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Warning: I will discuss significant plot elements and endings Fred Saberhagen : Octagon , an SF novel A Walk in the Sun , film ...
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Friday, June 4, 2010

Fata Morgana: a film by Werner Herzog

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Fata Morgana is my nominee for the strangest film I've viewed this year. It came out in 1971, but I just recently noticed it and decid...
Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Combination Plate 13

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Warning: I will be discussing significant plot elements and endings. Edith Wharton The Reef, a novel The Reef is one of Edith Wharton...
Monday, December 14, 2009

IKIRU: a film by Kurosawa (1952)

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Ikiru (to live) may not be the first foreign film I ever saw, but it's certainly the first one I remember seeing. I watched it over 4...
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Wednesday, November 18, 2009

Friedrich Durrenmatt: The Pledge, novel and film

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Friedrich Durrenmatt The Pledge Mystery, police procedural? The description for the film, The Pledge , sounded interesting, so I rented it....
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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Combination Plate 9

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Several short comments about some books I've recently read and films I've recently watched. Run Lola Run : a film German import in E...
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Tuesday, September 1, 2009

Combination Plate 8

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Kim Stanley Robinson Vinland the Dream and Other Stories Kim Stanley Robinson is one of my favorite SF writers, a result of discovering his ...
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