March 2010
8 posts
DVD Purging (et al.)
As I previously mentioned, here is the list of DVDs I am considering purging and links to what I have reviewed so far:
Storytelling (d. Todd Solondz) DISCARD
Good Night, and Good Luck (d. George Clooney) DISCARD
Punch-Drunk Love (d. Paul Thomas Anderson) DISCARD
Timecode (d. Mike Figgis) DISCARD
The Fountain (d. Darren Aronofsky) DISCARD
American Splendor (d. Robert Pulcini & Shari...
Your Friends & Neighbors (d. Neil LaBute)
Mary: Life is complicated. It’s a funny world. People can’t communicate. And you couldn’t keep your erection.
I came away from my viewing of Neil LaBute’s ‘Your Friends & Neighbors’ with a few observations:
Ben Stiller looks like David Mamet’s twin (and I really wish he had written this movie).
This movie reaffirms my belief that Catherine Keener...
DVD Purging (still going strong...)
Here is the list so far (you can read my thoughts in the entries below:
Storytelling (d. Todd Solondz) DISCARD
Good Night, and Good Luck (d. George Clooney) DISCARD
Punch-Drunk Love (d. Paul Thomas Anderson) DISCARD
Timecode (d. Mike Figgis) DISCARD
The Fountain (d. Darren Aronofsky) DISCARD
American Splendor (d. Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman) KEEP
Your Friends &...
American Splendor (d. Robert Pulcini & Shari...
“I felt more alone that week than any. Sometimes I’d feel a body lying next to me like an amputee feels a phantom limb. All I did was think about Jennie Gerhardt and Alice Quinn and all the decades of people I had known. The more I thought, the more I felt like crying. Life seemed so sweet and so sad, and so hard to let go of in the end. But hey, man, every day is a brand new...
DVD Purging (still going...)
Here is the list so far (you can read my thoughts in the entries below:
Storytelling (d. Todd Solondz) DISCARD
Good Night, and Good Luck (d. George Clooney) DISCARD
Punch-Drunk Love (d. Paul Thomas Anderson) DISCARD
Timecode (d. Mike Figgis) DISCARD
The Fountain (d. Darren Aronofsky) DISCARD
American Splendor (d. Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman)
Your Friends & Neighbors...
The Fountain (d. Darren Aronofsky)
I watched ‘The Fountain’ the first time on plane, coming home from a trip to Europe in the Summer of 2007. If I recall correctly, I watched it on one of those little seat-back screens on a Virgin Atlantic flight. I remember being really moved by the story and really wanting to see it on a bigger screen. So I am not sure why that after buying the film on disc, it stayed sealed in...
DVD Purging (cont...)
Here is the list so far (you can read my thoughts in the entries below:
Storytelling (d. Todd Solondz) DISCARD
Good Night, and Good Luck (d. George Clooney) DISCARD
Punch-Drunk Love (d. Paul Thomas Anderson) DISCARD
Timecode (d. Mike Figgis) DISCARD
The Fountain (d. Darren Aronofsky)
American Splendor (d. Robert Pulcini & Shari Springer Berman)
Your Friends & Neighbors (d. Neil...
Punch-Drunk Love (d. Paul Thomas Anderson)
Alright, after a brief respite for the Olympics, I am back with some more quick notes on my DVD purging.
Last night, I attempted to watch Punch-Drunk Love. Firstly, I want to say that this movie is really good at making you feel really uncomfortable. I will be honest; I was not able to make it all the way through the movie last night. Just thinking about this movie right now, makes me feel...