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Monday, October 31, 2005
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ****
USA: David Hand/William Cottrell/Wilfred Jackson/Larry Morey/Perce Pearce/Ben Sharpsteen, 1937
Saturday, October 29, 2005
(*) What Have You Done to Solange? ****½
Original title: Cosa Avete Fatto a Solange?
Italy/West Germany: Massimo Dallamano, 1972
Friday, October 28, 2005
Strip Nude for Your Killer **½
Original title: Nude per l'Assassino
Italy: Andrea Bianchi, 1975
Wednesday, October 26, 2005
Sunday, October 23, 2005
Friday, October 21, 2005
(*) The Cat O' Nine Tails ***½
Original title: Il Gatto a Nove Code
Italy/France/West Germany: Dario Argento, 1971
Thursday, October 20, 2005
The Net **
USA: Irwin Winkler, 1995
Well, it's more palatable than Hackers, but that's not exactly giving it a glowing recommendation. Maybe it's just the pedant in me, but I just can't overlook all the idiotic inaccuracies regarding computers that always seem to creep into the movies. Look, I know it's a piece of popcorn entertainment and they have to deliver a spectacle, but it's just stupid all the same. Even ignoring all these factual errors, it's not exactly a very good movie. Seriously, I have nothing against Sandra Bullock, but she's not even remotely believable as a computer expert. I have little constructive to say about this piece as a whole: it's just completely pedestrian in every way.
Rope ****½
USA: Alfred Hitchcock, 1948
Deliciously potent black comedy that has gained something of a reputation for being shot in one long, extended take (which is not strictly speaking true, but close enough). In actual fact, this gimmick never gets in the way of the storytelling, and only draws its attention to itself when the camera zooms in on something dark so Hitchcock can switch to a new camera reel. Only the brow-beating sermon Jimmy Stewart delivers at the end hits a sour note. Otherwise, this is vintage Hitchcock.
Movies Watched in October 2005
- (*) The Nightmare Before Christmas *****
- Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs ****
- The Devil Rides Out ****
- (*) What Have You Done to Solange? ****½
- Strip Nude for Your Killer **½
- Nadja ****½
- Saboteur ***½
- (*) The Cat O' Nine Tails ***½
- The Net **
- Rope ****½
- Crimes of the Black Cat *½
- (*) May ****½
- (*) Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind *****
- Death Walks on High Heels ***½
- (*) Death Walks at Midnight ****
- Lost and Delirious ***
- Somersault ***½
- Jour de Fête ****
- (*) Sin City ****
- (*) The Birds *****
- (*) Edward Scissorhands ****½
- Kingdom of Heaven ***
- Frenzy ****½
- The Trouble With Harry ****
- (*) Rear Window *****
- Constantine ***
- Choses Secrètes ***½
- Shree 420 ***
- Bad Timing ****
- (*) Pinocchio *****
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