FILMS SEEN, 2007

[boilmaker]

Out of 10 / *denotes theater viewing / repeat viewings / short films (under 40 mins)
Note: Ratings for shorts are often extremely arbitrary

DECEMBER

30) *I'm Not There (Todd Haynes, 2007) - 8
29) Design For Living (Ernst Lubitsch, 1933) - 8
27) The Killing of a Chinese Bookie [135 min. cut] (Cassavetes, 1976) - 10
26) *Atonement (Wright, 2007) -

Comments

[thescientistmrj]

The Woods was disappointing wasn't it?

[boilmaker]

Yes, it was.

I'd elaborate further, but I've forgotten most of it.

HAPPY NEW YEARS ANDY!!!!

[boilmaker]

I didn't see DL in NYC, sadly. Hope you enjoy the interview/signing. Where are you now, btw?

[boilmaker]

Innaritu should not make movies anymore. Or at least stop dedicating them to his poor children.

[boilmaker]

Christ, yes. I saw it at the IFC in NYC where the volume was cranked up to an unholy level, which just made it more heart-attack-worthy.

As for Perfume, I thought it was just great, passionately bombastic filmmaking. Poorly acted and tonally all-over-the-place, but it's as good as something from such an obviously unfilmable source can be. Tykwer's best, I say. (Run Lola Run just doesn't hold up once its "I'm glad people will wanna see more foreign films after watching this"-value has worn off)