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NAIVE CINEMA: April 2010
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A Huston Sampler, Pt 1. Over the last several weeks I have been watching a mix of John Huston films, at first coincidentally and then quite intentionally. I have always been interested in Huston, though up until this series of viewings I had only seen The Maltese Falcon. The film that I began with. Show it your gun, why don't you? If it doesn't stop, shoot it.") but, eventually, using a gun is the only way to get things done. Next, I watched The Treasure of the Sierra Madre. Treasure of the sierra madre.
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NAIVE CINEMA: October 2010
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No, I guess not. Well, this blog is going out with a whimper. As much as I'd like to continue writing in here, it's been too much to keep up with on top of school, work, and my meager attempt at having a life. The fact that this front page has posts from half a year ago is a little embarrassing and I'm not going to pretend to keep up with it anymore. Thank you. So please check in on me there. So long! Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. No, I guess not. The Devil Wears Prada (2006).
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NAIVE CINEMA: January 2010
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Great Western Movie Images, Pt 2. Top 10 for 2009 Redux (with some thoughts). 2009 was, somewhat unexpectedly, a year full of animated/3-D/adult-children's films. From early on in the year with Coraline. To the yearly dosage of happiness that comes in the form of Pixar, to young, white male directors taking on children's classics ( Where the Wild Things Are. And Fantastic Mr. Fox. Respectively) to the amusement park-like spectacle that is Avatar. But is this a step forward or a step back? Which thrilled ...
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NAIVE CINEMA: Back on Track?
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And then got overshadowed by the rush of great directors during the '70s. Is my favorite, but it's a predictable pick. There are other greats, including Little Big Man. 1970), Night Moves. 1975), and the interesting early effort The Left-Handed Gun. 1958), but the one I champion the most is the problematic, Sam-Spiegel-interrupted, fascinating The Chase. 1966) starring Marlon Brando, Robert Redford, Angie Dickinson, Jane Fonda, and Robert Duvall (what a cast, huh? Arthur Penn, 1922-2010). Noir of the Week.
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NAIVE CINEMA: To Serve the Public
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To Serve the Public. An ill-tempered customer demands to be let into the sold-out show at "The Theater.". Actually bending down on one knee and touching women's crusty feet! In an orange apron! In the middle of the hallway at the mall! It's safe to say that these jobs did nothing for my human dignity (and not much for my wallet either), but they did. Thicken my skin against the inconsiderateness and the many idiocies customers are capable of. Never mind that they showed up at the last minute and didn't b...
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NAIVE CINEMA: May 2010
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A Huston Sampler, Pt 2. The second half of my John Huston experience consisted of three films (again all literary adaptations) that range from mediocre to great, at least in my initial encounters with each. Though I often like to, I did not watch these films in chronological order, but in an order that coincidentally went from least good to best, which is the order I will approach these reviews. Much of the action of Malcolm Lowry's novel Under the Volcano. The earliest of the three films here, Fat City.
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NAIVE CINEMA: No, I guess not
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No, I guess not. Well, this blog is going out with a whimper. As much as I'd like to continue writing in here, it's been too much to keep up with on top of school, work, and my meager attempt at having a life. The fact that this front page has posts from half a year ago is a little embarrassing and I'm not going to pretend to keep up with it anymore. Thank you. So please check in on me there. So long! November 22, 2010 at 7:46 PM. Well, this is depressing. December 12, 2010 at 9:31 PM. No, I guess not.
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NAIVE CINEMA: October 2009
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The Invisible Man says. Jimmy Stewart feels the Rage. Last night I watched a great Western by director/actor pair Anthony Mann and Jimmy Stewart called Bend of the River -. Mann's protagonists stare into each other with an intensity that rivals the heat of any romantic melodrama. In Bend of the River. It is that moment of losing it that I especially love to watch in the two Mann/Stewart films I've seen. In The Naked Spur. Stewart is in rage mode almost from the beginning of the film through the end. ...
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NAIVE CINEMA: September 2009
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NYFF09 Review: Police, Adjective. I will be linking reviews I have written for the Film Society of Lincoln Center's blog for the next week. Please click the link to read the full write-up. NYFF09 Review: Eccentricities of a Blond. I will be linking reviews I have written for the Film Society of Lincoln Center's blog for the next week. Please click the link to read the full write-up. Labels: eccentricities of a blond. Which is closing the NYFF. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). View my complete profile. Observa...
