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From an Indian Lodge: March 2006
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From an Indian Lodge. March 14, 2006. Willy Wonka and the Pornographic Lampoon of Charles II. Laurence Dunmore, 2004) * 1/2. Yet another film that founders on Aristotle's truism that no one's life is a story. This is even more pointless than most, since, based on this film, the accomplishments of John Wilmot, second Earl of Rochester, were. 1 Taught Elizabeth Barry (who? Exactly) how to act. 2 Wrote a pornographic play. 3 Died horribly from syphilis. Posted by Erik Gregersen @ 3/14/2006. March 12, 2006.
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From an Indian Lodge: June 2006
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From an Indian Lodge. June 24, 2006. Abysms of shrieking and immemorial lunacy. The Call of Cthulhu. Andrew Leman, 2005) * *1/2. Posted by Erik Gregersen @ 6/24/2006. Raj Kapoor, 1955) * *1/4. 1 The Middleman (Satyajit Ray, 1976) Sad to say, 20 years later, India still hadn't solved the problem of what to do with its college graduates, the main career choice in both films being either destitution or selling your soul. And now for the pictures. Posted by Erik Gregersen @ 6/24/2006. View my complete profile.
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From an Indian Lodge: November 2005
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From an Indian Lodge. November 19, 2005. Content and an announcement. And now the content. It's a list after the IMDB of the top 15 films of the last 15 years, as some film bloggers have been doing. For those who don't know me, maybe this will give you an idea of where I'm coming from. 1 Heavenly Creatures (Peter Jackson, 1994). 2 Three Colors: Blue (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1993). 3 Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World (Peter Weir, 2003). 5 Flowers of Shanghai (Hou Hsiao-hsien, 1998). 3 1989 to ...
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From an Indian Lodge: October 2005
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From an Indian Lodge. October 16, 2005. Recently read and briefly noted 1. Roughing It by Mark Twain. In 1861, Mark Twain's brother was appointed Secretary of the Nevada Territory, and Twain went along as his secretary. Out there, the silver rush was in full swing with all the attendant folly that vast, sudden (and almost totally baseless) wealth brings. Think of a city with not one solitary poor man in it! Posted by Erik Gregersen @ 10/16/2005. October 15, 2005. Recently seen and briefly noted 3. What H...
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From an Indian Lodge: July 2005
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From an Indian Lodge. July 26, 2005. On viewing the first 20 minutes or so of Logan's Run. Logan's Run (Michael Anderson, 1976). And Invaders from Mars. But in this and other movies (sf and non-sf) all around the world in the early to mid 1970s, I feel that these are films made by people living in the ruins, but in the ruins of what? An examination of 70s sf would be very complicated. 3 You probably can't get more 1970s than Michael York. Posted by Erik Gregersen @ 7/26/2005. Awara (Raj Kapoor, 1951).
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From an Indian Lodge: July 2006
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From an Indian Lodge. July 13, 2006. Scarcely to be described in words. Dreams from the Witch House by H. P. Lovecraft. I don't mean to add H. P. Lovecraft as an obsession of this blog alongside Raj Kapoor, but he has, like the Bollywood master, become a recent interest. It does seem to be his moment, since he has pretty much entered the canon. He has a volume in the Library of America. I read this book as a respectable Penguin Classic with Fuseli's Nightmare. Posted by Erik Gregersen @ 7/13/2006. The An...
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From an Indian Lodge: August 2005
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From an Indian Lodge. August 11, 2005. Posted by Erik Gregersen @ 8/11/2005. August 04, 2005. Yes Sometimes I read a book.). The Key by Junichiro Tanizaki. Is destruction what the professor really wants. Like Kubrick's film, death hangs over the erotic, a trap hidden in plain sight. And like that film, this has an oddness that needles you. (I do think the idea that unlocking a woman's sexual desire is like pulling the pin out of a grenade is something that only a man would write.). What I've been watching.
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From an Indian Lodge: January 2006
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From an Indian Lodge. January 18, 2006. Top films from the past 2005 (1). I didn't see quite as much this year as in the past, but there were as always quite a few discoveries, most of which were connected with Kino's Avant-Garde: Experimental Cinema of the 1920 and '30s set. But before we get into that, the newfound appreciation category, that is, films that I had seen before but that struck me as better on this year's viewing. Powaqqatsi (Godfrey Reggio, 1988) When I last saw this 15 years ago, this st...
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From an Indian Lodge: February 2006
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From an Indian Lodge. February 27, 2006. Top films from the past 2005 (4). 9 All About Eve (Joseph L. Mankiewicz, 1950). The freeze-frame blew my mind, and then it really took off. 8 Under the Sun of Satan (Maurice Pialat, 1987). What can one say after seeing the lumpishly earthen Gerard Depardieu hold a dead girl over his head and challenge God to show him who rules the world? Posted by Erik Gregersen @ 2/27/2006. February 26, 2006. Top films from the past 2005 (3). 13 H2O (Ralph Steiner, 1929). 23 The ...
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From an Indian Lodge: September 2006
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From an Indian Lodge. September 25, 2006. Happy 100th, Dmitri! Posted by Erik Gregersen @ 9/25/2006. September 19, 2006. Where Are My Elephants? Prachya Pinkaew, 2005) * *. 1 Pinkaew's previous Muay Thai extravaganza, Ong Bak. Took 35 minutes to get going. Is anyone longing for more city-mouse-country-mouse byplay between Tony Jaa and his sidekick? Pinkaew does not have a good record when it comes to narrative setup. Posted by Erik Gregersen @ 9/19/2006. September 13, 2006. Of the Persian Empire by A....
