Fourth Five Movies, 2007
Well, this digest will include #16-21, if that's all right by you.
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They Drive By Night (Raoul Walsh) at MoMA. I liked both Bogart and George Raft here, but didn't go for Ida Lupino. The dialogue was as great as advertised, and you don't get too many good movies about truck drivers.
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The Wrong Man (Alfred Hitchcock) at home on DVD. Hitchcock creates a palpable sense of discomfort as the titular character (Henry Fonda) continues to slip improbably through the cracks in the legal system toward his doom. I didn't really enjoy it that much, though.
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Climates (Nuri Bilge Ceylan) at the Museum of the Moving Image. Another great theater, though smaller than MoMA or the Walter Reade. Ceylan builds the film mostly with good shots of landscape, weather, and the characters brooding. He also stars along with his wife and includes cameos by his real parents--a rather emotionally difficult project in which to involve the family, I think.
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The Astronaut Farmer (Michael Polish) at the AMC Loews Kips Bay for a Stylus review.
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Bong Joon-ho's Barking Dogs Never Bite and Memories of Murder at the IFC Center. After being turned away from a sold-out Robert Altman double-feature, this was my first visit to the IFC. Theater 1 is a strikingly high and shallow room, with loft-style exposed brick and appropriate accessories. The space felt a little too tight (seats leaned back to gaze way up at a high screen), but the sound system seems like a point of pride.
The first film was fun and quirky in a dark and twisted way. The second was a gripping tale of feuding cops ineffectively trying to catch a serial killer. Tunnels seem to be a key both visually and plot-wise. Oddly enough the opening sequence in the second film contains a shot of light reflecting toward the camera off of a piece of glass, which is exactly what the first film ends with over the credits. I don't think this would be noticeable without watching them back to back, and also don't think it has much significance to the story.
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They Drive By Night (Raoul Walsh) at MoMA. I liked both Bogart and George Raft here, but didn't go for Ida Lupino. The dialogue was as great as advertised, and you don't get too many good movies about truck drivers.
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The Wrong Man (Alfred Hitchcock) at home on DVD. Hitchcock creates a palpable sense of discomfort as the titular character (Henry Fonda) continues to slip improbably through the cracks in the legal system toward his doom. I didn't really enjoy it that much, though.
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Climates (Nuri Bilge Ceylan) at the Museum of the Moving Image. Another great theater, though smaller than MoMA or the Walter Reade. Ceylan builds the film mostly with good shots of landscape, weather, and the characters brooding. He also stars along with his wife and includes cameos by his real parents--a rather emotionally difficult project in which to involve the family, I think.
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The Astronaut Farmer (Michael Polish) at the AMC Loews Kips Bay for a Stylus review.
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Bong Joon-ho's Barking Dogs Never Bite and Memories of Murder at the IFC Center. After being turned away from a sold-out Robert Altman double-feature, this was my first visit to the IFC. Theater 1 is a strikingly high and shallow room, with loft-style exposed brick and appropriate accessories. The space felt a little too tight (seats leaned back to gaze way up at a high screen), but the sound system seems like a point of pride.
The first film was fun and quirky in a dark and twisted way. The second was a gripping tale of feuding cops ineffectively trying to catch a serial killer. Tunnels seem to be a key both visually and plot-wise. Oddly enough the opening sequence in the second film contains a shot of light reflecting toward the camera off of a piece of glass, which is exactly what the first film ends with over the credits. I don't think this would be noticeable without watching them back to back, and also don't think it has much significance to the story.
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Posted on Wednesday, February 28, 2007
1 Comment(s):
Hi, thanks for your comments on these 2 films. I'm glad you liked both.
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