15th Five Films, 2007
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Point Blank (John Boorman) at Walter Reade Theater as part of the Lee Marvin retrospective. Boorman spoke before and took questions after both this and Hell in the Pacific. He has a slow, drawn-out delivery, but a lot of wonderful anecdotes about Marvin and Hollywood in general.
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (John Ford) at Walter Reade Theater as part of the Lee Marvin retrospective. I'd been going to see The Steel Helmet at MoMI until I found out after boarding the R train (the V train doesn't run on weekends and the G never seems to run correctly either) that it would be running express at least 40 blocks past where I needed to go. So I headed back to Manhattan and caught the second and third of my eight Lee Marvin films. I liked this a bit less than in Carol Donelan's senior seminar, as it seemed a bit mawkish and not very exciting the second time through. I also can't shake the idea that I'd seen it before in color, even though I think it's only black and white.
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Hell in the Pacific (John Boorman) at Walter Reade Theater as part of the Lee Marvin retrospective. The very minimalist story of two guys, Marvin and Toshiro Mifune (star of many a Kurosawa picture), stranded on an isolated stretch of beach on a desert island at the end of World War II with an insurmountable language barrier between them. They manage to build a raft and sail to another island, but apparently the print we were watching had mistimed sound for the penultimate reel, which made for a very avant-garde arrival on and exploration of the new island. Most of the audience seemed annoyed, but I thought it was pretty fun.
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Woman Is the Future of Man (Hong Sang-soo) ** at home on DVD. Not as delightful or intelligible as Woman on the Beach, the awkward, sexually charged interactions are still full of memorable moments.
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Zoo (Robinson Devor) at IFC. I've read a few good reviews of this but GreenCine's interview with writer Charles Mudede will probably give you the best idea of whether you want to see a movie about a group of zoophiles based near Seattle. Beautifully shot (on video) with a haunting soundtrack.
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Point Blank (John Boorman) at Walter Reade Theater as part of the Lee Marvin retrospective. Boorman spoke before and took questions after both this and Hell in the Pacific. He has a slow, drawn-out delivery, but a lot of wonderful anecdotes about Marvin and Hollywood in general.
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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (John Ford) at Walter Reade Theater as part of the Lee Marvin retrospective. I'd been going to see The Steel Helmet at MoMI until I found out after boarding the R train (the V train doesn't run on weekends and the G never seems to run correctly either) that it would be running express at least 40 blocks past where I needed to go. So I headed back to Manhattan and caught the second and third of my eight Lee Marvin films. I liked this a bit less than in Carol Donelan's senior seminar, as it seemed a bit mawkish and not very exciting the second time through. I also can't shake the idea that I'd seen it before in color, even though I think it's only black and white.
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Hell in the Pacific (John Boorman) at Walter Reade Theater as part of the Lee Marvin retrospective. The very minimalist story of two guys, Marvin and Toshiro Mifune (star of many a Kurosawa picture), stranded on an isolated stretch of beach on a desert island at the end of World War II with an insurmountable language barrier between them. They manage to build a raft and sail to another island, but apparently the print we were watching had mistimed sound for the penultimate reel, which made for a very avant-garde arrival on and exploration of the new island. Most of the audience seemed annoyed, but I thought it was pretty fun.
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Woman Is the Future of Man (Hong Sang-soo) ** at home on DVD. Not as delightful or intelligible as Woman on the Beach, the awkward, sexually charged interactions are still full of memorable moments.
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Zoo (Robinson Devor) at IFC. I've read a few good reviews of this but GreenCine's interview with writer Charles Mudede will probably give you the best idea of whether you want to see a movie about a group of zoophiles based near Seattle. Beautifully shot (on video) with a haunting soundtrack.
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Posted on Monday, May 14, 2007
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