Random Thoughts

It’s a self bronzer catastrophe!

Much tense!

I can see why the studio weren’t quite happy with this film. The tense maelstrom into depravity is difficult to parse — does the film really mean it (man), or is it a parody? Were the actors rolling around laughing while coming up with the “reefer” lines?

But anyway. It is awfully exciting.

Touch of Evil. Orson Welles. 1958.

Mudslide

I made this with totally the wrong sort of whisk{e,}y. It’s probably nice with a better brand.

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Oh, this is from the same director as 東 京物語, which is officially the best film ever.

I really like his style. He puts the camera almost in the line-of-sight of the characters while they’re speaking to each other. So you feel like you’re in the middle. It’s very odd, but quite effective.

It’s funny, too. I totally LOL-ed out loud (using sounds and stuff) several times. Like the shaving scene.

So melodrama. Wow.

浮草. Yasujirô Ozu. 1959.

Leap Year

Lemon Drop

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The DVD transfer is among the worst I’ve seen. Is this an upsampled VHS thing? Everyhing is all moire and stuff…

It might just be me, but I just didn’t find this to be very funny. And I usually like Billy Wilder films. Perhaps I’m just in a lousy mood tonight. Or perhaps it’s the magic pixie dream girl thing, once again, boring me to tears.

The Apartment. Billy Wilder. 1960.

Last Word

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