Random Thoughts

Hey…  isn’t that that woman from Charmed?

It is!

Hey, it’s a Bande à part tribute scene!

I love that scene.

Simple Men. Hal Hartley. 1992. ★★★★☆☆

Alexander: 😃

The Flower of My Secret. Pedro Almodóvar. 1995. ★★★☆☆☆

Easy Bourbon Tea: 😒

The Serpent’s Egg. Ingmar Bergman. 1977. ★★★☆☆☆

This was the only Bergman movie I hadn’t seen.  It turned out to be the worst one he’s made, I think.

Yellow Fairy: 😒

Out of Rosenheim. Percy Adlon. 1987. ★★★★★☆

This is such a lovely movie.  I loved it when I saw it 20 years ago, and I loved it even more this time.

Percy Adlon is a pretty unique director.  I tried shopping for his early movies earlier this year, and they’re all basically just available in Germany.  In German.  This DVD had one subtitle (in German) and two audio tracks: in German and in … wait for it… “Bavarisch-amerikanisch”.  The latter was mostly in English, so it was no problem.

I do know some German, but following a movie in German is beyond me. I watched Zuckerbaby (fantastic) in February, and I had a German-speaking friend do the translations.  But why on Earth wouldn’t you just slap English subtitles on all DVDs you release?  I mean, there’s a world out there, Germany!  Geez!!!

Frosty Lemon Martini: 😃

Smoking in submarines…  Those were the days…

Destination Tokyo. Delmer Daves. 1943. ★★★★☆☆

This is a vicious anti-Japanese propaganda movie. But it’s well made. I liked it quite a bit. It focused on the sailors to a surprising (and some may say boring) degree. But it’s quite exciting.

Lemon Highlander: 😃