Saw about 25 films this month, give or take. Quite a few rewatches too. I’ve been pretty busy working lately and my computer problem not having cleared up has put dark cloud over my enthusiasm for updating/responding to comments, but I promise to get back on board ASAP. I actually saw a lot of really amazing films in May, and hope June shows similar promise. It was actually extremely difficult to just narrow it down to five, so I hope you appreciate my efforts!
Dead Ringers (Cronenberg, 1988)
Drag me to Hell (Raimi, 2009)
Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill! (Meyer, 1965)
Up (Pete Docter, 2009)
Raise the Red Lantern (Yimou, 1991)
June 1, 2009 at 5:21 am
whoa, I really am 2 for 2!
And Up sounds better and better with every comment and review I read. I must see it…but I refuse to accept the notion that Pixar can out-do the (IMO) flawless WALL-E with their VERY NEXT film. They must’ve sold their souls to the devil, they really must’ve…
June 1, 2009 at 12:47 pm
Dead Ringers is awesome. Probably Cronenberg’s best film, and that’s really saying something.
I’m really looking forward to seeing Drag Me To Hell, too. Maybe later this week…
June 3, 2009 at 4:47 pm
Raise the Red Lantern isn’t available here. Bah.
June 5, 2009 at 10:48 pm
Hello! I’ve tagged to you participate in the 10 Favorite Film Books meme, hosted by the Dancing Image:
http://thedancingimage.blogspot.com/2009/05/reading-movies.html
June 8, 2009 at 3:10 am
I am making the rounds to remind everyone about the “Reading the Movies” exercise. I’m going to compile everyone’s lists into one master list in a week or two, so jump in! The original post can be found here:
http://thedancingimage.blogspot.com/2009/05/reading-movies.html
June 8, 2009 at 3:11 am
As I submitted that comment, I looked up on the thread to see shahn’s prior comment (albeit from 3 days ago). All the more reason to join in!
June 17, 2009 at 6:01 pm
Hope things are well in the regions of movies and mirth. Is your computer stuff still giving you grief?
June 25, 2009 at 8:27 am
Does this mean you’re alive?! And is that Julie Christie in “McCabe and Mrs. Miller” atop your blog? -hope it’s a sign of good health!
June 26, 2009 at 7:59 am
I am alive! I’ll hopefully also start to update… computer still filled with grief, possibly worse? I’m persisting, I’m fighting. We’ll see…
June 26, 2009 at 5:46 pm
get a mac.
June 26, 2009 at 7:23 pm
If I get a new computer, it will be a mac. I don’t see that happening soon though!
June 27, 2009 at 4:28 am
Goodness, I’m sorry you’ve had all this trouble!
I just got my little Lenovo netbook hooked up to the internet in my new apartment– which means a week has been completely swallowed up in ghastly time-wasting; I haven’t even been able to make myself PICK UP a book . . . it’s dreadful.
Admittedly, because letting strangers bustle in takes a huge toil on my psyche, I’m exasperated to find a notice rolled up at my door that the cable utilities people have to come around to all the apts soon to ‘reconfigure cables’ or some crap like that– which means I’ll keep things in a state of wreck in here till they get DONE!
Really, I’m giving the late MJ a run for his hermetic money, but my poor little novel is suffering badly! I’m already pining for Thoreauean isolation from the world of tech!! –But I hope you won’t be feeling that too!
–Hey, did you write about “Silent Night, Bloody Night” during your horror marathon? I seem to remember you mentioning it; actually I think you would be the 1st person I’d ever heard of it from. Anyway, i watched it under embarssing circumstances– off of YOUTUBE, egads!– but really enjoyed it.
June 27, 2009 at 5:15 am
Reconfingering cables does not sound good, they’re terrible… nothing ever quite works out :/
No I didn’t, I haven’t seen it yet! Maybe next Halloween. I’ll put it on the “list”