(2006) dir. Michel Gondry – w/ Gael García Bernal, Charlotte Gainsbourg, plus also Alain Chabat, Miou-Miou, Emma de Caunes, Aurélia Petit, Sacha Bourdo, Pierre Vaneck, Stéphane Metzger, Alain de Moyencourt, and so on. Synopsis: Any ‘plot summary’ you get is going to be deficient in some way; this is a movie that veers back and […]
The Science of Sleep (*****)
Posted by Ben on October 5, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/the-science-of-sleep/
Dellamorte Dellamore (****1/2)
(1994) – AKA “Cemetery Man” – dir. Michele Soavi – w/ Rupert Everett as the keeper of the cemetery, Francois Hadji-Lazaro as his faithful assistant, and Anna Falchi as approximately 37 different people. Synopsis: Rupert Everett is Francesco Dellamorte, the keeper of a cemetery in a small town in Italy. He has a steady job, […]
Posted by Ben on September 13, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/dellamorte-dellamore-12/
The Equalizer
Okay, so perhaps there’s no script yet, or cast—or anything, really—but can we at least hope the movie version of the Equalizer won’t be totally awful? Could we hope that it might even be good? Or…? The director lined up right now, Paul McGuigan, directed 2003’s The Reckoning, which was actually fairly decent. Decency, that […]
Posted by Ben on September 12, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/the-equalizer/
Or does it just seem like it?
Scientists claim, “deja vu recreated in laboratory”. (Which, incidentally, deja vu is also the subject and/or title of a movie coming out roundabout Thanksgiving, which looks interesting though not necessarily good.) (BBC News, via Warren Ellis) ((Sorry.))
Posted by Ben on July 27, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/or-does-it-just-seem-like-it-2/
Or does it just seem like it?
Scientists claim, “deja vu recreated in laboratory”. (Which, incidentally, deja vu is also the subject and/or title of a movie coming out roundabout Thanksgiving, which looks interesting though not necessarily good.) (BBC News, via Warren Ellis)
Posted by Ben on July 27, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/or-does-it-just-seem-like-it/
Snake! On a plane!
No, really! Monty Coles was 900m in the air when he discovered a stowaway peeking out at him from the plane’s instrument panel — a 1,35m black snake. “Nothing in any of the manuals ever described anything like this,” the 62-year-old Cross Lanes resident said. But the advice given 25 years earlier from his flight […]
Posted by Ben on June 5, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/snake-on-a-plane/
The Proposition [Review]
(2005) dir. John Hillcoat – w/ Guy Pearce, Emily Watson, Ray Winstone, David Wenham, Richard Wilson, and Danny Huston; and let’s not forget John Hurt as an ornery bounty hunter (as opposed to what, indeed) – written by Nick Cave Synopsis: Set at the end of the 1800s, The Proposition, as it might be expected, […]
Posted by Ben on June 3, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/proposition/
AFI Top 25 Film Scores
Decided by a jury of 500-ish musicians and whatnot, via the American Film Institute. Star Wars – 1977 – John Williams Gone With The Wind – 1939 – Max Steiner Lawrence of Arabia – 1962 – Maurice Jarre Psycho – 1960 – Bernard Herrmann The Godfather – 1962 – Nino Rota Jaws – 1975 – […]
Posted by Ben on February 23, 2006
https://www.swordbilled.com/afi-top-25-film-scores/
Watching, Reading, Learning
Saw and read lots of things. Same old story. Here, let’s think. Watched Cronenberg’s A History of Violence, which I thoroughly enjoyed; was at times an uncomfortable enjoyment, but that’s I think what Cronenberg was going for, mood-wise. Excellent performances all around, with what you might call a tightly-crafted script. This is a movie that […]
Posted by Ben on October 13, 2005
https://www.swordbilled.com/watching-reading-learning/
Of books and movies
The Panopticist has an annotation of the first page of DeLillo’s White Noise which, if it’s the sort of thing you’re in to, is interesting. If not, maybe you’d rather edit your own Psycho shower scene. Yes, the one from the movie. Create your own masterpiece, using the original footage. “All you need is Flash.” […]
Posted by Ben on March 3, 2005
https://www.swordbilled.com/of-books-and-movies/