[3] March 8, 2013
Date Night [4] has a great setup but it deserved a better director. The pacing is uneven and the action badly staged. But Tina Fey and Steve Carell, at least, are at their comic best.
[3] Date Night [4] has a great setup but it deserved a better director. The pacing is uneven and the action badly staged. But Tina Fey and Steve Carell, at least, are at their comic best.
[6] Odd Man Out [7], about the “troubles,” as Ireland’s long-standing friction with the British is often described, is aiming for something less topical and more universal, perhaps even poetic, than a straightforward examination of politically-inspired terrorism.
[9] During the 1920s Charlie Chaplin was the most famous person in the world. And The Circus [10], which finds the Tramp signing on as a clown at a rundown traveling show, was one the biggest moneymakers of the silent era.
[12] Sex, cinema and fate – three of Pedro Almodóvar’s favorite subjects – are lovingly examined in his Broken Embraces [13]. So, for that matter, is Penélope Cruz, the Spanish auteur’s main muse.
[15] Written and directed by Alex Proyas, Dark City [16] is a spectacularly visionary movie that has since achieved cult status, a bizarre blend of surreal imagery, ‘40s film noir, and gonzo sci-fi.
Links:
[1] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/Film+Blog/feed
[2] http://drupal.org/node/11816
[3] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-date-night-2010
[4] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Steve+Carell%22+title:%22Date+Night%22
[5] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/19683#comment-form
[6] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-odd-man-out-1947
[7] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Carol+Reed%22+title:%22Odd+Man+Out%22
[8] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/19682#comment-form
[9] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-circus-1928
[10] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Charlie+Chaplin%22+title:%22Circus%22
[11] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/19675#comment-form
[12] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-broken-embraces-2009
[13] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Lluis+Homar%22+title:%22Broken+Embraces%22
[14] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/19654#comment-form
[15] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-dark-city-1998
[16] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Alex+Proyas%22+title:%22Dark+City%22
[17] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/19635#comment-form
[18] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312
[19] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=4
[20] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=1
[21] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=2
[22] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=3
[23] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=6
[24] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=7
[25] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=8
[26] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=9
[27] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14312?page=62