[3] March 20, 2013
Simultaneously creepy and beautiful, The Skin I Live In [4] is a heady mashup of mad scientist horror story, sexual fantasy, revenge yarn, and existential escape caper. A disturbing film for the art house crowd.
[3] Simultaneously creepy and beautiful, The Skin I Live In [4] is a heady mashup of mad scientist horror story, sexual fantasy, revenge yarn, and existential escape caper. A disturbing film for the art house crowd.
[6] There's no subtext in Bloody Sunday [7]. No allegorical references. No symbolism. This docudrama is obsessed with one thing: re-creating reality. And the story unfolds with the grim inevitability of Greek tragedy.
[9] No other movie has so formed our ideas about a dystopian future than Ridley Scott's Blade Runner [10]. And its art direction, cinematography & special effects are every bit as good as today's digital dabbling.
[12] With All About My Mother [13] Pedro Almodóvar sends a cinematic valentine to women everywhere. It's a heartfelt examination of the feminine spirit, presented through a tapestry of characters and plots densely woven and flawlessly displayed.
[15] The plot of Once [16] mirrors about half the movie musical boy-meets-girl plots ever written. But in the hands of Irish writer/director John Carney and his stars, that time-tested narrative is turned inside out with deeply moving results.
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-skin-i-live-2011
[4] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Pedro+Almodovar%22+title:%22Skin+I+Live+In%22
[5] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/19827#comment-form
[6] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-bloody-sunday-2002
[7] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Paul+Greengrass%22+title:%22Bloody+Sunday%22
[8] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/19772#comment-form
[9] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-blade-runner-1982
[10] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Ridley+Scott%22+title:%22Blade+Runner%22
[11] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/19764#comment-form
[12] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-all-about-my-mother-1999
[13] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22Pedro+Almodovar%22+title:%22All+About+My+Mother%22
[14] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/19728#comment-form
[15] http://www.kclibrary.org/blog/film-blog/program-notes-once-2006
[16] http://kcaqua.kclibrary.org/?q=author:%22John+Carney%22+title:%22Once%22
[17] http://www.kclibrary.org/comment/reply/19685#comment-form
[18] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314
[19] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=3
[20] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=1
[21] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=2
[22] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=5
[23] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=6
[24] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=7
[25] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=8
[26] http://www.kclibrary.org/print/14314?page=42