Category: Film
December 8, 2006
“I associate many things with many things”
Along with the mandatory annual viewing of National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation (Netflix), I enjoy pulling out another classic this time of year — Desk Set (1957) (Netflix). It’s not really a holiday movie, but an office Christmas party scene towards the middle does get the action rolling. Information scientist/computer engineer Richard Sumner (Spencer Tracy) is charged with digitizing the operations… 
July 20, 2005
Realms of the Unreal
Watched In the Realms of the Unreal [Amazon], the 2004 documentary on Henry Darger the other night. Darger’s significance is hard to encapsulate. An orphaned child and quiet janitor, he left behind a 15,000 page novel with thousands of accompanying paintings and drawings describing an epic war between rebelling child slaves led by the seven Vivian Girls, and their evil…
August 24, 2004
Garden State
If you’re looking for a good movie this weekend, go check out Garden State [caution - website has a soundtrack — why? why?]. Zach Braff (writer, director, star, guy from Scrubs) also now has a related blog. The New York Times review makes it out to be this generation’s “The Graduate.” In comparison Garden State is a pretty straightforward love…
July 25, 2004
Before Sunset
We saw Before Sunset this past weekend. There’s a decent review on the New York Times site. There’s nothing to it but realistic dialogue which builds brilliantly on the characters introduced in the 1995 film, Before Sunrise. Perhaps what struck me most, was the actuality of the time that has passed between the two films. The actors have aged, the…