Tuesday, June 30, 2009
Saturday, June 27, 2009
Thursday, June 25, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
Sunday, June 21, 2009
Friday, June 19, 2009
Many people genuinely do not wish to be saints,
and it is probable that some who achieve or aspire to sainthood have never felt much temptation to be human beings.
Thursday, June 18, 2009
Sunday, June 14, 2009
It's not real. It's the movies.
Beyond the Sea - 6/10. Has no idea what it wants to be. Starts off almost deconstructionist, but that very quickly turns into a gimmick turns into a flight-of-fancy musical turns into a this-happens-and-then-this-happens chain of events straight-faced biopic. It can't figure itself out and so leaves us without a sense of who he is. Maybe that's the point. I don't know.
Is the sea.
Spirited Away - 7.5/10. I've got the same problem with Miyazaki that I have with Almodovar: I enjoy watching their movies and they leave me not knowing what the fuck they were all about. To their credit, I'd rather blame myself than them.
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Sunday, June 7, 2009
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Wednesday, June 3, 2009
It is easy to tell art is successful
if the art itself is the best way to articulate its own purpose or qualities.
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