http://www.newyorker.com/online/2008/03/24/abughraib
There are video cli[s and transcripts you can read, too.
Friday, March 21, 2008
Errol Morris interviews Abu Ghraib guards
I thought this was interesting:
http://www.newyorker.com/online/2008/03/24/abughraib
http://www.newyorker.com/online/2008/03/24/abughraib
Saturday, March 15, 2008
3/24 - The Last Emperor
Director: Bernardo Bertolucci
Year: 1987
Running Time: 164 minutes
Rory informed me that my pick is up next, and it'll be at RORY's place since Joe is not in Houston. (Let me know if it's your pick instead). 7:00 pm. Pizza and coke.
My pick was inspired by my recent adventure to Beijing since the Forbidden City was one of the main sights I visited. With 9000 rooms and located in the center of Beijing, this giant palace was resided by emperors of the last two dynasties in Chinese history. It is called The Forbidden City because any civilians would be executed for entering. It is now the most visited tourist sight in Beijing. The place is a work of art and I can only marvel at its epic proportions (In 5 hours, I have only walked through less than 40% of it).
From Criterion.com:
"Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor won nine Academy Awards, unexpectedly sweeping every category in which it was nominated—quite a feat for a challenging, multilayered epic directed by an Italian and starring an international cast. Yet the power and scope of the film was, and remains, undeniable—the life of Emperor Pu Yi, who took the throne at age three, in 1908, before witnessing decades of cultural and political upheaval, within and without the walls of the Forbidden City. Recreating Ching dynasty China with astonishing detail and unparalleled craftsmanship by cinematographer Vittorio Storaro and production designer Ferdinando Scarfiotti, The Last Emperor is also an intimate character study of one man reconciling personal responsibility and political legacy."
Year: 1987
Running Time: 164 minutes
Rory informed me that my pick is up next, and it'll be at RORY's place since Joe is not in Houston. (Let me know if it's your pick instead). 7:00 pm. Pizza and coke.
My pick was inspired by my recent adventure to Beijing since the Forbidden City was one of the main sights I visited. With 9000 rooms and located in the center of Beijing, this giant palace was resided by emperors of the last two dynasties in Chinese history. It is called The Forbidden City because any civilians would be executed for entering. It is now the most visited tourist sight in Beijing. The place is a work of art and I can only marvel at its epic proportions (In 5 hours, I have only walked through less than 40% of it).
From Criterion.com:
"Bernardo Bertolucci's The Last Emperor won nine Academy Awards, unexpectedly sweeping every category in which it was nominated—quite a feat for a challenging, multilayered epic directed by an Italian and starring an international cast. Yet the power and scope of the film was, and remains, undeniable—the life of Emperor Pu Yi, who took the throne at age three, in 1908, before witnessing decades of cultural and political upheaval, within and without the walls of the Forbidden City. Recreating Ching dynasty China with astonishing detail and unparalleled craftsmanship by cinematographer Vittorio Storaro and production designer Ferdinando Scarfiotti, The Last Emperor is also an intimate character study of one man reconciling personal responsibility and political legacy."
Monday, March 10, 2008
MASCULIN FEMININ
Released in 1966 by Jean-Luc Godard.
A tap into the brainwaves of a group of restless metropolitan twenty-somethings in 1960s Paris who engage themselves in flirtations with commitment and ambivalence. A mixture of satire and tragedy.
We will have to start at 7:30 tonight instead of 7. Austin has to take a test at school after he gets off work.
There is a chance that I might not be able to get this movie. If that happens, we will be watching The Elephant Man, by David Lynch.
The house with the blue door.
1503 Michigan
PIZZA
Brittany
A tap into the brainwaves of a group of restless metropolitan twenty-somethings in 1960s Paris who engage themselves in flirtations with commitment and ambivalence. A mixture of satire and tragedy.
We will have to start at 7:30 tonight instead of 7. Austin has to take a test at school after he gets off work.
There is a chance that I might not be able to get this movie. If that happens, we will be watching The Elephant Man, by David Lynch.
The house with the blue door.
1503 Michigan
PIZZA
Brittany
Monday, March 03, 2008
3/3 - Faces
At Havican's, 7p, refreshments and pizza pies provided:
Faces
John Cassavetes, 1968
I've been reading an anthology of Raymond Carver's short stories, which operate along the same theme and setting of Faces, so I'm in the mood to watch it and see how the same subject is treated. I think Joe may have already seen this, but if it turns out that a few of us have, I'll pull something else. I'm in the mood for some Cassavetes, and I have that box set that I've been neglecting.
From the Criterion Collection:
The disintegration of a marriage is dissected in John Cassavetes’ searing Faces. Shot in high-contrast 16mm black and white, the film follows the futile attempts of captain of industry Richard (John Marley) and his wife, Maria (Lynn Carlin), to escape the anguish of their empty marriage in the arms of others. Featuring astonishingly powerful, nervy performances from Marley, Carlin, and Cassavetes regulars Gena Rowlands and Seymour Cassel, Faces confronts suburban alienation and the battle of the sexes with a brutal honesty and compassion rarely matched in cinema.
Faces
John Cassavetes, 1968
I've been reading an anthology of Raymond Carver's short stories, which operate along the same theme and setting of Faces, so I'm in the mood to watch it and see how the same subject is treated. I think Joe may have already seen this, but if it turns out that a few of us have, I'll pull something else. I'm in the mood for some Cassavetes, and I have that box set that I've been neglecting.
From the Criterion Collection:
The disintegration of a marriage is dissected in John Cassavetes’ searing Faces. Shot in high-contrast 16mm black and white, the film follows the futile attempts of captain of industry Richard (John Marley) and his wife, Maria (Lynn Carlin), to escape the anguish of their empty marriage in the arms of others. Featuring astonishingly powerful, nervy performances from Marley, Carlin, and Cassavetes regulars Gena Rowlands and Seymour Cassel, Faces confronts suburban alienation and the battle of the sexes with a brutal honesty and compassion rarely matched in cinema.
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