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I wasn't wild about Forest of the Hanged, myself. ...

2008-04-21T21:14:00.000-04:00

I wasn't wild about Forest of the Hanged, myself. Ciulei has a good eye for composition, but he hits his themes way too hard and too steadily for my taste - the characters just seemed like puppets.

Darn, I was afraid I was missing something good. M...

2008-04-21T19:19:00.000-04:00

Darn, I was afraid I was missing something good. My train back to DC was at 3:40 yesterday afternoon, and I was debating whether or not to catch The Pale Light of Sorrow before heading out, and opted not to since I'd be cutting it close. Did you stay for Forest of the Hanged? That one sounded promising too, but my knees were killing me since Return of the Banished, so I

Acquarello - the 1980 film The Pale Light of Regre...

2008-04-21T16:23:00.000-04:00

Acquarello - the 1980 film The Pale Light of Regret was worthwhile too, I thought: it tells a big, novelistic story with a lot of ellipsis and emotional indirection, and maintains a sense of surprise throughout. Its screenings are all over - but, if memory serves, Mircea Daneliuc's Microphone Test, which shows on April 22 at 3:45 pm, is a good movie from a director who's generally

This was a highlight for me too, as was Occident a...

2008-04-21T10:38:00.000-04:00

This was a highlight for me too, as was Occident and Orienteering. The Lazarescu comparison is right on the mark - the humor, the odyssey, the subverted sense of tragedy.