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A brilliant semi-documentary film following the underworld of rock groups in Iran. A very humorous film, with incredible real musicians desperate to escape the censorship of their country and perform the music they love without fear of arrest. The youth of Bahrain are truly charismatic, rebellious and hint at a pro-democratic Iran for the future.-
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Category Archives: Miscellaneous
[1] The acoustics in this place are fantastic – my echo sounds with such clarity here! Well it’s been far too quiet on this blog so I suggest a challenge for all you cinematic lurkers out there. Inspired by the Guess the Pic game – I have come up with a little game of my [...]
Sensuous. Mysterious. Alluring. Monica Vitti was all these and more. The Italian actress came to prominence under the watchful eye of Michelangelo Antonioni and it is not hard to understand how she became his muse. Her face was exquisite with imperfections that made it more beautiful. Her hair always perfectly tousled (better than Bardot’s). But [...]
There’s a recurring joke in film critic Antonia Quirke’s autobiographical book ‘Madame Depardieu and the Beautiful Strangers’ in which the passing of time is signposted by the release of yet another Woody Allen film. Reviewers declare that this time Allen has finally returned to form and Quirke repeatedly refuses to go to the cinema to [...]
Tagged 8 1/2, Andrew Bujalski, Diane Keaton, Everything you wanted to know about sex but were afraid to ask, Federico Fellini, Funny Ha Ha, Groucho Marx, Ingmar Bergman, Julie Delpy, Manhattan, Marcello Mastroianni, Martin Scorsese, Sleeper, Stardust Memories, Two Days In Paris, Woody Allen
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Marwood: What about what’s his name? Withnail: What about him? Marwood: Why don’t you give him a call? Withnail: What for? Marwood: Ask him about his house! Withnail: You want me to call what’s his name and ask about his house? Marwod: Why not? Withanil: Alright. What’s his number? Marwood: I’ve no idea – I’ve [...]
It was a mythical masterpiece – never completed, never seen and seemingly lost forever. Now imagine you are Serge Bromberg, a film preservationist who spends 2 hours in an elevator with an elderly French lady. Elevator encounters are rarely memorable but Serge was soon to discover that the French lady standing beside him was none [...]
Michelangelo Antonioni & Monica Vitti A thought occurred to me as I was writing my recent post Agent Provocateur. I had focused on two films starring Anna Karina (Pierrot Le Fou) and Harriet Andersson (Summer with Monika), in which both had played characters who were unsympathetic on paper and yet were transformed into charismatic roles [...]
Tagged A Lift to the Scaffold, A Woman Under the Influence, Alphaville, Anna Karina, Bibi Andersson, Eve Arnold, Francois Truffaut, Gena Rowlands, Harriet Andersson, Ingmar Bergman, Jean-Luc Godard, Jeanne Moreau, Joe Losey, John Cassavetes, Jules et Jim, L'Avventura, Liv Ullmann, Louis Malle, Michelangelo Antonioni, Modesty Blaise, Monica Vitti, Persona, Pierrot Le Fou, Summer with Monika, Vivre Sa Vie
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