Tag Archives: cinema

Mother: «What does this teach us, Jack?» Son (Jack): «Next time have gun.» — Mother & Son, from: «Defendor»

«No man can walk out on his own story.» —Spirit of the West, from «Rango»

«[…] the story of Uxbal – a single father who struggles to reconcile fatherhood, love, spirituality, crime, guilt and mortality amid the dangerous underworld of modern Barcelona — all before his time is up» — Wikipedia Last night movie — or better: the search for the soundtrack — lead me to this hardcore-to-the-bone-and-makes-you-cry movie w/ … Continue reading →

Emptying the film list queue. Tonight: «First Snow» … 7 out of 10 stars. Dark, slow, angry, hopeless. No rain but snow — I can live w/ that. And a great soundtrack by a former Red Hot Chili Peppers Drummer Cliff Martinez — which lead me to tomorrows movie «Biutiful».

«Oh, they tell them to get ready when their kids deploy … but they never really listen, do they? Soldiers go to war and everyone waves flags and applauds … look at charts, study strategies, have «informed opinions». And then bullets fly and soldiers die and it’s such a shock. Fuck that! What did they … Continue reading →

«In The Valley of Elah» for the 2nd time — now w/ T. Again a great movie and – like «In The Electric Mist» two days ago – a great Tommy Lee Jones performance.

«In The Electric Mist» by Bertrand Tavernier with Tommy Lee Jones and John Goodman from 2009, based on the novel In the Electric Mist with Confederate Dead by James Lee Burke. Wow. Solid movie w/o «schnick-schnack». Telling a good story w/ great photography and actors where it’s a pleasure to watch their skills. Eight out … Continue reading →