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Movies I’m Watching：Doubt

January 2, 2009 peijin

I think i read the play a number of years ago … it was good but didn’t leave a huge impression on me. The movie retains that “theatrical” feeling in the way that it’s staged, in the particular rhythm of … Continue reading →

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Movies I’m Watching: Antonioni’s La Notte

August 9, 2008 peijin

lanotte_062220070442.jpg (JPEG Image, 550×365 pixels) via kwout Antonioni films are always difficult for me. They are in their wayso eravishing and yet there is something maddeningly obscure about them. The dialogue is not something that you can understand if you … Continue reading →

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Movies I’m Watching:Straw Dogs

August 2, 2008 peijin

Violence, in most movies, is pretty standard—you get shot in the face by Scarface, your neck broken by Steven Seagall, or eaten alive by sharks. How many time have you seen a man thrash about as he is nearly decapitated … Continue reading →

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Movies that I’ve watched: Peter Watkins’ Punishment Park

July 14, 2008 peijin

One of the better movies that i’ve seen in awhile. The film, shot like a documentary, takes place in 1970s America, where the Vietnam War wages and on a cultural schism has opened up between those that support the establishment … Continue reading →

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