Late Night with the Devil - quite a fun found footage horror film. David Dastmalch was very good as the desperately fame-hungry late night host.

My wife listened to Barbara Streisand's audio biography. My wife decided that she didn't care that much for Streisand (I never did) after reading it, but was interested in seeing some of her movies.

I tried to find What's up Doc out there in streaming land but was unsuccessful. I remember thinking that the first time I saw it (probably at the theater) that it was the funniest movie I had ever seen. I figured it probably wouldn't have that appeal to me now.

Anyways, TCM had it on the other night so we watched it. I did find it amusing, but not really laugh out loud funny. Kinda silly and dated, but worth watching.

I spent most of the movie trying to decide if I thought Streisand was really pretty, or really not pretty. Shame on me I guess.

it's cool seeing a long-time "supporting actor" getting a starring role

I looked up his credits. Seen many of the films he's starred in, didn't recognise him at all.

I love What's Up Doc, and Bogdanovich was a huge fan of Bringing Up Baby, which is the inspiration for WUD. I think Streisand is luminous in that role and beautiful in her way. And Ryan O'Neil plays that befuddled professor type really well. Streisand and O'Neil may not be a match for Hepburn and Grant, but they're not far off.

Funny that my friend was just telling me about Streisand's book on Friday, and she was mostly concerned with the number of men she "dated."

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Went to see Perfect Days again last week. I think it's going to be the kind of movie I will watch over and over again. Dragged a friend along, and I think she was intrigued even if she didn't like it as much as I do. It's one of those films you need to let sink in.

Here's a link to the same actor in Shall We Dance. It's free on YouTube.

https://youtu.be/F5I_TIAYHiY?si=hf93NJ3hh0YTiSxK

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Didnt know Monkey Man is Dev Patel’s directorial debut. He’s got quite the resume

I went to the NEW iMax presentation of Ex-Machina last night... an amazing film, and very rewarding for me Intellectually.

for the audience they previewed 5 minutes of Garlands Upcoming Civil War... which I get to see early next week.
Kirsten Dunst looks amazing...

Counselor??!

We're not judges, Doctor.

Who'd want to justify their whole life?

I finally got around to watching Bad Lieutenant.

To paraphrase Philip Larkin, the Catholic Church, they **** you up. But there's always redemption for some.

It's one of those films that you just can't imagine anyone else playing the part. Keitel is amazing.

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Just watched Joachim Trier's Oslo, August 31st.

I really need to watch a few comedies now. This is such a bleak film, but it's terrific, too. A guy has been in rehab for nearly a year, but falls back into his old ways when he returns to Oslo. He says at one point near the end of the film, "I just want someone to care about me."

Trier ends the film with shots of Oslo's empty streets. I think he learned something from Antonioni.

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My god... what an amazing movie is Hertzog's Heart of Darkness.




I got the original Hertzog collection

Almost as good as Coppola's Heart of Darkness.

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That's quite the set. I remember seeing Even Dwarfs Started Small (one of my favorite titles)in a movie theater a long time ago.

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I have to say, I had this exact debate with myself after watching Wrath of God last night... I had HARD time trying to convince myself that Coppola made a better movie. Certainly Coppola had a more significant cinematic presentation, but I actually ruled that I feel Hertzog made a more compelling and awe inspiring film.

I loved this. I've been meaning to watch The Worst Person In the World for awhile now but haven't gotten around to it.

The Worst Person in the World is very different from Oslo. It reminds me of Woody Allen's Manhattan. Right now it's streaming on Kanopy.

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That Herzog collection is sick.

After a couple grim movies, I watched one of my dad's favorite movies, The Quiet Man, directed by John Ford, starring John Wayne, Maureen O'Hara, and Victor McLaughlin.

No one would make a film like this today. John Wayne dragging Maureen O'Hara around would be too offensive. I must admit that I recoiled a bit from a couple scenes, but I still love this movie, especially for the acting and the spirit of community in the film.

It's John Ford's homage to Ireland filmed in dazzling Technicolor.

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I watched a Duke last night... The 3 Godfathers was just remastered and released on Bluray... as a matter of fact, the release comes with both the john Ford and the original 1936 Black and white... I watched both.

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earlier in the day I came to a realization while watching Hertzog's Fitzcarraldo... that is, Claude Joséphine Rose Cardinale is still alive. I was certain she had passed, but apparently not as she's now 85 years old. She will be here when the NEW remastered version of Once Upon a Time in the West is released in a few weeks. Hopefully we will get a theatrical release once this happens.

I had always thought that she was Spanish or Italian... She is Tunisian.

Lol, stop with this.

I was in Manaus this January. The restaurant in the hotel I was in was named Fitzcarraldo. I wasn't sure what to make of that.

That's interesting...