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Notes on “Ford v Ferrari”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: “Ford v Ferrari” is nearly 200 minutes long, ludicrous for a car-racing flick, and its narrative incorporates a fair amount of padding. The scenes centering on the family of driver Ken Miles are particularly unnecessary. Watching … Continue reading
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Tagged cars, Christian Bale, Film, Ford v Ferrari, James Mangold, Matt Damon, movies
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Notes on “Cluny Brown”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: The 1946 “Cluny Brown” is probably the most offhand thing director Ernst Lubitsch did during the sound era. It’s so offhand that it’s almost Buñuelian. Certainly, it’s the most surreal of Lubitsch’s late works. Jennifer Jones … Continue reading
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Tagged Cluny Brown, Ernst Lubitsch, Film, Jennifer Jones, movies, Romantic Comedy
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Notes on “Atlantic City”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Like “Nashville,” the 1980 “Atlantic City” is an essayistic treatment of a city. But it’s not brash and satirical like “Nasvhille”; it’s glancing and melancholy-romantic — a loser’s lament. It’s to director Louis Malle’s and writer … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlantic City, Burt Lancaster, Film, John Guare, Louis Malle, movies, New Jersey, susan sarandon
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Notes on “Aquaman”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: There’s something gleeful, almost lightfooted, in the tacky gigantism of “Aquaman.” Director James Wan rejects the would-be seriousness and most of the cynicism that characterize Marvel’s superhero films in favor of kitsch and can-do cheeriness. Like … Continue reading
Note to K—-, on Frank Zappa
Fenster writes: K—- The excellent music blog run by Jeff Meshel has a nice appreciation of Frank Zappa up, focusing on the song—if you can call it that—“Help I’m a Rock”, from the Mothers of Invention’s first album Freak Out!
Notes on “Roma”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: In “Roma,” writer-director Alfonso Cuarón rationalizes chic aesthetic loop-the-loops by pretending to social consciousness. The movie concerns an indigenous maid who serves a white Mexican family. Though critics have compared it to Italian Neorealism, its canned … Continue reading
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Tagged Alfonso Cuaron, Film, Mexico, movies, Roma, Yalitza Aparicio
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Notes on “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets”
Fabrizio del Wrongo writes: Based on the comic by Pierre Christin and Jean-Claude Mézières, “Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets” more than makes good on the extravagant promise of its title. The principal setting is Alpha, an improbable … Continue reading
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Tagged Cara Delevingne, Dane DeHaan, Film, Luc Besson, movies, Rihanna, Science Fiction, Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets
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