Living in the Material World
I watched Martin Scorsese’s Living in the Material World the other week, Scorsese’s take on George Harrison. I was inclined to dismiss it at first as an undisciplined mish-mash of … Continue reading
Three comedies of Howard Hawks
There’s a little preface to this essay on some old films. Most people experience a film at first through advertising media. It may be a rumour that “it’s supposed to … Continue reading
Hollywood: a place, a myth, an industry
Hollywood is a 13 episode documentary (676 m) made in the late 1970s by Kevin Brownlow and David Gill for Thames Television in Britain, with music by Carl Davis and … Continue reading
Ingmar Bergman: five late films
The second of a two part essay on Bergman’s films written after watching The Ingmar Bergman Collection, which gathers most of the Criterion and Tartan releases. The films I liked … Continue reading
Ingmar Bergman: four early films
The first of a two part essay on Bergman’s films written after watching The Ingmar Bergman Collection, which gathers most of the Criterion and Tartan releases. The films I liked … Continue reading
Great film directors
Lists of great films are easy to compile if you don’t look too hard at what you mean by ‘great’. I looked around and found lots of lists. They all … Continue reading
The big world of George Carlin
I heard a voice crying in the wilderness. It was fearsome stuff, and it was the truth. And I laughed and laughed. “But there’s a reason. There’s a reason. There’s … Continue reading
