Ultimos Posts 1. 17/05/2005 21:03 - Favorite Scenes A movie, even if not great, can have great moments. The following are some of my favorite scenes, in no particular order. Some of them belong to my favorite movies, of course, but that is not always the case. Eyes Wide Shut (1999): The ritual at the masked ball, when that hallucinatory music starts. Is it heaven or hell? Whatever the case, I want to be there. (Jocelyn Pook is the c... 2. 08/05/2005 20:32 - Some unfinished books... Off the top of my head, just some of the books I have picked up and put down, some more than once, for a variety of reasons: Bocaccio's Decameron (in Spanish translation 'cause I figured it would be closer to the original). I just didn't get into it. The Tin Drum, by Gunther Grass (English translation). Read the first 200 pages, then stopped caring. I was expecting off-beat little ... 3. 26/04/2005 21:36 - Prediction: books will come in pills I have read the first page of Joyce's Ulysses about a thousand times and have yet to get past it. Why, oh, why? I mean, I got through The Portrait of the... and enjoyed it. Someday, I suppose. So many books I wish I could take as pills, just to have READ them, out of sheer curiousity, even if the experience does not promise much enjoyment. Indeed, I couldn't care less about a bunch... 4. 20/04/2005 07:01 - Some movies I don't care to watch Movies that are supposed to be great but that I suspect suck: Kill Bill 2 Sin City Comedies that will at best make me chuckle: Meet the Fockers Kung Fu Hustle A horror movie that will scare nobody: The Amytiville Horror... 5. 08/04/2005 15:51 - Aguirre: The Wrath of God I was hanging out with some friends eating and drinking when someone expressed a desire for watching a great movie and I immediately suggested Herzog's Aguirre, which I happened to be carrying with me. I told them that it was about the Spanish conquistadors and everyone was hooked, there was no need to elaborate. We opened new beers, placed ashtrays strategically and sat down in fr... |
