After an unintentional hiatus last week, I'm back. (I was so busy last week that all my comments are too pithy to be worth posting here).
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21/05/13
Watched The Seventh Victim, which has a good atmosphere, a couple of
standout sequences and a brilliantly bleak ending, but which feels like the
weakest of the Lewton's I've seen so far.
22/05/13
Went to see Something in the Air. It took me a while
to get into it – which I guess was the time it took me to get to know the
characters. And when I did, I can't say I particularly liked any of them (which
perhaps isn't the nicest thing to say about an autobiographical film, although
Assayas came across well in the Q&A which followed). The film suffers
throughout from a slightly meandering structure, but as it progresses it builds
a quiet profundity. It's also beautifully realised, and it feels like an
authentic recreation of the period. Something interesting Assayas said in the
Q&A: "I am defined by the perspective of the Nouvelle Vague" – in the freedom, if not the outlook.
23/05/13
Watched The Ghost Ship, which starts as a clunky B-movie, but goes on to
become an interesting examination of power (albeit one which still has the
occasional clunk). I wondered if, given the year it was made, there was perhaps
an aspect of political allegory to it - although something I read afterwards
said it was meant as an attack on Lewton's bosses at RKO. Either way, it's a
tense thriller with effective sequences throughout.
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