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Trouble Every Day 2001
I've been putting this off for about a decade now... I saw clips of this in a class years ago and was already a big fan of pretty much everything Denis has ever offered up, but knew this one would be difficult. Also grew to love the soundtrack over the years. Glad I finally stepped up and gave it a close watch. Brilliance as always, never sure what to expect with her other than beauty, emotion, and sometimes the unexpected. Not sure that I've ever seen better shooting of the human body before, so brava to Claire Denis and Agnes Godard.
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Lured 1947
Year of Films #12: 20 March 2025. Lured, dir. Douglas Sirk (1947). With Lucille Ball, George Sanders, Charles Coburn, and Boris Karloff. Remake of the 1939 Siodmak film Pièges. Lucille Ball as a taxi dancer turned bait. The Poet Killer stalks London and writes Baudelarian verse.
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La Roue 1923
Year of Films #5: 24 Jan - 2 Feb 2025. La Roue, aka The Wheel, dir. Abel Gance (1923). 6h57m. With Ivy Close, Sévérin-Mars, Gabriel de Gravone, and Pierre Magnier. Blaise Cendrars as AD. Music by Fosse & Honegger. Instantly ranked among my most memorable viewings. Stunning.
The 4K restoration on a proper screen may play into it, but I have never experienced such rich texture, such patience and such innovation. The storytelling is remarkable, as is the depth of facial expression and the acting, especially with Sisif and Norma. Touching, playful, overwhelmingly beautiful and tragic. Perhaps the pre-sound era was indeed the high water mark?
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The Mystery of the Eiffel Tower 1928
Year of Films #8: 23 Feb 2025. Le Mystère de la Tour Eiffel, dir. Julien Duvivier (1928). With Tramel, Régine Bouet, and Gaston Jaquet. The comic Tramel in a Feuillade-style feature, up against the Brotherhood of the Antenna. Final showdown on the lattice of the Eiffel Tower.
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