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Thursday 7th October 2021

France 1963

Running time: 30 mins

Salut les Cubains

Director : Agnes Varda

Film Summary :
Photomontage film essay about Cuba 1963
Film Category
The 1960s
Film Tags

Reviewed by rogerco, Streamed proj @ home on 07 Oct 2021

Review Summary :
Cuba 1963 cpatured in B&W photomontage

Review of "Salut les Cubains"

Another (early) tour-de-force by Varda. With voiceover by Agnes and Michel Piccoli providing context for what we see. A montage of still, B&W, photos arranged into chapters with different themes.

Some excellent music/dance scenes using photos which must have been shot with a motor drive to create a near stop-frame effect in time with the music. One of these was a bit overlong as she had to repeat the same sequence of photos several times - but a very interesting technique.

Fascinating as a snapshot of Cuba emerging as a country from the revolution.



Saturday 2nd October 2021

France 1936

Running time: 80 mins

Le Crime de Monsieur Lange

Director : Jean Renoir

Film Summary :
He shot a man
Film Category
The 1930s

Reviewed by rogerco, on 02 Oct 2021

Review Summary :
Scenes of totally bizarre Parisian life in 1936

Well it WAS a Crime

I found the milieu of the building where the publisher and laundry were, and the lives and loves of the young women completely strange. 

Aside from that the story was clear enough



Saturday 25th September 2021

USA 2020

Running time: 124 mins

The Invisible Man

Director : Leigh Whannell

Film Summary :
Cecilia (Moss) runs from her controlling abusive husband and then is told he has committed suicide - or has he.
Film Category
The 2020s
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Reviewed by rogerco, DVD proj @ home on 25 Sep 2021

Review Summary :
A fairly pedestrian horror-thriller with an unbelievable Mcguffin and a predictable plot

Neither horrific nor thrilling

Merits 4 stars largely on the basis of Elisabeth Moss's performance



Thursday 23rd September 2021

USA 2017

Running time: 100 mins

The Dawn Wall

Directors : Josh Lowell, Peter Mortimer

Film Summary :
Free climbing the Dawn Wall face of El Capitain in Yosemite park. 3000 feet in 18 days.
Film Category
The 2010s
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Reviewed by rogerco, Streamed proj @ home on 23 Sep 2021

Review Summary :
So much happens in the back story but all adds to the main event

Compelling Climbing Film

Fascinating insight into how Tommy Caldwell came to be the man who free-climbed the Dawn Wall with partner Kevin Jorgenson.



Saturday 18th September 2021

USA 2014

Running time: 85 mins

The Other One

The Long, Strange Trip of Bob Weir

Director : Mike Fleiss

Film Summary :
A life with the Dead from Bob's point of view
Film Category
The 2010s
Film Tags

Reviewed by rogerco, Streamed proj @ home on 18 Sep 2021

Review Summary :
Lots of really good archive material and interesting stuff Bob says.

Fascinating for a Dead Head

Slightly flagged towards the end, which was a shame as apart from that it was engrossing.



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