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Sunday 29th January 2012

1993

Bennys Video

Director : Michael Haneke

Synopsis extract :
Disconnected young boy casually kills girl while parents are out. ...
Film Category
The 1990s

Reviewed by Roger, DVD @ Home on 29 Jan 2012

Review of "Bennys Video"

A film about alienation caused by a failure to engage with reality preferring to mediate it through the screen


Saturday 7th January 2012

2009

Land and Freedom

Director : Ken Loach

Synopsis extract :
Story of an english worker's involvement in Spanish Civil War framed by his granddaughter sorting ...
Film Category
The 2000s (the noughties)

Reviewed by Roger, DVD proj @ home on 07 Jan 2012

Review of "Land and Freedom"

Very well told compleeing story about how it descends into factionalism on the left unable to defeat the cooperation between fascists on the right. Stalin gets the blame.


Sunday 1st January 2012

1970

Fata Morgana

Director : Werner Herzog

Synopsis extract :
Images from the Sahara desert region with words of a creation myth and music
Film Category
The 1970s

Reviewed by Roger, DVD proj @ home on 01 Jan 2012

Review of "Fata Morgana"

Entrancing and engrossing. A very different sort of film - non-narrative, poetic visuals, interesting music - something unknown, some classical, Blind Faith, John Renbourn, Leonard Cohen (could have done without tht Cohen personally)


Saturday 31st December 2011

2011

True Grit

Directors : Ethan Cohen, Joel Cohen

Synopsis extract :
Girl seeks to catch her father's killer enlisting help of Rooster Cogburn (Bridges) and unwanted ...
Film Category
The 2010s

Reviewed by Roger, DVD proj @ home on 31 Dec 2011

Review of "True Grit"

Classic Western very well shot and told. Excellent not OTT contribution from Hailee Steinfeld as the girl holding her own without stealing the show.


Tuesday 27th December 2011

1995

Ghost in the Shell (1)

Director : Mamoru Oshii

Synopsis extract :
A female cyborg cop and her partner hunt a mysterious and powerful hacker called the Puppet Master
Film Category
The 1990s

Reviewed by Roger, DVD proj @ home on 27 Dec 2011

Review of "Ghost in the Shell (1)"

Japanese Anime animation from comic book. OK but a little slow at times and some interesting visuals but some spurious teenage boy obsession with breasts!


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