We mostly remember the names of Oscar-winning films, don’t we? At least with a little help. Or a peak at IMDb.com. So, too, Academy Award-winning actors. Even supporting actors.
But I’d venture to guess that even the most film-addled of you readers out there will be hard pressed to name one film editor who has carried […]
When I put the CD on the box, the Film Babe said she’d been wondering when I’d finally get around to playing it. She knows that Allen Toussaint’s Southern Nights is one of my very favorite albums. And she knows that I only play it when it’s hot and sweaty outside. It’s a summertime thing.
Read the entire articleA buddy stopped by this morning while driving through the hood on his rounds. He immediately launched into conjecture on the meaning of you know what. That’s right, the final episode of . . . well . . . you know what. Need I say its name?
No.
How does the saying go? Life imitates art? Or is it the other way around?
Anyway, life is rarely tidy. There are always loose ends, questions, twists and turns. Art, when done right, is the same, leaving more fodder for rumination than pat conclusions.
Portraying melodrama is a dicey affair. At a base level it is rendered as Days Of Our Lives. But when done correctly, what comes about is the emotive intimacy that is the Danish film, After The Wedding.
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