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Recently Seen Movies

I have been under the weather this past weekend. It is a drag being sick but I did watch some good movies.

Broken Flowers - This is the latest film by Jim Jarmusch ( Deadman, Coffee and Cigarettes). A little slow but an interesting look into how uncertainty of the past mixed with curiosity can be all consuming. Amazingly odd that he used on the soundtrack, the obscure ethiopian jazz music that I have been listening to for years.

The Machinist - Christian Bale went through an unbelievable physical transformation for this film. He went from being buff in American Physcho to having zero muscle mass in this movie and then regained it all for his role in Batman. I could see a Dosteovsky influence, about how guilt and solitude can be more painful after committing a serious crime than the punishment that the law provides.

Undertow - What can I say, David Gordon Green(All the real girls) is probably my favorite young director. With similarities to my own interests such as Will Oldham, Walkabout and Philip Glass it was inspiring to watch this movie. Being able to see the beauty that he sees in human nature and in the rough edges of things made this an extra ordinary film.



3 Responses to “Recently Seen Movies”

  1. Dave Says:

    January 26th, 2006 at 9:15 am
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    I vow never to see another Bill Murray again. This rule does not apply to classic Bill Murray movies like Caddyshack, but does apply to any Bill Murray movie made in from 1996 forward. I am so sick of his melancholic middle-aged character, and I don’t know what directors’ obsession is with it. I think he turns good directors to bad, at least in the case of Broken Flowers.

    When I think about Dead Man compared to this movie, I am appalled. What a throwaway piece of junk.

    The music was good, though. It’d be interesting to follow the trail of recommendations back from Jim Jarmusch and see how far it goes. Did he just pick it up in a store? Did a friend recommend it? Where did you hear about it?

  2. Dave Says:

    January 26th, 2006 at 9:16 am
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    The Machinist arrived yesterday. I hope this is a good one. I am hopping mad at Bill Murray right now.

  3. Dave Says:

    January 31st, 2006 at 11:37 pm
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    I really enjoyed the Machinist. Reminded me a lot of Memento somehow. But I liked that one, too.