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Dennis Hopper 13 April 10
Section: article
Categories: Film / Mention
I love how Dennis Hopper speaks, moves, looks, and acts. I love all of his roles, including the ones where he was young and I sometimes sense how he felt intimidated by his co-actors, such as his role in The Sons of Katie Elder (see my comments &rarr John Wayne (a terribly underestimated personality and actor, in my opinion), as well in Rebel Without a Cause, with James Dean.
And of course there are the films Easy Rider (&rarr) and Der amerikanische Freund (see my previous entry here in acoolsha.org).
His role as Victor Drazen (en.wikipedia.org → Season one of 24 ) is acerbic and unforgettable.
I am thinking of him and rewatching the films I have available while concerned about his failing health now in Los Angeles.
- Title: Dennis Hopper
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The American Friend 13 April 10
Section: article
Categories: Film / dvd-mine
Hard to believe that it’s been almost exactly five years since I last watched this film, two times in fact, after I bought the DVD. Of course I had also seen it a number of times before, going back to when it first came out.
This time I could relate more deeply to the psychology of the characters, in the sense that I see art differently through my own growth. I imagine that Wenders also sees this film somewhat differently over time.
My thoughts on the film here in acoolsha still hold up, though, again, it resonates on an emotional level like never before.
www.acoolsha.org/article/336/DeramerikanischeFreund →
- Title: The American Friend
- Directed by: Wim Wenders
- Writing credits: Wim Wenders, Ripley’s Game by Patricia Highsmith
- Starring: Bruno Ganz, Dennis Hopper, Lisa Kreuzer, Gérard Blain, Nicholas Ray, Lou Castel, Samuel Fuller, Daniel Schmid, Peter Lilienthal, Jean Eustache, Andreas Dedecke
- Year: 1976
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Lord of the Rings Trilogy 12 April 10
Section: article
Categories: Film / dvd
I recently watched the trilogy again and enjoyed all three films. They age well.
http://www.acoolsha.org/ →
- Title: Lord of the Rings Trilogy
- Directed by: Peter Jackson
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The Box 20 March 10
Section: article
Categories: distraction / dvd
The influence of Twitter is such that I would like to sometimes move more towards microblogging here in acoolsha. So I logged in via my iPhone and saved the icon to my homescreen. I think that will work well.
The above is also a comment on the movie I am intermittently viewing on DVD, The Box, in the sense that I keep thinking of other things I want to do. I’ll stop watching soon, though at times the dialogue is so awkward and vapid that it becomes mesmerizing.
- Title: The Box
- Directed by: Richard Kelly
- Writing credits: Richard Kelly, Richard Matheson (story)
- Starring: Cameron Diaz, James Marsden, Frank Langella
- Year: 2009
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A Perfect Getaway 13 March 10
Section: article
Categories: distraction / dvd
I watched this film to the end, partly because it had an edgy quality to it. I wanted to relax with what I call an “entertainment” film and I picked this one because it was described as a thriller and it was set in Hawaii. This evening I realized that for such entertainment films the location plays a role in what I choose — someplace where there is only snow, desert, or a place like Canada, and in this case Hawaii.
- Title: A Perfect Getaway
- Directed by: David Twohy
- Writing credits: David Twohy
- Starring: Steve Zahn, Timothy Olyphant, Milla Jovovich, Kiele Sanchez
- Year: 2009
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Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt 8 March 10
Section: painting
Categories: Exhibition / museum
Visited the Schirn Kunsthalle yesterday. Saw the Uwe Lausen → and the Havekost exhibitions. The former was weak, but it was nice that the museum dedicated a show to the painter who killed himself at the age of 29 at the beginning of the 70s. Eberhard Havekost’s → work was better in person than I expected, based on reproductions.
- Title: Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt
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