Resolutions, reviews, rants, raves.
The Death of Stalin
Armando Ianucci
6/6
Armando Ianucci takes what is by now a proven concept to post-war Russia in his second outing on the big screen, and possibly his finest hour yet. Apparantly, it’s mostly accurate too. That link is quite heavy on the spoilers, by the way.
The Lodger: A Story of the London fog
Alfred Hitchcock
6/7
Weird story-telling, intensely dramatic acting, even for a silent movie, and one of the best silent film-soundtracks I’ve ever come across. This isn’t the original soundtrack, by the way, but Ashley Irwin‘s composition from 1999. Good job Ashley. And good job you too, Hitch.
If I didn’t know, I’d probably guess this wasn’t from the silent era at all, but rather a recent homage (the protagonist even looks a bit like Crispin Glover). I can tell it isn’t though, from the swastikas in the carpets.
In any case, what I’m trying to say is that the ‘cock somehow managed to make a film that feels surprisingly modern even after nearly a hundred years. It must have been absolutely mind-blowing in 1927.
The Pleasure Garden
Alfred Hitchcock
4/6
I have seen Hitchcock, obviously, but I haven’t seen it all. So why not get up to date? And why not do so chronologically, in a non-binging fashion?
I think silent films are absurd, and I’m really struggling with the format. That said, This is probably quite sexy for nineteen-snooze-and-twenty. And surprisingly dark. And a bit #metoo.
The Pleasure Garden isn’t commercially available as far as I could tell, so I watched it on the youtube.
