Sunday, August 12, 2007

Interesting Articles

1. Reconsidering "Bonnie and Clyde": http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/movies/12scot.html

2. Scorsese on Michelangelo Antonioni: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/movies/12scor.html

3. Woody Allen on Ingmar Bergman: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/movies/12alle.html

4. Christopher Hitchens reviews Harry Potter: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/08/12/books/review/Hitchens-t.html?_r=1&oref=slogin&ref=books&pagewanted=all

3 comments:

Priest said...

nice hitchens article. did you note that he actually sites a character in the left behind series? and help us all when christopher hitchens determines to write an article on the same subject you've written one (even if it is on a pop culture blog).

Doctor said...

Even for a film geek like myself, L'Avventura is a butt-numbing experience. It's beautiful but agonizingly slow. Blow-up is a great, great film, though.

Bergman is great but a bit overpraised, methinks. Persona, The Seventh Seal, and Wild Strawberries are required viewing.

Lawyer said...

Hitchens as a writer is like Michael Jordan as a basketball player. We can all shoot baskets, but none of us can come close to Jordan. I have read several profiles of Hitchens, and he has said he writes most of his book reviews in a single draft.