Recent content by Gregor XIII

A History of Violence was based on a "graphic novel" but maybe that's completely different to Cronenberg. Of course, The Dark Knight Returns have been described as one of the first graphic novels, even though it was originally published in monthly installments. Ah well, probably doesn't matter...

@rubberdingyrapids: It's not that I disagree with Cronenberg (sorry, I can't figure out how to quote your quote), but isn't it a bit weird that he criticises a film for being "comic book" when he himself made A History of Violence... The Sight and Sound Top 250 is out now, btw. Casablanca is on...

They should have brought Gilberto Gil to sing Aquele Abraco, though. But Pelé was cool as well.

The album can be streamed from Lynx Entertainments' website.

I read Denisovich as an 18-year old and just became obsessed with Solzhenitsyn. I remember The First Circle as amazing as well, probably his best work, while The Cancer Ward was really, really depressing. But it's been a long time since I've read anything by him.

Everyone who thinks magical realism is un-political should read Garcia Marquez' Autumn of the Patriarch, by far his best book. In that one, the fantastical elements are used to show how the lies and propaganda from the regime blurs the line between real and invention, and to show just how unreal...

I was in London for a few days, and noticed that they were showing Once Upon a Time in Anatolia, which will probably not come to Copenhagen. If you can, you should really see it, it's incredible.

I saw Last Year at Marienbad for the first time and loved it. I really found it hilarious. Nut sure it is the intended effect, but I liked it. I saw on wikipedia, that it wasn't allowed to compete at Cannes, because Resnais had signed a petition against the war in Algeria. Perhaps that's part...

Hey, thank you. And if you like his visuals and can live with the characters perhaps not being the most believable, I'll really recommend Element of Crime and Europa. I saw Uncle Boonmee Who Can Remember His Past Lives. It is fantastic. I was a bit scared that it might be a 'magical realism' /...

I thought most of the first part of Melancholia was hilarious. That whole etiquette vs chaos is something von Trier has made fun of in the past (especially in The Kingdom) and I think he is really good at it. He might have a very Danish kind of humor though. I can't really explain it. Also, as...

I've seen some great oldies recently. Two Prestun Sturgess: Sullivan's Travels and The Miracle at Morgan Creek. I'd especially recommend the latter one, if mainly to see how fun a film can play around with censorship. How they ever got away with that plot... And I also saw The Man Who Shot...

I'm a huge fan of American 'Postmodern' literature, and I think DFW was hugely aware of the tradition when he wrote IJ, so I love a lot of the parts like the setting and the separatism, for the way that it plays with and changes the 'genre' somewhat. Yes, the future setting doesn't really...

I saw Kiarostamis The Wind Will Carry Us a few days ago. Very beautiful, Iran looks incredibly beautiful. Don't think I really understand it, but I like it. It had elements which reminded me of Tarr's Turin Horse, though. Specifically the way it was structured around repeating everyday stuff...

Coincidentally, I saw Days of Heaven yesterday as well. Up there with Thin Red Line as my favorite Malick. Don't know how much that means yet. Also, von Triers Medea. Running water and horses brings Tarkovsky to mind. And then, a lot of death and suffering. I really prefer his earliest and...

You're right. But I just love the terms that BotS work on, even though it doesn't really develop them that well. There is this sense of posibility and freedom in the book. You can do what you want about language, you can use your tv as you want to, and if people create this vast conspiracy to do...