Tag Archives: films

  • Jul.
  • 16.
  • 2007

Primo Amore or The Dressing on the Side,Please

I just watched this Italian film called Primo Amore[2004] about a disturbed man who is obsessed with his new girlfriend’s weight.According to European weight measurements she is about 55 kilos. The fundamental irony of the movie being that she is already slim.55 kilos is about 122 pounds.He gets her down to 40 kilos.90 pounds.She is(was) a lively and intelligent woman …
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  • Jun.
  • 29.
  • 2007

28 Weeks Later

I thought this was one of the best movies I’d ever seen. I rate a movie by how it affects me after leaving the theatre- and after this one we crept home keeping a very careful eye on our fellow pedestrians lest they suddenly start wanting to rip us apart with their bare hands. After a few weeks the effects …
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  • Apr.
  • 13.
  • 2007

Children of Men: a very late recommendation

Children of Men is out on DVD which makes my writing a review of it or even simply recommending that you rent it kind of useless. I’m assuming anyone with half a brain has already seen it. I won’t review it because by doing so I would have to give information about the movie and I saw it with only …
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  • Apr.
  • 10.
  • 2007

Errol Morris

Errol Morris has his own website. When I have more time I’m going to check it out a bit more extensively. You may have seen his excellent Fast,Cheap and Out of Control, Mr.Death or my favorite movie that’s based on real events set in Texas(my home town,woo!) A Thin Blue Line.I can’t tell you how many times I’ve seen this …
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