FILM DIARY

Helsinki, Finland

Saturday, December 03, 2005

The Sunshine Boys

US 1995 (TV). D: John Erman. On DVD, 3 Dec 2005. Peter Falk & Woody.

Play It Again, Sam

Kerta vielä, Sam. US 1972. D: Herbert Ross (sreenplay & play by Woody). On TV (TV2), 2 Dec 2005. Got to appreciate the depression.

Sunday, November 27, 2005

Maid in Manhattan

Unelmien Manhattan. US 2002. D: Wayne Wang. With a bottle of wine and depression, anything goes. And it wasn't that bad either, I'm tired of this everything has to be new stupidity anyway. Ralph Fiennes does it all, no matter what.
E: I was drunk, obviously.

Monday, November 21, 2005

Hundstage

Koiran päiviä / Dog Days. AUT 2001. D: Ulrich Seidl. On DVD, 21 Nov 2005.

Entre tinieblas

Pahat tavat / Dark Habits. ESP 1983. D: Pedro Almodóvar. On DVD, 20 Nov 2005. Songs.

Saturday, November 19, 2005

Last Action Hero

US 1993. D: John MacTiernan. On TV (Nelonen), 18 Nov 2005.

Airheads

Sekopäät. US 1994. D: Michael Lehmann. On DVD, 18 Nov 2005. It was only 11 years ago.

Thursday, November 17, 2005

The Assassination of Richard Nixon

Richard Nixonin salamurha. US 2004. D: Niels Mueller. On DVD, 17 Nov 2005. Penn & Watts. Kind of a start for those 9/11 movies that will come, eventually.

Sunday, November 13, 2005

Forrest Gump

US 1994. D: Robert Zemeckis. On TV (Nelonen), 13 Nov 2005. I like it.

One Fine Day

Eräänä kauniina päivänä. D: Michael Hoffman. US 1996. On TV (MTV3), 13 Nov 2005.

Friday, November 04, 2005

Nirgendwo in Africa

Jossain Afrikassa. GER 2001. D: Caroline Link. On DVD, 4 Nov 2005. Won Oscar.

Thursday, November 03, 2005

A History of Violence

US 2005. D: David Cronenberg. At Kinopalatsi 5, 2 Nov 2005. Maria Bello. I though I've seen her -- Schrader's Auto Focus (I never remember). If there is anything Cronenbergish, it's the tempo (& the blood). Fun.

I've kept this now for almost 6 months. 3+19+12+14+10+12= 70 movies. Not that many, still too much.

Sunday, October 30, 2005

Capricciosa

SWE 2003. D: Reza Bagher. On DVD, 30 Oct 2005. Made me think of Finnish films. That's bad. But obviously, this was better.

Saturday, October 29, 2005

Ken Park

US 2002. D: Larry Clark. On DVD, 28 Oct 2005. Sex does look dull in porn.

Friday, October 28, 2005

Petites coupures

Pieni viilto vain. FR 2003. D: Pascal Bonitzer. On DVD, 28 Oct 2005. It's about nothing, not about much. A good translation of the name (there's a little but significant change of mood to melancholy). Scott Thomas makes me always think about someone, she was just as mad and fabulous. Auteuil: 54.