Comments on: The Last Ten Movies I Saw http://whitecitycinema.com/2012/09/29/the-last-ten-movies-i-saw-101/ A Film Studies Blog with a Chicago Perspective Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:52:02 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: michaelgloversmith http://whitecitycinema.com/2012/09/29/the-last-ten-movies-i-saw-101/#comment-4160 Sun, 07 Oct 2012 06:04:36 +0000 http://whitecitycinema.com/?p=13047#comment-4160 If I had to list the virtues of Center Stage it would be endless. The greatest thing about that film is the way it cuts between actual clips of Ruan Ling-Yu films, the biopic scenes and then the documentary scenes where Stanley Kwan, Maggie Cheung and others talk about Ruan. The emotional high point is the climactic scene where Kwan cuts back and forth between Ruan at a party talking to her directors and those same directors paying tribute to her at her funeral.

Diabolique is good but Psycho is way better.

My favorite Sturges is either The Lady Eve or Miracle of Morgan’s Creek. Sturges, incidentally, is one of the few “great American directors” who is (and always has been) MORE appreciated in this country than abroad.

]]> By: david http://whitecitycinema.com/2012/09/29/the-last-ten-movies-i-saw-101/#comment-4156 Sun, 07 Oct 2012 03:47:37 +0000 http://whitecitycinema.com/?p=13047#comment-4156 Center Stage,more comments?

Diabolique or Psycho?

Your fave Sturges?

]]> By: michaelgloversmith http://whitecitycinema.com/2012/09/29/the-last-ten-movies-i-saw-101/#comment-4127 Sat, 29 Sep 2012 23:55:15 +0000 http://whitecitycinema.com/?p=13047#comment-4127 Can’t wait to hear what you think of The Master.

]]> By: benherzberger http://whitecitycinema.com/2012/09/29/the-last-ten-movies-i-saw-101/#comment-4125 Sat, 29 Sep 2012 19:43:28 +0000 http://whitecitycinema.com/?p=13047#comment-4125 My last 5:

5) Cosmopolis
4) Arbitrage
3) Twilight (the second)
2) The Naked Spur
1) The Master (upcoming tonight)

]]> By: michaelgloversmith http://whitecitycinema.com/2012/09/29/the-last-ten-movies-i-saw-101/#comment-4124 Sat, 29 Sep 2012 19:01:21 +0000 http://whitecitycinema.com/?p=13047#comment-4124 Yeah, me too. I wish I had had teachers like me!

]]> By: Victor De Leon http://whitecitycinema.com/2012/09/29/the-last-ten-movies-i-saw-101/#comment-4123 Sat, 29 Sep 2012 18:56:08 +0000 http://whitecitycinema.com/?p=13047#comment-4123 Cool! I wish I had field trips like that when I was in school.

]]> By: michaelgloversmith http://whitecitycinema.com/2012/09/29/the-last-ten-movies-i-saw-101/#comment-4122 Sat, 29 Sep 2012 18:51:04 +0000 http://whitecitycinema.com/?p=13047#comment-4122 I hadn’t seen The African Queen since the 1990s. I just took a class on a field trip to see the restored version on the big screen. It holds up well. I had forgotten how erotic it is.

]]> By: michaelgloversmith http://whitecitycinema.com/2012/09/29/the-last-ten-movies-i-saw-101/#comment-4121 Sat, 29 Sep 2012 18:49:42 +0000 http://whitecitycinema.com/?p=13047#comment-4121 As Philip Marlowe might say “That’s okay with me.” I love being stolen from. I look forward to checking out your new blog. Make sure to send me the link.

]]> By: Victor De Leon http://whitecitycinema.com/2012/09/29/the-last-ten-movies-i-saw-101/#comment-4120 Sat, 29 Sep 2012 17:38:59 +0000 http://whitecitycinema.com/?p=13047#comment-4120 Man, I haven’t seen The African Queen in a very long time. Gotta revisit The Big Sleep as well. Been way too long. Good 10 list, Micheal. Thanks, man!

]]> By: Mitchell Brown http://whitecitycinema.com/2012/09/29/the-last-ten-movies-i-saw-101/#comment-4119 Sat, 29 Sep 2012 17:27:57 +0000 http://whitecitycinema.com/?p=13047#comment-4119 Hi Michael,

I am in the process of revamping my blog and converting from blogspot to wordpress. I would like to steal your idea of tracking the last 10 movies watched as I think it might provoke some good dialogue.

Would you mind if I added this?

Thanks,
Mitchell

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