This film lacks originality, but does reflect Japanese anxieties about a falling population and the threat of earthquakes.Īir (US) 2.9 Pleasant exercise in 1984 nostalgia. Suzume (Japan) 3.0 Maybe I need to stop looking for the next Miyazaki. Not surprisingly, it falls well short of Kurosawa’s version. Living (UK) 3.3 Handsome remake of Ikiru, done in a very traditional British style. Godland (Denmark/Iceland, CC) 3.4 The first third has some stunning scenes of Iceland’s landscape. I just wish it had a bit more cinematic creativity. Past Lives (US/Korea) 3.4 An intelligent film with appealing characters. He was so pessimistic about human intelligence that he believed that, “man’s survival depends on the ultra intelligent machine.” Kubrick by Kubrick (France) 3.5 A viewer of 2001 might assume that Kubrick was opposed to AI. The Innocent (France, CC) 3.6 It’s basically one of those one joke comedies, but the joke is nicely played out. Be aware, however, that the pace is extremely slow. The Velvet Queen (France/Tibet) 3.7 When viewed in the right frame of mind, this nature documentary is a near masterpiece. Takes place in September 1955, the month I was born. Even this sort of sub-par Anderson is better than almost anything else coming out of Hollywood these days. Perhaps this reflects the fact that literary critics are more interested in people and I am more interested in places.Īsteroid City (US) 3.7 Like all Wes Anderson films it’s full of delightful images, including an homage to Cindy Sherman. I liked it even more than The Scarlet Letter, which is generally regarded as the better novel. Hawthorne caved in to the pressure of readers who abhor ambiguity. The second addition is slightly inferior to the first, as it adds a 5 page conclusion to tie up some loose ends. I finally got around to reading The Marble Faun. Highly recommended-much improved over when I visited 30 years ago.ĥ. I visited the Huntington Gardens near Pasadena. I’m not religious, but the Bahai religion appeals to me more than most others.Ĥ. I visited the very impressive Bahai temple in Evanston.
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