Rawr.
In case you need a reason to drink.
The end
Songs with the #8.
Arrested Development marathon on IFC all day.
Super Mario Bros v. PETA. If wearing a suit of Raccoon fur could make me fly, I’d wear one too.
Roxy Music tellin’ it like it is. Bryan Ferry, Brian Eno and Phil Manzanera. Skip to 4:15 if you don’t like the first half.
π
Darren Aronofsky’s debut movie, is a black and white story of obsession, not over anyone in particular, but over math, and the search for a natural pattern in the stock market. Sean Gullette plays max, the mathematician who won’t let himself rest until his work is done. He seems to have a fear of people and/or anything that he doesn’t truly understand. His obsession however, is only matched by his curiosity. He follows hallucinogenic images through the subway while being stuck between a group of Religious Jews and Wall Street big-wigs, who both want the information that he may or may not have discovered. If you haven’t seen π, see it, at times it even reminded me of Eraserhead. I believe they sell in a twin pack of π and Requiem for a Dream for roughly 10 dollars, totally worth it.
Dial “T” for Tumblr
Well I just made the switch from Blogspot to Tumblr. So, welcome, to the new home of my “365 Days of Movies Challenge” if that’s what we call it these days. For those just joining me on this, which is probably all of you (both of you), I plan to watch a new movie everyday for the rest of the year. Admittedly, i’ve already slipped and am about 2 movies behind, but that’s where the snow days and weekends come in. The first 20 days or so of this “resolution” can be found on my blogspot here.
Today’s submission: Alfred Hitchcock’s “Dial “M” for Murder”, adapted from the stage play by Frederick Knott.
Ray Milland (The Lost Weekend) stars as Tony Wendice, an ex-tennis star, plans the perfect murder on his wife when overcome which jealousy and greed, however when his wife ends up killing her murderer, things get weird.
It’s an intriguing story of “who-dun-it” with a hand full of twists. It’s a complicated case, a lot of ins, lot of outs, lot of what-have-yous…
Hitchcock’s directing did not blow me away as much as it usually can, yet there were a couple of times you can point out his stylistic shots, using shadows and such. It’s not much of a thriller, more a mystery (however you see the crime as it happens, so there’s no mystery there). But don’t get me wrong, it’s still a good ol’ murder drama.
