Entry #124
- Listening to:
- Martinu, Cello sonata no. 3, H340.
- A recent movie:
- The icicle thief (originally Ladri di
saponette).
Recent in that I watched it last night, not that it's recently
been produced. Even ignoring the fact that it was in Italian
and had subtitles, this was a clearly "arty" film; one of us
that went to see it said, "You'd never catch Hollywood making a
film like that." It's ultimately an amusing and fairly
lightweight piece about nothing much in particular.
Its one idea is about mixing and blurring levels in narration.
The basic premise is that a black and white film is being shown
on modern Italian TV, and that first there is a strange mixing
between the world of the film and that of the commercials that
interrupt it. Later, the film's director, upset at the way in
which his creation has been contaminated by all these
commercials, jumps into the film as well. The level-mixing is
amusing, but that's really all there is to it. (IMDB page.)
It now seems I was bit premature in giving the Presidential election
to Bush. Nonetheless, my gut instincts still reckon that is the way
it will end up. I don't think I'd want to bet on it though!
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