April truly was the cruellest month, but only because I read not a word of T.S. Eliot.
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Joseph Losey’s “Accident” (1967): Elliptical yet fascinating
“Accident” narrates the sexual and professional tensions between an Oxford philosophy professor, his colleague, and his students, in events leading to the title event.
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- 2021-04-11
- Viewing Journal On Film, Movies, Cinema
Read and Watched: March 2021
Black history month extended 60 days, at least, reading through Mary Shelley and seeing my first Dick Powell film …
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- 2021-04-01
- Monthly Reading, Viewing Report
Read, Viewed: January 2021
January 2021 inaugurated both a new year and (Gott sei Dank!!!) a new president, during which I read and watched “Vertigo,” Stanley Cavell, “Signs,” “Inside Llewyn Davis,” and others.
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- 2021-02-02
- Monthly Reading, Viewing Report
Joseph Losey’s “The Servant” (1963): Master/Slave Dialectic Demonstrated
“The Servant” takes the traditional roles between gentleman and manservant and submits them to great artistic violence.
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- 2021-01-31
- On Film, Movies, Cinema Viewing Journal