Something Something Days, Something Something Movies
Run Lola Run 1998. 80 minutes. Germany. Directed by Tom Tykwer. Watchdate: 11/17/2010. Tom Tykwer seems to be a real maestro at merging form and content. That is to say, he not only successfully matches the story he's telling with a perfect style of telling it but he actually does so in a way that it's hard to tell the difference between the two. I didn't like this quite as much as Perfume , but it was a lot of fun nonetheless - a great cinematic exercise. The bank robbery scene in particular was excellent - bank robberies have been dramatized so many times by now that it's rare to see one crafted in a new way, but he pulled it off with flair. The Mirror 1975. 106 minutes. Russia. Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. Watchdate: 11/16/2010. Like Stalker , Tarkovsky's The Mirror is somewhat mystifying. With an even more glacial pace, it explores childhood, love and divorce in extremely personal terms. It was difficult for me to watch for various reasons, and I know I...