A weirdly arresting image from Maurice Pialat’s remarkable 1979 picture Passé ton Bac d’abord… (Graduate First…) upon which I muse today, over at the Auteurs’. As for this quieter-than-normal blog, well, I’m in the middle of Mamet’s peculiar Homicide, an interesting picture to take in in the wake of Inglourious Basterds, and hope to have some good-for-the-Jews observations in short order.
“As for this quieter-than-normal blog, well, I’m in the middle of Mamet’s peculiar Homicide…”
That’s one of my favorite films.
Homicide…that never made it to Region 1 DVD, did it? So are you lucky enough to have a Region Free player, a VHS copy or did you find it online? I’ve seen it only long ago and would love to see it again.
Max, Criterion is releasing it in September. I imagine Glenn got some early hook-up.
Everyone should wear one of those. Men, women, everyone.
A tangent, but I recently saw a show, and the lead singer was wearing a t‑shirt not dissimilar to the one above.
And me, dork I am, thought: “That would look great in a movie.” Even worked out the framing in my head.
And Pialat got there thirty years ago. Thanks a lot, Maurice!
A critereon release, finally!