If I were a regular reader of this blog rather than its writer, about now I'd be wondering what's with the infrequent posting, not to mention its author's sudden disinclination…
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Michael Kutter and Robert Lloyd, Parsifal, Hans Jurgen Syberberg, 1982Du sieh'st mein Sohn, zum Raum wird hier die Zeit...Parsifal is one of those corkscrew artifacts of culture in which you get…
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Just a quick note to say, yes, I know I'm a week behind with the reviews (there's a Capital Times review from Wednesday of- Christ I can't even remember what…
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I bought a second hand Blu-ray player the other day on TradeMe. Now I know why: Ron Frick's 1992 masterpiece Baraka. Every home should have one. UPDATE: Evidently this is…
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Birth of a Notion, Robert McKimson, 1947In which a cartoon Peter Lorre waxes disconsolate to his dog, Leopold, over his difficulties obtaining a duck wishbone for one of his experiments.…
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