Posted Monday 27 August 2007
- Perfume - a solid interpretation of the book (which I've also read.) In particular the scenes and costumes are amazing and have a very fine level of detail. The movie is very faithful to the plot of the book, and the casting was adept. A good film, but I doubt I'd watch it again. 7/10
- Valley of the Dolls - A surprisingly good film from 1967. Starring Sharon Tate amongst others, I quite enjoyed this story of fortune and fame in a world of uppers and downers. Three women - a beauty, a singer and a girl next door - are thrust into stardom and all the baggage that this entails. Is it worth everything that it costs them? 7/10
- Six Degrees of Separation - Great film from 1993 about family, privilege and connection. Paul is a streethustler who makes a chance connection that introduces him to a world that he wants to be a part of. Watching this just makes me mad about the rest of Will Smith's career.
- Everything is Illuminated - loved the Ukranian b-boy, but I fell asleep during this film so can't really say too much. Seemed to be winning the "too earnest American indie film vs great insightful quirky film" battle (that has been lost in the past by films such as Garden State)