Screening Log
This new site feature is a collective effort to summarize our viewing habits. Occasionally, you will find titles here that are coming to a theater near you, in addition to films viewed on television, and even films viewed in piecemeal. The screening log is archived each month; to view past entries select a month in the menu below.
March 2005 activity
Total Log Entries: 38
- Adam (0)
- Andrew (0)
- Chet (0)
- Chiranjit (0)
- David (0)
- Eva (0)
- Evan (0)
- Ian (0)
- Jenny (0)
- Katherine (0)
- Leo (2)
- Megan (0)
- Rumsey (10)
- Teddy (0)
- Thomas (12)
- Timothy (0)
- Victoria (0)
Total Comments: 14
- Police Academy (0)
- Mannequin (2)
- Blind Spot: Hitler’s Secretary (0)
- Downfall (0)
- Millions (0)
- Trouble Every Day (1)
- The Great Ziegfeld (0)
- The Jerk (0)
- Stripes (0)
- O Brother, Where Art Thou? (0)
- Torchy Blane in Chinatown (0)
- Control Room (0)
- Monterey Pop: The Outtake Performances (2)
- Gimme Shelter (0)
- Duck Soup (0)
- The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension! (0)
- The Work of Director Michel Gondry (0)
- The Serpent and the Rainbow (1)
- Dracula’s Daughter (0)
- The Devil’s Nightmare (0)
- The Curse of the Mummy’s Tomb (0)
- In This Our Life (0)
- Song of the Exile (0)
- Pierrot le Fou (1)
- L’Eclisse (0)
- 976-EVIL (0)
- The Truman Show (0)
- Dumb and Dumber (0)
- Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence (0)
- The Tales of Hoffmann (0)
- Tropical Malady (0)
- Stop Making Sense (0)
- Sweet Charity (0)
- Weekend at Bernie’s II (2)
- M (5)
- Dear Frankie (0)
- Krull (0)
- The Hanging Woman (0)
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The Jerk / USA / 1979
The film that gets my vote for best comedy of all time, The Jerk is Steve Martin at his best, tossing off line after memorable line, and weaving together a story that is so ludicrous that you can’t help but laugh at each new plot twist. From his youth as a “poor black child,” to his run in with the can-hating assassin, to his days as a weight-guessing carney, Martin’s Navin R. Johnson stumbles through life with an envious confidence and a hilarious naivete that is matched by few comedic heroes. To fully capture the magic of the film through written words is, of course, impossible, but for those who have watched, and rewatched, the film, the mere mention of lines such as “The new phone book’s here!” “He’s not carnival personnel!” or “You mean I’m going to stay this color?” is more than enough to elicit some smiles.
by Thomas Scalzo | Source: Universal VHS
27 Mar 2005 1:41 AM | Submit Comment