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.
January 2006 activity
Total Log Entries: 67
- Adam (0)
- Andrew (0)
- Chet (0)
- Chiranjit (9)
- David (0)
- Eva (0)
- Evan (0)
- Ian (15)
- Jenny (4)
- Katherine (0)
- Leo (19)
- Megan (0)
- Rumsey (14)
- Teddy (0)
- Thomas (4)
- Timothy (0)
- Victoria (0)
Total Comments: 30
- Rope (0)
- Funny Ha Ha (0)
- The Wild Bunch (0)
- The Passenger (0)
- The New World (0)
- The White Diamond (2)
- Brokeback Mountain (0)
- Syriana (0)
- Oliver Twist (0)
- Kings and Queen (0)
- Fun with Dick and Jane (0)
- Mother, Jugs & Speed (0)
- Fun with Dick and Jane (3)
- Isle of the Dead (0)
- The Importance of Being Earnest (0)
- My Friend Ivan Lapshin (0)
- Game Over: Kasparov and the Machine (0)
- Buffalo ‘66 (1)
- My Neighbor Totoro (0)
- Rear Window (2)
- Kagemusha (0)
- Sátántangó (2)
- Badlands (5)
- Match Point (1)
- A History of Violence (0)
- Laputa: Castle in the Sky (0)
- A History of Violence (0)
- Twenty Days Without War (0)
- Blue Mountains (0)
- Repentance (0)
- Voyage of the Young Composer (0)
- Ocean’s Twelve (0)
- Ocean’s Eleven (0)
- A History of Violence (0)
- Cache (0)
- Reality Bites (0)
- Y tu mamá también (0)
- Hostel (1)
- Tarnation (0)
- Super Size Me (0)
- The Plea (0)
- Ashik Kerib (4)
- Shadows Of Our Forgotten Ancestors (0)
- Master of the Flying Guillotine (1)
- Paycheck (1)
- Chinatown (0)
- Attack of the Giant Leeches (0)
- Hostel (4)
- Munich (0)
- Open Water (0)
- Psycho (0)
- The Legend of Sea Wolf (0)
- Duel (0)
- Gerry (0)
- The New World (0)
- The Birds (0)
- King Kong (0)
- The First Teacher (2)
- Marnie (1)
- Murder! (0)
- Broken Flowers (0)
- The Man Who Knew Too Much (0)
- Through a Glass Darkly (0)
- Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (0)
- The Family Stone (0)
- Vernon, Florida (0)
- Torn Curtain (0)
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The Legend of Sea Wolf / Il Lupo dei Mari / Italy / 1975
A rip-roaring high seas adventure based on the writings of Jack London, The Legend of Sea Wolf is the tale of a self-styled gentleman named Humphrey Van Weyden who one day finds himself shanghaied by the most notorious captain in all of the seven seas: Wolf Larsen.
Known for the harsh treatment he incessantly doles out to his crew, his seemingly endless seal hunting expeditions, and his lifelong feud with his brother, Death Larsen, Wolf is not a man to be trifled with.
As Van Weyden finds his sea legs, however, and rises above his initial post as scullery slave, Wolf takes a shine to the young man, approving of both his doughtiness and his educated mind. It seems that, at heart, Wolf is an intellectual, and is glad to finally have a man aboard with whom he can converse.
Aside from witnessing young Van Weyden’s evolution into a man of worth, and Wolf’s metamorphosis from uncaring captain to man of letters, we are afforded an assortment of terrific adventure movie moments, including an attempted mutiny, a whale hunt, and a late night sea battle.
Although the overarching narrative is a bit hazy (exactly why all this is happening is a mystery), the film’s breakneck pace and colorful maritime characters (including an inexplicable appearance by the lovely Barbara Bach as a castaway) assure constant entertainment.
by Thomas Scalzo | Source: VHS
05 Jan 2006 12:35 PM | Submit Comment