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.


July 2006 activity

Total Log Entries: 71

Total Comments: 23


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The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes / UK / 1970

Genuinely lovely, although not the undiscovered masterpiece it is reputed to be. Like my favorite Wilder films (Sunset Boulevard, The Apartment) human fallibility is a connecting theme as Wilder takes the famed detective off his pedestal to examine a failed case, rather than his published triumphs. This very human Holmes is intriguing to watch, although smaller details, such as Watson fabricating Holmes’ 6ft 4 stature and deerstalker costume amused me much more than the actual mystery. Following the film, a conversation began on how this is or isn’t very “Wilder,” in conjunction with its large failure at the box office; since it has a reputation of being his most personal film, one might conclude that perhaps Wilder felt some kinship to the detective, at least in his own reputation as a precise and surefire director.

by Jenny Jediny | Source: 35MM Theatrical Print
20 Jul 2006 2:45 PM | Submit Comment


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