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.

August 2006 activity

Total Log Entries: 61

Total Comments: 60

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Elevator to the Gallows / Ascenseur pour l’échafaud / France / 1958

While the ironic circumstances of its thin, wiry plot may not quite add up, Malle’s feature debut will no doubt place highly on any list of the coolest films ever made. And with Jeanne Moreau moping around Paris streets in the rain to the gentle cries of Miles Davis’ trumpet, who really cares about the plot? The writing may not be as smart as the visuals (or Moreau’s cute little outfits), but it functions to propel the audience into not one, but two intertwined, ultra-tragic, and slightly pathetic stories of careless love. Sleek cars, buildings, and drizzly Paris streets match the sensual splendor of Miles’ score, as poor Jeanne strolls langorously to aching, lovelorn conclusion.

by Leo Goldsmith | Source: The Criterion Collection DVD
04 Aug 2006 11:31 AM | Submit Comment

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