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.
October 2006 activity
Total Log Entries: 57
- Adam (6)
- Chet (0)
- Chiranjit (3)
- Cullen (0)
- David (0)
- Eva (0)
- Evan (0)
- Ian (3)
- Jenny (0)
- Katherine (0)
- Leo (9)
- Megan (0)
- Rumsey (16)
- Teddy (0)
- Thomas (4)
- Victoria (0)
Total Comments: 43
- Don’t Look Now (1)
- Little Children (1)
- Running with Scissors (0)
- The Prestige (2)
- Dumbland (0)
- Art School Confidential (0)
- Aguirre: The Wrath of God (0)
- The Hills Have Eyes (0)
- Brick (0)
- The Host (0)
- Sólo con tu pareja (1)
- Marie Antoinette (0)
- Lighten Up (0)
- Heavy Metal Drummer (0)
- Click (0)
- Poseidon (0)
- Dracula (0)
- Kissed (0)
- The Pit (0)
- Airplane II: The Sequel (0)
- Endless Descent (0)
- Wolf Creek (0)
- The White Diamond (1)
- The Departed (1)
- The Queen (0)
- The Last King of Scotland (9)
- Bobby (1)
- The Science of Sleep (1)
- The Departed (0)
- Storefront Hitchcock (0)
- passage à l’acte (0)
- pièce touchée (2)
- The Spirit of the Beehive (0)
- Death Of A President (1)
- The Da Vinci Code (1)
- The Hard Way (1)
- The Departed (2)
- The Departed (0)
- Frenzy (0)
- The Trouble with Harry (0)
- The Best of Everything (0)
- Purple Noon (3)
- Election (11)
- A Journey to Avebury (0)
- Blue Velvet (1)
- Old Joy (0)
- Blood Sucking Nazi Zombies (0)
- World Trade Center (1)
- Silent Hill (0)
- The Last King of Scotland (0)
- Army of Shadows (0)
- Harlan County, U.S.A. (0)
- 9 Songs (0)
- Shock Treatment (0)
- Children Of Men (1)
- Happy Gilmore (1)
- Manic (0)
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The Prestige / USA/UK / 2006
Though I’m not completely convinced that Christopher Nolan is a great filmmaker, I am confident that he’s a great storyteller.
by Chiranjit Goswami | Source: Newmarket Films 35mm Print
25 Oct 2006 11:00 PM | Comments (2)
Beth / 23 February 2007 / 6:05 AM / URL
After viewing this for a second time, I’m afraid I’m going to have to disagree with Jit here. Knowing what was about to unfold before me, I was both surprised and impressed by the skill with which Nolan executed the complex storyline. And Christian Bale continues to amaze me.
Chiranjit / 23 February 2007 / 7:37 AM / URL
Wait, I’m a tad confused. So, you’re saying that Nolan is a great filmmaker, but not a great storyteller? Or that he’s both?
My only reason for saying I am unsure of Nolan’s prowess as a filmmaker is that his editing style seems unnecessarily amplified at times, especially in action scenes where the special relations sometime become confusing (this is less of a problem in The Prestige and more of an issue in Batman Begins). Nolan also allows his actors a little too much room to maneuver, at least for my tastes, so their performances sometimes become exaggerated and overly somber, almost to the point of excess. Plus, the twists he finds necessary to throw into his narratives might be viewed as a crutch at times (though I’m indecisive on these methods, since I’m a huge Fincher fan, but I really detest most of Shyamalan’s films).
Still, don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed this film immensely and I’m a huge Memento-enthusiast. My previous comments were more of a cautious endorsement. Quality storytelling is often an overlooked skill in modern film criticism, so I thought it should be noted that Nolan understands how to tell a story with far greater precision than many of his contemporaries and that such aptitude should be recognized instead of discarded as a director performing the mere basics.