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.
February 2007 activity
Total Log Entries: 42
- Adam (11)
- Andrew (0)
- Chet (0)
- Chiranjit (1)
- David (0)
- Eva (0)
- Evan (0)
- Ian (0)
- Jenny (3)
- Katherine (0)
- Leo (2)
- Megan (0)
- Rumsey (8)
- Teddy (0)
- Thomas (0)
- Timothy (0)
- Victoria (0)
Total Comments: 29
- Invasion of the Body Snatchers (0)
- Secretary (0)
- Imitation of Life (1)
- Froken Julie (0)
- Volver (0)
- Taxi Driver (0)
- The Blob (0)
- The Young Ones (0)
- Intimate Stories (0)
- Autumn Marathon (0)
- The Prince of Egypt (0)
- Long Day’s Journey Into Night (0)
- Flags of our Fathers (1)
- When Harry Met Sally… (2)
- Dark City (3)
- The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (0)
- Day for Night (0)
- Batman Returns (1)
- The Science of Sleep (0)
- Angels In America (1)
- Somersault (0)
- Inland Empire (4)
- Memories of Murder (4)
- The Ladykillers (2)
- He liu (0)
- Blood of Jesus (0)
- Who’s Camus Anyway? (0)
- Man of Ashes (0)
- Chinatown (0)
- The Scarlet Empress (3)
- Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (2)
- This Film is Not Yet Rated (0)
- Letters from Iwo Jima (0)
- Because I Said So (0)
- Decasia (0)
- Notes on a Scandal (0)
- Dreams (2)
- I Am David (1)
- Memory of a Killer (0)
- Blood of Jesus (0)
- Hunger (0)
- The Holy Mountain (2)
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The Science of Sleep / La Science des rêves / France / Italy / 2006
Often exaggeratedly cute, imaginative, whimsical, and Frenchy, Michel Gondry’s The Science of Sleep is like an Amélie for dudes. The bashful and wildly creative Stéphane lives right next door to the bashful and wildly creative Stéphanie, but she does not know this, so after each visit he pounces his feet down the stairwell, opens and shuts the front door audibly, and tip-toes back to his own apartment. Watching this, you’re anticipating Stéphanie’s discovery that Stéphane is actually her neighbor, in a revelation that manifests their latent feelings for one another.
That this doesn’t occur precisely is telling of Gondry’s ingéniosité as a storyteller; The Science of Sleep is so steeped in the makeshift cardboard imagery of Stéphane’s dreams that it is somewhat futile to laud the film for the emotions — the disappointment and frustration — that accompany its conclusion.
Jenny’s thoughts | Jit’s thoughts
by Rumsey Taylor | Source: Warner Home Video DVD
17 Feb 2007 1:08 PM | Submit Comment