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.


June 2007 activity

Total Log Entries: 45

Total Comments: 14


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Imitation of Life / USA / 1959

Though I’m quite fond of some of his past work, no matter how often I return to it (this is my 3rd viewing) I’m always quite ambivalent about Douglas Sirk’s final Hollywood film. Sirk has always pushed the limits of melodrama within his films and he’s usually quite successful. However, this one crosses the boundaries into excessiveness quite frequently and feels much more exuberant and vibrant than some of his other more muted and subdued films. Whether that’s warranted or successful probably comes down to the tastes of the viewer, but I’m confident the ending of this film is well-earned no matter how exaggerated and hysterical the preceding narrative becomes.

Jenny’s Thoughts

by Chiranjit Goswami | Source: Universal DVD
05 Jun 2007 4:44 PM | Submit Comment


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