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Curmudgeonly Rock 'n' Roll time traveller from ye olden days

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Back off Warchild, seriously.

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The Tree Of Life
Director Terrance Mallick's latest, which was met by both boos and a standing ovation when screened at Cannes.
A mix of the audacious and the mundane, none of which did much for me.
The story of a Texas family told in fragments of memory. The fragmentation only eases in the third quarter which is the only narratively driven part of the film, but as this is supposedly being remembered by by one of three brothers, now grown up, the memories seem to lack the complexity one would expect from an adult looking back. The mother and father of the family are both stock types and although well acted, lack any kind of nuance or subtlety.
It may be brave to have only fragments of story in the first half of the film, but this bravery doesn't pay off. The film simply fails to engage and the whispered voice-overs are irritating and give the film an air of pretension.
The much talked about history of creation sequence, while audacious, had all the profundity of a horoscope.
Even the film's much admired photography seemed more arty then artful to me. I am reminded of Andrei Tarkovsky's Mirror another film in which a man looks back at his childhood and can't help thinking that Tarkovsky's film not only has a look that is both striking and in total harmony with the content, but is a film with a lot more depth too.
About a fifth of the audience left before the end of the screening I went to, the first two left after only about 15 minutes; one couple actually left best part of two hours into the film. I stayed the course, but more out of curiosity than anything else.
Of course many people will tell you that this film is a work of sheer genius and it's quite possible that I simply lack the intellect to appreciate it's profoundity, but bottom line is that I was bored shitless!

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Two all time classics back in the cinema. The Lavender Hill Mob and Gilda.
I'd imagine you've all seen them, but both highly recommended for anyone that hasn't.

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Some decent short films from various parts of London are battling it out in this contest:



Tim off this board has a very good contender called Victims. Not seen all of them yet but I rather liked another one too called Wavelengths.[/url]

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Bobby Fischer Against The World
Although this documentary about the former world chess champion is a very straight forward mix of archive footage, still photographs and talking head interviews and despite the fact that most people with an interest in the film's subject will already be more than familiar with Fischer's story, this is still well worth seeing. For people who think this film will be of no interest to them, I would still recommend it highly as a human interest story.

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Curmudgeonly Rock 'n' Roll time traveller from ye olden days

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