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After Life (2019)
Funny, poignant ... the genius is in the writing
We are watching Season 2 of After Life and just marvel at the brilliance of this series. If you do decide to watch it - and you should - watch Season 1 first.
This is the total package - casting excellent actors perfectly and giving them just the right words to say or allowing them to improvise. You'll laugh, you may cry, but you will come away a better person for watching this series.
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen (2004)
Hindsight irony
This is an OK teen flick and Lohan carries it decently enough on her talented shoulders. She is a movie star in the best of Hollywood traditions: multi-talented, photogenic (the Marilyn Monroe scene is striking) and underneath all that surface, a complicated personal life. The irony is not at all lost when Lohan's character, who finally gets her moments alone with the worshiped rock star, discovers that he is a drunk, says so out loud in repulsion. One wonders if a young teen boy, finding Lohan alone and inebriated in a bar booth would not make the same observation.
The saddest thing about these young, talented stars who sparkle so brightly in their youth and then set towards a trajectory that can only have them fall hard to the earth, is that it happens with such regularity and predictability. They take their talent and success for granted and, when it is lost, it usually is lost for good.
I hope Lohan finds a fan who is as honest with her and, as in this movie, as with the rock star, is touched and recovers her balance and stability and we, as audience, gain the benefits that her promise demonstrated in these bubble gum movies.
Il grande silenzio (1968)
Costumes American western drama
One thing that struck me immediately when I first saw this movie was the distinct style of the costumes. It was a mix of European, Asian and US 'Western' garb. Kinski with his Western hat, head shawl and fur clothing. The sheriff with his ill fitting boy scout hat and over the top sewn clothing and LL Bean boots, and of course, 'Silence's' Clint Eastwood fashion statement from head to toe. It was a genuine point of cinema interest all this attention to the clothing of these characters. Even though the plot was fairly transparent frankly, it was the style of this film that kept me entranced. I must say the music was a bit much, but the visuals more then compensated.