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Revisiting Solaris3 comments

prestidigitator wrote 1 month ago: Tarkovsky’s 1971 original was a film I first watched during my school days; needless to say, I … more »

Tags: Art, films, Links, Philosophy, quasi philosophical ravings, Science

Battlestar Galactica9 comments

prestidigitator wrote 2 months ago: Television shows are a lot like relationships; you can usually figure out if it’s going anywhe … more »

Tags: TV, Art, Battlestar Galactica

Man-Boy8 comments

prestidigitator wrote 2 months ago: Epiphanies are dime a dozen; even while packing stuff into boxes. Nomadic exasperation perhaps. I … more »

Tags: Prose, India, Crap, essays, Fiction

Vampires and Fair Maidens2 comments

prestidigitator wrote 2 months ago: Nosferatu: A Symphony of Horror: F W Murnau (1922) German Expressionism, it is said, rose not bec … more »

Tags: films, experimental film making, videos, Art, Movies, you tube

Programming the Universe: Seth Lloyd7 comments

prestidigitator wrote 3 months ago: “Plurality should not be posited without necessity.” - William of Occam Ever since the e … more »

Tags: quasi philosophical ravings, Me, technology, Science, People

Mrs Carmody, Jesus loves you more than you will know. Us, not so much.12 comments

prestidigitator wrote 3 months ago: The greatest horror films have always been the ones where the monsters/ghosts were merely plot devi … more »

Tags: films, Society, Religion, Morality, Movies, People

R.I.P Heath Ledger6 comments

prestidigitator wrote 3 months ago: Heath Ledger (1979-200 28 years. Shit. Watching The Dark Knight will be so very surreal now. … more »

Tags: films, obituary, People

Cloverfield: Matt Reeves (2008)5 comments

prestidigitator wrote 4 months ago:   http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1060277/  Don’t believe the hype. Cloverfield is a terrible, … more »

Tags: films, experimental film making, Movies

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead: Sidney Lumet (2007)5 comments

prestidigitator wrote 4 months ago: Sidney Lumet is living proof that age is never a deterrent. The 83 year old master auteur has cra … more »

Tags: films, Art, Movies

The Darjeeling Limited: Wes Anderson (2007)7 comments

prestidigitator wrote 4 months ago: I love the way this country smells. I’ll never forget it. It’s kind of spicy. Wes And … more »

Tags: Music, Road Trips, films, Links, Art, Movies, People

La Liste '0717 comments

prestidigitator wrote 4 months ago: 2007 has been a great year for cinema what with a number of films that managed to successfully combi … more »

Tags: Art, experimental film making, films, Movies

Good sheep. Now roll over and play dead.6 comments

prestidigitator wrote 4 months ago: The Vatican has outdone itself this time. After the Ten Commandments of Motoring and declaring itsel … more »

Tags: Rantings, quasi philosophical ravings, films, Parenting/Children, Me, Society, Religion, Science, Movies

'The Dark Knight' Trailer14 comments

prestidigitator wrote 5 months ago: Christopher Nolan’s follow up to the brilliant Batman Begins, The Dark Knight is well over ha … more »

Tags: films, Comic Books, Art, Movies

Cinema Paradiso2 comments

prestidigitator wrote 5 months ago: I’ve just spent the last nine hours watching 3 near perfect films, back to back; the cinephile … more »

Tags: Music, films, experimental film making, Art, Movies

The Randomness Meme9 comments

prestidigitator wrote 5 months ago: Since hell hath no fury like a woman scorned, I’ve decided to take the safe route and respond … more »

Tags: Weird, Rantings, India, films, Garden State, Me, Children, Links, Crap

Johnny Gaddar: Sriram Raghavan2 comments

prestidigitator wrote 5 months ago: Johnny Gaddar could have been a brilliant film. It could have been an Indian answer to the Coen Bro … more »

Tags: India, films, Art, Movies, Bollywood

Jerome Bixby's The Man From Earth6 comments

prestidigitator wrote 6 months ago: It’s been two weeks since I came across this film and I still can’t get over the initi … more »

Tags: Weird, quasi philosophical ravings, films, experimental film making, Society, Science, Morality, Art, Movies

Across The Universe11 comments

prestidigitator wrote 6 months ago: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0445922/ I confess. I love musicals and I love The Beatles. Mediocre r … more »

Tags: Music, films, Me, Art, Movies

Trois Couleurs: Krzysztov Kieslowski6 comments

prestidigitator wrote 6 months ago: The art of subtlety died with Keislowski. Unlike today’s filmmakers who underestimate the … more »

Tags: quasi philosophical ravings, films, Society, Links, obituary, Art, Movies, People, essays


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