Last Thing I Saw

a running tally w/ relevant details and sometimes impressions

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The Goonies 7.29.18 | Academy Theater Took my son to see this. I hadn’t seen in 30 years. This is really not a very well written or executed film and there are some racial bits and fat kid bits that skirt appalling. Also really some missed opportunities narrative wise. Not much of a fan though cool to see Cannon Beach in a few shots

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Marjorie Prime 7.24.18 home, streaming | while this feels like a play (appropriately) movie does a great job navigating life/death/memory. Find the last scene of fractured family all w diff remembrances moving. All performances great

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2001: A Space Odyssey | 7.22.18 Hollywood Theater in 70mm Got there 50 min early and still all the aisle seats were spoken for. Sat in the middle back row. Ear still partially clogged from swimming. Greatly enhanced experience due to recently reading Michael Benson’s book. What can I say, it’s Kubrick. Got a second beer at intermission even though it was 11:20 pm.

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Wonder Wheel | 7.16.2018 home, streaming | wow I dug this a lot more than anticipated. Some familiar motifs and narrative setups yes but K Winslet and V Storaro together worked in a beautiful way. Ended in a quieter way than I thought

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Lean on Pete 7.14.18 | home, streaming Had me from first frame. The sound and image and cast all so perfect. There were a couple times I thought in complete sentence “yes, that’s exactly right” w/ regard to how certain moments were handled. What a film

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Treasure of the Sierra Madre 7.15.18 | Academy Theater 35 mm | profoundly great. Walter Huston, Tim Holt and HB interplay A+ as is the fact that protagonist dies and narrative continues

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Cassandra’s Dream | 7.11.18 dvd home | enjoyable mostly but bt end doesn’t quite gel for me. Thought maybe T Wilkinson was miscast or the brothers were or something. Some familiar WA motifs but that’s ok. Love P Glass score and Sally Hawkins and inadvertently 2nd Vilmos Zsigmond Movie in as many nights

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Images by Robert Altman | 7.10.2018 home on Blu-ray | watched first hour and 5 min solo then took a break waiting for MM to come home from Tin House at Reed, then we watched the rest together | very Altman in some ways less so in others, score and images very effective | very helpful for DB project as point of reference