Blomkvist:
Salander:
From The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2011).
In what is a spiritual sequel to The Social Network, Fincher moves on from Zuckerberg to a new figure of the information age, examining another of its facets. The contrasting processes of investigation of Rooney Mara’s Lisbeth Salander and Daniel Craig’s Mikael Blomkvist reveal the chasmic gap between generations, as forms of thinking and understanding (computing) evolve, as memory becomes digital.
From Paul W.S. Anderson’s Event Horizon (1997), Resident Evil (2002), and The Three Musketeers (2011).
For all of 2012 I’ll be keeping track of everything I watch (and read)—mostly for personal reasons—but I’ll be making it public on a monthly basis (for now on). This is, in part, inspired by Steven Soderbergh’s publicized “cultural diet“, which tracked his viewing and reading habits for an entire year. Feel free to criticize my own choices and/or to point out what’s missing from my ongoing cine-journey.
Re-watches are indicated by an * | Masterpieces will be in bold | To make things interesting, my 5 most satisfying viewings of each month will be indicated by red font, my 3 least satisfying by blue font | Venue & format indicated by the following: (C) = cinema viewing, (H) = “home”/TV viewing, (S) = school (F) = film, (D) = digital, (DVD) = DVD, (BR) = Blu-Ray, (CF) = computer file or online
January
Louis C.K.: Live at Beacon Theater, Dir. Louis C.K., 2011, USA (H/CF)
Small Change, Dir. Francois Truffaut, 1976, France * (H/DVD)
The Terrorizers, Dir. Edward Yang, 1986, Hong Kong/Taiwan (H/CF)
Secret Sunshine, Dir. Lee Chang-dong, 2007, South Korea (H/CF)
Margaret, Dir. Kenneth Lonergan, 2011, USA (C/F)
Gamer, Dir. Neveldine/Taylor, 2009, USA (H/CF)
Fallen Angels, Dir. Wong Kar-wai, 1995, Hong Kong (C/DVD)
Nenette et Boni, Dir. Claire Denis, 1996, France (H/CF)
The Public Enemy, Dir. William A. Wellman, 1931, USA (S/DVD)
Lonely Boy, Dir. Wolf Koenig & Roman Kroitor, 1962, Canada (S/DVD)
You are on Indian Land, Dir. Mort Ransen, 1969, Canada (S/DVD)
A Dangerous Method, Dir. David Cronenberg, 2011, UK/Germany/Canada/Switzerland/France (C/D)
United Red Army, Dir. Koji Wakamatsu, 2007, Japan (H/CF)
Singin’ in the Rain, Dir. Stanley Donan & Gene Kelly, 1952, USA (S/DVD)
After Life, Dir. Hirozaku Koreeada, 1998, Japan (H/DVD)
Goodbye, South, Goodbye, Dir. Hou Hsiao-Hsien, 1996, Taiwan (H/CF)
The Tree of Wooden Clogs, Dir. Ermanno Olmi, 1978, Italy (H/CF)
Vengeance is Mine, Dir. Shohei Imamura, 1979, Japan (H/CF)
Andrei Rublev, Dir. Andrei Tarkovsky, 1966, Soviet Union (C/F)
They Live, Dir. John Carpenter, 1988, USA (H/CF)
Mulberry St., Dir. Abel Ferrara, 2010, USA (H/CF)
The Artist, Dir. Michel Hazanavicius, 2011, France/Belgium/USA (C/D)
Goin’ Down the Road, Dir. Donald Shebib, 1970, Canada (S/DVD)
Red Desert, Dir. Michelangelo Antonioni, 1964, Italy/France * (C/F)
The Mirror, Dir. Andrei Tarkovsky, 1974, Soviet Union * (C/F)
Top Hat, Dir. Mark Sandrich, 1935, USA (H/DVD)
His Girl Friday, Dir. Howard Hawks, 1940, USA (S/DVD)
Haywire, Dir. Steven Soderbergh, 2011, USA/Ireland (C/F)
Ocean’s 11, Dir. Steven Soderbergh, 2001, USA * (H/CF)
Ocean’s 12, Dir. Steven Soderbergh, 2004, USA (H/CF)
Ocean’s 13, Dir. Steven Soderbergh, 2007, USA (H/CF)
Kill List, Dir. Ben Wheatley, 2011, UK * (H/CF)
The Tree of Life, Dir. Terrence Malick, 2011, USA * (H/BR)
Reminiscences of a Journey to Lithuania, Dir. Jonas Mekas, 1972, Lithuania/West Germany/UK (C/F)
Les Ordres, Dir. Michel Brault, 1974, Canada (S/DVD)
Out of Sight, Dir. Steven Soderbergh, 1998, USA (H/CF)
Rome Open City, Dir. Roberto Rossellini, 1945, Italy (S/DVD)
Schizopolis, Dir. Steven Soderbergh, 1996, USA (H/CF)
Keyhole, Dir. Guy Maddin, 2011, Canada (C/F)
Strike, Dir. Sergei Eisenstein, 1925, Soviet Union (C/F)
The Dead Zone, Dir. David Cronenberg, 1983, USA (H/CF)
Restless, Dir. Gus Van Sant, 2011, USA (H/CF)
February
Bicycle Thieves, Dir. Vittorio De Sica, 1948, Italy * (S/DVD)
Shadow of a Doubt, Dir. Alfred Hitchcock, 1943, USA * (S/DVD)
Notorious, Dir. Alfred Hitchcock, 1946, USA * (H/DVD)
North by Northwest, Dir. Alfred Hitchcock, 1959, USA * (H/DVD)
Rear Window, Dir. Alfred Hitchcock, 1953, USA * (H/DVD)
Bicycle Thieves, Dir. Vittorio De Sica, 1948, Italy * (H/DVD)
The Miracle, Dir. Roberto Rossellini, 1948, Italy (S/DVD)
Stromboli, Dir. Roberto Rossellini, 1950, Italy (H/CF)
Shivers, Dir. David Cronenberg, 1975, Canada (S/DVD)
October, Dir. Sergei Eisenstein, 1928, Soviet Union (C/F)
Exiled, Dir. Johnnie To, 2006, Hong Kong (H/CF)
Nights of Cabiria, Dir. Federico Fellini, 1957, Italy (S/DVD)
Gilda, Dir. Charles Vidor, 1946, USA * (S/DVD)
Alexander Nevsky, Dir. Sergei Eisenstein, 1938, Soviet Union (C/F)
The Philadelphia Story, Dir. George Cukor, 1940, USA (S/DVD)
Chungking Express, Dir. Wong Kar-wai, 1994, Hong Kong * (H/BR)
Exotica, Dir. Atom Egoyan, 1994, Canada * (S/DVD)
La Dolce Vita, Dir. Federico Fellini, 1960, Italy * (S/DVD)
Notes on an American Film Director at Work, Dir. Jonas Mekas, 2008, USA (H/DVD)
The Grey, Dir. Joe Carnahan, 2012, USA (C/D)
Ivan the Terrible Pt I, Dir. Sergei Eisenstein, 1944, Soviet Union (C/F)
Ivan the Terrible Pt. II, Dir. Sergei Eisenstein, 1958, Soviet Union (C/F)
A Time to Love and a Time to Die, Dir. Douglas Sirk, 1958, USA (H/CF)
An American in Paris, Dir. Vincente Minnelli, 1951, USA (H/CF)
The Big Sleep, Dir. Howard Hawks, 1946, USA (H/CF)
Magnificent Obsession, Dir. Douglas Sirk, 1954, USA (H/DVD)
Shane, Dir. George Stevens, 1953, USA (S/DVD)
Roberto Rossellini, Dir. Carlo Lizzani, 2000, Italy (H/DVD)
Ghost Rider: Spirit of Vengeance, Dir. Neveldine/Taylor, 2012, USA (C/D-3D)
Solaris, Dir. Steven Soderbergh, 2002, USA * (C/DVD)
Solaris, Dir. Andrei Tarkovsky, 1972, Soviet Union * (C/F)
Le Crime de Monsieur Lange, Dir. Jean Renoir, 1936, France (H/CF)
The Secret World of Arrietty, Dir. Hiromasa Yonebayashi, 2010, Japan (C/D)
La Bête Humaine, Dir. Jean Renoir, 1938, France (H/DVD)
The Golden Coach, Dir. Jean Renoir, 1953, France (H/DVD)
Ponyo, Dir. Hayao Miyazaki, 2008, Japan * (H/BR)
Resident Evil, Dir. Paul W.S. Anderson, 2002, Germany/France/UK * (H/CF)
French Cancan, Dir. Jean Renoir, 1955, France/Italy (H/DVD)
Summer Hours, Dir. Olivier Assayas, 2008, France * (H/BR)
The Wages of Fear, Dir. Henri-Georges Clouzot, 1953, Italy/France (C/F)
The Gold Rush, Dir. Charlie Chaplin, 1925, USA * (C/F)
Abel Ferrara: Not Guilty, Dir. Rafi Pitts, 2003, France (H/CF)
Un Été Brulant, Dir. Phillipe Garrel, 2011, France/Switzerland/Italy (H/CF)
Rendez-vous, Dir. Andre Techiné, 1985, France (H/DVD)
Le Déclin de l’Empire Américain, Dir. Denys Arcand, 1986, Canada (S/DVD)
Event Horizon, Dir. Paul W.S. Anderson, 1997, USA/UK (H/CF)