Sitting Target (1972)

I've been wanting to see this since Finders Keepers released the amazing soundtrack in 2007. The soundtrack by Stanley Myers is creepy, badass, and inventive. It's such a great soundtrack to a film that seemed so obscure to me that I guess I assumed the soundtrack outdid the film, and, like so many Italian films of the 70's, assumed it was a mediocre film with a great soundtrack. But wow -- Sitting Target is just as cinematic and brutal as the images the soundtrack inspires. It's great filmmaking; a low-budget(ish) and gritty crime movie that never loses interest.

It's become a fun recession time activity for me to look for hard-to-find bootleg movies on the internet. This one comes from a service I've never used before, and it's a little annoying because you can't watch more than 72 minutes at a time without paying for it. I ended up watching it over two days. Which I didn't really mind, but then, I also apparently don't mind watching sub-VHS quality feature films on the internet.

Watch it here. (Click "Full Movie")

L'Invenzione Di Morel

Here's a youtube bootleg I couldn't help watching. Emidio Greco's 1974 adaptation of Adolfo Bioy Cesares' The Invention of Morel. I heard it repeated often enough that Last Year in Marienbad was inspired by the book that I began to forget how little they have in common, which made this straight-forward adaptation a bizarre discovery. Without the narration of the fugitive it gets a little ponderous. But it has it's moments. It's almost like a silent film; it's not even much of a problem there's no subtitles. And it's interesting to see Anna Karina cast as Faustine, who was inspired by Louise Brooks.

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Céline et Julie vont en bateau - Phantom Ladies Over Paris

Okay, wow, so, I found this accidentally on Youtube. "Celine and Julie Go Boating" is my favorite movie. It's 192 minutes long, and you really have to see it in the theater. But let's get excited to watch it on Youtube because, like when I was posting Renard, it's a film that lends itself to episodic viewing. And it is beautiful and great. I made red handprints to celebrate this important day.

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Le Roman de Renard PART 6

About Vladislav Starevich. About Reynard.

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Le Roman de Renard PART 3

Le Roman de Renard PART 2

Le Roman de Renard (dir. Wladyslaw Starewicz) PART 1

Jorge Luis Borges Documentary

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At first I was only interested in Borges because he collaborated with Adolfo Biuy Casares. The stories I read of his seemed cold and academic and didn't really grab me. Then I read Dreamtigers last month and now I am really discovering his incredible imagination and preoccupations. I'm reading a really big-ass book of his essays now. I'm going in deep guys. Deep into the Borges labyrinth. If you care to join me a little you can check out this "Mirror Man" movie that's pretty good. It also features an interview with Adolfo Biuy Casares, which I was pretty excited about! Even though it's kind of brief!

Our Mother's House

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Above links are for a bootleg on youtube. Five years ago I started watching this one on tv about 5 minutes into Part 4-- and I was really into it---it's weird and dark, about these kids that pretend their mother is still alive to the outside world so they can all still live together in her house. So I finally got to watch the whole thing last night after I found it posted on youtube. It's really distorted and bad-looking on the internet----which is too bad because its a really atmospheric movie----but whatever-- I love finding these unavailable movies and watching them even though they look terrible.

Skidoo

This is a weird feature-length movie, in very bad video quality and its not available on video. I loved watching this distorted google video late one night when I couldn't sleep. Info Where I found it

"Sleep is an elusive minx and great care must be taken not to frighten her. If you pursue her too aggressively, she will turn tail like a fawn and scamper away." ---Groucho Marx, who plays God in Skidoo