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Via idrinkyourmilkshake.com, where Blood obsession is still in full swing. Some recent favorites:
Incredible revelations: the Peachtree Dance and Henry’s diary are both derived from East of Eden.
Eli doesn’t get to bless the well, but he blesses Daniel’s house. More on the Greystone Mansion.
Napkinface: “There is no sex.” More.
Drinking, eating, smoking in There Will Be Blood, [...]
Feb 21st, 2008
by Jürgen.
I made it back to New York and just posted my final Berlinale piece on About.com. Below is a list of all Journal entries as well as an overview of the thirty-odd movies I saw.
Also: the official Berlinale site has video from the There Will Be Blood press conference — around 40 minutes in, you [...]
Jan 26th, 2008
by Jürgen.
The promising first half of George Stevens’ Texan epic sets up a tiresome three-and-a-half-hour descent into mediocrity. Displaced northern bride Liz Taylor slowly fades from the center of the story, nouveau riche James Dean is woefully misused, children come and go, and Rock Hudson’s stubborn cattle rancher is granted an improbable redemption. Giant keeps pulling [...]