Stardust/Brazil film column
My new film column, from this week’s Bullet. (Original version) STARDUST, OR HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE FAIRY TALE Sick of the onslaught of new Harry Potter movies? Can’t watch Legolas flip his hair even one more time? Do you sometimes find yourself wondering what the world would be like if fantasy characters, instead of wasting wishes on true love, requested acting talent or better screenplays? In this age of inverse correlation between special effects and depth of plot, it’s refreshing to see at least one new movie...
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Dreams, or at least half-dreams, are seductive things. Forum post for 295 that I’m re-posting here because it ends with a question, one that I want to keep thinking about. – I fell half asleep re-reading Possession and I think at some point my subconscious began to blend me with the characters. You know that state that’s nearly sleep but not quite, when you begin to see flashes of the day’s activity as you drift off? And then it spirals away towards other things, blending everything together and inventing new...
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