Posted by Ben on January 2, 2012 · Leave a Comment
Nosferatu the Vampyr (1979) Written by Werner Herzog based on the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker Directed by Werner Herzog Starring Klaus Kinski, Isabelle Adjani, and Bruno Ganz Dracula (1992) Written by James V. Hart based on the novel Dracula by Bram Stoker Directed by Francis Ford Coppola Starring Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, Keanu Reeves, … Read more
Filed under Reviews · Tagged with 1979, 1992, Adaptation, Bram Stoker, Bruno Ganz, disease, Dracula, F.W. Murnau, Gary Oldman, horror, Jean Cocteau, Klaus Kinski, La Belle et la Bete, love, Nosferatu the Vampyre, patriarchy, romance, vampires, Werner Herzog, Winona Ryder
Posted by Ben on March 15, 2011 · Leave a Comment
Written by Werner Herzog based on the novel by Bruce Chatwin Directed by Werner Herzog Starring Klaus Kinski, King Ampaw, José Lewgoy The final film collaboration between Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski returns to many thematic and visual leitmotifs that accompany the peculiarly singular body of Herzog’s work. Herzog employs, in places, a … Read more
Posted by Ben on November 7, 2010 · 3 Comments
Alright. All has been quiet here on the blogging front for ohhhhhh we’ll call it 2 months. I have not stopped watching films. I have, however, been in class and have had my first job teaching as well (well, teaching assisting anyway) replete with over 50 brilliant and creative students whose work I am responsible … Read more
Filed under Screening Log · Tagged with 1966, 1974, 1982, 1998, 2009, 2010, A Serious Man, A Woman Under the Influence, Adrien Brody, Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call - New Orleans, Bibi Andersson, Buffalo '66, Coen Brothers, Cube, Dieter Laser, Edgar Wright, Gena Rowlands, Ingmar Bergman, Jackie Earle Haley, John Carpenter, John Cassavetes, Klaus Kinski, Kurt Russell, lists, Liv Ullman, Machete, Michael Cera, Michael Stuhlbarg, Nic Cage, Nightmare on Elm Street, Persona, Peter Falk, Robert Rodriguez, Samuel Bayer, Sarah Polley, Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Splice, The Human Centipede (First Sequence), The Silence., The Thing, Through A Glass Darkly, Tom Six, Vincent Gallo, Vincenzo Natali, Werner Herzog, Wilford Brimley, Winter Light
Posted by Ben on August 21, 2010 · 6 Comments
Re-organizing my DVD collection upon returning to my apartment leads me to list my current favourite films.
Filed under Thoughts · Tagged with Adaptation, Aguirre: The Wrath of God, Atom Egoyan, Buffalo '66, Chan-wook Park, Charles Laughton, Charlie Kaufman, Exotica, favourite films, From Beyond, H.P. Lovecraft, Happiness, Harry Dean Stanton, Jeffrey Combs, Klaus Kinski, lists, Min-sik Choi, Night of the Hunter, Old Boy, organizing, Paris Texas, Re-Animator, Robert Mitchum, Sam Shepard, Spike Jonze, Stuart Gordon, Todd Solondz, Vincent Gallo, Werner Herzog, Wim Wenders
