FILM MIKE LEE Mr. Turner [2014]

W M Turner: The Blue Rigi Sunrise [1842]

The Painter Was a Piece of Work, Too


‘Mr. Turner,’ About the Life of the Artist J. M. W. Turner


A O Scott, NYT, 18 Dec 2014


Sometimes it’s impossible to read about a film [apart from sneaking a Rotten Tomatoes %] before seeing it through a quite justified fear of spoiling the experience of watching it, but for me in this case, it’s o.k. I like Mike Lee’s work, and am confident from one frequently aired taster that it will be good. And more importantly, love Turner and have read about him so often. So it’s [1] the story is familiar right down to Ruskin [2] based on previous experience of Leigh I’m sure I won’t be let down cinematographically. Missed a recent showing at the local flick house, so it looks like a DVD. So it goes.


When I do see it, I will be concentrating on the ins and outs of bringing a life to film/adaptation, though Mr. Turner is not an adaptation. A post to come on The Imitation Game, which was.


The Rigi above seems as if digitisation has played a role in brightening the colours too much. Prefer the Tate’s version. Looking forward to seeing which painting have been included in the film. As yet can’t find a list.

FILM DIRECTOR VIDEO ESSAY Mike Nichols

For Mike Nichols (1931-2014): A Video Essay


Video essay + essay two-for-one from Nelson Carvajal

FILM Jean-Luc Godard’s favourite films 1956-65

Jean-Luc Godard, Berlin 1961. Photo by F.C. Gundlach

Jean-Luc Godard’s favourite films 1956-65


Hillary Weston, Black Book Nov 2014


Top quote:

I write essays in the form of novels, or novels in the form of essays. I’m still as much of a critic as I ever was during the time of ‘Cahiers du Cinema.’ The only difference is that instead of writing criticism, I now film it.

FILM SCRIPT The Imitation Game [2014]

The Imitation Game


Screenplay by Graham Moore


pp. 118 / pdf

FILM SCRIPT WES ANDERSON The Grand Budapest Hotel

At the Movies – Michael Wood

The Grand Budapest Hotel


LRB, Vol. 36 No. 8, 17 April 2014


The Grand Budapest Hotel

Screenplay by Wes Anderson


pdf/ pp. 122

TV NORWAY The world’s most boring television

Thomas Hellum: The world’s most boring television … and why it’s hilariously addictive


The world – or at least the Norwegians – must now be ready for Bela’s Tarr’s Satantango.


[1] Béla Tarr’s Long Takes (an education in film)


[2] FILM Satantango (Sátántangó) by Béla Tarr {2}

FILM subtitles

Subtitles: on the Foreignness of Film


Chris drake, Vertigo Magazine