I moved from the stage of liking the movies that feature strange characters to those of ordinary ones. Hence, I feel I'm getting older. Gone those days when I looked for the incomprehensible titles. Classic art was a turning point - this great concern of details, the deep simplicity and the ability to catch the right dramatic point. Just finished watching A Woman With Substance, it's not the best example of what I'm talking about. The Go Between is.
Few years ago I would be ashamed if I was to watch a Hollywood movie. I used to say 'I don't like Hollywood movies but' before telling somebody I'd watched or about to watch one. But now I find them quite good products of an industry with its own rules. A would be flatmate in one of the flats I showed interest in today loved American series. This is still too hard to my taste, but I don't mind sharing a flat with him. That's how radical I was. I wouldn't do this in my European Cinema phase.
I watched Anatomy From Hell a week ago. I found it more of a presentation than a movie. I think I wouldn't see it again, despite the fact that it showed great deal of woman body, something I have to remind myself of from time to time.
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