It doesn’t really have an ending. And it confounds all expectations. I think the black kid is going to die. I figure, that’s what the scene with him and white girl in the restaurant is all… more →
Movies are Only a LifePat Hartman wrote 2 months ago: It doesn’t really have an ending. And it confounds all expectations. I think the black kid is … more →
Pat Hartman wrote 6 months ago: by Pat Hartman Generally speaking, law-abiding folk who wind up in prison face a much worse time tha … more →
Pat Hartman wrote 7 months ago: Apparently, this film was at some point titled Shame Shanty, and it’s kind of a shame that it … more →
Pat Hartman wrote 7 months ago: Bobbi is an over-the-hill but still spirited exotic dancer. Somebody ought to remake this movie with … more →
Pat Hartman wrote 7 months ago: Frankie (Gary Busey) gets made up to do his turn as Bozo. The job description is: sit in a cage and … more →
Pat Hartman wrote 7 months ago: Under the credits, a man and a woman wander through a museum in Vienna, comporting themselves like l … more →
Pat Hartman wrote 8 months ago: This film was released two years after I left Venice, so I figure I’ll recognize some of the people … more →
Pat Hartman wrote 8 months ago: from the DVD label Roller Chairs and Tram This 15 minute silent film is so lightweight it almost flo … more →
Pat Hartman wrote 8 months ago: The History of the Tele Times is made from some of the 6,000 hours of film accumulated by wizard doc … more →
Pat Hartman wrote 8 months ago: Actually this disk contains two movies, the second one being Another Big Fat Homeless Berkeley Movie … more →
Pat Hartman wrote 8 months ago: I saw The Women in the context of a Film Studies class. The discussion afterward revealed that a num … more →
Pat Hartman wrote 9 months ago: Hollywood, the Thirties: a washed-up former movie director, referred to as the Boy Wonder (Richard D … more →
Pat Hartman wrote 9 months ago: This subtitled Danish film is described on the box as a “viciously funny satire.” Well, … more →
Pat Hartman wrote 10 months ago: The Good Life does not the good beginning have. There’s some voiceover narration employing the … more →
Pat Hartman wrote 10 months ago: I watched the extended, un-rated version, not the theatrical. And not from any intention. Somebody b … more →
Pat Hartman wrote 10 months ago: It’s set in France in the 1800s, when Japan was, to Europeans, a closed and forbidden society. … more →
Pat Hartman wrote 10 months ago: It’s easy to see why this film is talked about wherever horny cinemaphiles gather. My goodness … more →
Pat Hartman wrote 11 months ago: First line written in my notebook: “Must get soundtrack.” I’m discovering musicians I never heard of … more →
Pat Hartman wrote 11 months ago: My top ten reasons why Boxcar Bertha immediately was a favorite the minute it came out, and stayed i … more →