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Frank Lloyd Wright 13 April 10

Section: article

Categories: Film / dvd-mine

This film was a gift — thank you. I really like most of Wright’s work → and find his life story and personality, challenging though it was for some, inspiring. Particularly his second blossoming later in life → — good for him.

Title: Frank Lloyd Wright
Directed by: Ken Burns & Lynn Novick
Year: 2004
Further details: 153 minutes

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Dennis Hopper 13 April 10

Section: article

Categories: Film / Mention

I love how Dennis Hopper speaks, moves, looks, and acts. I love all of his roles, including the ones where he was young and I sometimes sense how he felt intimidated by his co-actors, such as his role in The Sons of Katie Elder (see my comments &rarr John Wayne (a terribly underestimated personality and actor, in my opinion), as well in Rebel Without a Cause, with James Dean.

And of course there are the films Easy Rider (&rarr) and Der amerikanische Freund (see my previous entry here in acoolsha.org).

His role as Victor Drazen (en.wikipedia.org → Season one of 24 ) is acerbic and unforgettable.

I am thinking of him and rewatching the films I have available while concerned about his failing health now in Los Angeles.

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The American Friend 12 April 10

Section: article

Categories: Film / dvd-mine

Hard to believe that it’s been almost exactly five years since I last watched this film, two times in fact, after I bought the DVD. Of course I had also seen it a number of times before, going back to when it first came out.

This time I could relate more deeply to the psychology of the characters, in the sense that I see art differently through my own growth. I imagine that Wenders also sees this film somewhat differently over time.

My thoughts on the film here in acoolsha still hold up, though, again, it resonates on an emotional level like never before.

www.acoolsha.org/article/336/DeramerikanischeFreund →

Title: The American Friend
Directed by: Wim Wenders
Writing credits: Wim Wenders, Ripley’s Game by Patricia Highsmith
Starring: Bruno Ganz, Dennis Hopper, Lisa Kreuzer, Gérard Blain, Nicholas Ray, Lou Castel, Samuel Fuller, Daniel Schmid, Peter Lilienthal, Jean Eustache, Andreas Dedecke
Year: 1976

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