Five films (#3)

After a summer during which I didn’t get to watch many movies, I’m back on track now. Here we go:

• A Raisin in the Sun: this is a magnificent film, almost a masterpiece. Story of a family when a large sum of money comes to disrupt their lives. You should watch it.

• Happiness: this one is definitely a masterpiece, but it’s quite likely you should not watch it: many people find it very disturbing. If you think you could take it, though, I say go for it.

• There Will Be Blood: it is a good film, and it wasn’t a waste of my time, but I do believe it’s hyped. If you ask me, I think it’s so high in the IMDB list because of its last scene.

• Ataque verbal: if you’re into Spanish cinema, and are fond of conversations, you may enjoy it quite much: a film consisting of 7 conversations. It isn’t perfect, but it’s different and cool (I’ve watched it twice, actually). The director, Miguel Albaladejo, has some other fine films as well.

• The Remains of the Day: England, 1930; Anthony Hopkins is a butler, and Emma Thompson the housekeeper of the house. Ivory at his best.

  I had watched this film a couple years ago; having enjoyed it quite a lot, I went and read the book recently. Reading the book was a wonderful experience, so I decided to watch the film again. It is a very good and faithful script, but I think I enjoyed it this second time better.

  Regarding the book, I wrote some bits about it here; from now on I hope to write something about books I read in this space. By the way, the cover of the book has some amusement in it, see if you can spot it.