DVDs I own

Jul 09 - Incredible characters and how fit is the music than naturally accompanies them. What leaves you stunned is the political/racial/religious tension behind the story than no one speaks about. Loved the final scene.

Jul 09 - So simple and yet amazingly effective love story. The honesty and ease that the dialogues are spoken is so touching. I enjoyed it and especial thanks goes to K & S who watched it with me.

Apr 09 - This has been famous for a single sequence but I also found the narration quite adventurous. It does not work that well but it is amazing how courageous Wilder was even in the most commercial of his movies.

Mar 09 - Incredible movie that challenges all of one's views on relationships, parenthood and children. A perfect example of telling the story, explaining the characters with no judgment, with no black and white divisions. A masterpiece.

Who can give you a portrait of the urban japan in a better way than Ozu. This one explores the marriage, relationships and life of the white collar workers so well.

Jan 09 - A classic based on a single character who has lived beyond this movie.

Jan 09 - An interesting mystery from Jules Dassin. Even though is not as good as his noir movies but the movie does a good job telling the story and keeping the elements at their places.

A selfcriticism of journalism and media, combined with a portrait of an opportunistic journalist.

Jimmy Stewart's play is so unforgettable. He does such a good job at breaking apart the stereotype of the super smart detective.

A noir very well adapted to LA in 70s.

Scary but fascinating character.

Feb 09 - Perhaps the most poetic war propaganda ever made!

Feb 09 - An early Ivory-Merchant production which doesn't really measure up to the later successful projects. Yet it was fun watching it after listening to the book.

I found it overrated and pretentious.

October 2009 - Another interesting attempt by Dassin to mix the crime and noir genera. I find it weaker than his earlier works and rather than a good mixture of the two genera, it splits the movie in two parts which don't match so well with each other.

Mar 09 - I enjoyed many of the sequences, dialogues and the main character but I admit I did not understand it for the most part.

Feb 09 - Such a touching family drama. The characters are very real and very soon you get to know them very well. What an incredible performance by DiCaprio.

I like Duras and I like Dassin but together I was not that much impressed.

Very powerful story, characters and obviously acting by Paul Newman. One of the movies that remain with you forever.

Unbelievable how personally you can be touched after such a strange movie and characters. The duo of the headhunter and the detached head makes one of the best road movies ever.

Such an amazing view of the white collar world in Japan after the WWII. Far from Kurosawa's usual historical setting and yet done perfectly.

A noiresque portrait of the reality for lower class farmers and ordinary people. A must see for Dassin fans.

This includes some of the best animations I have ever seen.

Historically is quite important but after years feels not much more than a shallow moral drama.

Noir combined with a crime movie. Well adapted story and characters.

The analysis of how one becomes a fascist. Done very well in an atmosphere that remains in between New Realism and Felliniesque colorful movies.

Perhaps the movie that defines the noir genera. The elements are put together with such masterful hands.

I was left in a state of wow. Feels like a new genera, like a never before told love story.

Quite theatrical but what an incredible theater. Vivien Leigh and Brando are at their best and you will be left with impressions of them for the rest of your life.

Maybe the most disturbing movie I have ever seen. Yet it is so good. I did not like some of the features and perhaps the end that much but the anger in Peckinpah is unbelievable. Not recommended for mathematician's wives.

Mar 09 - I think it is the best Breillat movie, I have seen. The modest story, small number of players and limited space makes it possible to concentrate on the relationship and the dialogues remain quite attractive to the very end.

An ancient story told in a style that fits it so well. The ghosts and spirits are dreamlike and like fairy tales.

The study of Cal's character, his relations to his parents and people around him is very strong and at times hard to take. The rebellious character and the god like dominating adults make it like a biblical story.

One of the best political dramas of all times. Funny how many similar stories in the real life one can find.

An amazing study of the mind of an alcoholic. You get so close that you can feel the urge, you leave your judgements and you simply live the life.

A masterpiece from wilder. It is an incredible noir and psychological drama at the same time. The character of Swanson is so well adapted and the narration also fits so well with the story.

An incredible independent inexpensive movie.

Jul 09 - Wonderful tribute and modernization of the noir genera. The script and dialogues are written masterfully and bring out an interesting dimension to the noir experience. Loved it!

Jul 09 - A masterpiece! The view of the war from the point of view of the children makes this one of the most humanist movie I have ever seen. It was also amazing to relive the incredible feelings I had 16 years ago watching the same movie.

Aug 09 - Incredible analysis of fascism, cruelty and passiveness. Can't forget seeing it for the 1st time 12 years ago in the Fajr Festival.

The incredible view of a small Texan town and its people. The stories unfold so perfectly and in coordination with the location.

September 2009 - It is so strange that even for the 4th time watching it, it is still so engaging and attractive. This time I owe part of the joy to K and S who were great company in watching it.

I understand the historical importance and I like Gregory Peck but watching it now, looks like a usual black and white class on ethics and behavior. Was good for its time.

A very strange movie. It perhaps was a movie about race but now seems more on the psychoanalysis of the main character, his populism and people who blindly follow him.

Very overrated, shallow and mediocre. I agree some of the technical aspects are done well but I find this responsible for the decadence of typical Hollywood dramas.

Jul 09 - I certainly expect more than a flat, shallow political drama from Schlondorff. It is an incredible story but making things into black and white only antagonizes me as a viewer.

Phenomenal masterpiece. The psychological analysis of the stylized figures make it as touching as the Crime and Punishment. Images are so unique to Bresson.

Incredible character drama. The human emotions are so well portrayed here that it will be hard to find other examples.

One of the best movies ever. The characters and the story are so close and so believable. Humanism in the middle of a black and white world is not easy to advocate and the movie does this perfectly.

Aug 2009 - What an amazing movie! Mystery turned into a psychological thriller. The love making scene is priceless.

Aug 2009 - A masterpiece of Carol Reed. He is so good in portraying the loneliness of the antagonist. The images are also so aesthetically satisfying and the acting even though a bit theatrical but very catching. The only thing I can consider as a flaw is the too much use of the music.

Aug 2009 - As always, this is another amazing view of the urban japan after the war. The conflict of the different generations this time around marriage. It is funny at times and a few of them don't really fit Ozo's style well. This is his first color movie but the colors are so fantastically beautiful.