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Amélie
France 2001; dir: Jean-Pierre Jeunet
starring: Audrey Tautou, Mathieu Kassovitz
screened 4/6/08; DVD
Previous Viewing Experience: I’ve seen this at least four times, but most of them were pretty soon after it came out on DVD, so it’s probably been four or [...]

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Der Blaue Engel (The Blue Angel)
Germany 1931; dir: Josef von Sternberg
starring: Emil Jannings, Marlene Dietrich
screened 7/5/08; New Beverly Cinema
Previous Viewing Experience: Never seen it, nor anything else directed by von Sternberg or starring Jannings, though I’ve seen several later [...]

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Orpheus
France 1950; dir: Jean Cocteau
starring: Jean Marais, María Casares, Maria Déa, François Périer
screened 3/1/08, Criterion DVD
“The death of a poet requires a sacrifice to make him immortal.”
Unrelated to Orpheus, but a milestone nonetheless, this is the 500th post on this [...]

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Run Lola Run (Lola Rennt)
Germany 1998; dir: Tom Tykwer
starring: Franka Potente, Moritz Bliebtreu
screened 1/28/08, DVD
“I wish I was a heartbeat that never comes to rest.”
Previous Viewing Experience: Oh, golly. This will be the fifth [...]

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This post is part of a project to watch the Film Bloggers’ 100 Favorite Non-English Films. See my progress here. Note: I have skipped #97 on the list, Satantango, because I have been unable to get it to watch and decided to move on. When I have the opportunity to see it, I [...]

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The Gospel According to St. Matthew
Italy 1964; dir: Pier Paolo Pasolini
starring: Enrique Irazoqui, Settimo Di Porto, Giacomo Morante
screened 12/30/07; VHS
Previous Viewing Experience: I have tried to watch this film, unsuccessfully. I think I made [...]

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Day of Wrath
Denmark 1943; dir: Carl Theodor Dreyer
starring: Lisbeth Movin, Thorkild Roose, Preben Lerdorff Rye
screened: 12/18/07, VHS
Previous Viewing Experience: Never seen it.
Knowledge Before Viewing: Not too much, just that it’s a Dreyer film. I [...]

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The Cranes are Flying
USSR 1957; dir: Mikhail Kalatozov
starring: Tatyana Samojlova, Aleksey Batalov
screened 11/13/07, Criterion Collection DVD
Previous Viewing Experience: Never seen it before.
Knowledge Before Viewing: I know it’s a Soviet film, and not much more. [...]

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