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Boulder Weekly, Home Video, Reviews

MULHOLLAND DRIVE

September 27, 2022September 27, 2022 Michael J. Casey

A jitterbug contest. Hot rods drag race on a mountain road. A violent car crash. A woman wanders the Hollywood Hills with a head injury. A man recounts a dream of meeting a monster living behind a diner dumpster. A film … Continue reading MULHOLLAND DRIVE

Boulder Weekly, Cinema 101

Cinema 101

September 21, 2022September 20, 2022 Michael J. Casey

I guess you could say the low point arrived on March 27, 2022, with the broadcast of the 94th Academy Awards. No, the “slap heard ’round the world” wasn’t it—though that cast a pall over the proceedings, didn’t it?—but the … Continue reading Cinema 101

Home Video, Reviews

DUNE

October 22, 2021October 20, 2021 Michael J. Casey

1984’s Dune is a mess. Universal Pictures released it, Dino De Laurentiis produced it, and David Lynch directed it based on Frank Herbert’s 1965 sci-fi novel. It was supposed to be a mega-hit, a blockbuster to rival Star Wars with multiple installments. But it … Continue reading DUNE

Boulder Weekly, Essays1 Comment

Slow Cinema

June 10, 2021June 12, 2021 Michael J. Casey

The story of cinema is the story of excitement. One of the first movies projected was of a train pulling into a station. The directors placed the camera on the edge of the platform, making it look like the train … Continue reading Slow Cinema

Best Of..., Boulder Weekly2 Comments

2017: ‘What year is this?’

December 29, 2020December 28, 2020 Michael J. Casey

As we approach the end of 2020, my mind turns to years previous, curious to see if the movies that informed that time and place informs this one. In 2015, the movies almost had a premonition of the years to … Continue reading 2017: ‘What year is this?’

Reviews

DAVID LYNCH: THE ART LIFE

June 2, 2017May 16, 2021 Michael J. Casey

Mentor, painter, and sailor, Bushnell Keeler, originated the idea but when David Lynch got ahold of it, the art life went from aspiration to execution: “You drink coffee, you smoke cigarettes, you paint, and that is it. Maybe girls come … Continue reading DAVID LYNCH: THE ART LIFE

In Their Words

Born On This Day — January 20, 1946

January 20, 2014December 6, 2021 Michael J. Casey

It’s better not to know so much about what things mean or how they might be interpreted or you’ll be too afraid to let things keep happening. Psychology destroys the mystery, this kind of magic quality. It can be reduced … Continue reading Born On This Day — January 20, 1946

In Their Words

In Their Words — Monday, January 21, 2013

January 21, 2013December 21, 2021 Michael J. Casey

I always say Fellini inspired me. I love being in Fellini’s worlds. And Billy Wilder and Stanley Kubrick and Alfred Hitchcock. To revisit those certain films and go in that world is just—It’s a world that didn’t exist and now it exists. … Continue reading In Their Words — Monday, January 21, 2013

In Their Words

In Their Words — Saturday, January 12, 2013

January 12, 2013December 21, 2021 Michael J. Casey

When you go to a mystery film and they tie it all up at the end—to me, that’s a real letdown. In a mystery, somehow in the middle it’s all opened up, and you can go out to infinity trying … Continue reading In Their Words — Saturday, January 12, 2013

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