January 2011
7 posts
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…is killing me.
“Dear Sir
Peter Roebuck now seeks to justify his default position that only...”
– Rumpole’s letter to The Age, submitted but unpublished by the Editor (as Rumpole predicted, given the letter attacks Peter Roebuck)
“Note that all 4 Australian wickets - even the debutant with whose selection I...”
– One of Rumpole’s epic rants on his favourite topic (the pro-NSW, anti-VIC bias of the Australian selectors)
“Indeed, perhaps the single strongest quality of Picnic at Hanging Rock, and one...”
– From the brilliant essay by Roderick Heath (Ferdy on Films) on Picnic at Hanging Rock. I watched it again yesterday for the first time in years and was struck anew by its dreamy, languid, eerie tone.
December 2010
2 posts
“The emotional complexity that we, the audience, feel as we balance the physical...”
– Rich Haridy on the film blog Why I Adore… discussing the film Irréversible, which I watched for the first time today. I’ve been thinking about watching it for ages, as I love Cassel/Bellucci and from what I’d read about it the film is amazing from a structural and technical...
