Recommendation
due to the overwhelming number of recommendations the blog has received after my suggestion that we add such a feature, i have a new one.
but first i would like to ask: don't you people read, watch, or listen to anything? don't you cook? go out to dinner? have a favorite beverage? a favorite bicycle? a favorite preacher? or do all the books you read, movies you watch, music you listen to, recipes you prepare, restaurants you frequent, drinks you drink, bikes you ride, and preachers you visit on sunday morning suck, and so are not worthy of recommendation?
i hope not.
anyway, an 06 miniseries with bob duval called broken trail is, in my opinion, a far better example of the western genre than the recently released and highly touted, including by yours truly, true grit. the characters are well developed, the dialogue actually worth listening to even when it doesn't move the plot along, and the scenery breathtaking.
rent and enjoy. available on netflix.
posted by Bill Simpson at 2/03/2011 03:06:00 PM
3 Comments:
Hey I put a fatty Johnnycake recipe on here. Its true though the recommendations have been few and far between.Heres my rec for a film that is a little off the beaten path, "Encounters at the End of theWorld" by Werner Herzog. You may have already seen "Grizzley Man". He also made many films with Klaus Kinski who apparently was somewhat of a mad-man. Check out "Nosferatu" or "Aguirre the Wrath of God". The first film I mentioned is a documentary about life down in Antaratica and the sort of strange folks who might gravitate there. Theres great underwater photography too. Worth checking out.
there you go. thanks marg. i'll check em out. always loved herzog's manic german view of the world.
you reading anything good? The Help is a pretty good novel; came out late 09.
You do not want to miss Werner's "Fitzcaraldo". Also "Burden of Dreams", a documentary about the making of Fitzcaraldo.
I put Broken Trail on my Netflix queue. It's number 68.
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