Film
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Aristophanes and Spike Lee
Our History of Literature journey takes us to Aristophanes next. I’m working on the episode now, which of course will have a heavy emphasis on his play Lysistrata. And then I realize that the play has been adapted to a modern-day setting for a movie (Chi-Raq) by none other than Spike Lee. I admire Spike Lee… Continue reading
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The Mirrors of Bergman
Bergman + Plath + Vivaldi = Exquisite: Continue reading
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Movellas: An Update
Since the primary distinguishing characteristic of a novella is length, it occurs to me that our quest for the greatest novella-like movie may need to consider runtime as one of its qualities. I will somewhat arbitrarily say it needs to be longer than 60 minutes (to distinguish it from television episodes). Ninety minutes feels like… Continue reading