Zelig
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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
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Most Novella-Like Movies?
A person holding a hammer thinks everything looks like a nail… but does a person obsessed with novellas see them everywhere? Apparently. I saw the exquisite Before Midnight on a cross-country flight last week (thank you, Virgin America, for providing the best in-flight entertainment package currently in existence, and also for using those purple lights that Continue reading
