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Category Archives: Film

Reviews, Top N lists, and other sundry cinematic stuff.

Charlie!

by Rob Friesel

With Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, the Holy Trinity that exemplify the Carnival of the Bizarre are once again joined. Director Tim Burton, musical score by Danny Elfman, and featuring actor Johnny Depp. Holy hell!

Das Experiment.

by Rob Friesel

File under the “Currently Viewing” category… Allow me to recommend the German film Das Experiment, a pleasantly(!?) disturbing drama based (very) loosely on Stanford Prison Experiment. Starring Moritz Bleibtreu (whom you may recognize from 1998’s Lola Rennt), this Oliver Hirschbiegel film takes the true story of Zimbardo’s 1971 experiment and follows its premise through to […]

bandwagon.

by Rob Friesel

A little behind the curve, I know… But: Just saw Lost In Translation finally… Wow. Apparently, Japan is a metaphor for the ultimate in uncharted territory. The alienation of self-imposed reflective xenophobia. Some thorough b’gock’ing. Watching again tomorrow. Incredible.