Letterboxd 5019o G https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/ Letterboxd - G The Day When... 6y3b27 1997 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/the-day-when/ letterboxd-watch-900048508 Wed, 28 May 2025 06:11:48 +1200 2025-05-27 No The Day When... 1997 408887 <![CDATA[

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Three Stanzas on the Name of Sacher 3o2g50 1989 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/three-stanzas-on-the-name-of-sacher/ letterboxd-watch-900048433 Wed, 28 May 2025 06:11:41 +1200 2025-05-27 No Three Stanzas on the Name of Sacher 1989 292375 <![CDATA[

Watched on Tuesday May 27, 2025.

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For Febe Elisabeth Velasquez 4j2w5i El Salvador, 1991 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/for-febe-elisabeth-velasquez-el-salvador/ letterboxd-watch-900048357 Wed, 28 May 2025 06:11:35 +1200 2025-05-27 No For Febe Elisabeth Velasquez, El Salvador 1991 462603 <![CDATA[

Watched on Tuesday May 27, 2025.

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Paddington in Peru 1q84d 2024 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/paddington-in-peru/ letterboxd-watch-900048271 Wed, 28 May 2025 06:11:26 +1200 2025-05-27 No Paddington in Peru 2024 516729 <![CDATA[

Watched on Tuesday May 27, 2025.

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The Heartbreak Kid 1m1p2t 1972 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/the-heartbreak-kid-1972/ letterboxd-review-899750819 Tue, 27 May 2025 20:06:41 +1200 2025-05-26 No The Heartbreak Kid 1972 40687 <![CDATA[

jeannie berlin deserved that oscar nom

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Notre Dame de la Croisette 5b4k4x 1981 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/notre-dame-de-la-croisette/ letterboxd-review-897891557 Mon, 26 May 2025 04:35:49 +1200 2025-05-25 No Notre Dame de la Croisette 1981 456033 <![CDATA[

bulle ogier playing a civillian who just really wants to see some films at cannes (the 1981 remake of 'the postman always rings twice', 'she dances alone', and 'heaven's gate'). bonus sightings of juliet berto's neige on the tv, a brialy cameo, and pascale sitting in the auditorium of a press conference. i've not been to cannes but i bet it's even worse now, 44 years later. thank you daniel schmid and renato berta.

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Dirty Hands 3z691r 1989 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/dirty-hands-1989/ letterboxd-watch-897716202 Mon, 26 May 2025 00:12:34 +1200 2025-05-24 No Dirty Hands 1989 184002 <![CDATA[

Watched on Saturday May 24, 2025.

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Françoise Durocher 2wcq Waitress, 1972 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/francoise-durocher-waitress/ letterboxd-review-896657349 Sun, 25 May 2025 01:27:23 +1200 2025-05-24 No Françoise Durocher, Waitress 1972 454822 <![CDATA[

truly incredible hair and makeup in this

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Salomé 4mz4l 1978 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/salome-1978/ letterboxd-watch-894863923 Thu, 22 May 2025 23:05:13 +1200 2025-05-22 No Salomé 1978 48697 <![CDATA[

Watched on Thursday May 22, 2025.

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Tráiler para amantes de lo prohibido! 4e545 1985 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/trailer-para-amantes-de-lo-prohibido/ letterboxd-watch-894863037 Thu, 22 May 2025 23:02:22 +1200 2025-05-22 No Tráiler para amantes de lo prohibido! 1985 108451 <![CDATA[

Watched on Thursday May 22, 2025.

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Magic Farm 34i2j 2025 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/magic-farm/ letterboxd-review-894211002 Thu, 22 May 2025 08:11:51 +1200 2025-05-21 No Magic Farm 2025 1309962 <![CDATA[

vicesploitation in which 4 out of 5 crew are exceedingly guilty of white yank ignorance and exceptionalism, to their own severe detriment. chloë sevigny takes up a significant amount of her limited luggage capacity with multiple miu miu bags, and walks around rural argentina in white tabi ballerinas. i enjoyed seeing all the dogs.

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Edith's Shopping Bag p3i20 1976 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/ediths-shopping-bag/ letterboxd-watch-891808343 Mon, 19 May 2025 08:22:51 +1200 2025-05-18 No Edith's Shopping Bag 1976 484842 <![CDATA[

Watched on Sunday May 18, 2025.

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Dorothy 53359 the Kansas City Pot Head, 1968 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/dorothy-the-kansas-city-pot-head/ letterboxd-watch-891807916 Mon, 19 May 2025 08:22:30 +1200 2025-05-18 No Dorothy, the Kansas City Pot Head 1968 282184 <![CDATA[

Watched on Sunday May 18, 2025.

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Lacuna 436b46 2015 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/lacuna-2015/ letterboxd-watch-889212382 Fri, 16 May 2025 10:33:36 +1200 2025-05-15 No Lacuna 2015 567359 <![CDATA[

Watched on Thursday May 15, 2025.

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Conclave 1l6f3b 2024 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/conclave/ letterboxd-review-888171475 Thu, 15 May 2025 02:27:35 +1200 2025-05-13 No Conclave 2024 974576 <![CDATA[

finally seeing this six months after everyone else because when i actually tried to get tickets to see it on release (multiple nights in glasgow and newcastle respectively) the screeings were sold out, and then the film was spoiled for me, so i gave up. turns out it's up on prime video now (one of the streaming services i leech off), but it felt far too gauche (and frankly anti-catholic) to watch it during the actual conclave, so i waited a few days.

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Semiotic Plastic 2b2m4c 2021 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/semiotic-plastic/ letterboxd-watch-884569438 Sat, 10 May 2025 21:13:45 +1200 2025-05-09 No Semiotic Plastic 2021 854527 <![CDATA[

Watched on Friday May 9, 2025.

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Shadow of a Cloud 1n72i 2013 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/shadow-of-a-cloud/ letterboxd-watch-884569371 Sat, 10 May 2025 21:13:35 +1200 2025-05-09 No Shadow of a Cloud 2013 267527 <![CDATA[

Watched on Friday May 9, 2025.

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Meantime 492bf 1983 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/meantime/ letterboxd-watch-883887663 Sat, 10 May 2025 03:04:55 +1200 2025-05-05 No Meantime 1983 57978 <![CDATA[

Watched on Monday May 5, 2025.

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The Tube with a Hat 3u6z1h 2006 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/the-tube-with-a-hat/ letterboxd-watch-883887534 Sat, 10 May 2025 03:04:40 +1200 2025-05-02 No The Tube with a Hat 2006 342479 <![CDATA[

Watched on Friday May 2, 2025.

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A Sense of History 454j3u 1992 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/a-sense-of-history/ letterboxd-watch-876004119 Wed, 30 Apr 2025 20:19:27 +1200 2025-04-29 No A Sense of History 1992 61120 <![CDATA[

Watched on Tuesday April 29, 2025.

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Who's Who 23l2j 1979 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/whos-who/ letterboxd-watch-875042852 Tue, 29 Apr 2025 11:32:21 +1200 2025-04-28 No Who's Who 1979 187578 <![CDATA[

Watched on Monday April 28, 2025.

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The Potemkinists 336b3e 2022 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/the-potemkinists/ letterboxd-watch-875042756 Tue, 29 Apr 2025 11:32:09 +1200 2025-04-28 No The Potemkinists 2022 968282 <![CDATA[

Watched on Monday April 28, 2025.

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A New Leaf 4e3k6c 1971 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/a-new-leaf/ letterboxd-review-874573300 Mon, 28 Apr 2025 20:36:38 +1200 2025-04-27 No A New Leaf 1971 36850 <![CDATA[

i intended to rewatch films elaine may was either in, wrote and/or directed last year (inspired by the carrie courogen biography of her), but didn't prioritise them, nor did i set off watching them in order. in hindsight that was really stupid of me.

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Mike Leigh 6s5ov The Conversation, 2000 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/mike-leigh-the-conversation/ letterboxd-watch-872219320 Sat, 26 Apr 2025 11:05:46 +1200 2025-04-18 No Mike Leigh: The Conversation 2000 584787 <![CDATA[

Watched on Friday April 18, 2025.

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Hard Labour 5o561t 1973 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/hard-labour/ letterboxd-review-871948008 Sat, 26 Apr 2025 05:13:06 +1200 2025-04-24 No Hard Labour 1973 436298 <![CDATA[

hard labour is set in salford - and clearly influenced by leigh's childhood spent there. really interested in leigh (famously jewish, famously described his childhood as lower middle class in a working class community/environment) depicting catholicism (in this, liz smith's devoutly catholic mrs thornley cleans for a jewish family).

a film about juxtapositions, paid and unpaid domestic labour, class, gender and intimacy, with slightly offbeat pacing and editing for a play for today - it naturally made me think about akerman, but also fassbinder, especially the present yet silent, looming catholicism lurking in homes of some of his 70s output - crucifixes, a pope portrait and iconography were ever present in the home of the thornleys, and they seemed the type to be constantly scolding each other about mass attendance despite none of them actually bothering to go besides their matriarch (we witness some bickering of the sort taking place).

scoreless and sobering, i loved the scene at church. and hearing alison stean's scouse twinge.

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The Kiss of Death 2b4h37 1977 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/the-kiss-of-death/ letterboxd-watch-867467348 Mon, 21 Apr 2025 04:15:41 +1200 2025-04-19 No The Kiss of Death 1977 188076 <![CDATA[

Watched on Saturday April 19, 2025.

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The Gospel According to Matthew 2b1k2b 1964 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/the-gospel-according-to-matthew-1964/1/ letterboxd-watch-866275479 Sun, 20 Apr 2025 01:47:35 +1200 2025-04-19 Yes The Gospel According to Matthew 1964 24192 <![CDATA[

Watched on Saturday April 19, 2025.

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Mike Leigh 6s5ov Making Plays, 1982 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/mike-leigh-making-plays/ letterboxd-review-865165773 Fri, 18 Apr 2025 23:12:46 +1200 2025-04-17 No Mike Leigh: Making Plays 1982 436012 <![CDATA[

could have watched another hour of them narrowing down the list of potential names in the workshop, and another hour of mike leigh talking about brook, artaud and the rsc

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September Says 282p1h 2024 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/september-says/ letterboxd-watch-864420533 Fri, 18 Apr 2025 03:18:33 +1200 2025-04-13 No September Says 2024 1212337 <![CDATA[

Watched on Sunday April 13, 2025.

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https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/the-short-curlies/ letterboxd-review-861064348 Mon, 14 Apr 2025 02:23:57 +1200 2025-04-12 No The Short & Curlies 1987 49455 <![CDATA[

alison stean giving what would be the performance of a lifetime for any other comedic actor (mostly the scenes of betty at home with charlene) in a 17 minute short film for channel 4

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Life Is Sweet 6m726w 1990 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/life-is-sweet/ letterboxd-review-858681664 Fri, 11 Apr 2025 09:25:11 +1200 2025-04-09 No Life Is Sweet 1990 36843 <![CDATA[

will never get over those last two stean and horrocks scenes

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High Hopes o1x68 1988 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/high-hopes/ letterboxd-review-857855614 Thu, 10 Apr 2025 00:48:22 +1200 2025-04-08 No High Hopes 1988 47870 <![CDATA[

watching the film that has a thatcher dartboard felt appropriate

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Empty Suitcases 60591t 1980 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/empty-suitcases/ letterboxd-watch-857338942 Wed, 9 Apr 2025 07:30:13 +1200 2025-04-08 No Empty Suitcases 1980 442408 <![CDATA[

Watched on Tuesday April 8, 2025.

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All About 'Abigail's Party' 5a1u2a 2007 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/all-about-abigails-party/ letterboxd-watch-857338880 Wed, 9 Apr 2025 07:30:06 +1200 2025-04-05 No All About 'Abigail's Party' 2007 468145 <![CDATA[

Watched on Saturday April 5, 2025.

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Abigail's Party 3a3o38 1977 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/abigails-party/ letterboxd-review-854585907 Sun, 6 Apr 2025 08:17:03 +1200 2025-04-04 No Abigail's Party 1977 23999 <![CDATA[

alright? okay?

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The Permissive Society 174y6r 1975 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/the-permissive-society/ letterboxd-watch-853048663 Fri, 4 Apr 2025 12:09:02 +1300 2025-04-03 No The Permissive Society 1975 187580 <![CDATA[

Watched on Thursday April 3, 2025.

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Grown 2a969 Ups, 1980 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/grown-ups-1980/ letterboxd-watch-852989902 Fri, 4 Apr 2025 10:39:12 +1300 2025-04-02 No Grown-Ups 1980 187565 <![CDATA[

Watched on Wednesday April 2, 2025.

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Nuts in May 5w542r 1976 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/nuts-in-may/ letterboxd-review-852089970 Thu, 3 Apr 2025 05:39:55 +1300 2025-04-01 No Nuts in May 1976 265640 <![CDATA[

been meaning to rewatch mike leigh's campsite satire for years, what with the popularity of the weird walkification of the great outdoors amongst the middle class (esoteric folk revival with neopaganist tendancies, with a uniform of walking boots and fleeces from end clothing and nts nalgenes), and the current day craze for raw milk.

nuts in may was highly influential to so much of the '90s and early '00s british comedy i grew up with (something acknowledged at the time by the likes of vic and bob). this might be a satire from the '70s, but the quiet vitriol in the observations leigh makes on class and gender relations aren't exactly irrelevant, nor are communal camp sites exactly unlike like this fifty years later - the inevitable disappointment of camping holidays that come with the inability to control all aspects of the environment, and inability to harmoniously commune with strangers (across class divides or otherwise).

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I Only Want You to Love Me 1u6q48 1976 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/i-only-want-you-to-love-me/1/ letterboxd-watch-846493472 Thu, 27 Mar 2025 09:53:04 +1300 2025-03-25 Yes I Only Want You to Love Me 1976 93655 <![CDATA[

Watched on Tuesday March 25, 2025.

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Fox and His Friends 555v6v 1975 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/fox-and-his-friends/1/ letterboxd-review-844147738 Mon, 24 Mar 2025 11:13:27 +1300 2025-03-23 Yes Fox and His Friends 1975 42254 <![CDATA[

my guy clocked the bourgeoisie, and the gay bourgeoisie, in a way only one of their own could. thinking about what those closest to him perceived as deep self-hatred for being born into the middle class, and thinking about which of his films are, permissably, at least partial apologies or ittance of wrongdoing (as a result will probably revisit thirteen moons, and maybe i only want you to love me, next). but i swear by this song, and by all that i have done wrong, i will make it all up to thee.

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Loulou 1m1s1w 1980 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/loulou/ letterboxd-watch-841469839 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 13:15:28 +1300 2025-03-20 No Loulou 1980 39415 <![CDATA[

Watched on Thursday March 20, 2025.

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Hotel Monterey 135c2 1973 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/hotel-monterey/ letterboxd-watch-841251738 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 07:46:23 +1300 2025-03-20 No Hotel Monterey 1973 108831 <![CDATA[

Watched on Thursday March 20, 2025.

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Hanging Out Yonkers 1n244 1973 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/hanging-out-yonkers/ letterboxd-watch-841251643 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 07:46:13 +1300 2025-03-20 No Hanging Out Yonkers 1973 720561 <![CDATA[

Watched on Thursday March 20, 2025.

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Twilight of the Bodies 2qum Fassbinder in Search of Querelle, 2009 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/twilight-of-the-bodies-fassbinder-in-search-of-querelle/ letterboxd-watch-841212216 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 06:28:40 +1300 2025-03-20 No Twilight of the Bodies: Fassbinder in Search of Querelle 2009 606045 <![CDATA[

Watched on Thursday March 20, 2025.

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Querelle 4s2hm 1982 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/querelle/ letterboxd-review-840774743 Thu, 20 Mar 2025 13:33:15 +1300 2025-03-19 No Querelle 1982 42135 <![CDATA[

" I HAVE NEVER AND WILL NEVER APOLOGISE FOR MY SEX LIFE ! GAY SEX IS NATURAL, GAY SEX IS GOOD! NOT EVERYBODY DOES IT, BUT.....HA HA!"
- george michael, 1:47 AM, may 13 2011


each man kills the thing he loves! realised whilst (re)watching this that his first (surviving) short and final film both feature cottaging (of course it's also in fox, and satan's brew, and the intertitles of the third generation, etc.). bookended! think this guy really likes tearooms.

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Lili Marleen k375o 1981 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/lili-marleen/ letterboxd-review-840071504 Wed, 19 Mar 2025 15:01:19 +1300 2025-03-18 No Lili Marleen 1981 265 <![CDATA[

endless stuff to dissect here, obviously - the tension between sincerity and camp, between fassbinder adopting hollywood affect amidst a backdrop of third reich kitsch (and intermittently revisiting his obsession with gangster films), his desire to make 'hollywood films in ' (is this him realising that, with this film purposefully engineered in english?), the self-referencing, the editing, the amounts of cocaine he was consuming at this point of his life ans career, his readily expressed beliefs on the matter of and art, and what this film says about intention and interpretation and weaponisiation of art re: propaganda, ... i was also thinking about his fascination with visconti's the damned, about sirk, about brecht. the zooms to close up in the first act made me think about eight hours don't make a day, as did the jump cut and schygulla's delivery of "i already had lunch... with your father".

the sirk homages are pure magic - of those the scene in the trees outside the recording studio might be my favourite (endlessly glad he lived to make lola). is the shoehorned-in reveal ten minutes before the end better than the actual climax of the film? much to think about (i finally bought a copy of elsaesser's 'fassbinder's ' after putting it off for years and am eager to read what it says about this film).

wild to me that this, fassbinder's second english language film, ended up doing what both his previous film made in the english language, despair, and the internationally-acclaimed fear eats the soul and the marriage of maria braun had failed to do: it was his first to be put forward by west for the oscars (no doubt an indication of his international profile following berlin alexanderplatz and maria braun - perhaps this says a lot about the west german film industry, also).

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The United States of America 2e572v 1975 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/the-united-states-of-america/ letterboxd-watch-839796991 Wed, 19 Mar 2025 08:58:09 +1300 2025-03-18 No The United States of America 1975 380429 <![CDATA[

Watched on Tuesday March 18, 2025.

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Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz 706y5c A Mega Movie and Its Story, 2007 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/fassbinders-berlin-alexanderplatz-a-mega-movie-and-its-story/ letterboxd-review-839796845 Wed, 19 Mar 2025 09:02:00 +1300 2025-03-17 No Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz: A Mega Movie and Its Story 2007 445918 <![CDATA[

worth the watch alone for günter lamprecht proudly claiming to have said "rainer slow down, you're eating green apples again" when fassheads (sorry) know he relished telling people how his mother tried to poison him with them as a child.

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Notes on the Making of 'Berlin Alexanderplatz' 493k3n 1980 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/notes-on-the-making-of-berlin-alexanderplatz/ letterboxd-review-837235078 Sun, 16 Mar 2025 14:36:29 +1300 2025-03-15 No Notes on the Making of 'Berlin Alexanderplatz' 1980 477122 <![CDATA[

you really see him get progressively more exhausted before your eyes. the scene with eva on the other side of the bars from the epilogue was incredible to see. loved all the genius rig and tech stuff. and the shot of "alexanderplatz 100" embroidered on the back pocket of his jeans.

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Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz Remastered 731o1p Notes on the Restoration, 2007 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/film/fassbinders-berlin-alexanderplatz-remastered-notes-on-the-restoration/ letterboxd-watch-837226552 Sun, 16 Mar 2025 14:27:33 +1300 2025-03-15 No Fassbinder's Berlin Alexanderplatz Remastered: Notes on the Restoration 2007 562062 <![CDATA[

Watched on Saturday March 15, 2025.

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john waters recommends 1b3k54 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/list/john-waters-recommends/ letterboxd-list-2672535 Tue, 5 Jun 2018 00:25:47 +1200 <![CDATA[

collated from lists, articles, interviews, books and specific programming by john waters (most of these picks were initially sourced in 2013, but i will continue to update with yearly favourites).

see also references in his work.

...plus 424 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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bfi's british independents season 6y22e nft, april 1978 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/list/bfis-british-independents-season-nft-april/ letterboxd-list-58680638 Sun, 2 Feb 2025 06:17:41 +1300 <![CDATA[

not on letterboxd:
• devices and desires (dir. giles foster, 1974, 56 mins)

• intimate reflections (dir. don boyd, 1975, 86 mins)

• brown ale (also listed as 'brown ale with gertie') (dir alan brown, 1974, 32 mins)

• england home and beauty (dir. christopher mason, 1976, 38 mins)

• the lindsay kemp circus (dir. celestino coronado, 1973, 30 mins)

taken from the april 1978 programme.

...plus 18 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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radiance films' 'dirty arthouse' 372i1x https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/list/radiance-films-dirty-arthouse/ letterboxd-list-52540701 Tue, 15 Oct 2024 04:09:02 +1300 <![CDATA[

titles mentioned in the first four issues of radiance's zine series

...plus 217 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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rainer werner fassbinder recommends 4p486z https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/list/rainer-werner-fassbinder-recommends/ letterboxd-list-51021217 Mon, 16 Sep 2024 05:05:39 +1200 <![CDATA[

titles taken from his own writing, interviews, and biographies (see notes).

  • Destiny

    mentioned by ursula strätz as a film fassbinder claimed was a favourite when they first met.

  • The Blue Angel

    inspiration for 'lola' (christian braad thomsen, 1991)

  • Dishonored

    #7 on a favourites list written in 1980

  • 20,000 Years in Sing Sing

    the last film he saw

  • Alexander Nevsky

    "i don't like eisenstein, particularly 'ivan...', 'alexander nevsky' i rather like" - film comment, 1975

  • Dodge City

    on the internationale being drowned out by the nazi party anthem during 'berlin alexanderplatz' closing credits: "no doubt borrowed from michael curtiz, about whom fassbinder was preparing a long essay at this time" - in 'dodge city', "where he confronts a union song with a confederate one", and a 'casablanca', in which nazis officers sing 'die wacht am rhein' and the french "reply with the marseillaise". (christian braad thomsen, 1991)

  • High Sierra

    walsh's surname allegedly inspired the 'walsch' in fassbinder's pseudonym franz walsch.

  • Suspicion

    in 1974 he remarked that 'suspicion' is "the most extreme attack on the bourgeois institution of marriage i know" when talking about his desires to be powerful enough to make "beautiful" and "wonderful" german films that were afforded the ability to be critical of society, the way that certain directors historically could in hollywood (something he claimed multiple times was difficult to achieve in the BRD, as films critical of the state and society prevented distribution and funding opportunities, and critical appraise and awards consideration).

    that same year he also told tony rayns that after viewing "you leave the cinema feeling that the marriage is an impossibility".

  • Casablanca

    repeatedly complimented, despite proclaiming that there "are more important things (films) by michael curtiz" in 1980

    on the internationale being drowned out by the nazi party anthem during 'berlin alexanderplatz' closing credits: "no doubt borrowed from michael curtiz, about whom fassbinder was preparing a long essay at this time" - in 'dodge city', "where he confronts a union song with a confederate one", and a 'casablanca', in which nazis officers sing 'die wacht am rhein' and the french "reply with the marseillaise". (christian braad thomsen, 1991)

  • Obsession

    referenced as an example of a great film in his rave of schroeter (/hit piece on von praunheim) in 1979.

...plus 89 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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kim gordon recommends 2i4v4k https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/list/kim-gordon-recommends/ letterboxd-list-44180960 Mon, 6 Jan 2025 11:18:53 +1300 <![CDATA[

kim has also described claire denis, catherine breillat, olivier assayas, todd haynes, and gus van sant as her favourite working directors.

sources
variety - "kim gordon talks about her eight top film influences"
le cinema club - "in the cinéma of... kim gordon"
"capturing a kind of bravado: kim gordon on catherine breillat and the music in last summer" by anne-katrin titze
sonic youth's top 10 - criterion collection
curated by kim gordon - galerie

...plus 11 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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little joe 5s1u47 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/list/little-joe/ letterboxd-list-46671707 Sat, 18 May 2024 00:19:56 +1200 <![CDATA[

from the index of 'little joe: a book about queers and cinema, mostly', edited by sam ashby and published by spbh editions/mack books. also includes programming from screenings presented by little joe.

not on LB:
• brandon (shu lea cheang, 1998-9)
• death of monroe (andrius venclova & vladislav mamyshev-monroe, 1991)
• the denunciation of stan brakhage (kenneth anger, 1979)
• matelots en menottes/sailor's in handcuffs (kenneth anger, 1977)
• new york sisters (rosa von praunheim, 2012)
• pirate television (yuris lesnik, timur novikov & vladislav mamyshev-monroe, 1989-91)
• professor khliustin (yuris lesnik, vladislav mamyshev-monroe & timur novikov, 1991)
• six months (andy warhol, 1964)
• starbound (mike kuchar, 2012)
• tarnished utopia (mike kuchar, 2008)
• those fluttering objects of desire (shu lea cheang, 1992)
• tortures that laugh (john maybury, 1981)
• wildblood (jonesy, listed as 2009, but 2011?) (programmed by little joe for butt magazine's 'club butt' at the institute or contemporary arts, london, in march 2023)

documentaries
• angry initiatives, defiant strategies (john greyson, 1989)
• arena: tales of rock n roll: take a walk on the wild side (james marsh, 1993)
• living with AIDS (jean carlomusto & gregg bordowiz, 1985-94)
• living with AIDS (public access show by gay men's health crisis, featuring segments by carlomusto & bordowiz, 1987-97)
• treatments - adventures in AIDS & media (michael balser, 1996)
• video against AIDS (curated by john greyson & bill horrigan, 1989)

porn
• close shave 2 (ray zor, 1990)
• doin' hard time (brian brennan, 1993)
• raiders of the lost arse (chris ward, 2001)
• sissy squad (anton wagner, 2001)

tv series
• beverly hills, 90210 (1990-2000)
• the big bang theory (2007-19)
• dallas (1978-91)
• dawson's creek (1998-2003) +
• girls (2012-17)
• glee (2009-15)
• jackass (2000-2)
• lindenstraße (1985-2000) +
• my so-called life (1994-5) +
• one life to live (1968-2013) +
• queer as folk (UK, 1999-2000) +
• queer as folk (USA/canada, 2000-5) +
• sesame street (1969-present)
• the smurfs (1981-90)
• the twilight zone (1959-64, 1985-89, 2002-3)
• 'world news' coverage of the murder of matthew shepard (1997) +
+ from 'gay teens on tv' by matt wolf

books
• hollywood babylon - kenneth anger
• cruising the movies - boyd mcdonald

magazines and journals
• cinim
• after image
• films and filming (1950s-70s, "covertly gay")
• after dark (1960s-80s)
• BUTT magazine

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'the little joe clubhouse' at the fringe! gay film festival, east london, april 2012

• games (picked by kevin killian)
• la paloma (picked by bruce hainley)
• star (picked by shanay jhaveri)
• king's cross (picked by ben campkin)
• looking for langston (picked by ben campkin)
• loads (picked by william e jones)
• the queen is dead (picked by scott treleavan)
• grace jones: a one man show (picked by bradford nordeen)
• bob mizer (picked by billy miller)
• framed youth: revenge of the teenage perverts (picked by patrick staff & ed webb-ingall)
• forrest bess: the key to the riddle (picked by mark turner)
• blue (picked by matt wolf)
• anthology of american folk song (picked by jon davies)
• meeting strangers: red light, green light (picked by ed halter)
• amphetamine (picked by stuart comer)
• tortures that laugh (picked by james mackay)
• les minets sauvages (picked by james mackay)
• un chant d'amour (picked by jonathan kemp)
• poison (picked by liz rosenfeld)
• last address (picked by r justin hunt)
• third known nest (picked by tom kalin)
• lost lake (picked by a.l. stelner)
• je t'aime moi non plus (picked by a.l. stelner)
• charming for the revolution (picked by a.k. burns)
• nights in the gardens of ???? (picked by edward thomasson)
• kamikaze hearts (picked by jeni olson)
• fear of fear (picked by wayne koestenbaum)

...plus 494 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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films that exist in the 'serial mom' (1994) universe 3a4t71 https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/list/films-that-exist-in-the-serial-mom-1994-universe/ letterboxd-list-31486776 Sun, 19 Feb 2023 10:49:01 +1300 <![CDATA[

see also:
• list of films referenced in the works of john waters
• list of films recommended by john waters may also be of interest.

notes:
figurines of count dracula, frankenstein's monster and the wolf man are visible in chip's room. a couple of videos seen at the store are not on letterboxd - they are performances by paul mccartney and paul simon that aired as tv specials.

  • Henry: Portrait of a Serial Killer

    chip asks eugene if he has seen it over the breakfast table.

  • Blood Feast

    watched by chip, birdie and scotty, and later chip and beverly. a poster also appears on chip's bedroom walls, and it is declared by him as "the 'citizen kane' of gore movies".

  • Citizen Kane

    referenced by chip when he declares 'blood feast' the "the citizen kane of gore movies".

  • Marathon Man

    ralph refers to eugene as being "worse than the dentist in 'marathon man'.

  • Annie

    rented and watched by mrs jenson, 'tomorrow' plays digetically.

  • Ghost Dad

    the un-rewound tape mrs jenson returns.

  • Pee-wee's Big Adventure

    pee-wee doll

  • Big Top Pee-wee

    pee-wee doll

  • Strait-Jacket

    plays in the video store.

  • Deadly Weapons

    the film scotty watches in his room.

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referenced in the works of john waters 102o3m https://letterboxd.sitesdebloques.org/geordiebore/list/referenced-in-the-works-of-john-waters/ letterboxd-list-31084290 Sun, 5 Feb 2023 05:08:56 +1300 <![CDATA[

posters on walls, explicit references and nods to other films in the works of john waters - see notes for information.

• list of films recommended by waters
• list of films that exist in the 'serial mom' universe

  • Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

    waters credits tura satana's 'monotone yelling' in this film with inspiring his direction in general, though he also credits theatre of cruelty and the fact that logistics meant he initially required all cast to shout. inspired dancing scenes in 'female trouble'. poster visible in 'polyester'.

  • The Creature Walks Among Us

    footage used in 'roman candles'

  • Chelsea Girls

    the dual projection directly inspired 'roman candles'

  • The Wizard of Oz

    parodied by 'dorothy, the kansas city pothead', and referenced by the heel-clicking scene and usage of 'we're off to see the wizard' in 'mondo trasho'. referenced in 'cecil b. demented'.

  • Mondo Cane

    the first film of the mondo genre to include the word in it's title, referenced by 'mondo trasho'. 'life savers girls' by riz ortolani from the film is also used.

  • Mondo Topless

    referenced by 'mondo trasho'

  • The Girl Can't Help It

    the theme plays throughout during 'mondo trasho', and again during the street scene in 'pink flamingos', that directly references the film. this reference is reused in 'female trouble'. the set design was allegedly also an influence on the set design in 'female trouble'.

  • College Rhythm

    lyda roberti's rendition of 'take a number from one to ten' from the film features on the soundtrack to 'mondo trasho'

  • Two Thousand Maniacs!

    title of 'multiple maniacs' is a direct reference. poster visible in chip's room in 'serial mom'

  • Inga

    mentioned in 'multiple maniacs', poster visible in 'polyester'.

...plus 146 more. View the full list on Letterboxd.

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