{"id":13446,"date":"2024-01-21T20:15:30","date_gmt":"2024-01-22T01:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=13446"},"modified":"2024-01-21T20:15:30","modified_gmt":"2024-01-22T01:15:30","slug":"weekly-movie-roundup-61","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=13446","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Movie Roundup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I watched 6 movies last week.<\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0457414\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1-3-212x300.jpg\" alt=\"Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1-3-212x300.jpg 212w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/1-3.jpg 353w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt10681070\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2-3-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on the Exorcist\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2-3-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2-3-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2-3-768x1152.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2-3-1024x1536.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2-3-1365x2048.jpg 1365w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/2-3.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt8974964\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/3-3-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"Memory: The Origins of Alien\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/3-3-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/3-3-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/3-3-768x1138.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/3-3-1037x1536.jpg 1037w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/3-3-1382x2048.jpg 1382w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/3-3-scaled.jpg 1728w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0457414\/\">Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream<\/a> is a lot of fun and talks to a lot of really interesting filmmakers\u2014John Waters, David Lynch, George Romero, etc.\u2014about a type of movie that doesn&#8217;t really exist anymore.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt10681070\/\">Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on the Exorcist<\/a> is genuinely fascinating, especially given that it&#8217;s almost nothing but an hour and a half of just Friedkin talking about the making of the movie and his career.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li>I liked <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt8974964\/\">Memory: The Origins of Alien<\/a> a lot more when it focused on the actual making of the 1979 film than when it let critics and commentators wax pretentious about its deeper meanings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt26084136\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/4-3-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"Being Mary Tyler Moore\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/4-3-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/4-3-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/4-3-768x1138.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/4-3-1037x1536.jpg 1037w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/4-3-1382x2048.jpg 1382w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/4-3-scaled.jpg 1728w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt13157456\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/5-3-203x300.jpg\" alt=\"King on Screen\" width=\"203\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/5-3-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/5-3-691x1024.jpg 691w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/5-3-768x1138.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/5-3-1037x1536.jpg 1037w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/5-3-1382x2048.jpg 1382w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/5-3-scaled.jpg 1728w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 203px) 100vw, 203px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0192470\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/6-1-222x300.jpg\" alt=\"Pretty as a Picture: The Art of David Lynch\" width=\"222\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-13444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/6-1-222x300.jpg 222w, https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/6-1.jpg 351w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 222px) 100vw, 222px\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt26084136\/\">Being Mary Tyler Moore<\/a> is built largely on archival footage, so it may not offer too many surprises, but it&#8217;s nevertheless a very fond and engaging look back at a phenomenal career.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li>Any insights that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt13157456\/\">King on Screen<\/a> has to offer seem largely accidental. The documentary lets some interesting filmmakers talk, but it also seems a little muddled about its central thesis, and it&#8217;s often more interesting in the people it <em>doesn&#8217;t<\/em> talk to\u2014most notably King himself\u2014or in the many adaptions it doesn&#8217;t discuss. There are interesting moments scattered throughout, but more often missed opportunities.<\/li>\n<ul><\/ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0192470\/\">Pretty As a Picture: The Art of David Lynch<\/a> can&#8217;t help but feel a <em>little<\/em> dated, built so heavily on interviews conducted around the filming of his 1997 movie <em>Lost Highway<\/em>\u2014and I&#8217;ve seen a lot of this filtered through other interviews\u2014but it&#8217;s nonetheless an insightful and amiable look at the director&#8217;s creative process and philosophy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I also re-watched Brian De Palma&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.imdb.com\/title\/tt0094226\/\">The Untouchables<\/a>\u2014which is an undeniably entertaining movie, but also almost complete inaccurate as a piece of historical fiction. That, along with the movie&#8217;s dubious &#8220;all you need is a cop who&#8217;s not afraid to break the law to uphold it&#8221; stuff, seemed to hit me a little more the wrong way upon re-watching.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I watched 6 movies last week. Midnight Movies: From the Margin to the Mainstream is a lot of fun and talks to a lot of really interesting filmmakers\u2014John Waters, David Lynch, George Romero, etc.\u2014about a type of movie that doesn&#8217;t really exist anymore. Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on the Exorcist is genuinely fascinating, especially &#8230; <a class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/?p=13446\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13446","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13446"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=13446"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13446\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13447,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13446\/revisions\/13447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=13446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=13446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unreality.net\/weblog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=13446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}