I saw two movies today after Mishima, but didn't get a chance to write them up until now. It's hard to talk about Burning the Future: Coal in America as cinematic art. This documentary about the environmental effects on mountaintop mining is propaganda, pure and simple. But as I'm in complete sympathy with its message--that … Continue reading The Rest of Sunday at the Mill Valley Film Festival
Day: October 5, 2008
Mishima at MVFF
Just saw Paul Schrader's Mishima: A Life in Four Chapters at the Rafael. Part of the Mill Valley Film Festival, of course. I've never seen it before, and this is a new "Enhansed" version created for Criterion DVD release. One scene restored (I don't know which) and some digital trickery added. Well, it was co-produced … Continue reading Mishima at MVFF