About Me
I'm an author and consultant in Portland, Oregon. My novel 'Beheld' will be published this June.
I'm an author and consultant in Portland, Oregon. My novel 'Beheld' will be published this June.
To watch and write about one new foreign film a day for 100 days. It's a cinematic world tour -- with an emphasis on diversity of language, era, and style.
In addition to the daily commentaries, I'll post weekly and monthly wrap-ups. And explore cool ways of graphing the films and my responses to them.
Ah! The joys of winter in Oregon! “Hey, I know how to cheer us up! Let’s watch/read a bunch of depressing, violent, black and gray, obscure films!”
Your review of ‘the bicycle thief’ confirms that I don’t want to watch it, but I may pick up the one about the Kon Tiki. I remember learning about that in elementary school and at the time, it was just about the greatest adventure anyone had ever undertaken! I’m wondering if Heyerdahl’s persona remained obscure in the film because, in fact, he was that way in life. I don’t recall that we ever ‘got to know’ him in real history, either.
It’s been a lot of fun (and actually the sky hasn’t been too gray in Portland lately). As you’ll see, I really recommend A Separation — brilliant movie. Others too, but that’s been my favorite so far.