Movie Time

Just back from The Godfather (Pt 1), which was at Carlton Cinema.  Again, I worked until almost the last minute and was almost late, though I did have my bike with me.  This time I made it during previews.  The happened to me a few months back when I turned up just as Taxi Driver was actually starting, though I don't think I missed anything.  And then just a few weeks back I actually came in maybe a minute into Kiki's Delivery Service.  That was super frustrating (in part because the TTC was exceptionally slow), though I had seen the movie before.

It's kind of incredible how many major movies I haven't actually seen (up until now), including The Godfather, Taxi Driver, Chinatown and The Shining, all of which I saw at the Carlton for $5.  I think it was a few years back that Hot Docs had some documentary about the making of Midnight Cowboy, and they also showed the movie itself.  I tried to work it out, but just couldn't watch it.  

Now I have managed to see Rear Window and North by Northwest on the big screen twice each (once in Toronto and once in Chicago), though I haven't seen Vertigo on the big screen.  I couldn't quite see The Sweet Smell of Success on the big screen, though I have at least seen it.

This weekend, Carlton is showing The Godfather, Pt II.  I think I'll go, even though it is 3+ hours, and they are showing it without an intermission!  

I think Paradise was showing Network and The China Syndrome, neither of which I've seen, but I wasn't able to go.

In the end I did manage to snag a ticket to one more Almodovar film (The Flower of My Secret).  I need to stop looking at Dec. 22, when they are showing What Have I Done to Deserve This, since I am going to the Sing-Along Messiah on that day.  In a perfect world, Tiff would shift the time of movie by a couple of hours and move it to a bigger theatre, so I could do both, but that doesn't seem likely.  I'll just have to see if What Have I Done to Deserve This shows up at Paradise or maybe The Revue one of these days.

I'm still a bit annoyed at how short the distribution run for Rumours was and it doesn't appear to be showing up on any streaming site or at a second-run theatre, though I am keeping my eyes out.  Bah.  I haven't seen anything announced for Cronenberg's Shrouds but that will definitely play Tiff again (and quite likely Market Square).  I think Carlton is supposed to be getting My Neighbour Toroto in in the next few weeks, and I'll probably go see that a second time.  (This is actually the film that launched my recent exploration of the Ghibli Studio work.)  The first week of Dec., Carlton is also showing Brazil.  Now I've seen Brazil quite a few times (6 or so), but I am not actually sure I have seen it on the big screen (only on home video), so I will try to make it for that.

A few days after that, I will probably see Orson Welles's F for Fake.  I have seen a fair number of Welles's films though not all that many on the big screen.  I'm pretty sure I saw The Lady from Shanghai at Film Forum in NYC, and Touch of Evil at the Paradise.  (I didn't actually think that much of Touch of Evil because so many characters just were so stupid...)

I did manage to see Varda's Murs Murs at the Paradise recently and enjoyed that.  I also saw The Beaches of Agnes at the Paradise and Faces Places at Tiff.  I tried a couple of times but haven't seen Cleo from 5 to 7 on the big screen.  Maybe some day.

Now I have managed to see most of Tati on the big screen.  I remember seeing Playtime in Chicago (and apparently a second time which I don't recall), and I am sure I saw Mon Oncle and M. Hulot's Vacances.  This might well have been New York.  I am much less sure if I saw Trafic in a theatre or not.

Finally, I remember I finally saw Fellini's La Dolce Vita at Tiff and then Amarcord at The Revue.  I don't go to The Revue very often, but they are showing La Dolce Vita in late Jan., and this is probably worth going to a second time.