1001 Movies To See Before I Kill You
Not really, of course. That would make for an excessively long blog post and an excessively long kill list.
No, I had the title in mind and couldn’t think of a use for it, and wanted to make a quick announcement about forthcoming attractions on Shadowplay, but didn’t have a title for it, and so…
The month of November sees me relocate to Dublin (if my paymasters at Edinburgh College of Art approve: still waiting for final confirmation on that one but it seems likely) for the post-production of NATAN (still waiting for final title to materialise). So that month may see Shadowplay turn into an extended edit log. No, I wouldn’t do that to you, but there may be lighter posting, including regular updates on the film if I can find anything to say about it that’s not a spoiler or libel.
More excitingly for you, December will see the third installment of THE LATE SHOW: The Late Films Blogathon, in which I invite all you wonderful people out there in the dark to write about late and last films by beloved directors, producers, screenwriters, performers, nation-states (what was Yugoslavia’s last film?)… It’s a bijou affair, mainly because I don’t shout about it enough, but that might be a good, easy way to fill the blog in November, so maybe we can have a bigger party this year. Festivities start on Saturday, December 1st, and last all week.
Image above is from Egypt’s answer to ABBOT AND COSTELLO MEET FRANKENSTEIN, but I forget the title.
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October 23, 2012 at 1:08 pm
hope all the plans work out- was only briefly in Dublin this year but the Irish Film Centre is fab and … (she whispers) the food is better than the filmhoose
October 23, 2012 at 2:40 pm
Best of luck with the relocation and the post production! Also, go ahead and libel away. Just a little. Be a tease.
October 23, 2012 at 3:11 pm
Here’s the Ultimate Late/Last film (Sorry about the Spanish subtitles)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxanq_T9-1U
October 23, 2012 at 3:20 pm
Gertrud is one I should have a go at, for sure. I’ll pack a stash of late films for my trip. The Lonely Passion of Judith Hearne is a must, and The Dead would seem pretty inescapable.
October 23, 2012 at 4:39 pm
and don’t forget —
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCW95R3ObtY
October 23, 2012 at 6:28 pm
Please put me in the blogathon! My blog is in Portuguese, but there is a translator in the sidebar to hlep all my foreign readers. Soon i’ll come back to say which film I’ll write about.
Greetings,
Le
October 23, 2012 at 9:40 pm
You’d be very welcome, Le! This blogathon is open to all!
October 25, 2012 at 8:39 am
Film title is HARAM ALEK, aka ISMAIL YASSIN MEETS FRANKENSTEIN (1953).
October 25, 2012 at 12:56 pm
Thanks! I knew somebody out there would know. I *should* have known that someone would be you!
October 31, 2012 at 3:17 am
I would like to join your Blogathon. Would posting on an actor’s penultimate film be OK?
October 31, 2012 at 9:26 am
Absolutely! Remember, 1st to 7th Dec. I’ll prepare some banners and badges.