Two Characters in Search of an Ending
The Adjustment Bureau (Universal Pictures, 2011) is not a great movie, but it’s not a bad one either. The press compared it to Inception, but the films are only superficially similar: both create alternative conceptual worlds. The Adjustment Bureau is not driven by its concept though: instead the romance between David (Matt Damon) and Elise (Emily [...]
Posted on March 28, 2011 at 11:04 pm by Victoria Olsen · Permalink
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In: contemporary, endings, film · Tagged with: Emily Blunt, George Nolfi, Inception, Matt Damon, Philip K. Dick, postaweek2011, The Adjustment Bureau
In: contemporary, endings, film · Tagged with: Emily Blunt, George Nolfi, Inception, Matt Damon, Philip K. Dick, postaweek2011, The Adjustment Bureau
New Endings
I’d like to inaugurate the new beginning of the year and my blog with a piece about endings. What follows is a new direction for me, but one that is continuous with my earlier readings of photographs. This year I will post short, essay-like reviews of films –some recent, some less so–that come out of [...]
Posted on January 8, 2011 at 11:12 pm by Victoria Olsen · Permalink
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In: contemporary, endings, film · Tagged with: Black Swan, Christopher Nolan, Coen Brothers, Darren Aronofsky, Inception, Martin Scorsese, postaweek2011, Robbie Robertson, The Last Waltz, True Grit
In: contemporary, endings, film · Tagged with: Black Swan, Christopher Nolan, Coen Brothers, Darren Aronofsky, Inception, Martin Scorsese, postaweek2011, Robbie Robertson, The Last Waltz, True Grit