November 2003 Film Viewing Log


The list of films I saw, in reverse chronological order.

 
NOVEMBER
 
Nov 30 The Matrix Revolutions (2003, USA, D: Andy & Larry Wachowski) 3.25 / 5
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Nov 29 Investigation Of A Citizen Above Suspicion (1970, Italy, D: Elio Petri) 3.25 / 5
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Nov 28 Inner Senses (nr-2002, Hong Kong, D: Law Chi-Leung) 3.25 / 5 [fest]
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Nov 25 Foolproof (2003, Canada, D: William Phillips) 2 / 5
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Takhir And Zukhra (1945, Uzbekistan/USSR, D: Nabi Ganiyev) 3.25 / 5 [z]
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Nov 24 Viva Maria! (1965, France, D: Louis Malle) 3.25 / 5 [z]
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Nov 23 Master And Commander: The Far Side Of The World (2003, USA, D: Peter Weir) 3.5 / 5
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Tenderness (1967, Uzbekistan/USSR, D: Elyer Ishmukhamedov) 3.25 / 5 [z]
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Nov 22 The Son (nr-2002, Belgium/France, D: Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne) 3.25 / 5 [video]
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Nov 19 Scarface (1983, USA, D: Brian De Palma) 3 / 5
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Nov 17 The Animation Show
 
Welcome To The Show (2003, short, USA, D: Don Hertzfeldt) 3 / 5
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Ricardo (year?, short x 3, USA, D: Corky Quakenbush) 2 / 5
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Strange Invaders (2001, short, Canada, D: Cordell Barker) 3.5 / 5 [r]
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Mt. Head (2002, short, Japan, D: Koji Yamamura) 3 / 5
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Billy's Balloon (1998, short, USA, D: Don Hertzfeldt) 3.25 / 5
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Mars And Beyond (1957, excerpt, USA, D: Ward Kimball) 3.5 / 5
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Ident (1989, short, UK, D: Richard Goleszowski) 2.75 / 5
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The Cathedral (2002, short, Poland, D: Tomek Baginski) 3 / 5
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Intermission In The Third Dimension (2003, short, USA, D: Don Hertzfeldt) 3.25 / 5
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La Course A L'Abime (1992, short, Switzerland, D: Georges Schwizgebel) 3 / 5
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Parking (2003, short, USA, D: Bill Plympton) 2.5 / 5
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50 Percent Grey (2001, short, Ireland, D: Ruairi Robinson) 3.25 / 5 [r]
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Early Pencil Tests (1990, short, USA, D: Mike Judge) 2.75 / 5
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Huh? (1990?, short, USA, D: Mike Judge) 3 / 5
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Office Space (1991, short, USA, D: Mike Judge) 3 / 5 [r]
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Vincent (1982, short, USA, D: Tim Burton) 3 / 5
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Rejected (2000, short, USA, D: Don Hertzfeldt) 3.75 / 5 [r]
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Das Rad (2002, short, Germany, D: Chris Tenner, Arvid Uibel & Heidi Wittlinger) 3.25 / 5
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The End Of The Show (2003, short, USA, D: Don Hertzfeldt) 3 / 5
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Nov 15 Veronika Voss (1982, Germany, D: Rainer Werner Fassbinder) 3 / 5
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Seven Chances (1925, USA, D: Buster Keaton) 4 / 5
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The Balloonatic (1923, short, USA, D: Buster Keaton & Edward F. Cline) 3.5 / 5
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Nov 14 Falling Angels (2003, Canada, D: Scott Smith) 3.75 / 5 [r]
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Nov 12 There Are Horses [aka Eto Loshadi] (1965, short, Kyrgyzstan/USSR, D: Tolomush Okeyev) 3.25 / 5
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The Fierce One (1974, Kyrgyzstan/Kazakhstan/USSR, D: Tolomush Okeyev) 3.5 / 5
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Nov 10 Nashville (1975, USA, D: Robert Altman) 3.75 / 5
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Flesh And The Devil (1926, USA, D: Clarence Brown) 3 / 5 [zzz]
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Nov 9 The Fall Of Otrar (1991, Kazakhstan, D: Ardak Amirkulov) 3.5 / 5 [z]
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Âme D'Artiste (1925, France, D: Germaine Dulac) 3 / 5
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Nov 7 Bus 174 (2003, Brazil, D: José Padilha) 3.25 / 5
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Nov 6 A Problem With Fear (2003, Canada, D: Gary Burns) 2.5 / 5
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L'Invitation Au Voyage (1927, short, France, D: Germaine Dulac) 3.5 / 5
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The Smiling Madame Beudet (1922, short, France, D: Germaine Dulac) 3.75 / 5
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La Fête Espagnole (1920, fragment, France, D: Germaine Dulac) 3.25 / 5
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Nov 5 Alien (1979, 2003 director's cut, USA, D: Ridley Scott) 3.75 / 5
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Nov 3 Open Range (2003, USA, D: Kevin Costner) 2.75 / 5
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Nov 2 Uncle Cyril [aka Invisible] (1988, Czechoslovakia, D: Jiri Svoboda) 1.5 / 5 [wo]
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Defector (1998, short, Czechoslovakia, D: Vaclav Kadrnka) 2.5 / 5
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Nov 1 White Heat (1949, USA, D: Raoul Walsh) 3.5 / 5
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October 2003


Notes: If the feature film listed is less than four years old, the year that accompanies it is the year of its release in Toronto. If the feature is older or if it has not been released in Toronto, the year listed is derived from the IMDB. In the latter case, the year is preceded by the characters 'nr'. TV movies are listed by year of first broadcast and are preceded by the characters 'tv'. Years for short films are retrieved from wherever I can find information.

Legend:
tv = I saw the movie on television
video = I saw the movie on videotape
dvd = I saw the movie on dvd
ld = I saw the movie on laserdisc
infl = I saw the movie on a plane
instl = I saw the movie as a gallery installation
net = I saw the movie streamed on the internet
vp = I saw the movie projected from a video source
qba = print/video quality below average
3d = the movie was in 3-D
r = repeat viewing -- I had previously seen the movie sometime in my adult life
pre = pre-release viewing -- I saw the movie in advance of its release to Toronto theatres
tiff = I saw the movie at the Toronto International Film Festival
fest = I saw the movie at a film festival other than TIFF
ot = I saw the movie outside of Toronto
orig = I saw the original-language version
dub = I saw the English-dubbed version
tntv = tentative grade; I was considerably distracted during the screening or missed significant sections of the film
wo = I walked out before it finished
z = I nodded off during a small portion of the film, but I don't think I missed enough to alter my grade
zzz = I slept through a considerable portion of the film, so take my grade with a grain of salt

Confused by my idiosyncratic 5-star rating system? Here's an explanation.

My Scale What It Means Letter Grade 4-Star Scale Pro/Mixed/Con
5 / 5 All-time great A+ 4 Pro
4.5 / 5 One of the year's best A
4.25 / 5 Damn good A- 3.5
4 / 5 Very good B+
3.75 / 5 Quite good
3.5 / 5 Good B 3
3.25 / 5 Decent
3 / 5 Ok B- 2.5 Mixed
2.75 / 5 Almost, but not quite C+
2.5 / 5 Has its moments C 2 Con
2 / 5 Not good C- 1.5
1.5 / 5 Very bad D 1
1 / 5 Dire F 0

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