October 2003 Film Viewing Log


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

 
OCTOBER
 
Oct 31 Mr. Vampire Part 3 (1987, Hong Kong, D: Ricky Lau) 3.25 / 5 [zzz]
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Oct 30 Goke, Bodysnatcher From Hell (1968, Japan, D: Hajim Sato) 2.5 / 5 [dub,z]
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Oct 29 Little Otik (2000, Czechoslovakia, D: Jan Svankmajer) 4.25 / 5
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Down To The Cellar (1983, short, Czechoslovakia, D: Jan Svankmajer) 3.75 / 5
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Oct 28 Valerie And Her Week Of Wonders (1970, Czechoslovakia, D: Jaromil Jires) 2.75 / 5
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The Fall Of The House Of Usher (1981, short, Czechoslovakia, D: Jan Svankmajer) 3 / 5
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The Raven (2000, short, Czechoslovakia, D: Lucie Simkova-Sunkova) 2.75 / 5
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Oct 27 Martha (1974, Germany, D: Rainer Werner Fassbinder) 2 / 5
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Suspicion (1941, USA, D: Alfred Hitchcock) 2.75 / 5
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Oct 26 The Weather Underground (2003, USA, D: Sam Green & Bill Siegel) 3.5 / 5
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The Pied Piper (1985, featurette, Czechoslovakia, D: Jirí Bárta) 4 / 5
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Golem (1999, short, Czechoslovakia, D: Jirí Bárta) 3.5 / 5
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The Last Theft (1987, short, Czechoslovakia, D: Jirí Bárta) 3.5 / 5
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Oct 25 The Ear (1970, Czechoslovakia, D: Karel Kachyna) 4 / 5
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The Pit, The Pendulum And Hope (1983, short, Czechoslovakia, D: Jan Svankmajer) 3.5 / 5
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All About Eve (1950, USA, D: Joseph L. Mankiewicz) 4.5 / 5
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The Day The Earth Stood Still (1951, USA, D: Robert Wise) 3.75 / 5
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Oct 24 Who Wants To Kill Jessie? (1966, Czechoslovakia, D: Vaclav Vorlicek) 3.5 / 5
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Till Early Morning (1999, short, Czechoslovakia, D: Marie Kubátová) 3.25 / 5
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Oct 22 Capturing The Friedmans (2003, USA, D: Andrew Jarecki) 3.25 / 5
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The Magdalene Sisters (2003, UK/Ireland, D: Peter Mullan) 3.5 / 5
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Oct 19 The Venus' Tear Diamond (1971, Hong Kong, D: Inoue Umetsugu) 2.75 / 5 [dvd]
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Oct 18 Heaven And Hell (1979, Hong Kong, D: Chang Cheh) 2.75 / 5 [dvd]
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Oct 16 The Naked Spur (1953, USA, D: Anthony Mann) 4 / 5
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Oct 15 "X" [aka The Man With The X-Ray Eyes] (1963, USA, D: Roger Corman) 3.25 / 5
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Oct 14 The Cuckoo (2003, Russia, D: Alexander Rogozhkin) 3.5 / 5
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Oct 13 Owning Mahowny (2003, Canada/USA/UK, D: Richard Kwietniowski) 2.5 / 5
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Dirty Pretty Things (2003, UK, D: Stephen Frears) 3 / 5
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Oct 12 Kill Bill Vol. 1 (2003, USA, D: Quentin Tarantino) 3.5 / 5
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Oct 6 Gigantic (A Tale Of Two Johns) (2003, USA, D: A.J. Schnack) 2.75 / 5
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Respiro (2003, Italy, D: Emanuele Crialese) 3.5 / 5
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Oct 5 The Italian Job (2003, USA, D: F. Gary Gray) 3.25 / 5
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Temple Of The Red Lotus (1965, Hong Kong, D: Hsu Cheng-Hung) 2.5 / 5 [dvd]
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Oct 3 Once Upon A Time In Mexico (2003, USA, D: Robert Rodriguez) 3.25 / 5
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Oct 2 Hulk (2003, USA, D: Ang Lee) 3.25 / 5
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September 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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