Clif & Laurie’s Interested and Disinterested List
We went through one through fifteen on the IMDB list—many thanks, Joel,
for providing this list—and we sorted the movies into two categories:
Those we were interested in and those we were disinterested in.
First our *interested list* as this is the shorter one.
/*At War:* /We are both keen on this subject of a company closing the
effect on the workers. An added interest is seeing how this plays out in
another country.
/*Socrates: */Great reviews, gripping story of a scrappy orphan trying
to make it on his own. What’s not to like?
/*Advocate*: /A doc that tackles a compellingsubject: An Israeli lawyer
defending Palestinians who have been accused of being terrorists.
According to reviews, the rotoscope is used to obscure faces of clients.
/*Complicity*: /Good reviews by a few critics. A food film that also
deals with the terror of being undocumented. This is probably one that
should be screened first as there isn’t much written about it.
/*The Load:*///Really, really interested in this film that deals with
the moral consequences of just doing your job. Great reviews by many
critics.
Our *Disinterested* List
/*The Other Story*: /Just not interested in this subject. Sorry.
/*What You Gonna Do When the World’s on Fire:* /Sounds like it could be
Hale County 2.0.
/*Song without a Name:* /Not enough critical commentary provided to make
a good decision.
/*The Ground Beneath My Feet:* /As a former social worker, Clif is very
leery about using mental illness as a plot device.
/*Enigma:* /Again, not enough critical commentary on this movie.
/*Devil’s Playground: */Not exactly a classic but too old to be
contemporary.
/*Twin Flower: */Only two reviews. One good, one bad, and the good one
sounds like a splat.
/*A White, White Day:* /Sounds like a tired story and better suited for
television, say a Netflix series.
/*Ulysses & Mona: */Laurie just can’t take movies where one of the
characters has cancer. Too much of it in her own family.
/*Varda by Agnes*//: /We actually are interested in this one, but we
don’t think this movie will draw enough of an audience to make it worth
showing. /Faces/Places/ had a very small turnout.
We are eager to learn about everyone’s praises and pans.
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Laurie Graves
hinterlandspress.com
hinterlands.me
