Musical Stories recently on my screen

Triangle Drama # 17





BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
with Disney produced characters

by Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise
USA -91


+2 Acting
+3 Scenography

0 Thrill
+1 Humour

+2 Fantasy
0 Reality

+3 Whole Composition

= +11






first season of GLEE
Episodes 11-17

with Amber Riley, Jayma Mays and many more

created by Ian Brennan, Brad Falchuk, Ryan Murphy
USA -09


+2 Acting
0 Scenography

+1 Thrill
+2 Humour

0 Fantasy
+2 Reality

+3 Whole Composition

= +10






HAIR
with John Savage, Annie Golden and more

by Milos Forman
USA -79


0 Acting
-2 Scenography

-1 Thrill
0 Humour

+1 Fantasy
+1 Reality

+2 Whole Composition

= +1






I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a movie worth watching
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics






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Best Beatles Covers from every time

I've ever head so far...

many of them discovered on "Lennon & McCartney Songbook" or "All You Need is Covers" or "Motown Meets The Beatles".

By "Best" I mean a mix between most Beautiful, most Powerful, most Spiritual, most Unique.




1

Here Comes The Sun
with NINA SIMONE

2

Hey Jude
with WILSON PICKETT

3

Lucy in The Sky With Diamonds
with ELTON JOHN

4

And Your Bird Can Sing
with MATTHEW SWEET & SUSANNA HOFFS

5

For No One
with EMMYLOU HARRIS

6

Lady Madonna
with FATS DOMINO

7

Something
with ELVIS PRESLEY

8

Good Day Sunshine
with JIMMY JAMES & THE VAGABONDS

9

Got to Get You into My Life
with CLIFF BENNETT & THE REBEL ROUSERS

10

Help!
with DEEP PURPLE

11

Eleanor Rigby
with JOAN BAEZ

12

You've Got To Hide Your Love Away
with SILKIE

13

Don't Bother Me
with GREGORY PHILIPS

14

Fool On The Hill
with THE FOUR TOPS

15

Fool On The Hill
with SERGIO MENDES & BRASIL '66

16

You Won't See Me
with BRYAN FERRY

17

Lucy in The Sky With Diamonds
with CIRCULUS

18

Nowhere Man
with THE SETTLERS

19

Strawberry Fields Forever
with CANDY FLIP

20

Across The Universe [...fjärran står hjulen stilla...]
with RAJ MONTANA BAND [DAN HYLANDER]

21

Every Little Thing
with YES

22

Things We Said Today
with CLIFF RICHARD

23

I Call Your Name
with MAMAS AND PAPAS

24

Honey Pie
with NICK SCOTT

25

Your Mother Should Know
with KENNY BALL

26

She's Leaving Home
with SYREETA

27

Step Inside Love
with NINA-BADEN SEMPER

28

She Came in Through The Bathroom Window
with IKE & TINA TURNER

29

Helter Skelter
with SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES

30

Help!
with CARPENTERS

31

We Can Work It Out
with STEVIE WONDER

32

I'll Cry Instead
with JOE COCKER

33

Real Love
with REGINA SPECTOR

34

I Will
with ALISON KRAUSS

35

Mother Nature's Son
with GRYPHON

36

Rocky Raccoon
with MARIO MANERI

37

Ob-la-di Ob-la-da
with THE MARMALADE

38

I Am The Walrus
with JOHN OTWAY

39

Nowhere Man
with BEE GEES

40

Day Tripper
with SERGIO MENDES & BRASIL '66

41

From Me To You
with BOBBY McFERRIN

42

Love Me Do
with SANDIE SHAW

43

Please Please Me [Tu Perds Ton Temps]
with PETULA CLARK

44

Come Together
with DIANA ROSS & THE SUPREMES











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Triangle Drama # 14

three drama movies from nowadays (but one of them is four)




BLUE VALENTINE
with Michelle Williams & Ryan Gosling

by Derek Cianfrance
USA -11


+3 Acting
0 Scenography

+1 Thrill
-2 Humour

-1 Fantasy
+2 Reality

+2 Whole Composition

= +5






THE TRACEY FRAGMENTS
with Ellen Page

by Bruce McDonald on Maureen Medved
Canada -07


+2 Acting
-2 Scenography

-1 Thrill
-2 Humour

+1 Fantasy
+2 Reality

+3 Whole Composition

= +3






4 PSYCHO /MAD GHOST [LUD SEE LUD]

by Khasit Thairaath
by Korngkiet Komsiri
by Phawat Panangkasiri
by Chukiat Sakveerakul

Thailand -11



First short Film :


-2 Acting
0 Scenography

0 Thrill
-2 Humour

-1 Fantasy
-2 Reality

+1 Whole Composition

= -6




Second short Film :


-1 Acting
+2 Scenography

+1 Thrill
-2 Humour

+2 Fantasy
+1 Reality

-1 Whole Composition

= +2




Third short Film :


+1 Acting
+1 Scenography

-1 Thrill
-3 Humour

0 Fantasy
+2 Reality

0 Whole Composition

= 0




Fourth short Film :


-2 Acting
+2 Scenography

-2 Thrill
0 Humour

+2 Fantasy
-1 Reality

0 Whole Composition

= -1




TOTAL OF FOUR =

-5






I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a movie worth watching
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics






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Bee Gees among other Bees

BbB

I'm back to Bee Gees!!!


Realize they started even before Beatles, though they are born after each Beatles member. Bee Gees in the late 60's, when their full albums first appeared, sounds to me like a bit more serious cousin to The Kinks. Now I want to get a whole grip of every phase in Bee Gees' development, since they were not only three brothers, and lived in Australia as well as Britain. Even the american Beach Boys' discography I know better - strange because I loved to listen to Bee Gees many years before Beach Boys.


In high scool it began, while also Burt Bacharach's music reached my heart. I did'nt thought of the similarities then, but there really are some. It is true Burt was more into bossa nova and musical orchestra, Bee Gees a bit more rock-pop oriented but still very soul deep. Even Nina Simone has made natural interpretations of Bee Gees own songs, while Bacharach collaborated with other 60's soul-pop singers as Warwick and Franklin, which automatically attracted more ones like Springfield, Shaw and The Carpenters. Bee Gess later dwelled into different genres, most material yet unknown to me, except their High Civilization 1991. My little sister then had a love for their song Secret Love (and she likes Bacharach too).


But Bee Gees share with Burt a soulful feeling for schlager melodies combined with exotic beats. Beatles of course were close too, especially in the beginning. Bee Gees even covered Please Please Me -63 without knowing yet which big group they will be shown to have got the material from. And both groups could with some of their songs have made gold for the Motown Records, if they had been black. Many good covers of Beatles are made by motown artists. Well, who hasn't covered Beatles? Bee Gees made a beautiful version of Nowhere Man, but sadly enough skipped the good beat which they could have even developed.





http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2-e8QjU2WRM&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DaprCa9m_Mc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2zuNt2EOUY&feature=related&noredirect=1



BbB

styles of music I've listened to most during 2011

BbB

december

???
???

???
???



november

Bossa nova
mostly from the 60's

Soul schlager
mostly from the 60's



october

Glam rock
mostly from the 70's

Progressive rock
mostly from the 70's



september

Swing
mostly from the 30's

Waltz
mostly from the 30's



august

Boogie woogie
mostly from the 50's

Ragtime
mostly from the 1900's



july

Bluegrass, old Country
mostly from the 40's

Blues rock
mostly from the 60's



june

Folkie songs
mostly from the 70's

Musical
mostly from the 70's



may

French chansons
mostly from the 60's

Classical impressionism
mostly from the 1880's



april

Synth pop
mostly from the 80's

Computer-game scores
mostly from the 80's



mars

Organ-based Space rock
mostly from the 70's

Disco rock
mostly from the 90's



february

Motown
mostly from the 60's

Bubblegum pop
mostly from the 50's



january

Jazz schlagers
mostly from the 30's

Beatlesque pop
mostly from the 60's






bBb

11 Old Pieces I Love to Listen to Now

9th Elevator of 2011

Every version here performed by other artists than the songwriter



11

ANY DAY NOW (My Wild Beautiful Bird)
with Chuck Jackson

by Burt Bacharach & Hal David
from Any Day Now -62
via Magic Moments : The Definitive Burt Bacharach Collection


10

I THINK I LOVE YOU
with The Partridge Family

by Tony Romeo
from The Partridge Family Album -70


9

I'M NOT SAYIN'
with Nico

by Gordon Lightfoot
from not any album as I know -65


8

PLEASE MISTER POSTMAN
with Beatles

by Bateman, Dobbins, Garrett, Gorman, Holland
from With The Beatles -63


7

YOU CAN'T DO THAT
with Diana Ross & The Supremes

by Lennon & McCartney
from Motown Meets The Beatles


6

SOMEBODY TO LOVE
with Lea Michele and the Glee Club

by Freddie Mercury [Queen -76]
from first season of Glee -09


5

THE FAIREST OF THE SEASONS
with Nico

by Jackson Browne & Gregory Copeland
from Chelsea Girl -66


4

I SAY A LITTLE PRAYER
with Aretha Franklin

by Burt Bacharach & Hal David
from Aretha Now -68


3

SOMEWHERE
with Dionne Warwick

by Leonard Bernstein & Stephen Sondheim
from The Windows of The World -67


2

A HOUSE IS NOT A HOME
with Chris Colfer, Cory Monteith, Matthew Morrison & Kristin Chenoweth

by Burt Bacharach & Hal David
from first season of Glee -09


1

DESPERADO
with Carpenters

by Don Henley & Glenn Frey
from Horizon -75







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GroundBreaking Albums Reborn

or rather seems to me : to be different now

Triangle Drama # 17






SMiLE
Beach Boys -67
or
THE SMile SESSIONS
Beach Boys -11


Originally Unreleased 1966-67. We've heard half of the songs on other B.B.-albums. This is their first (or last) attempt with this material. "Backing Vocals Montage" seems very good as a bonus bounce to dive deeper into how their waves are really intertwined. I who adored the candy on "real" album Smiley Smile -67, though find myself confronted with a TOO sweet world this time. Moreover I have to melt all the vegetables before saying something more (maybe hasn't already been said).





FRESH CREAM
Cream -66


Felt like just boring blues six-seven years ago. Now sounds like LOVE is trying to bring Roy Orbison and Black Sabbath into the same shape, and succeeding! Here and there extremely creative, while some pieces still feels too one-eyed. "Disraeli Gears" at first seemed a more funny follow-up - now they are the other way around.





VELVET UNDERGROUND & NICO
Velvet Underground -67


At first I only liked the songs where Nico sings, maybe because of her calming voice. But since listening to Lou Reed's solo works last year, I appreciate all the pieces now. The record handles harmonious melodies as well as dissobidient artfulness. They should have played many of Dylan's songs, it would have sound more interesting than many of his own interpretations. That's less true for Donovan (who I adore more) but that Lou and his friends shows similarities with Donovan on this album is a new discovery now.






wWw

Triangle Drama # 16

Black'n'White movies with a big heart
+ glimpse in the eyes
about characters struggling for love, wealth or just acceptance
a bit distant from ordinary social networks




CITY LIGHTS
with Charlie Chaplin & Virginia Cherrill

by Charles Chaplin
USA -31


+3 Acting
+2 Scenography

-1 Thrill
+3 Humour

+2 Fantasy
+2 Reality

+1 Whole Composition

= +12






DET REGNAR PÅ VÅR KÄRLEK
[It's Raining On Our Love]

with Gösta Cederlund, Barbro Kollberg & Birger Malmsten

by Ingmar Bergman (and Herbert Grevenius)
on Oskar Braaten [Bra Mennesker /"Good People"]
Sweden -46


+3 Acting
+2 Scenography

0 Thrill
+1 Humour

-1 Fantasy
+2 Reality

+3 Whole Composition

= +10






THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS
with Anne Baxter, Tim Holt, Agnes Moorehead, Dolores Costello, Joseph Cotten

by Orson Welles
USA -42


+3 Acting
+3 Scenography

-1 Thrill
0 Humour

-1 Fantasy
+2 Reality

+2 Whole Composition

= +8






I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a movie worth watching
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics






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Also by Burt Bacharach of course

BB

It was in high school I began to listen to Burt Bacharach. Even though it was 1991 and I never had been to America (still don't) I loved his music more and more.

Here is (not a very favourite list, but) eleven songs I heard many times, before I realized they actually are made by Burt Bacharach:

1

(THERE'S) ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME
with Sandie Shaw

2

WISHIN' AND HOPIN'
with Dusty Springfield

3

MY LITTLE RED BOOK
with Manfred Mann or with Love

4

THAT'S WHAT FRIENDS ARE FOR
with Gladys Knight, Elton John, Dionne Warwick, Stevie Wonder

5

BABY, IT'S YOU
with The Shirelles

6

WHAT'S NEW, PUSSYCAT?
with Tom Jones

7

IN THE LAND OF MAKE BELIEVE
with The Drifters or Dusty Springfield

8

ARTHUR'S THEME (caught between the Moon and New York city)
with Christopher Cross

9

TOWER OF STRENGTH
with Gene McDaniels

10

CASINO ROYALE
with Herb Alpert

11

MAKE IT EASY ON YOURSELF
with The Walker Brothers




Some of them I didn't realize until NOW where made by Burt - while hearing the collection "Magic Moments", which also includes older pieces (back to Perry Como) before Bacharach had become really big.

For the most part I first heard his own versions (from daddy's collection). But during the years I've come across covers here and there. Well, in Burt's case the pieces often were written directly for different singers to make, since his main roles were the composer's and the conductor's.



Also a medley of six Bacharach pieces I discover that Carpenter's have made:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gtNrB4ZHEBU&feature=related







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11 loveliest Soul /R&B /Jazz SONGS of 2011

??


1

CHECKOUT TIME
Nick Lowe


2

A NIGHT LIKE THIS
Caro Emerald


3

EN SOMMARDAG SOM STÄNGS AV
[A Summer's Day Bein' Turned Off]
Anna Järvinen


4

GETTING READY FOR CHRISTMAS DAY
Paul Simon


5

BREATH AWAY
Duffy
(Released late -10)


6

PRICE TAG (It's not about the money)
Jessie J


7

6 WEEKS
James Morrison


8

OTIS
Jay-Z & Kanye West


9

THE WORDS THAT MAKETH MURDER
P J Harvey


10

THE CIRCLE MARRIED THE LINE
Leslie Feist


11

TAKE IT ALL
Adele Adkins







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11 loveliest Folk /Country SONGS of 2011

??


1

OLD ALABAMA
Brad Paisley


2

I DO
Colbie Caillat


3

ARMS
Christina Perri


4

FOR WHAT IT'S WORTH
Stevie Nicks


5

(SHE THINKS WE'RE) JUST FISHIN'
Trace Adkins


6

GIRL IN A TRUCK
Kevin Fowler


7

ALL KINDS OF KINDS
Miranda Lambert


8

GEORGIA PEACHES
Lauren Alaina


9

TRAITOR
Richard Buckner


10

TOO DAMN YOUNG
Luke Bryan


11

DRIVE HER OUT
Josh T. Pearson







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11 loveliest Indie Pop /Art Rock SONGS of 2011

??


1

FIRST LIGHT
My Morning Jacket


2

I MIGHT
Wilco


3

NEAT LITTLE ROWS
Elbow


4

UNDER COVER OF DARKNESS
The Strokes


5

WHAT YOU WANT
Evanescene


6

(WHAT DID YOU EXPECT FROM) POST BREAK-UP SEX
The Vaccines


7

WAR IN HEAVEN
The Raveonettes


8

UNGRATEFUL
Frankie & The Heartstrings


9

EVERYBODY'S ON THE RUN
Noel Gallagher


10

DAYS ARE FORGOTTEN
Kasabian


11

NEW DIRECTION
The Black Lips






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11 loveliest Electronica /Synth SONGS of 2011

??


1

PARADISE
Coldplay


2

CINEMA
Benny Benassi (featuring Gary Go)


3

WEEKEND
Class Actress [=Elisabeth Harper & Mark Richardson]


4

FIRE IN THE HOUSE
Hard-Fi


5

STAY AWAKE
Example [=Elliot Gleave]


6

STRANGERS
White Lies


7

GUILT
Nero


8

HOLD IT AGAINST ME (if I said I want your body now)
Britney Spears


9

CLOUD 4
Brian Eno (and the words of Rick Holland)


10

SITTING ON THE TOP OF THE WORLD
Roxette


11

OUTSIDE INSIDE
The Streets







wWw

Triangle Drama # 7

dramas about being crazy or not
by living in locked institutions
or by leaving locked institutions
by one's own will or not
one prison
one monastery
one mental hospital






OZ
first season, 8 episodes

created by Tom Fontana
USA [HBO] -97


+3 Acting
-1 Scenography

+3 Thrill
-2 Humour

0 Fantasy
+3 Reality

+2 Whole Composition

= +8






ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
by Milos Forman
USA -75


+3 Acting
-2 Scenography

+1 Thrill
+2 Humour

+2 Fantasy
+1 Reality

0 Whole Composition

= +7






OF GODS AND MEN [Des Hommes et Des Dieux]
by Xavier Beauvois
France /Morocco -10


0 Acting
0 Scenography

-2 Thrill
-3 Humour

-2 Fantasy
+2 Reality

-2 Whole Composition

= -7






I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a movie worth watching
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics



wWw

111 movies among imdb Top 250

By this time in my life I've watched 150 among the 250 movies highest voted (by all world's users) on "internet movie database"

and then I mean consciously during the last decade. Here is my list of how much I've appreciated to see each one before I die.

# shows the actual position on their Top 250 by the time this list was made



1. (# 90)

2001 : A SPACE ODYSSEY
by Stanley Kubrick -68


2. (# 46)

VERTIGO
by Alfred Hitchcock -58


3. (# 200)

PERSONA
by Ingmar Bergman -66


4. (# 76)

ONCE UPON A TIME IN AMERICA
by Sergio Leone -84


5. (# 120)

BLADE RUNNER
by Ridley Scott -82


6. (# 45)

SPIRITED AWAY
by Hayao Miyazaki -01


7. (# 165)

GROUNDHOG DAY ["Måndag hela veckan"]
by Harold Ramis -93


8. (# 65)

ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND
by Michel Gondry -04


9. (# 193)

8 1/2
by Federico Fellini -63


10. (# 12)

INCEPTION
by Christopher Nolan -10


11. (# 96)

THE STING ["Blåsningen"]
by George Roy Hill -73


12. (# 239)

STALKER
by Andrei Tarkowsky -79


13. (# 48)

THE SHINING
by Stanley Kubrick -80


14. (# 22)

REAR WINDOW
by Alfred Hitchcock -54


15. (# 218)

SHERLOCK JR.
by Buster Keaton -24


16. (# 5)

PULP FICTION
by Quentin Tarantino -94


17. (# 67)

BACK TO THE FUTURE
by Robert Zemeckis -85


18. (# 103)

GRAN TORINO
by Clint Eastwood -08


19. (# 43)

TAXI DRIVER
by Martin Scorsese -76


20. (# 57)

A CLOCKWORK ORANGE
by Stanley Kubrick -71


21. (# 13)

SEVEN SAMURAI
by Akira Kurosawa -54


22. (# 52)

M
by Fritz Lang -31


23. (# 50)

AMELIE FROM MONTMARTRE
by Jean-Pierre Jeunet -01


24. (# 128)

WILD STRAWBERRIES
by Ingmar Bergman -57


25. (# 229)

ROMAN HOLIDAY ["Prinsessa på vift"]
by William Wyler -53


26. (# 140)

IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT
by Frank Capra -34


27. (# 27)

SEVEN
by David Fincher -95


28. (# 44)

ALIEN
by Ridley Scott -79


29. (# 86)

BICYCLE THIEVES
by Vittorio de Sica -48


30. (# 61)

MODERN TIMES
by Charles Chaplin -36


31. (# 20)

ONCE UPON A TIME IN THE WEST
by Sergio Leone -68


32. (# 98)

STAR WARS episode VI : RETURN OF THE JEDI
by Richard Marquand -83


33. (# 53)

WALL-E
[Pixar]
by Andrew Stanton -08


34. (# 30)

IT'S A WONDERFUL LIFE
by Frank Capra -46


35. (# 159)

SUNRISE
by F.W. Murnau -27


36. (# 82)

SOME LIKE IT HOT
by Billy Wilder -59


37. (# 2) + (# 3)

THE GODFATHER
+ THE GODFATHER part 2
by Francis Ford Coppola -72 /-74


38. (# 152)

MILLION DOLLAR BABY
by Clint Eastwood -04


39. (# 244)

MONSTERS INC.
[Pixar]
by Pete Docter -01


40. (# 118)

FOR A FEW DOLLARS MORE
by Sergio Leone -65


41. (# 1)

THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION ["Nyckeln till Frihet"]
by Frank Darabont -94


42. (# 24)

SILENCE OF THE LAMBS
by Jonathan Demme -91


43. (# 138)

ANNIE HALL
by Woody Allen -77


44. (# 194)

MARY & MAX
by Adam Elliot -09


45. (# 31)

MEMENTO
by Christopher Nolan -00


46. (# 91)

METROPOLIS
by Fritz Lang -27


47. (# 21)

MATRIX
by Andy & Lana Wachowski -99


48. (# 78)

RAGING BULL
by Martin Scorsese -80


49. (# 188)

THE WRESTLER
by Darren Aronofsky -08


50. (# 99)

THE ELEPHANT MAN
by David Lynch -80


51. (# 166)

THE THING
by John Carpenter -82


52. (# 248)

BEAUTY AND THE BEAST
[Disney]
by Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise -91


53. (# 68)

THE THIRD MAN
by Carol Reed -49


54. (# 38)

CITIZEN KANE
by Orson Welles -41


55. (# 247)

RAIN MAN
by Barry Levinson -88


56. (# 8)

ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEST
by Milos Forman -75


57. (# 63)

LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL [LA VITA É BELLA]
by Roberto Benigni -97


58. (# 83)

SINGIN' IN THE RAIN
by Stanley Donen & Gene Kelly -52


59. (# 151)

BUTCH CASSIDY & SUNDANCE KID
by George Roy Hill -69


60. (# 93)

OLDBOY
by Chan-wook Park -03


61. (# 77)

RASHOMON ["Demonernas Port"]
by Akira Kurosawa -50


62. (# 207)

THE WILD BUNCH
by Sam Peckinpah -69


63. (# 131)

THE WIZARD OF OZ
by Victor Flemming -39


64. (# 47)

CITY LIGHTS
by Charles Chaplin -31


65. (# 62)

REQUIEM FOR A DREAM
by Darren Aronofsky -00


66. (# 110)

THE SEVENTH SEAL
by Ingmar Bergman -57


67. (# 205)

THE EXORCIST
by William Friedkin -73


68. (# 179)

HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON
by Dean DeBlois & Chris Sanders


69. (# 4)

THE GOD, THE BAD, THE UGLY
by Sergio Leone -66


70. (# 58)

LAWRENCE OF ARABIA
by David Lean -62


71. (# 187)

GANDHI
by Richard Attenborough -82


72. (# 18)
CITY OF GOD
by Fernando Meirelles & Katia Lund -02


73. (# 202)

LA STRADA
by Federico Fellini -54


74. (# 108)

REBECCA
by Alfred Hitchcock -40


75. (# 224)

ROSEMARY'S BABY
by Roman Polanski -68


76. (# 126)

JAWS ["Hajen"]
by Steven Spielberg -75


77. (# 211)

THE PASSION OF JOAN OF ARC
by Carl Theodor Dreyer -28


78. (# 206)

THE DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY
by Julian Schnabel -07


79. (# 116)

BLACK SWAN
by Darren Aronofsky -10


80. (# 123)

SNATCH
by Guy Ritchie -00


81. (# 14)

FIGHT CLUB
by David Fincher -99


82. (# 107)

DIE HARD
by John McTiernan -88


83. (# 163)

AMORES PERROS ["Kärlekens Hundar"]
by Alejandro Gonzales Inaritu -00


84. (# 40)

AMERICAN BEAUTY
by Sam Mendes -99


85. (# 250)

NOSFERATU
by F.W. Murnau -22


86. (# 26)

PSYCHO
by Alfred Hitchcock -60


87. (# 115)

YOJIMBO
by Akira Kurosawa -61


88. (# 184)

MY FRIEND TOTORO
by Hayao Miyazaki -88


89. (# 133)

TOY STORY
[Pixar]
by John Lasseter -95


90. (# 216)

TRUMAN SHOW
by Peter Weir -98


91. (# 222)

MYSTIC RIVER
by Clint Eastwood -03


92. (# 178)

STAND BY ME
by Rob Reiner -86


93. (# 60)

HOW TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD
by Robert Mulligan -62


94. (# 142)

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
by Danny Boyle & Loveleen Tandan -08


95. (# 238)

KILL BILL volume 2
by Quentin Tarantino -04


96. (# 119)

THE GENERAL
by Buster Keaton -26


97. (# 34)

DR STRANGELOVE (or HOW I LEARNED TO STOP WORRYING AND LOVE THE BOMB)
by Stanley Kubrick -64


98. (# 11)

STAR WARS : THE EMPIRE STRIKES BACK
by Irvin Kershner -80


99. (# 169)

DISTRICT 9
by Neill Blomkamp -09


100. (# 10)

THE LORD OF THE RINGS part III : THE RETURN OF THE KING
by Peter Jackson -03


101. (# 125)

THE KING'S SPEECH
by Tom Hooper -10


102. (# 160)

THE SECRET IN THEIR EYES
by Juan José Campanella -09


103. (# 55)

THE LIFE OF OTHERS
by Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck -06


104. (# 104)

UP
[Pixar]
by Pete Docter & Bob Peterson -09


105. (# 192)

THE 400 BLOWS
by Francois Truffaut -59


106. (# 190)

THE NIGHT OF THE HUNTER ["Trasdockan"]
by Charles Laughton -55


107. (# 223)

LET THE RIGHT ONE IN ["Låt Den Rätte Komma In"]
by Tomas Alfredson -08


108. (# 87)

PAN'S LABYRINTH
by Guillermo del Toro -06


109. (# 85)

GLADIATOR
by Ridley Scott -00


110. (# 97)

INGLORIOUS BASTERDS
by Quentin Tarantino -09


111. (# 182)

TWELVE MONKEYS
by Terry Gilliam -95











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Triangle Drama # 21

three written pieces = two short stories and one novel
of Sci-Fi and/or horror fantasy
about human fantasy




JORDEN ÄR EN SAGA ["Planet Earth is A Fairytale"]
by Sven Christer Swahn
Sweden 2004
(in nova sci-fi magazine)


+3 Language
-1 Characters

+1 Thrill
+1 Humour

+3 Fantasy
+2 Reality

+3 Whole Composition

= +12






SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES
by Ray Bradbury
USA 1962
through audio book read by Kevin Foley


+1 Language
+2 Characters

0 Thrill
+1 Humour

+2 Fantasy
+1 Reality

-1 Whole Composition

= +6






THE SILVER KEY
by H.P. Lovecraft
USA 1926
translated to swedish (in mitrania sci-fi magazine)


+1 Language
-2 Characters

-2 Thrill
-3 Humour

+3 Fantasy
+2 Reality

-2 Whole Composition

= -3






I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a story worth reading
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics



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Triangle Drama # 12

Old Sci-Fi which I was surprised to find a bit forced or shallow

First two episodes of series I've never seen before
with 22 years between each





very first episodes of DOCTOR WHO
"An Unearthly Child"

created by Sydney Newman
UK -63


-3 Acting
0 Scenography

-2 Thrill
0 Humour

+2 Fantasy
+1 Reality

-2 Whole Composition

= -4






AMAZING STORIES
"Ghost Train" and so on

created by Steven Spielberg
USA -85


-3 Acting
+1 Scenography

-2 Thrill
-1 Humour

+2 Fantasy
0 Reality

-2 Whole Composition

= -5






FLASH GORDON : SPACE SOLDIERS CONQUERS THE UNIVERSE
"The Purple Death"

by Ford Beebe & Ray Taylor
USA -41


-3 Acting
+3 Scenography

-3 Thrill
-2 Humour

-2 Fantasy
-3 Reality

-1 Whole Composition

= -11






I review each aspect through scale -3, -2, -1, 0, +1, +2, +3
Total possible is +21 for the very most promising
while -21 can still be a series worth watching
Rather than judging I'm just trying to see the dynamics



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