The Purpose of this Blog...



Originally, it was "To watch all the important films in World Cinema and write something intelligent in response."



It was an ambitious goal, and I was making some progress. I have slowed down considerably. This is still meant to be a blog of poetry about film. I may add some trivia or prose. I just added a poem about a cable series. It is an evolving project.



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Monday, August 31, 2009

Children of Paradise (1946)

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Children of Paradise (1946)


In the finale, isn't life
just like a
screaming mime
torn violently from his
spiritual bride?
Further and further
from his goddess
the bobbing horde pushes
him. They

are a violent sea of
white-clad revelers
whose ironic costumes proclaim:

If we sweep you in the wrong direction--
Too bad but don't blame us!
We are innocent, because we, too
are pure--!
We too, are spinning!
We too
love life while spinning dizzily
in the the wrong direction--
we, too--
are
French--!



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