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Film Diary 2010

By: Christo​pher Wade Collins

Films not on The Auteurs
Presentation, or Charlotte and Her Steak – Eric Rohmer (France, 1951)
Lagos: Wide & Close -(2006)

Film commentaries and supplementary materials
Audio commentary for Fanny and Alexander – The Theatrical Version by film scholar Peter Cowie
Ingmar Bergman Bids Farewell to Film, a 60-minute conversation between Bergman and Nils Petter Sundgren
Audio commentary on Rome Open City featuring film scholar Peter Bondanella
Once Upon a Time . . . “Rome Open City” a 2006 documentary on the making of Rome Open City
Rossellini and the City a visual essay by film scholar Mark Shiel
Vitellonismo (2004) documentary about I vitelloni
Audio commentary of The Naked City by screenwriter Malvin Wald
Moral Tales, Filmic Issues a video conversation with Eric Rohmer and Barbet Schroeder
Q&A with Jim Jarmusch in which he responds to fans’ questions and a 1992 Belgian television interview from the Criterion release of Night on Earth.
“The Cast and Crew commentary” of Goodfellas with Martin Scorsese and others.
Audio commentary for Citizen Kane by Peter Bogdanovich
Audio commentary for Double Indemnity by film historian Richard Schickel
Video interviews with André Gregory and Wallace Shawn by Noah Baumbach from the Criterion release of My Dinner with Andre.
Audio commentary for Army of Shadows by film historian Ginette Vincendeau
Audio commentary for Chungking Express by Tony Rayns
Audio commentary for Seven Samurai by film scholars David Desser, Joan Mellen, Stephen Prince, Tony Rayns, and Donald Richie
Audio commentary for Che by Jon Lee Anderson, author of Che Guevara: A Revolutionary Life
The End of a Revolution (1968) by Brian Moser. A short documentary about Bolivia as part of the Criterion Collection release of Che
Q&A with Jim Jarmusch in which he responds to fans’ questions from the Criterion release of Mystery Train
Richard Linklater’s commentary for Dazed and Confused
Audio commentary for Grand Illusion by film historian Peter Cowie (from the Criterion Collection release)
Audio commentary for The Rules of the Game written by film scholar Alexander Sesonske and read by filmmaker Peter Bogdanovich

Television
Twin Peaks (Season One) – David Lynch & Mark Price (USA, 1990)
Treme (Season One) – David Simon and Eric Overmyer (USA, 2010)
Thomas Jefferson – Ken Burns (USA, 1997)
Welcome to Lagos – Will Anderson/BBC (Nigeria/UK, 2010)
The World at War – Jeremy Isaacs (UK, 1973-74)
The Wire (Seasons One through Five) – David Simon (USA, 2002-2008)
Bored to Death (Seasons One and Two) – Jonathan Ames (USA, 2009-2010)

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Christopher Wade Collins

5Feb10

Thanks! BEST OF YOUTH was a nice discovery for me - I could have passed on MY BROTHER IS AN ONLY CHILD however. A big thumbs up to SCENES FROM A MARRIAGE and the other Bergman films - I wanted to watch more but needed a break! If you like NAKED CITY, check out the commentary on the criterion DVD!

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Matt Kilgore

4Feb10

Good stuff here. I really love Best of Youth. Naked City is quite brilliant, as well as Scenes from a Marriage.

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Katherine

9Jan10

Hi Christopher I read his autobiography a while back and he was really messed up, as many geniuses are! I watched the film version and it probably is very different due to the amount of time involved. I was just infuriated by the husband's behaviour and that she was so forgiving and still wanted him! It reminded me of Bergman's biography, he left at least two of his wives in the same way and neglected his children. I loved his films and even this one was compelling (and certainly memorable!) but I just found the way the couple related to be very dated. I think Bergman was trying to come to grips with his own demons. Kath

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Christopher Wade Collins

8Jan10

Thanks for your comment, Katherine. Did you watch the TV series version or the film? I just watched episodes 4 and 5 of the TV version last night and am looking forward to the last one tonight. I find both the characters bother me in one way or another, but yet like them at the same time. Well done to Bergman for creating such complicated (and yes, unappealing!) characters. I don't know much about his personal life, but that's an interesting take.

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