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Sara Freeman
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About Me

“I like baseball, movies, good clothes, fast cars, whiskey, and you…what else you need to know?”

The blah-blah-blah: Sara Freeman is a writer whose film and culture pieces have ranged from Claudette Colbert as a WWII action heroine to Edgar G. Ulmer’s late period sci-fi films to interviewing Molly Haskell and beyond. She specializes in writing and interviewing people about classic Hollywood, women in cinema and action movies. Sara was born in southern Oregon, spent her college years and then some in Chicago and moved to the Czech Republic in 2012. She often dreams of John McTiernan directing another movie.

Top 5 of All-Time:

1) RIO BRAVO (1959, Howard Hawks)
2) DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE (1995, John McTiernan)
3) WAY DOWN EAST (1920, D.W. Griffith)
4) TEA AND SYMPATHY (1956, Vincente Minnelli)
5) STREET OF SHAME (1956, Kenji Mizoguchi)

My Blog
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The-messiah

The Messiah

Absolutely fucking cosmic.

Style

  • Auteur-driven
  • Melancholy
  • Zip, whiz, and energetic!
  • Wildly romantic
  • Canonical classics
  • Shh!—silent cinema
  • Of-the-past
  • Other-worldly
  • Coming-of-Age
  • Avant-garde

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Jake Cole

24Feb13

I saw you became a fan of Canyon Passage. Wonderful movie, isn't it? The use of color is so in-keeping with Tourneur's style: unobtrusive yet immaculate. I did a brief piece on its color about a month ago I was so enamored with it. Also, I found Fat Choi Spirit floating around online since you were the first person I saw really rep it. It was delightful! God bless Johnnie To; who else would not only make a whole film about mahjong but absolutely stuff it to the gills with crane shots? It's nearer the bottom of my paltry list of To films seen but that is only because the SOB is TOO GOOD.

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    Sara Freeman

    25Feb13

    CANYON PASSAGE is grrr-eat! I had the opportunity to see it on film a few years ago and I'll never forget the image of Ward Bond peering through the leaves. *swoons* I might need to go on a Tourneur kick soon. :-) I'm *so* happy you liked FAT CHOI SPIRIT! It tends to be a movie I watch when I need a little pick-me-up.

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roujin

22Feb13

is that your top 5 of all time? cuz whoa? TEA AND SYMPATHY is Minnelli's masterpiece!

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    Sara Freeman

    23Feb13

    Yup! I guess I should specify. Honestly, though, my favorite Minnelli tends to flip-flop between TEA AND SYMPATHY, SOME CAME RUNNING, GIGI, BELLS ARE RINGING and THE LONG, LONG TRAILER. It's like choosing which beautiful, genius child is your favorite.

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H. K. ‡

21Feb13

Woah, you have awesome taste and your blog is incredible!

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    Sara Freeman

    23Feb13

    Wow! Thank you kindly! I'm looking forward to checking out your blog, too. It's nice to see PREDATOR in your top ten horror movies. :-)

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    H. K. ‡

    23Feb13

    Well you aren't the only one who dreams of McTiernan making another movie :)

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    Sara Freeman

    25Feb13

    We can all dare to dream.

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Jake Cole

20Feb13

I feel like a real heel for not following you the second I read your Hyams interview. And now I see you're trying to fill Johnnie To gaps this year too!

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    Sara Freeman

    20Feb13

    Thanks, Jake! You're a sweet pea. It's nice to see another Jane Campion fan around here. I'm looking forward to checking out your blog.

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    Jake Cole

    21Feb13

    I really want to go back and re-review a lot of the Campion I've written about. Her films were so instrumental in helping me grow as a film watcher and writer but I was still too green to really tackle them as well as they deserved. She doesn't get nearly enough love.

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    Sara Freeman

    21Feb13

    Ditto on all counts. I watched THE PIANO when I was a little girl and it had a huge impression on me. I am madly in love with BRIGHT STAR and had the chance to interview her about it back in '09. She was lovely to talk to. I had to talk to her while locked in a bathroom at the spa I worked for at the time. ;-) I can't wait for her new TV miniseries!

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