#128 - My Metier

Managed to get a copy of this out of my library and judging by the quality of it, it has never been played before - LOL - pristine disk

This was a documentary with some of the actors from Carl's films - it takes a timeline view of his work and ends with the last two films we saw - if you were a massive fan I could see why you'd want to watch this - I've watched similar films with Satyajit Ray - (who man, we are years away from getting to in this catalog)

Anyhow....I started it a 2nd time cause I was multitasking the first time and thought it deserved the credit - even made a copy cause it's so freaking hard to find - it was just a nice feature and I got thru it - onward!

RB

#127 - Gertrud

I believe we have another play here adapted into a movie, Dreyer's last one.   This one was really a struggle to hold my interest - I won't lie - I might have bounced into TikTok a few times and had to rewind - I won't pretend to write a lot here - I'm honestly....just glad it's done

Lots of long dialog and extended 10 minute shots about a woman in a loveless marriage, drawn to a man who doesn't love her, and rejecting a 3rd man who has never gotten over her.   When she flees for new adventures at the end you expect the story to end but instead you skip ahead 30 years to an old spinster sitting along wondering whether she made the right choices or not

Anyways...gonna need nitrous or weed to watch this one again - sorry, Carl

RB