Comments on: The Year in Review: 2009

By: Monday Morning Diary (January 4) « Wonders in the Dark

Monday Morning Diary (January 4) « Wonders in the Dark — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 04:57:01 +0000

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By: Tony D'Ambra

Tony D'Ambra — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 09:32:53 +0000

Thanks John. Glad that you enjoyed Port of Shadows. I need to revisit it too.

By: John Greco

John Greco — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 13:15:02 +0000

Tony,

A great selection! I finally saw “Port of Shadows” since I commented when your article was originally posted. What a great film, certainly one of the best I watched in 2009. A brilliant fatalistic love story. I have to watch it again and maybe even do my own article.
“Christ in Concrete” still eludes me, hopefully I will get to see this as I am interested in films with the immigrant, especially Italian-American, background.

By: Tony D'Ambra

Tony D'Ambra — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:29:38 +0000

Thanks Edward! Looking forward to your continued contributions in 2010.

Thanks Joel. I will certainly look out for your round-up.

By: MovieMan0283

MovieMan0283 — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 05:39:18 +0000

Tony,

Like you my blogging has waxed and waned all year but I feel worse about my sporadic attendance at other blogs than my sporadic upkeep of my own. Hopefully this round-up ameliorates that, just a little bit. Tomorrow, as I gather together the links I will read (and re-read in some cases) all of these. I’m glad you’ve kept at it, ambivalence and all…

Happy new year,

Joel

By: Edward Yablonsky

Edward Yablonsky — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 02:51:28 +0000

I particularly liked this post Noir City Blues with the following text:
LA, Frisco, Chicago, and New York. I know these cinematic cities though I have never been. A resident knows his locale, but the city in its ectoplasmic center is not reached corporeally, only in the phantasmagoria of a thousand and one shards of shattered night. Luminescent environs of a cosmic b-movie. Wet asphalt, fog-laden piers, deserted streets, rusting hulks at anchor, the neon glimmer of purgatory dives, cigarettes and booze, dark tenements, the skid of car tires, and the wailing sirens of the dead. Staccato rhythms and aching horns, crowded pavements and desperate loneliness.

One more fix, the last heist. Treachery, misplaced loyalty, and courageous infamy. The denizens of a nether world trafficking in sordid magic and lurid hopes.
The surrealism is not as far fetched as one might suppose.

By: Tony D'Ambra

Tony D'Ambra — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 12:45:50 +0000

Thanks Sam, Tom, and DeeDee. Looking forward to having you all on board for 2010!

By: DeeDee

DeeDee — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 06:13:23 +0000

Hi! Tony,
Nice roundup…Unfortunately, I have never watched the 1950 film Caged and the 1938 film Le quai des brumes (Port of Shadows) I have not watched yet, but I will get around to watching it one day.
Fortunately, I have watched The Lost Weekend
Christ in Concrete,and I Wake Up Screaming.
I most definitely, agree with your description of each film.
Thanks, for sharing and I will look forward to your next post.
By the way, Tony,
Here wishing you and Sam Juliano,(and your families) a safe, pleasant, peaceful and Happy New Year too!
Take care!
DeeDee ;-D

By: Monday Morning Diary (December 28) « Wonders in the Dark

Monday Morning Diary (December 28) « Wonders in the Dark — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 05:58:20 +0000

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By: Tom K

Tom K — Mon, 28 Dec 2009 04:06:39 +0000

Thanks for the re-cap and links. I missed your review of Christ in Concrete when it was first published. I agree, it’s a masterpiece.