A disgrace to the forces of evil

[sovay]

I aten't dead! I have seen four movies this weekend, three of them as part of the Somerville Theatre's 70 mm & Widescreen Festival and one from the Brattle's Wicked Queer Flashback. I should like to write about all of them, although I have some other things I want to get out of my head first. For the record, Sleeping Beauty (1959) and Tron (1982) are knockouts in 70 mm; the first is much more beautiful and much more self-aware than I remembered or could perceive in elementary school and the second, while it has some very weird script problems, holds together much better than I'd thought from its reputation and still doesn't look like anything in this universe. I really need to see Maleficent (2014). I should also buy some groceries now that I have a pantry again.

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[handful-ofdust.livejournal.com]

I remember being terrified and fascinated by the "Touch the spindle!" sequence from the very beginning; Maleficent in general was my ideal of regal evil. And yes, I'd be very interested to see what you make of Angelina's version.