The Longing

Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl
Directed by Manoel de Oliveira, starring Ricardo Trêpa and Catarina Wallenstein.

A young man (Ricardo Trêpa) on a train tells the stranger next to him of a great love story; his own. Some time before, while working at his uncle's shop, the man saw a beautiful blonde-haired girl (Catarina Wallenstein) in the window across the street from his office. Infatuation immediately sets in and the tale of their romance, a seemingly fated one, unfolds.

Adapted from a story by famed Portugese Writer Eça de Queirós, Manoel de Oliveira's Eccentricities of a Blonde-Haired Girl is a nearly perfect film. Oliveira's direction, Eça de Queirós' story, and the acting of both Trêpa and Wallenstein are impeccable. I'm ashamed to say I've yet to see any other film by Oliveira. However, after seeing this film, and a preview of his next film, The Strange Case of Angilica, I'm definitely a fan.

The Things That We'll Do

The time to draw a line in the dirt has finally arrived. Figuratively speaking. My laziness and lack of interest has been the reason for spurts of posts and long abscences. Now, I'm going to call it quits. Sort of. Very and absolutely and extremely will no longer be updated with my thoughts on all the films I see.

What that means is I won't be bitching about crappy films. Instead, I'm only going to post about some of the films that I either really like, or absoutely love. This infusion of positivity should result in more posts and less complaining, but I promise nothing.

I'm bound to really like or love at least one of the dozen or so films I'm going to watch in the next couple of weeks, so new posts should start soon. Unless all of those films suck. Then my head will likely explode.