Archive - GROSS - Cinema history and criticism

January 2025

GROSS/55 1964 - a (partial) Goldfinger alphabet

Thesis: Ian Fleming is mendacious, a snob and a terrible writer. Also: all the films of his work are witless, cruel and pointless.

Jan 30 •

GROSS DISTRACTION - David Lynch's Eraserhead - against interpretation

Should we even bother to try to figure out what it means?

Jan 23 •

GROSS/54 1963 - Cleopatra - unforgiveable time crime

You are now 243 minutes closer to death. Sorry.

Jan 20 •

GROSS/53 1962 - Lawrence of Arabia - a void in the desert

Fragile, neurotic, self-deceiving. The ideal revolutionary hero.

Jan 14 •

GROSS/52 1961 - West Side Story - camp makes tragedy impossible

The two-hours’ traffic of our stage.

Jan 2 •

December 2024

November 2024

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