Dirk’s Five: Say it again Sam
Creativity is a matter for the police. The first law of creativity is theft. Bertold Brecht AMORES PERROS and LA HAINE are the first two films that are part of […]
Tag Archives: Woody Allen
CHRIS: La Haine (Hate) (Kassovitz, France, 1995)
“I don’t know if its really important, or intelligent even, when people say to me I’m a white Spike Lee, because they said to Spike Lee you’re a black […]
Woodython Five (12): Woody’s Round-Up!
I’m not really known as a ‘completer finisher’, I’m more of an ‘ideas man’, who throws random thoughts into the ring in the hope that one eventually takes hold and […]
Starburst Memories: “A morbid curiosity” The Woody Allen Biographers
There is a conventional interpretation of the life and career of Woody Allen. It goes something like this, he was good, then he had a fall, and the critics have […]
Starburst Memories: Jim Henson, The Works
One of the most well-thumbed tomes in the Dirk archive is Jim Henson, The Works. A hagiography from 1993 produced by Jim Henson Productions to celebrate the creativity of their […]
Woodython Five (11) – For Hire
“…it seemed to me like a very standard film persona for a comedian. Someone who is a physical coward, who lusts after women, who is good hearted but ineffectual and […]
Woodython Five (9): Woody’s Women
There are two enduring cliches that appear in reviews of Woody’s output. The first has peppered critique at various points over the past twenty years: “a return to form”. Its […]
Desert Island Films #89 – The Dirk Malcolm Alternative
Originally posted on Head In A Vice:
Dirk from The Dirk Malcolm Alternative has kindly submitted his Desert Island Films. Please read on for his choices and reasons, and be sure…
Woodython Five (8): Writers and writing
“I started out as a television writer, for a show that was on live every week. You didn’t have the luxury of coming in and waiting to be inspired. You […]
Starburst Memories: Woody flow-chart
Due to a number of reasons, ‘Dirking about’ time has been hard to find over the past couple of weeks. There are number of posts in the pipeline, when I […]
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