Did you find the editing in Out of the Past a little weird? It would be in my top three noirs, because I love the story, visuals and acting, but somehow I just couldn't get past what to me seemed like awkward editing.

Did you crack up around about the second or third time that Hammer slaps the answers out of someone?

Did you crack up around about the second or third time that Hammer slaps the answers out of someone?

Have you seen Les Demoiselles de Rochefort?

Have you seen Les Demoiselles de Rochefort?

I celebrated the end of lectures for this trimester by watching a ton of TV and movies. First up on Friday was Black Narcissus, which despite being visually stunning seemed to lack some coherence on the story front and is my least-favourite Powell and Pressburger movie so far.

I celebrated the end of lectures for this trimester by watching a ton of TV and movies. First up on Friday was Black Narcissus, which despite being visually stunning seemed to lack some coherence on the story front and is my least-favourite Powell and Pressburger movie so far.

I tried to watch Berlin Alexanderplatz once (not in one go), and stopped watching around about the 10th or 11th hour. At the point I was at he had lost his arm. Should I  finish it off belatedly?

I tried to watch Berlin Alexanderplatz once (not in one go), and stopped watching around about the 10th or 11th hour. At the point I was at he had lost his arm. Should I  finish it off belatedly?

I see your point, and I do appreciate that there are themes that tie together the stories, but I still can't get behind this interpretation. There's a bit of a leap between something like death is at the center of this season, and SCD(formerly)P is like a horror movie monster.

I see your point, and I do appreciate that there are themes that tie together the stories, but I still can't get behind this interpretation. There's a bit of a leap between something like death is at the center of this season, and SCD(formerly)P is like a horror movie monster.

Do you think that maybe the show is actually about characters, not characters as symbols of themes? I realise that Weiner has a soft spot for this kind of overt symbolism, but I just can't really get behind your interpretation. The reason I watch Mad Men is about the conflict between characters, not because SCDP is…

Do you think that maybe the show is actually about characters, not characters as symbols of themes? I realise that Weiner has a soft spot for this kind of overt symbolism, but I just can't really get behind your interpretation. The reason I watch Mad Men is about the conflict between characters, not because SCDP is…

It really ruins the pacing of a movie that already drags to have that number, though I do appreciate the homage to classic musical fantasy sequences.

It really ruins the pacing of a movie that already drags to have that number, though I do appreciate the homage to classic musical fantasy sequences.

Non-beardy guy.

Non-beardy guy.

I watched the Sting and most of season 2 of Frasier. The Sting is really a brilliantly constructed movie, and I loved the ending, though I wasn't a fan of the transitional editing and thought that in places it had a very cheap look and feel about it. The invisible cut that they do to make it look like Newman did the…

I watched the Sting and most of season 2 of Frasier. The Sting is really a brilliantly constructed movie, and I loved the ending, though I wasn't a fan of the transitional editing and thought that in places it had a very cheap look and feel about it. The invisible cut that they do to make it look like Newman did the…

I would definitely say 2.5 is my favourite of the series, though I loved the goofy soccer match in 2.4 despite it being a bit broad for the show.