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An Allegory of the Avenging Angel, in Clint Eastwood’s High Plains Drifter (1973)

Posted on 15 April 2013 by

This most interesting film is a story of the avenging angel, who comes to the town of Lago (‘lake’), which is indeed on the shore of a lake, and proceeds to mete out brutal retribution. Revelation 21:8 reads: “But as … Continue reading →

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Cinema – Archive of Comments

Posted on 14 April 2013 by

Altman, Robert: Gosford Park (2001). More a study of character and social mores than a narrative; and a ponderous, labyrinthine, murmured one at that. I endeavour to spare myself anything of Altman’s, but occasionally I relapse. The director is said to have … Continue reading →

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Cinema – 52 Films Recently Watched

Posted on 14 April 2013 by

Stevens, Robert: I Thank a Fool (1962). Susan Hayward, acting very well, in a plot too wayward for any sense to dwell. Heisler, Stuart: Tulsa (1949). – Oily. Edwards, Blake: The Days of Wine and Roses (1962). For a CulturalRites article that comments on … Continue reading →

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