Showing posts with label 1960s. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 1960s. Show all posts

Friday, January 22, 2021

Tomas Gutierrez Alea's MEMORIES OF UNDERDEVELOPMENT (1968)

A Cuban Humbert Humbert's just the start, 
Our man there in Havana likes to peep
But not participate or help; his heart
Is less developed than his nation. Keep
Away from guys like this: though to the eyes
He's so appealing, privileged and cool,
He's odious. While all his fam'ly flies
Off to America lest Castro's rule
Come after them, he stays, but it's not brave. 
He's rid of all who might expect of him
An effort while he's this side of the grave. 
His frantic nation lets him stay that dim 
And keep his comforts even when, you bet
He goes and bothers quite the wrong nymphet.

Saturday, March 7, 2020

Lindsay Anderson's IF.... (1969)


Long ere young Alex ever found his droogs
Mick Travis did McDowell enact for us.
Long ere that ultraviolence made the news
This schoolboy kicked up ev'ry kind of fuss!
Chris Menges got some early licks in, too --
A wild Graham Crowden makes appearance, and
I'd wait for God with him, now, wouldn't you?
A charming fencing scene stays well in hand
But soon unruliness takes o'er. I'd like
All Zoomers to take notes on this as their
Own elders once crashed through on that there bike
And revolution claimed as their own share
But chose the yuppie lifestyle. Thatcher, Ron
Should not still set the fashions this far on!



Guillermo del Toro's THE SHAPE OF WATER (2017)

Some movies are for looking at, and I'd Say this is one, for ev'ry gorgeous frame Would look great on my wall. All that ...