Angel-A
I love Netflix.
Not only does it give me the opportunity to watch movies on my time-line, it also offers me the fantabulous 'queue.' About once a month or so, I go to various resources and find what movies are popular, well-reviewed, etc. and add ones I'd like to see to my list.
(There's a limit of 400 films, but that's a post unto itself....)
It can turn into a black hole for time. When you enter films into your list, there's a function that offers you suggestions regarding movies that people liked who liked the one you just entered.
A part of me feels guilty at times for allowing myself this indulgence, but often I find a gem of a movie that makes it all worthwhile.
Like Angel-A.
http://www.sonyclassics.com/angel-a/
A modern french movie filmed in B&W, this story moved me. (And my husband, who really is a harsher critic than I am.) It's about angels and redemption and truth and Self.
And, I should mention, it's a treat to watch!
In the fashion of "It's a Wonderful Life", the movie begins on a bridge, with a man ready to jump to oblivion. But next to him, suddenly from nowhere, appears a woman who could easily be a supermodel. She jumps, he saves her...
And then the fun begins.
It's a french film, so it goes places an American script might not take you. Some surprising twists and turns -- and a few hints at some 'tricks' on the part of Angel-A -- may make you raise your eyebrows, but keep with it.
You'll be glad you did.
Not only does it give me the opportunity to watch movies on my time-line, it also offers me the fantabulous 'queue.' About once a month or so, I go to various resources and find what movies are popular, well-reviewed, etc. and add ones I'd like to see to my list.
(There's a limit of 400 films, but that's a post unto itself....)
It can turn into a black hole for time. When you enter films into your list, there's a function that offers you suggestions regarding movies that people liked who liked the one you just entered.
A part of me feels guilty at times for allowing myself this indulgence, but often I find a gem of a movie that makes it all worthwhile.
Like Angel-A.
http://www.sonyclassics.com/angel-a/
A modern french movie filmed in B&W, this story moved me. (And my husband, who really is a harsher critic than I am.) It's about angels and redemption and truth and Self.
And, I should mention, it's a treat to watch!
In the fashion of "It's a Wonderful Life", the movie begins on a bridge, with a man ready to jump to oblivion. But next to him, suddenly from nowhere, appears a woman who could easily be a supermodel. She jumps, he saves her...
And then the fun begins.
It's a french film, so it goes places an American script might not take you. Some surprising twists and turns -- and a few hints at some 'tricks' on the part of Angel-A -- may make you raise your eyebrows, but keep with it.
You'll be glad you did.
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