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January-February Film Challenge: A Film For Every Letter in the Alphabet

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Film Twenty Five: You Are Not I (1981). Sara Driver's adaptation of a Paul Bowles short story exemplifies her ability to tell a quiet story about relationships and agency as bolstered by haunting imagery from her regular collaborator, Jim Jarmusch. Not that different in tone or pacing from When Pigs Fly , the thesis film was feared lost after her projection copy became unplayable. Another turned up in Bowles's holdings in 2009. The film depicts Ethel's (Suzanne Fletcher) journey as she comes across a terrible car accident after escaping from a mental hospital. Responders at the scene take her to her sister's house instead of back to the hospital. Watch for an absurd or possibly satisfying conclusion, depending on your perspective.

365 Films in 2017 #89-98

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89. The Fog (1980), John Carpenter, Avco Embassy 90. Assassin of Youth (1937), Elmer Clifton, BCM Roadshow 91. Reefer Madness aka Tell Your Children,The Burning Question, Dope Addict, Doped Youth, and Love Madness (1936), Louis Gasnier, Motion Picture Ventures 92. A Time for Drunken Horses (2000), Bahman Ghobadi 93. Doctor Strange (2016), Scott Derrickson, Walt Disney Studios 94. Marihuana (1936), Dwain Esper, Roadshow Attractions 95. Gimme Danger (2016), Jim Jarmusch, Magnolia 96. Blues Road Movie (2002), Louis Mouchet 97. Child Bride aka Child Brides, Child Bride of the Ozarks, and Dust to Dust (1943), Harry Revier, Astor 98. Deadpool (2016), Tim Miller, 20th Century Fox