Day 10

ALEXANDRA (Alexandr Sokurov) - 60
BEFORE I FORGET (Jacques Nolot) - 68
MUTUM (Sandra Kogut) - 71
AND ALONG CAME TOURISTS (Robert Thalmein) - 45
LOU REED'S BERLIN (Julian Schnabel) - 61

[I could have seen this blindfolded and it wouldn't have made a dent in the rating. Schnabel continues the sub-Brakhage noodlings here that he apparently began in DIVING BELL AND THE BUTTERFLY, which I'm now more content than ever on skipping. At 65, Reed remains a nuanced player and a paragon of understatement in rock, which makes the inclusion of Antony, who is given the opportunity to butcher "Candy Says," all the more puzzling. The contrast is jarring: Reed speak-sings with a mixture of mumbles and big epiphanies, as if words are meant to die shortly after exiting his mouth, whereas Antony seems intent on giving those words a melodramatic eulogy. It's hard to see why the two men even respect each other after hearing them back-to-back.]