Just to weigh in, I agree with what Fred wrote. As Fred notes, a_film_by was founded partly out of a response to personal insults and the like which prospered...
... No, it's not. You're ignoring context. The regressive right has so successfully demolished the notion of a public sphere and what a democratic society is...
Just saw Surviving Desire. Have seen Ambition, Theory of Achievement, and the Unbelivable Truth, too. Unbelivable Truth was actually OK. But this Surviving...
... Victor is, indeed, a smart conservative film enthusiast. (The only one I know, actually.) He's a very intelligent and nice guy, not exactly what we're...
... It's a well-made publication; I bought a copy for a train ride out of sheer morbid curiosity. (I felt like I was buying porn in a family bookstore.) The...
... Fascist "nuances"? (Insert parade scene from "Amarcord") ... Criticizing a lousey filmmaker and even lousier human being is "bias"? ... Proving my point. ...
... But Goebbels admired Lang...unless that's ... Lang made huge spectacle films inthe silent era.He was world famous.They wanted him to be their Eisenstein. ...
... And surely ... Could you please explain that statement. It makes not sense. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Helps protect...
... Has anyone sighted Jaime with his "Kerry-haters for Kerry" sign? ... Hah! The difference, though, is that Saudi Arabia never did have any cinemas. In fact,...
... The Blue Danube? One source says he managed it until he died, though Damien believes the eatery closed in a month. A subject for Further Reserarch! ...
... Really? When my family found out that I was gay and not atall ashamed of that fat I was "renounced." I've never looked back. ... (Insert shot of Robert...
... I didn't say that! Or believe it. I'm not even talking about how to win an election. I'm talking about why one half of America has trouble communicating...
... Society ... wise ... well ... to ... certainly ... love ... I ... just ... group ... men ... of ... Traditionally, cinephilia has been a male thing. I have...
... Victor is a great person to have around in a discussion: not only a smart conservative, but also an analytic thinker who is good at shooting holes in...
... In my abortive year at the University of Maryland graduate school, I co-directed the student film society with a woman, but she was almost certainly the...
... Don't forget Howard Hughes production "Son of Sinbad" with Lili St. Cyr and her harem cuties! __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail...
... I don't think he's mocking intellectualism. His hero is angry and a bit self-important at times, but his anguish over his inability (or anyone's) to teach...
... Well, now you're talking classics. And how about Ulmer's "Babes in Bagdad", with Paulette Goddard, Gypsy Rose Lee (Otto Preminger's squeeze), and the...
"the composition of our group is an indication of something or other too." My cinephile friends are fairly evenly divided between men and women. It's true that...
... I meant to ask how others view films, solo or in groups. In my study of films the past few years, most viewing at home has been solo (I live with just my...
... Hmm. When I wrote 'of note' I was thinking artistically--though it's my slip for not writing that. Eastwood and Spielberg make the cut IMO; these others...
... (http://www.amconmag.com)... one Uh, this is edited by one Patrick J. Buchanan, an actual brownshirt ("You just wait until 1996, then you'll see a real...
The recent blanket condemnation of the possibility of good filmmaking or film viewing coming from Republicans, which I don't share, has set me thinking. I have...
... Now you're talking Film Festival! Just add "Flaming Creatures" and stir. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Read only the mail you want -...
... addition addition coming to mind... ... My impression is that Stone and Parker are more like libertarians, ready to tear down anyone perceived as...
... Correct me if I'm wrong, but I do recall going off quite a bit in here about Eisenstein vis-a-vis the alleged anti-Stalinism of "Ivan the Terrible." ...
... And ULmer's Babes in Baghdad -- radical, feminist and rentable at Cinefile, but only in an 88-minute, B&W version. JP, is it possible that Tavernier has a...
