The oddness was foregrounded when I first encountered the oeuvre, but I pulled back in the mid-70s and am probably just getting ready to plunge back in, via...
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peter_tonguette
Jun 25, 2003 8:58 pm
... Well, it's great to hear someone who feels the way I do about Bogdanovich - as most of the people who know me here can tell you, resurrecting his critical ...
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hotlove666
Jun 25, 2003 8:47 pm
I fully admit that my tastes tend to run in line with the films following a director's big success. I can think of a few counter-examples: Scorsese,...
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peter_tonguette
Jun 25, 2003 7:19 pm
... That's a tremendous point, Dan. I'll use Kubrick as an example since I'm a fan: would he have made a film like "Barry Lyndon" without having been ...
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peter_tonguette
Jun 25, 2003 7:15 pm
... Very well put. Though Farber wasn't an auteurist, I find his definition of the best kind of movies - the termite ones, the ones made to please its maker ...
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hotlove666
Jun 25, 2003 6:57 pm
The irritating oddness of the films was being foregrounded at the point I first started seeing them, but I did step back after a few years, and am probably now...
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peter_tonguette
Jun 25, 2003 6:03 pm
... "Bonjour Tristesse" is just amazing. Fred's review of it is great and says more than I ever could. I'm with you on "Bunny Lake," though. This one comes...
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Dan Sallitt
sallitt1
Jun 25, 2003 5:02 pm
... To me, the biggest change was after RIO BRAVO succeeded. I think it's common for director to change in subtle ways when they have a success that ratifies...
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Dan Sallitt
sallitt1
Jun 25, 2003 4:07 pm
... I think there's at least one more dimension to this. True, hanging out with Hawks people is a lot of what the films offer. And true, it can get precious....
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Fred Camper
fredcamper
Jun 25, 2003 3:14 pm
Patrick: "This is sort of devil's advocate, since I agree that this level of form is usually what makes a film, but I think this is ultimately too short ...
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Jaime N. Christley
j_christley
Jun 25, 2003 2:37 pm
Thanks for the aspect ratio information, everyone! ... Sure, I'm just teasing. I don't mind bedrock plot stuff (i.e. the "gun on the wall in the first act...
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Jaime N. Christley
j_christley
Jun 25, 2003 2:27 pm
Thanks for the aspect ratio information, everyone! ... Sure, I'm just teasing. I don't mind bedrock plot stuff (i.e. the "gun on the wall in the first act...
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Gabe Klinger
gcklinger
Jun 25, 2003 6:49 am
... Not in English, but I've seen it in Portuguese and Spanish. Months ago I was working on a translation (from the Portuguese) for my own purposes -- once I...
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hotlove666
Jun 25, 2003 6:33 am
I discovered Hawks, and American cinema, starting with Red Line 7000, the first Hawks film I ever saw, so my relationship to late Hawks is primal; the other...
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Dan Sallitt
sallitt1
Jun 25, 2003 4:38 am
... I don't think it's that good either. I do remember one very Premingerian moment that I loved: when the flame leaps at Joan. As I said, I'm laying off the...
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peter_tonguette
Jun 25, 2003 4:23 am
... Jaime, this is completely ironic - I was just preparing a post about "El Dorado." Because I'm too tired to reformat it, I'll just paste it here below in ...
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peter_tonguette
Jun 25, 2003 4:19 am
... I'll have to have a look at that Godard piece - thanks for the heads-up. I do reject the deduction made from Preminger's visual style that he was a cold ...
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jess_l_amortell
Jun 25, 2003 4:07 am
Agreed it's not and has never been in Scope (you're probably thinking of "the other Seberg flick"), but when in doubt, I usually consult Maltin's listings --...
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Patrick Ciccone
pwciccone
Jun 25, 2003 4:01 am
Fred, ... camera ... This is sort of devil's advocate, since I agree that this level of form is usually what makes a film, but I think this is ultimately too ...
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Patrick Ciccone
pwciccone
Jun 25, 2003 3:32 am
It's not 'Scope--Jaime, looks at the reel change marks to tell. I think the Alliance was just using slightly tighter masking than normal, but nothing to...
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Fred Camper
fredcamper
Jun 25, 2003 3:25 am
I don't think "Saint Joan" is anamorphic. The cropping you describe could also have been that many 50s films were shot at 1.33:1 with the knowledge they'd be...
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Dan Sallitt
sallitt1
Jun 25, 2003 3:20 am
... It's a 24fps production, so I imagine it'll be online. I'm sure the list will be kept posted. - Dan...
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Dan Sallitt
sallitt1
Jun 25, 2003 3:18 am
... My memory is that it was wide but not Scope, so I think you might have seen it in the right ratio but with some matting, appropriate or not. ... The first...
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Jaime N. Christley
j_christley
Jun 25, 2003 2:14 am
... I can't imagine I'm the only person who'd be interested in hearing some reports back from your round table, Dan, especially regarding your thoughts on...
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Jaime N. Christley
j_christley
Jun 25, 2003 2:13 am
Strange coincidence, with all this talk of Preminger, that I should see SAINT JOAN this evening. It's a pretty nutty movie, I don't think it's very good but...
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hotlove666
Jun 24, 2003 10:18 pm
All hail Daisy Kenyon - possibly the most adult movie ever made in Hollywood....
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Dan Sallitt
sallitt1
Jun 24, 2003 9:27 pm
... Not me. I'm about to participate in a round table on DAISY KENYON, so I don't want to spill my Preminger ideas just now.... But I have an alternate ...
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hotlove666
Jun 24, 2003 9:22 pm
I screened a 35 print of the film for Jim McBride, who had picked it as a forgotten masterpiece to be shown during Locarno's 50th anniversary. He then talked...
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Dan Sallitt
sallitt1
Jun 24, 2003 9:16 pm
... I just saw a good film that really made me think about what constitutes screenwriting and direction. The line between them can get fuzzy at times, of...
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hotlove666
Jun 24, 2003 9:09 pm
Gabe, I just heard yesterday - Fiona at Senses of Cinema emailed me about writing an obituary and I nearly passed out. He was one of my oldest and best friends...
