... I read an interview with Tarantino where this film was brought up. He claimed to not have seen it, stating he's more of a "Godard man". But, the...
... Everyone except Tarantino, who stills claims to have never seen it, citing the fact that he's more of a 'Godard man' than a 'Truffaut man' or some such...
... or an ... Granted. ... Okay, but it's a lovely piece of celluloid, isn't it? Maybe one of the loveliest ever made. ... Some incredible tricks in there,...
... songs ... videotheque ... Von Sternberg's a good call; throw in Spielberg doing black and white and to music (tho I much prefer Dutt). His Kaagaz Ke Phool ...
... His Munch film is atypical. What he's been trying to do in recent years with "The Journey" and more recently "The Commune" is make films that aren't ...
... Which is why it's so great. (La ... No it isn't. I have real ... Oh boy, now you're really ripped it! "F For Fake" is Welles' greatest achievement. It is...
... Do tell!! I've had my suspicions about him for some time, due to personal contact over several stories I was writing. He proved consistently unhelpful....
... I have no doubt that he was lying. ... __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam...
... for ... time -- ... the ... heavily ... wrote in ... didn't ... have a ... Correct, I didn't care much for the characters, but it is sometimes difficult...
... on there in NOTORIOUS, but I wonder if the motivation is to tell the audience something that needs to be told. For me, Hitchcock engineers the rupture...
... Responding only as one who gets to see far too little (a subject in itself -- it almost *is* my subject at this point) and so must rely, for better or...
... Oh, but he is. 'The War Game' is out on DVD from the BFI. 'La Commune (Paris, 1871)' is out on DVD in France (two-disc, complete 5h 45m version), with...
... a dvd of Punishment Park plus some short films is already available from canyon cinema... and you can get La Commune on vhs... but it's pretty expensive. ...
... . ... Well that's good to know. The one I long for on DVD is "Privilege." Timlier than ever. __________________________________________________ Do You...
Has anyone see TAAL by S. GHAI? I have only seen about 10 Bollywood films; I thought TAAL one of the most entertaining, perhaps because it is modern in its...
... thesis'd artwork, wrought from pesky Ideas, is inconsequential, and most times antithetical to pleasurable. Why is it inconsequential (beyond your saying ...
... WellI agree with the first part of what Huston says, but not the second. Awareness is inseparable from pleasure for me. And I'm not at all sure what he...
... Because it doesn't please me. ... To me, you mean? Because it doesn't constitute the sublimation of an idea, the blossoming from one thesis into manifold...
... If you say "lemniscate" is an ... "You have a point, me dear. An idiotic one, but a point nonetheless." __________________________________________________ ...
... This scene was superb, a rhythm of relation that we don't see much in the movies, but quite plausible and spot-on. Although it's not exactly similar,...
If you'll allow me to drag the discussion down a few notches, it seems to me that all these arguments (including Dumont's own interviews) pivot on each...
I wonder if anyone can help me identify the following film. Russian, made in the 80's but set in 20's Central Asia, it deals with the attempt by Mislo, a ...
... action, heart and soul. Sounds like "Telokhranitel" aka The Bodyguard (1979), directed by Ali Khamrayev. Not that I've seen it, but you make it sound...
... of an idea, the blossoming from one thesis into manifold theses/impressions, nor the magical creation of a world incidental to all great art. But where...
... I think what Huston is referring to is filmic ostentation. Moving the camera for the sake of making the audience aware that the director fellow is there...
