... It takes two sides to make a debacle like this, though! - Dan...
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Ricardo Segreda
viajenuevo
Nov 28, 2005 4:33 pm
In my judgement, Lisa isn't a fool. The key scene is that in which she criticizes Stefan for letting his musical skills go to waste. That points to an...
32802
thebradstevens
Nov 28, 2005 4:40 pm
... she ... much ... Fine. As I said before, the film is rich enough to support multiple (even contradictory) readings....
32803
MG4273@...
nzkpzq
Nov 28, 2005 4:46 pm
Dan Sallitt writes: What I regard as a problem, though, is that this whole primordial discussion was really bad, with considerably less meaningful...
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David Ehrenstein
cellar47
Nov 28, 2005 4:47 pm
... Interesting you should mention that because -- come to think of it -- Lisa is best defined as being halfway BETWEEN Anna Karenin and Emma Bovary. ...
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David Ehrenstein
cellar47
Nov 28, 2005 4:49 pm
... "People"? You mean me. Why don't you come out and say it. You know my name. I'm more than willing to stand behind every word I write and have been for...
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Michael E. Kerpan, Jr.
michaelkerpan
Nov 28, 2005 4:56 pm
FWIW, XU Jinglei a youngish Chinese actress (recently turned director) based her second film on Zweig's story. Surprisingly, for an actor/director, the film...
32807
LiLiPUT1@...
scil1973
Nov 28, 2005 5:20 pm
... Someone actually likes A DIRTY SHAME? You MUST explain why, David. I've long adored Waters. PINK FLAMINGOS was my very favorite film for many years. But...
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LiLiPUT1@...
scil1973
Nov 28, 2005 5:23 pm
... What's the name of the movie? Kevin John [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
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David Ehrenstein
cellar47
Nov 28, 2005 5:39 pm
... OK. On ht very simplest level I just enjoyed it. I laughted a lot. he had me right from the start, using the title song from "Sylvia" (Andy warhol's...
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Michael E. Kerpan, Jr.
michaelkerpan
Nov 28, 2005 5:48 pm
... Yi ge mo sheng nu ren de lai xin / A Letter from an Unknown Woman (2004) This used to be available from YesAsia. While the mainland DVD looks pretty good...
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Blake Lucas
lukethedealer12
Nov 28, 2005 6:25 pm
... I don't think this film should be just kissed off as Maxime does. I've seen it twice, and found it got better the second time as I appreciated what...
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Blake Lucas
lukethedealer12
Nov 28, 2005 6:44 pm
... favorite gay ... one. The gay ... backstabbing hets. And ... Just to say I liked that movie too (GAY DECEIVERS). It was one of the healthiest comedies of...
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samfilms2003
Nov 28, 2005 6:48 pm
Okay no more politeness, I'm shifting into arrogant mode ;-) ... Try doing it before you say this. ... Try doing it before you say this. Try doing it and...
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Blake Lucas
lukethedealer12
Nov 28, 2005 7:01 pm
... In the hands of a competent but uninspired director, such ... That's outrageous, Rick! This flat generalization dismisses one of the greatest directors, ...
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David Ehrenstein
cellar47
Nov 28, 2005 7:06 pm
... Arrogance isn't required. For a perfect example of doing both at the same time se Michael Snow's "Rameau's Nephew by Diderot (Thanx to Denis Young) by ...
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samfilms2003
Nov 28, 2005 7:17 pm
... I don't want to pass myself off as any kind of "Brakhage expert" My sense, since having the Criterion DVD and looking at some of the films more...
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Blake Lucas
lukethedealer12
Nov 28, 2005 7:18 pm
... stories, ... which ... his ... Darrieux, et ... Rushing to address your misguided allusion to Henry King, I read your post fast and just reread it. To the...
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samfilms2003
Nov 28, 2005 7:28 pm
... I would offer Hou's "The Pupetmaster" (better even to cite its more literal title "Drama Dream Life") as 'added value' in relation to time/ disorder /...
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peckinpah20012000
peckinpah200...
Nov 28, 2005 7:30 pm
... TOUCH ... RIO ... about ... agrees ... of ... evidence ... BOYS? ... see ... BOOTH, ... I'm sure nobody on this group would want to claim that the above ...
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jess_l_amortell
Nov 28, 2005 7:38 pm
... Fair enough. It's a bit of a cliff-hanger, though, the way the excerpt ends with that very quote -- has the rest of it been published or posted? And is it...
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Blake Lucas
lukethedealer12
Nov 28, 2005 7:41 pm
Lost in the shuffle of what has been well-described in other posts as the "primordial discussion" or more simply "a train wreck" was Brad's query about this...
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BklynMagus
cinebklyn
Nov 28, 2005 7:44 pm
... film would How does it feel different than a Mankiewicz film? What vision does Stahl imprint? ... film like this one to direct himself Mankiewicz wanted to...
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jess_l_amortell
Nov 28, 2005 7:57 pm
... In my haste, I should have added, in fairness, that Sarris himself has probably said all these things....
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Brian Dauth
cinebklyn
Nov 28, 2005 8:01 pm
... a star vehicle the auteur, more criteria have to be met than "creating a film which shows off the star." Agreed: I need to flesh that idea out. In NOW,...
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Dan Sallitt
sallitt1
Nov 28, 2005 8:08 pm
... I think it's a problem with a lot of films. There are so many money-losing films that studios are always swinging for the fences, trying to get big hits...
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Ricardo Segreda
viajenuevo
Nov 28, 2005 8:36 pm
... <BR> ... routinely. <BR> ... It's one of today's great ironies that studios movies now cost an average of 63 million to make, and additional 40 million to...
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MG4273@...
nzkpzq
Nov 28, 2005 9:03 pm
In the old days films were often marketed to audiences in terms of genre. A Westernm thriller or science fiction movie could be fairly low budget, and still...
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MG4273@...
nzkpzq
Nov 28, 2005 9:19 pm
PS - A vast number of mystery stories and novels from before 1923 are now in the public domain, free to use. Many would make fascinating films. And they would...
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Matt Armstrong
matt_c_armst...
Nov 28, 2005 9:58 pm
... sounds. Yup. And it seems fair to describe Walter Murch as the auteur behind Coppola's THE CONVERSATION. Or at least, the "co-auteur."...
