Can someone explain the plot to me? I could not quite get it, especially the resolution. Keanu Reeves is an undercover narc, yet also guinea pig, who wears...
... The narcs think they know the source of the most problematic drug -- but can't get an agent in (and out of -- alive) the place they suspect. They make...
I saw this on a double bill last night with THE MORTAL STORM. Both films were wonderful. (Thanks to AFBers for talking these up.) My companion suggested that...
I would venture the latter. ... ____________________________________________________________________________________ The fish are biting. Get more visitors on...
... relationships? It is an intriguing idea, but I think it is a misread (and I try to be as attentive to coded queer attractions as possible). For me, Borzage...
... Has there ... Now that's kind of interesting -- why not? Because Arthur Laurents didn't write the script? Seriously, would you allow -- or not -- that ...
Both Brian and David say it's a misread. Sounds pretty definitive. In any case, the relationships between the four did remind us of JULES AND JIM. I suppose I...
... (rim shot) Seriously, would you allow ... Well that's another kettle of Borzage fishiness. Haven't seen it in some time so I'm forced to reserve judgement....
... Dekker and Arledge in the great Strange Cargo form the only unambiguous gay relationship in Borzage. In fact the film is so explicit in general textual...
A few other examples from the film: The final shot which shows Sullavan's ghost walking next to Taylor and Young's ghost walking next to Tone. (As my friend...
... This was also one of the major problems I had with the film. I'm fairly sure that I only understood what was going on towards the end because I'd read the...
Thanks Ed for your comments. Talk about a movie that must have looked great on the drawing board! And literally and otherwise, that is where this movie stayed....
I finally caught up with it. Suddenly I feel a twinge of regret for the many times I laughed at QEII's expense, such as in the "The Naked Gun" or Scott...
It was last year's winner of the Best Animated Short oscar, and I found it fairly amazing. It was as if the Robert Crumb in "Crumb" had succumbed to the same...
"In all fairness, Dick's book is so complex that it would be difficult for anyone to adapt it very easily, but I thought that Linklater's adaptation was...
... I wouldn't have thought of Lubitsch, but now that you mention it, yes indeed. For "The Queen" is a comedy of manners. What's so clever about it is the fact...
Hello JPC, Since I only read and respond to AFB messages in the forum, I don't have your e-mail and so could you please write to me. We are hosting our very...
The latest Cineaste magazine has as its lead story "Unseen No More?: The Avant-Garde on DVD." It's a useful, informative round-up. It does not discuss our ...
... Epstein was a theorist as well as a filmmaker. He wrte nearly as much abotu the nature of cinema (as he saw it) as Eisenstein did. Hollywood films used to...
... Isn't that what Disney had in mind when they brought Oskar Fischinger in to work on _Fantasia_? Of course, he was fired shortly thereafter. -Matt...
And bring back hoop skirts, while you're at it. I have always disliked superimpositions as a pseudo-poetic gimmick much favored by the avant-garde, especially...
... I always felt that the best cinematic way ... And who said a dissolve signals a move from one scene to another alone? Think of "A Place in the Sun" with it...
JPC makes some interesting points about dissolves. But I never thought of dissolves as an alternative to cutting. A dissolve always seemed like a way for a...
... and richer than ... startling ... Karlson superimposes ... hwevering above ... three things at ... I agree with you, Mike - a dissolve is a thing unto...
I'm not in a mood to exchange sarcasms with David. I just expressed a personal dislike that may or may not be justified -- like all personal likes and...
But, Mike, I don't think you engage the phenomenological issue of the status of the image. Oh well, I'm not type-A obviously. ... two ... and richer than ... ...
... should ... Of course! And of course you yourself don't have personal tastes. How convenient! I made the same point in my post, so it wasn't really...
