Following some discussion of his "Beloved Infidel" initiated by Brad earlier, I put in a good word for him and promised to follow up later. Then, this week, he...
I've written a response to Stephanie Zacharek's New York Times review of Richard Brody's Godard book, in which she mostly took the opportunity to dismiss...
... credibility, and ... politics and beliefs.> It is a good response but sadly wasted on a reviewer combining the worst attributes of Pauline Kael, David...
... Following some discussion of his "Beloved Infidel" initiated by Brad earlier, I put in a good word for him and promised to follow up later..." Thanks for...
... Thanks Richard. I'll admit I'm not entirely sure about the timeline myself, and I don't have any of my Godard bios at hand to check. But it seems obvious...
Thank you for your wonderful contribution, Ed. This is a very thoughtful and well-developed essay. So very respectfully, I don't perfectly agree with...
Since I don't follow the Times Book Review as I should, I'm wondering if it has now become a predictable source of philistine writing on film (e.g. Clive James...
... Hey Peter, thanks for the very considered and thought-provoking response. I don't entirely disagree with what you say. There's a lot of complexity to every...
Since I'm currently reading Ellen Schrecker's anthology COLD WAR TRIUMPHALISM (2004), I'm struck by the fact that this review is a cultural example of the...
... "...the review that Ed criticizes reeks very much of the pompous attitude, 'Communism is dead. Left wing politics are moribund' so people like Godard were...
Ed, I have a lot of agreement with what you're saying. I wouldn't quite say that all of the first 15 features are ultimately answerable to the concerns and...
... I recently rediscovered Miklos Jancso's RED PSALM for the first time in about twenty years, and while I'm sure Jancso himself would freely admit that its...
It's been a long time since I've seen "Red Psalm," not 20 years but around 15. Just on my recollection, I hesitate to say that film obeys an ideology. Yes,...
... By my reckoning, fourteen Jancsos are available on DVD with English subtitles, plus two more in their native Hungarian ('The Confrontation') and Italian...
Michael, Thanks for this helpful information. I read recently that all of a trilogy beginning in 1999, which I think is "Lord's Lantern in Budapest," "Last...
... Those aren't out on DVD to my knowledge. The fourteen titles I was referring to are 'Cantata' (1963), 'My Way Home' (1964), 'The Round-Up' (1965), 'The Red...
According to my MOVIES UNLIMITED catalog a set of Russell's works is to be released next month. Included is the controversial DANCE OF THE SEVEN VEILS. I...
... My understanding is that this box set will be released by the BBC's American branch. The rights to Strauss' music have now expired in the US, but not in...
... That's exactly my understanding of the situation. Strauss died in 1949, so under EU copyright law his estate still maintains control over his work until...
Wow, Manny Farber died? I only just saw the obit in yesterday's NY Times. Quoth William Grimes: ''In a famous essay for Film Culture magazine in 1962, "White...
... Grimes might be taking some poetic license there. But if literally true, then Farber was right. THE CURSE OF THE CAT PEOPLE cuts KANE in my book (though ...
... '73.'' ... true, then ... The verdict that stuck in my mind from his description of Kane was "exciting but hammy". I just Googled that phrase and turned...
I did a little googling too and will add the following. According to Grimes' obituary: Farber ''despised what he called the "art-infected" films of cinematic ...
Brad, you can't just resist kicking Manny Farber, even fresh in his grave !!?? I too abhor this nonsense about Farber being ant-Welles and Hitchcock. He put...
... his grave !!?? ... Hitchcock. It isn't a question of attacking Farber - more about attacking the claims that are made in his defence. Here's what Jonathan...
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