... and warmth versus Wilder's cynicism and derisiveness? Yes. I remember seeing The Bells of St. Mary's with a friend and she liked till the last scene, when...
And a welcome to the board from me, too, Filipe -- it's nice to see you here. And it's very cool that three of the 5 people with whom your list has the most...
... In a way, he does take some of the jokes too far, at least for my taste. But Wilder keeps returning to that feeling hanging in the air of that film, that...
... To some extent Wilder's films fit the tone of today's cinephilia better than they did the tone of auteurist cinephilia in the 60s and 70s. Auteurists took...
... I think it would have taken more than longevity to make McCarey popular today. The 30s films (and AN AFFAIR TO REMEMBER, interestingly, thanks to a...
Putting Pants on Philip is pretty key. I like McCarey better, too, but I think the Wilder/McCarey comparison is interesting for the theory of auteurism: Wilder...
... Yes. Because Hawks directed it! I dunno, BALL OF FIRE isn't my favorite Hawks, but SOME LIKE IT HOT just seems pretty obvious and lip-smacking - it...
for Hawks it's just, "I'm bored - let's not drag this out." - Dan And always the audience: "I think audiences are bored with climaxes, too." Like Hitchcock,...
... That's a great way of putting it. A friend of mine once compared watching a Coen Brothers film to having your fingers covered with newsprint and having the...
They are very, very similar, and my problems with the Coens are much like my problems with Wilder, even the ones I like - The Front Page is virtually a Coen...
... I have at times played with the idea that a lot of Wilder's films fall apart on their own terms because of something about the direction that doesn't quite...
... What's interesting here is that I consider myself a big Kubrick fan. But I have the feeling that the Kubricks I like the most ("Barry Lyndon," "Eyes Wide ...
... opposes a ... just, ... That certainly sheds some light on how the end of many of his films are (while often great, as in the case of THE CROWD ROARS and...
Deleuze gets it right about Kubrick - any Kubrick film is about a brain which malfunctions, whether it be an individual brain or a group-mind. That situates...
I absolutely agree with Jaime's characterization of conventional filmmaking. I don't know how today's audiences avoid falling asleep: the climaxes are so...
SPOILERS FOR THE THREE FILMS My thoughts were on Mizoguchi's 1936 film OSAKA ELEGY pretty much all the way through STREET ANGEL tonight, because they're both...
I agree a little with everyone. I would say that Wilder's cynicism make it harder for me to relate to some of his films, but I like other cynical filmmakers...
... I'm a little rusty on both films, but.... despite the fact that one is critical of society and the other accepts it, you could see them both as taking a...
I am currently planning to write the next Cineaste editorial on film criticism and the Internet and assume it's OK to mention this site. (The Cinemasters...
Richard, I'll answer for myself, and as co-moderator, and trust that others will chime in if they disagree. One of the big motivations on my part for joining...
It's last minute, but: Karlson's KANSAS CITY CONFIDENTIAL is showing tomorrow at 4:30 at the Y at 53rd and Lex. Screenings there are usually 16mm, in a room...
... first ... whose posts ... mention ... please *do* ... Fred, I appreciate your efforts to make the group's posts accessible. Despite the virtues of the...
Hello all, I know many of us here are self-confessed movie list addicts. (It can't be mere coincidence that Joseph McBride's book of movie lists is one of the...
A splendid notion. I'll send mine to you shortly. George Robinson Alas, where is human nature so weak as in a bookstore? -Henry Ward Beecher ... From:...
I caught a few minutes of that great television show LEAVE IT TO BEAVER on TV yesterday and thought what a great counter-double-bill it would make with Ray's...
... it ... the ... Patrick, as a Leave It-phile, I too immediately thought how Bigger Than Life in so many ways seemed like the dark side of Beaver -- in ...
Peter, as you know, I am an inveterate list maker so I love the idea of your Top 10 Project. I would like to sugest one thing for clarity and consistency,...
I'm really pleased to hear that there's some enthusiasm for this project! ... I think that's a good suggestion - and it's how I compile my own lists - but I...
Dear Richard Porton, This is Mike Grost in Michigan. You asked for feedback on the Internet and criticism. Here are my own personal experiences. None of my...
My top films of the year are already available on my web site at: (http://members.aol.com/MG4273/zten.htm) They currently range from 1975 to 2002. The plan is...
