... treacly. Really? I've always kind of thought it was a bit treacly, and that Whoopi's big revelation conflicted with the rest of the film. I still liked it...
... American ... I'm confused - was this a different print from the one they showed in New York at the Ulmer symposium last October? I saw it there and, ...
... Wasn't GREEN FIELDS shot for next to nothing? I would certainly call that one of Ulmer's best. I remember hearing that that film was shot at an amazing...
Yes, Dan, we haven't moved the Cinematheque. I think Green Fields was made for a little more than Natalka. In any case, I don't see a lot of shimmer from the...
Yes, it's the print that was shown at the symposium. See my previous posting for a bit of my defense. If you don't know the ethnic films pretty well, they take...
Hey Auteurist buds, I'm wondering what the general group feeling is over genre auteurs. Basically I think we can split them up into two groups; those working...
Two answers - you pick which meaning of "genre" you intended: 1. In the broadest sense, genres include westerns and war movies as well as horror movies and...
... auteurs. I'm probably in the minority here, but I've always been a big fan of John Carpenter's. He's had some duds, for sure (GHOSTS OF MARS, ESCAPE FROM...
... of ... I'm writing a long post right now on something else, but I'm a huge Carpenter partisan. He's got the turkeys you mentioned (although I like...
Bjorn, I was actually toying with a topic similar to your post. ... I like both Verhoeven and Cronenberg, and think EXISTENZ and HOLLOW MAN are both very fine...
Sort of as a matter of coincidence, a local friend of mine is in the process of writing a large essay/commentary on Jerry Lewis (as a film artist, not as a...
... I'll put in a plug for his "Die Hard: With a Vengeance." This always struck me as such a lean, confident piece of machinery, though as far as I know it's ...
... I know this is just too, too the party line for me to be interested in a reviled late work, but, Gabe, you gotta elaborate on this. I read Rosenbaum's ...
Back "home" from the foreign wars, not too bloodied, the enemy vanquished even if they don't realize it& Now I'll try to get caught up here. First of all, I've...
"Street Scene" is great. It is a bit schematic, per Dan, but I also remember the relationship between the editing and the use of sound as pretty amazing. Don't...
And, speaking of shat-upon masterpieces, ah, "Clara's Heart." Peter, I'm really glad you took my recommendation and really liked it. I've seen it four times...
... De facto, "genre" means just about the same thing as "commercial" in the film industry. That's one thing that never seems to change. The films with the...
When I was writing the Jerry Lewis post, I had a nagging feeling that maybe the board was already a bit crowded with discussion for me to start a new one. I...
... I never really bought this theory either, but it seems to be universally accepted - it fits people's preconceptions of the way society works. Here's my...
... I'm a Metzger fan too, though my favorites so far are SCORE and THERESE AND ISABELLE. He's a truly fascinating, one-of-a-kind guy: not too many people...
... Do you know how Tim feels about his career trajectory? I think TEX and RIVER'S EDGE are two of the best American films of the eighties, but I had the...
... I'm actually a big fan of WAR AND PEACE. I don't believe that any movie will ever render battle scenes with such dynamic clarity. ... The other person I...
Zizeck suggests imagining a version of Out of Africa with hardcore shots inserted whenever the characters have sex. It's a big question. So is what all those...
... Technically, maybe, but all you have to do is show a body cut open and you have some of the same elements in place: 1) transgression; 2) bodily fluids,...
... This would be cool. ... I notice you didn't mention PSYCHO in your slasher-film rundown. Too obvious, or doesn't it make your cut? ... Hmmm. I saw the...
... Hmmm, this is getting dangerous. I was the one insistent on having this stuff on the Web, but I don't think I want to start trying to publicly account for...
... have a ... genre ... routine ... artistic ... event, ... okay ... The industry seems to have reached a kind of equilibrium where they don't mind making...
