Peter, Thanks for your comments on Spider. I saw some of what you mentioned while I was watching the film. I personally feel that your comments still confirm...
There was a query a while back about the aspect ratio of Preminger's SAINT JOAN. We know it wasn't Scope, but what exactly was it? I was just looking at an...
Yoel, Your example of the sort of formal expression Hitchcock utilizes in "North by Northwest" is a great one. What's going on in "Spider" is surely less ...
Hello all, I wanted to invite everyone to have a look at the latest issue of the publication I write for, The Film Journal. Among other things, it features an...
The first three bios are up in the "Bios" file in the files section. I hope others will send me theirs; they are in no way required and I'd expect not everyone...
... including "eXistenZ," so perhaps I ... EXISTENZ is actually the only post-DEAD RINGERS Cronenberg I've seen, unless parts of CRASH on cable (before I...
... Looking at the question historically, it was shot (or at least released) in '57 and made with a British crew. At that time, the UK was in the midst of...
... I actually prefer early Cronenberg (SCANNERS and before) to later. I must confess that I do not understand what everyone else in the world sees in DEAD...
Hi all Having just joined this group, I thought I'd introduce myself. My name's Jake Wilson and I live in Melbourne, Australia. Since the start of the year...
Welcome, Jake. ... John Duigan - maybe not so consistent (WIDE SARGASSO SEA is awful) but the handful of films I've seen by him evince a distinct sensibility....
... Hi, Jake. Hope I don't accidentally name a New Zealand director.... There's George Miller, of course. I think his best film might be his first (MAD MAX),...
Well, I guess I want to first assert a preference for "filmmaker" over "director" -- "filmmaker" can include both Hitchcock and Brakhage. Though I'm pretty...
Just saw an Italian feature last night, Garrone's THE EMBALMER, which was beautifully directed and altogether successful. Garrone has a great eye and uses the...
MMike, Very interesting choices and self-analysis - it would be great if others doing this included some kind of overview like you did. Here are notes on two...
Isn't Alex Proyas Australian? I liked Dark City - haven't seen Garage Days yet. Although I haven't seen the avant-garde work Fred is reviewing, I agree with...
... So I thought I'd ask the question: are ... Although her output is a bit uneven (Charlotte Gray was a particular disappointment), I greatly admire Gillian...
I don't think I have any new names to add to the mix here, but I will offer big seconds to George Miller and Gillian Armstrong. I think Miller's best is ...
Hi everyone, I want to thank Peter Tonguette for inviting me to join the group. My name is Vincent LoBrutto, but please call me Vinny. I am the author of...
Lew Landers and Detour ... Wow! Never had any idea of such a connection. Detour is much more noir like than Landers earlier work. Landers' characters often do...
Peter Weir’s early films are very good, especially Picnic at Hanging Rock and The Year of Living Dangerously. Also really liked The Sum of Us (Kevin Dowling,...
... Indeed. What that "little something" is would be hard for me to pin down, and the mawkishness of some of his more recent work (esp. EVELYN) doesn't help...
Welcome, Jake and Vinny! Does anyone know who directed the music video Down Under, based on the Men at Work song? It is one of my all-time favorite videos. It...
... I don't have to reread it; I wrote it. And it says right there in paragraph 4, along with the stuff encouraging the giving of reasons, that "Opinions...
... which ... great ... can ... Dan, I saw The Embalmer last week and, unfortunately, I'm nowhere near as favorably disposed towards it as you. I think the...
... I think most people are like that - in circles such as these, at least. Otherwise we would praise screen-savers and things. I would like to hear Dan's...
So, I've had this Columbia Tristar/Gaumont box set of Feuillade's FANTÔMAS for almost half a year, and I'm hesitant to watch the discs, because I don't read...
Vinny, Welcome. I'm writing a short piece on In Cold Blood this weekend, and I'll be quoting Principal Photography because most of what's great about the film...
I wish I had Jamie's problem - I've never seen Fantomas. I'll look to see if Sadoul's book on Feuillade has a summary, but I can tell you the people who saw...
You are all lucky that you have a Louis Feuillade/Fantomas fantatic on this list (Yours truly). Check out the website: http://www.fantomas-lives.com/ Click on...
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