Fair enough. It's not a film that's stuck in my memory all that strongly, but I did think it deserved all the hype when I saw it... I guess we both need to watch it again sometime. And I certainly agree about The Ox-Bow Incident
to me, Les Carabiniers is one of the greatest achievements of the Nouvelle Vague. I'd also say it's one of about 6 or 7 genuinely worthwhile war films ever made. obviously you don't agree
I agree about most, though not all.
My own opinion as to why Pulp Fiction is so overrated is basically because it has a facade of being alternative and different without actually being so. It just takes all the standard Hollywood formulas and tweaks them a tiny bit. It's then very easy for people who write script-writing manuals or teach film studies to college students to use the film as an example of alternative filmmaking, with alternative storytelling techniques etc. The film doesn't challenge conventions, it just plays with them a little. Sorry to anyone who loves the film, but I just don't think it deserves the high praise
"I'm sorry I'm not gay or Jewish, so I don't have a special interest group of journalists who support me." That's brilliant. If ever there was a perfect "I am a shithead" line, that would have to be it.
You've seen way more of the silent films than I have, but of those I have seen that you haven't, two that are definitely worth checking out if you can find them: MParis Qui Dort (which is on the Criterion DVD of Under The Roofs of Paris), and Passing Fancy, which I saw at an Ozu retrospective last year. They're both wonderful films.
Then again, I'm sure that's also true of the hundreds of others I haven't seen. It's a great list really; sometimes maddeningly idiosyncratic, but it's probably all the better for that.
Lubitsch's Monte Carlo screened somewhere here in Melbourne last Wednesday morning, but I didn't get to it.
God, Gillian Armstrong's list is the most boring I've ever read. You'd think an Australian feminist would have something more interesting to say. They're all great films of course, but lists like this should tell you something about the person who writes them.
To me the best list there is Ken Loach's
Oh, okay. Here in Australia it's been on cable under the title A Pornographic Affair. That's rather strange...
Fair enough. It's not a film that's stuck in my memory all that strongly, but I did think it deserved all the hype when I saw it... I guess we both need to watch it again sometime. And I certainly agree about The Ox-Bow Incident
Oh, I saw La Femme de Gilles, it was fantastic
to me, Les Carabiniers is one of the greatest achievements of the Nouvelle Vague. I'd also say it's one of about 6 or 7 genuinely worthwhile war films ever made. obviously you don't agree
that's interesting. I haven't seen A Pornographic Affair, but I'll try to see it soon
uh... Pather Panchali. What's the deal there?
I agree about most, though not all.
My own opinion as to why Pulp Fiction is so overrated is basically because it has a facade of being alternative and different without actually being so. It just takes all the standard Hollywood formulas and tweaks them a tiny bit. It's then very easy for people who write script-writing manuals or teach film studies to college students to use the film as an example of alternative filmmaking, with alternative storytelling techniques etc. The film doesn't challenge conventions, it just plays with them a little. Sorry to anyone who loves the film, but I just don't think it deserves the high praise
"I'm sorry I'm not gay or Jewish, so I don't have a special interest group of journalists who support me." That's brilliant. If ever there was a perfect "I am a shithead" line, that would have to be it.
Yeah, that's my exact same plan. It's gonna take me quite some time to get through the 1001 Movies though
You've seen way more of the silent films than I have, but of those I have seen that you haven't, two that are definitely worth checking out if you can find them: MParis Qui Dort (which is on the Criterion DVD of Under The Roofs of Paris), and Passing Fancy, which I saw at an Ozu retrospective last year. They're both wonderful films.
Then again, I'm sure that's also true of the hundreds of others I haven't seen. It's a great list really; sometimes maddeningly idiosyncratic, but it's probably all the better for that.
Lubitsch's Monte Carlo screened somewhere here in Melbourne last Wednesday morning, but I didn't get to it.
ACtually I burnt it off a friend, so I guess it's possible I wrote it down wrong when I copied the tracklisting
13: Nick Drake - Ride
Okay... my copy of the album just calls it Ride, but I guess the full title would be Free Ride?
God, Gillian Armstrong's list is the most boring I've ever read. You'd think an Australian feminist would have something more interesting to say. They're all great films of course, but lists like this should tell you something about the person who writes them.
To me the best list there is Ken Loach's
Julianne Moore
Emanuelle Béart
Isabelle Huppert
Laura Linney
Maggie Cheung
Gong Li
Sandrine Bonnaire