tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10161060.post116757875466544194..comments2023-11-05T04:31:48.615-05:00Comments on Elusive Lucidity: Year's EndZChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10211734319629732065noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10161060.post-1167899475334598642007-01-04T03:31:00.000-05:002007-01-04T03:31:00.000-05:00Great collection of films, Zach, as can be expecte...Great collection of films, Zach, as can be expected. I wish I could see some of these, esp. your celluloid films, on celluloid. On the agenda for this year is to (re)visit Godard and Buñuel. Can't wait to finally see <I>Numero deux</I>.<BR/> <BR/>I loved <I>Woman on the Beach</I>. Hong's pretty consistent generally but I esp. like where he's heading with his last two films. His triangulations are elegantly crystallised here!<BR/><BR/>Did you see <I>Inland Empire</I> yet? I'm really curious about that one...Mubarak Alihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04628917065083772357noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10161060.post-1167795761761587212007-01-02T22:42:00.000-05:002007-01-02T22:42:00.000-05:00Yeah, it played at BAM, one night only. I had to ...Yeah, it played at BAM, one night only. I had to pick and choose due to my budgetary concerns and both pictures I saw were totally worth it. Up until that point I'd seen everything from RED DESERT back to IL GRIDO plus THE PASSENGER so I just filled in the gap and boy do I feel lucky. ZABRISKIE POINT kind of blew my mind and CHUNG KUO CINA was typically jaw-dropping, only in a much different fashion than those 60s movies. I really dig how he so stepped outside his box starting with BLOW UP (which is still hermetic and silly, however great) and, more impressively, with ZABRISKIE. It's something I only hint at on my year-end wrap up at The House.<BR/><BR/>As for Ealing: it's something I've always liked...when I've seen some. I honestly can't think of any titles outside KIND HEARTS & CORONETS but I know I've seen at least a few others on TCM or something...Ryland Walker Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09233954424885027837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10161060.post-1167751583086278592007-01-02T10:26:00.000-05:002007-01-02T10:26:00.000-05:00Thanks for dropping by, Ryland. I look forward to...Thanks for dropping by, Ryland. I look forward to the essay for House Next Door. <BR/><BR/>I didn't see <I>Chung Kuo Cina</I>--I wonder if it played at BAM's Antonioni series and I just missed it altogether? (I only saw one program in the series, but I don't even remember reading about this film...)<BR/><BR/><I>The Happiest Days of Your Life</I> isn't on DVD (unless it just came out in the past couple months), and maybe my saying it's one of the funniest movies ever made says more about me than about it. But if you like (e.g.) the Ealing comedies then it's in the same ballpark, humor-wise. The sequels it spawned (which I haven't seen, not all of which have Alistair Sim or Margaret Rutherford I believe) might make a nice DVD box set if someone is looking for ones to put together ...ZChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10211734319629732065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10161060.post-1167682517433273922007-01-01T15:15:00.000-05:002007-01-01T15:15:00.000-05:00Clearly you have an impressive breadth of knowledg...Clearly you have an impressive breadth of knowledge and are on some other film-watching/critiquing plateau but I can say I saw SATANTANGO this year, too, and it kicked the shit out of me. I'm working on an essay for MZS's The House. (Did you see CHUNG KUO CINA? That, too, was rough and tumble worth it, I thought.)<BR/><BR/>I've seen more of your second list, tho, and it surprises me that <I>Balthazar</I> was a new entry. Regardless, it's pretty essential, probably my favorite Bresson.<BR/><BR/>Gonna have to Q or seek out <I>Happiest Days</I> with a recommendation like that. I bet it'll be worthier than <I>Borat</I>, which, while hilarious & relevant, is oddly slight. Ed Gonzalez's take, published on The House, pretty much sums up my read.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the new suggestions. With this post and the indieWIRE poll, I've got plenty of reason to start Netflix again.Ryland Walker Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09233954424885027837noreply@blogger.com