tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10161060.post2737033082246687177..comments2023-11-05T04:31:48.615-05:00Comments on Elusive Lucidity: Year's EndZChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10211734319629732065noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10161060.post-81060797329176404672008-10-20T09:47:00.000-04:002008-10-20T09:47:00.000-04:00Well dude, if you didn't understand Goodbye Dragon...Well dude, if you didn't understand Goodbye Dragon Inn and you like Volver (and few poor westerns are a reason to feel humiliated), then I suggest you should pay a visit to a brain surgeon. Pronto!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10161060.post-31740930287168088292008-01-04T13:21:00.000-05:002008-01-04T13:21:00.000-05:00Ryland, you're making my head swell (unjustifiably...Ryland, you're making my head swell (unjustifiably, no doubt)--I bet I don't see that many more movies than you (if I do at all), and I'm positive I've got viewing gaps as chasmic as everyone else.ZChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10211734319629732065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10161060.post-68479112560488088492008-01-04T13:00:00.000-05:002008-01-04T13:00:00.000-05:00Once again I feel touched by humility knowing I do...Once again I feel touched by humility knowing I don't see anywhere near as many films as you do. And further that I don't and haven't seen anywhere near as many highbrow classics.<BR/><BR/>Always a good barometer. Thanks.Ryland Walker Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09233954424885027837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10161060.post-8681079457732382022008-01-03T08:56:00.000-05:002008-01-03T08:56:00.000-05:00I love SO CLOSE very much. If you like Hong Kong a...I love SO CLOSE very much. If you like Hong Kong action films, I also recommend INVISIBLE TARGET (2007, Benny Chan). I hope the film will be released there soon.celinejuliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06347238043440133059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10161060.post-33652595706218243522008-01-02T23:04:00.000-05:002008-01-02T23:04:00.000-05:00Relax, Griffith. It's meant to be taken humorousl...Relax, Griffith. It's meant to be taken humorously!ZChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10211734319629732065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10161060.post-25725069967978842342008-01-02T22:56:00.000-05:002008-01-02T22:56:00.000-05:00All that 'humiliation' stuff sounds a bit precious...All that 'humiliation' stuff sounds a bit precious. It's not as if there's some squad of cine-police ranking your adequacy against a '1000 films to see before you die' checklist. There will be no special prize at the end.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10161060.post-33738431916740350782008-01-02T20:04:00.000-05:002008-01-02T20:04:00.000-05:00Aaron, we can start a one-book-at-a-time support c...Aaron, we can start a one-book-at-a-time support club if necessary.<BR/><BR/>Peter, I'll give a look to <I>So Close</I> (I think I have, um, one free slot on my Netflix queue...)<BR/><BR/>Andy--<I>Barry Lyndon</I> as bourgeois cinema? That seems like an eminently reasonable assessment. Still, I think it is a great achievement. For about six or seven years now, any time I have revisited a Kubrick film I have disliked it this time around. (Maybe <I>EWS</I> would be an exception.) But this big one, that I'd let slip by so long, seemed to offer such richness. Bourgeois richness? Yes, probably. But ... <BR/><BR/>Re: Hanoun, as well as From the Clouds. Hell yes. More on this later.<BR/><BR/>Re: Burch--the film played here at MoMA, and if you haven't already done a Google search on it, you may want to check out <A HREF="http://notondvd.blogspot.com/2007/08/correction-please.html" REL="nofollow">Chris Cagle's write-up</A> of the movie.<BR/><BR/>Ed, we are in agreement.<BR/><BR/>Acquarello, though I'm the New Yorker, you saw more than I did with a lot of the Walter Reade stuff--but yeah, I noticed from your write-ups we had a lot of overlap. I'm glad that <I>Tachigui</I> has at least a coterie following at this point.<BR/><BR/>Margaret--I did not know that. Muchas gracias.<BR/><BR/>Harry, I thought I read one or two places that the version of <I>Homework</I> that screened for us was the edited version. But let me revisit the Errata discussion & refresh my memory, and see if I can answer your question with any more certainty.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the comments, everyone!ZChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10211734319629732065noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10161060.post-10123756475051204542008-01-02T07:53:00.000-05:002008-01-02T07:53:00.000-05:00Francois Leterrier also filmed the beautiful Un Ro...Francois Leterrier also filmed the beautiful <I>Un Roi Sans Divertissement</I> (1963) adaptated from Jean Giono great eponymous novel! Both highly recommended.<BR/><BR/>Very nice twist of a year-end top10 Zach. ;)<BR/><BR/>P.S. did you see the edited version of <I>Homework</I>? We've been investigating this mystery with Rob at <A HREF="http://www.erratamag.com/archives/2007/08/abbas_kiarostam.html" REL="nofollow">Errata</A> without any success.HarryTuttlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10721542203087536185noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10161060.post-87516555259521328852008-01-01T22:50:00.000-05:002008-01-01T22:50:00.000-05:00Louis Leterrier is the son of Francois Leterrier w...Louis Leterrier is the son of Francois Leterrier who played Lieutenent Fontaine, the main prisoner, in Bresson's A MAN ESCAPED. Francois went from doing that to directing one of the EMMANUELLE sequels!Andy Rectorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15870363285627741234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10161060.post-71732861025540801202008-01-01T21:23:00.000-05:002008-01-01T21:23:00.000-05:00you may know this already, but the Transporter man...you may know this already, but the Transporter man is directing the new Hulk movie with Edward Norton.the prog ladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14557200406310609785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10161060.post-15488674362520304912008-01-01T03:23:00.000-05:002008-01-01T03:23:00.000-05:00Wow, our selections seem to be very close this yea...Wow, our selections seem to be very close this year, particularly with <EM>Tachigui</EM> and on what were the highlights from the Views from the Avant-Garde. I definitely agree with the Farocki/Costa/Green triptych in <EM>Memories</EM>, which was also high on my list, and the Markopoulos/Beavers program. The Markopoulos, especially, was quite experiential, I can't see how it could possibly translate in another medium. <BR/><BR/>I'm glad that you highlight Girardet and Müller's <EM>Hide</EM> too, which, as far as I could tell, no one else mentioned in the few Views coverage that I've read (I wrote a <A HREF="http://www.filmref.com/journal/archives/2007/10/hide_2007.html" REL="nofollow">bit</A> about it, but it was in the midst of festival coverage frenzy and got buried quickly). I enjoy Müller's work in general, but his collaborations with Girardet really seem to take his work into a whole 'nother level. Another highlight for me was Paolo Gioli's <EM>Face Caught in the Dark</EM>, which was in the same program as <EM>Hide</EM>. It would make a really good complement to <EM>Filmarilyn</EM> as studies in re-animation.acquarellohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13461080758611263193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10161060.post-59923328240912095422007-12-31T14:38:00.000-05:002007-12-31T14:38:00.000-05:00That was great reading. Alone. Life Wastes Andy Ha...That was great reading. <I>Alone. Life Wastes Andy Hardy</I> is really a treat, deserves to be on the "best of" list in any year you happen to see it. It's also great to see some love for Antonioni's first film, which was really an amazing debut. I would guess that it's been overshadowed because it contains only traces and hints of his "mature" style, and is therefore viewed as just a stepping-stone type of film, but it actually has a great deal to offer in its own right.Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10161060.post-16791407324848011932007-12-31T01:11:00.000-05:002007-12-31T01:11:00.000-05:00Enjoyed that Zach! However, you shouldn't be humil...Enjoyed that Zach! <BR/><BR/>However, you shouldn't be humiliated about just now seeing those films. I still haven't seen ROSEMARY'S BABY, MOROCCO, or even EL DORADO (but I have seen RIO LOBO and put it up there in '05), and I didn't turn out to be a serial killer or anything. In fact, as you could see when we met in May '07 I'm quite harmless (with that preface I can now say: BARRY LYNDON is bourgeois cinema, no confusion). But what is this educational Noel Burch film?? Is it related to his film on early cinema and the Institutional Mode of Representation called WHAT DO THOSE OLD FILMS MEAN?? Where did you see this?<BR/><BR/>And, related to Burch, I propose a new year's resolution between the two of us, a pact: besides being in better touch (on my side!) and going From the Cloud to the Resistance more and more, how about we resolve to get at least one Hanoun film over here in the States on dvd and subtitled ready for underground distribution? I think we can do it...<BR/><BR/>Farocki's RESPITE is disquieting, now, exactly for its flatness. I'm glad to finally see an acknowledgment of the film.<BR/><BR/>Let me know if you find any Shub!<BR/><BR/>to the future, comrade!<BR/>andyAndy Rectorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15870363285627741234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10161060.post-14146733183298449722007-12-31T00:31:00.000-05:002007-12-31T00:31:00.000-05:00I also like the first Transporter film. If you ha...I also like the first <B>Transporter</B> film. If you have time for another Corey Yuen directed film, try <B>So Close</B>. Unlike Brett Ratner, Yuen knows how to photograph martial arts.Peter Nellhaushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04161286159856159772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10161060.post-29200036769385154482007-12-30T23:33:00.000-05:002007-12-30T23:33:00.000-05:00Great idiosyncratic list, Zach -- the best kind!Yo...Great idiosyncratic list, Zach -- the best kind!<BR/><BR/>Your number two resolution ("try my best to stick to one book at a time and finish it off quickly") is one I always try my damnest to stick to, but I haven't been able to do it in the three-four years that I've made it. Here's hoping you'll the tenacity to stick to it.<BR/><BR/>Happy New Year!Aaron W. Grahamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11988034390125865431noreply@blogger.com