Haha, yes, Longitude is not what I'm after But Zanussi is interesting in this regard. He definitely has a fondness of intellectual characters, but also, it seems to me most of his characters are depressed I have yet to see "crystal", though.
You mean maybe extroverted scientists, artists, philosophers, etc. instead of introverted? Could be, but not necessary. My best example, really, of the specific thing I'm after is the first half of Astruc's Evariste. Sure, there are tons of films about mad and maniacal scientists and artists, but o...
There are a ton of films about artists and stuff. And you know, biographical stuff like A BEAUTIFUL MIND. Thousands really. Or you want some films that are excellent? Yeah, I guess I can explain myself a bit better. I'm more looking for intellectual "fury" than intellectual passion or int...
brian d wrote: ↑Thu Sep 08, 2022 1:07 pm
reason, debate, and a story, where ghatak is really passionate (and drunk), not about conquest or love, but about socialism?
not sure if that's the intellectual angle you're going for or not, but it's a good movie...
Ah yes, I've been meaning to watch that for a while!
Would be fun if this poll was run after Nic's new film with Sono: https://letterboxd.com/film/prisoners-of-the-ghostland/ Well, looks like me dragging this out worked out then! Do you wanna submit a ballot as well? Ha, let me just throw in a poll for the sake of it! No Sono though... 1. Adaptation ...
A bit of old favorites, a bit of new Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (Sergei Parajanov, 1965) The Last Dive (Joao Cesar Monteiro, 1992) News From Home (Chantal Akerman, 1977) Werckmeister Harmonies (Bela Tarr, 2000) Maya Darpan (Kumar Shahani, 1972) Khustralyov, My Car! (Aleksey German, 1998) Melodie...
signed up for a mubi free trial just to see the director cut of graf die sieger/ the invincibles, which is i think some kind of very weird great film. if anyone has that streaming service and 2 1/2 hours free can't recommend highly enough. Argh, signed up today to watch but apparently it isn't avai...
greennui wrote: ↑Wed Jun 10, 2020 10:16 am
I say: pure favourites poll + an alternative top 100 compiled from the same results, that'll kill two birds with one stone.
Then we can have an obscurity poll at some later point that'll highlight our underseen favourites.
I agree on this as well. Favorites should be favorites.
I'll restrict myself to 15, broken into three tiers. A Restoration (Elizabeth Price, 2016) Hard to be a God (Aleksey German, 2013) La Guerre d'Algerie (Jean-Marie Straub, 2014) It has to be lived once and dreamed twice (Rainer Kohlberger, 2019) The Woolworths Choir of 1979 (Elizabeth Price, 2012) Fr...