A fine list!

I'm amazed that scfz is still active after all these years. Makes me very happy

Probably the best director ever at shot composition.

Admittedly, my question was a bit specific and maybe not entirely well-formulated

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.

Godard. Sad. Maybe it's time to finally watch Historie(s)

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!

I'm thinking of writing an article about intellectual passion in movies. What are some good examples?

I'm thinking of eg. Astruc's Evariste Galois, where Evariste is really almost furious, but like, not about conquest or love or anything, but math

Any other great examples?

Rosenbaum's list:

Greed

Spione

Ivan

I Was Born, But…

Rear Window

Cuadecuc-Vampir

Sátántangó

Histoire(s) du cinéma

The Wind Will Carry Us

The World

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 ...

Would be fun if this poll was run after Nic's new film with Sono: https://letterboxd.com/film/prisoners-of-the-ghostland/

I probably fell in love with Lonsdale watching Ruiz' Insomniac on the Bridge. That film is so inarticulately hilarious.

Pestonjee at 30, interesting. Also, I thought I saw a lot of the zeki here and there, but perhaps no one picked the same film from him.

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.

1. Birds, Orphans, Fools
2. See You in Hell, Friends!
3. The Drummer for the Red Cross

Oh no not Max von Sydow

Seen 15. I see all of his films as comedies, but maybe that just because I'm danish.

1. Europa
2. Dogville
3. A Flower
4. The Element of Crime

1. Andrei Rublev (that opening scene, my god!)
2. Zerkalo
3. Offret
4. Stalker

Thomas Elsaesser

It is what it is.

That line will go down in film history no doubt. Coming to terms with failure...

Melody for a Street Organ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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...

Seen 7

1. Le Camion
2. L'Homme Atlantique

Does anyone know if the zeki is working on a new film?

Have yet to see A Lullaby, which I figure would rank high, but:

1. From What is Before
2. Century of Birthing

Seen 11.

1. The Hunters
2. Eternity and a Day
3. O Megaloxandros
4. Days of '36
5. The Suspended Step of the Stork

Ok, I'm drinking my coffee now. How about Hanoun or Angelopoulos?