Don't like Joan, so it's ok with me.

Hello there.

THE EASY MAN (1968) by Catherine Breillat.

So far, one hell of a difficult read. I'm 40 pages in, and this is way more challenging than reading Blanchot... I think I'll start once more, and re-read everything. If it wasn't Breillat, I would have probably givn up and put it down already.

Fantastic director! Loathed him as a budding cinephile but fell in love with his mastery a decade later.

Only seen silents from DeMille so far.

01. Carmen (1915)
02. The Whispering Chorus (1918)

DeMille seen: 5

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Wellman: 8
Losey: 2
Lewis: 1

01. Vampyr (1932)
02. Day of Wrath (1943)
03. The Word (1955)
04. The Bride of Glomdal (1925)
05. Gertrud (1964)

Dreyer seen: 10

1. Blissfully Yours
2. Tropical Malady

Weerasethakul seen: 4

Wow, Moon in the Gutter!! I love that film!
Wonderful, one of the best and most complex "surreal" films of the 80s.
Films like this is why I love cinema.

Haven't seen the Ford, so can't vote. :icon_e_wink:

got only 4 Apichatpongs but I loooove 3 of them.

The last one I saw was actually UNCLE BOONMEE at the cinema in 2010...
Boy I need to see more of his films asap!!!

01. Barry Lyndon (1975)
02. 2001 (1968)
03. Paths of Glory (1957)
04. Eyes Wide Shut (1999)
05. The Shining (1980)

Kubrick seen: 13

But Kubrick and his films also have much humor and irony and are extremely self-reflexive. I guess, when people aren't as stuck-up anymore and appreciate the absurdity and mocking humor in Kubrick more than they do now (and learn not to take the human species too seriously - same as Kubrick's films)...

Thanks! Will probably pick it up sometime in the future.

Just finished a Machida and a Dazai. The Machida was great. The Dazai not so.
Next in line: Snow Country by Kawabata.

wonderful director!

01. The Beguiled (1971)
02. Hell is for Heroes (1962)
03. Dirty Harry (1971)
04. Two Mules for Sister Sara (1970)
05. The Duel at Silver Creek (1952)

Siegel seen: 10

01. Intentions of Murder (1964)
02. Endless Desire (1958)
03. Warm Water under a Red Bridge (2001)
04. Dr Akagi (1998)
05. Nishi Ginza Station (1958)

Imamura seen: 11

PS: Love Yates, but seen merely 4 (though I would vote for 3 of those, if I could).

wasn't going to vote because i've only seen six but... graduate first van gogh under the sun of satan prior to seeing these i had only seen a nos amour (indifferent to it) and then we won't grow old together (which i thought was one of the worst films i had ever seen) and police (mostly indifferent...

Seen 11 Imamuras, and 9 by Ron Howard.

only seen one, which was great.

March 2019 Ride the Dark Trail (Louis L’Amour / 1972 / USA / English / English) - 7/10 Jean le Bleu “Jean der Träumer” [translated by Käthe Rosenberg] (Jean Giono / 1932 / France / French / German) - 7/10 The Sundance Kids. How the Mavericks Took Back Hollywood (James Mottram / 2006 / USA / English...

Yeah, I meant both. I think science is/can be very useful, also art (not really sure about religion, which I believe is basically useless, and an unnecessary dead end in human history). Both study, construct and interpret our (human) world, obviously, but the ideas of "correspondence to reality...

Yah, more or less bullshit. Greg explained art (and art's appeal) much better and more precise with "the irresolvable tension from contradictory things being simultaneously true being a key example of art's power". Can you list some films that provide good examples of contradictory things...

Yah, more or less bullshit.

Greg explained art (and art's appeal) much better and more precise with "the irresolvable tension from contradictory things being simultaneously true being a key example of art's power".

01. A nos amours

Pialat seen: 2

How's the Tanizaki going, kanafani? I’m only 80 pages in, but so far so great. Promises to be one of those great novels about the eclipse of a family and an era. I saw the movie recently so I’m curious on how that will hold up. I will report back when i’ve Made sufficient progress. :dope: :kisscheek:

How's the Tanizaki going, kanafani?

01. Les ministeres de l'art (1989)

Garrel seen: 3

Today the best was some Concertos by Vivaldi, conducted by Jean-Claude Malgoire.
I also listened to Side A of the album Magic Fly by Space and half of the wonderful Diva score by Vladimir Cosma.

I think I'll just put on my LP of Carl Davis' wonderful score for The Rainbow.

Love Garrel but seen too few.

Don't know what Russell to vote for! Seen very few, but all were briliant, brilliant, brilliant!


01. The Rainbow (1989)
02. Lair of the White Worm (1988)
03. The Devils (1971)

Russel seen: 6

thoxans wrote: ↑Wed Mar 27, 2019 12:12 pm sidenote: xavier dolan ripped off mamma roma big time with mommy and yet i've never seen the glaring comparison brought up elsewhere

I guess it's cause people who care about Mamma Roma couldn't care less about Xavier Dolan - and vice versa.

I think the cherry picking argument is based on one or more of the following false premises that are largely unexamined: 1)that things continue to progress just 'because' (i.e changes in technology, knowledge etc will produce superior results over time); 2)there is no such thing as regress, only pr...

Of course one can cherry-pick films and filmmakers from the 21st century, and thus get the impression that all is well, and there are many great filmmakers shooting many great films in our time (which is true). But this is just the shiny tip of a rotting iceberg, or better speaking: the iceberg has...