Some Clouzot (suggestions?)
Les Diaboliques and Le Corbeau are both really good, nasty films. I'm ashamed to say I haven't seen Wages of Fear yet, because I've heard it's pretty incredible.
Wash: Psychic, though? That sounds like something out of science fiction. Zoe: We live in a space ship, dear. Wash: So?
'Objects In Space'
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Frankenbuddha - Sep 15, 2006 8:42:12 am PDT #4238 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
megan walker - Sep 15, 2006 8:42:13 am PDT #4239 of 10001
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Le Beau Serge (more Chabrol altogether)
Yeah, Chabrol is underrated I think. But you have to like dark, so I can see why he has less popular appeal than the others.
Some Clouzot (suggestions?)
Well, if you haven't seen them, I would start with Wages of Fear and Diabolique. I really like Le Corbeau/The Raven, which got Clouzot in a whole heap of trouble during the postwar collaboration purges because it deals with poisonous, anonymous letters in a small town.
Hayden - Sep 15, 2006 8:42:53 am PDT #4240 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Should I call them, or rely on e-mail to report it, and are they going to charge me for the cost of the disc?
Just email. Same thing's happened to me, and they fixed it, no problem.
DavidS - Sep 15, 2006 8:43:14 am PDT #4241 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Now see, even though The Black Dahlia is getting mediocre reviews the description of these two scenes makes me want to see it.
Whitefonted for those who don't want any details ahead of time, though these are not plot-spoilery: Together and separately Lee and Bucky follow Elizabeth's trail from a lesbian nightclub she occasionally frequented, mostly to score free drinks (this occasions the movie's wittiest scene, featuring an elaborate floor show with k.d. lang as a tuxedo'ed crooner flanked by a chorus line of haughty, topless lovelies) to a bungalow she shared with other girls who, as she was, were hoping to break into movies. (The luscious Rose McGowan appears briefly as an ambitious movie extra kitted up in a dazzling Egyptian slave-girl costume.)
Frankenbuddha - Sep 15, 2006 8:44:02 am PDT #4242 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
The French director I haven't seen anything by, and seriously need to rectify that situation about, is Melville.
DavidS - Sep 15, 2006 8:45:01 am PDT #4243 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Thanks, megan. I've seen Diabolique and Wages of Fear (which always reminds me of Ed on Northern Exposure nodding knowingly and just saying, "Yves Montand." Like, that's all you needed to say about that.) But yeah, I was curious about The Raven.
amych - Sep 15, 2006 8:45:21 am PDT #4244 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
I'm still not especially drawn to see it, but I somehow suspect I'll be first in line when the nightclub bit shows up on youtube.
(edited because italics is NOT whitefont.)
DavidS - Sep 15, 2006 8:46:02 am PDT #4245 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
The French director I haven't seen anything by, and seriously need to rectify that situation about, is Melville.
Bob le Flambeur is very enjoyable. Le Samourai is colder and more severe, but beautiful in its way and a fascinating late noir.
Hayden - Sep 15, 2006 8:47:44 am PDT #4246 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I haven't seen any Clouzot, either, but his movies hang out towards the middle of my Netflix queue.
Kathy A - Sep 15, 2006 8:48:04 am PDT #4247 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
Thanks for the Netflix advice, everyone! I just took care of it. Strange thing is that I remember sealing the envelope up while standing in front of the mailbox here at work, but I don't remember dropping it into the box. I hope I mailed it, and didn't accidentally drop it into the garbage or somewhere else in a post-Labor-Day haze. Sad thing is that it's part of a multi-disk set (Disk 1 of Doctor Who), so it'll cost them more to replace it if it doesn't show up.