So, two nights ago we watched My Best Fiend (about Werner Herzog and Klaus Kinski). And then last night, after seeing that, Bob rented Burden of Dreams. Now I'm wondering if it's worth it to see Fitzcarraldo-- I suspect I won't like it, but does anyone have an opinion on it, or Aguirre?
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bon bon - Jun 19, 2007 10:14:21 am PDT #9256 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 19, 2007 10:23:47 am PDT #9257 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Now I'm wondering if it's worth it to see Fitzcarraldo-- I suspect I won't like it, but does anyone have an opinion on it, or Aguirre?
Aguirre is awesome, in my opinion, but it's been ages since I've seen it; I really should see it again. I found Fitzcarraldo to be a total bore; Burden of Dreams is a way better movie than the film it's about.
Sean K - Jun 19, 2007 10:38:21 am PDT #9258 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I'll have to agree with Frank's assessment of Aguirre's awesomeness. It's stunning, beautiful, dark and tragic.
Sean K - Jun 19, 2007 10:39:44 am PDT #9259 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
Serial:
And the final scene of Aguirre, the last survivor of the expedition, dying on a raft covered in monkeys, floating down the river is one of the great end scenes in cinema.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 19, 2007 10:40:30 am PDT #9260 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Plus the movie has one of the most stunning opening shots of a movie and one of the most stunning closing ones as well.
DavidS - Jun 19, 2007 10:42:16 am PDT #9261 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
is one of the great end scenes in cinema.
Very striking image.
Narratively I think my favorite might be the end of French Connection II.
Though the end of Vertigo (which I saw in its theatrical re-release) made me yell something like, "No way!"
Frankenbuddha - Jun 19, 2007 10:42:22 am PDT #9262 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
x-post, natch. Yeah that ending is what I was thinking of, but the shot of the line of the expedition winding it's way up (down?) the mountain as far as the eye can see at the beginning is pretty frelling amazing too.
bon bon - Jun 19, 2007 10:44:39 am PDT #9263 of 10001
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Both scenes are featured in My Best Fiend, so maybe I don't have to see it! Frank's report on Fitzcarraldo is about what I guessed.
Frankenbuddha - Jun 19, 2007 10:44:51 am PDT #9264 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Though the end of Vertigo (which I saw in its theatrical re-release) made me yell something like, "No way!"
And, of course, that's one of the great "suspended / what next" scenes of all time because if it went on for a moment longer it looks pretty clear that Jimmy Stewart's going to go jumping off the roof too.
Sean K - Jun 19, 2007 10:47:12 am PDT #9265 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
at the beginning is pretty frelling amazing too.
Oh yes. I was a little uninterested in it when my roommate at the time rented it. But between that first shot, quickly followed by the sequence where one of the cannons they were humping over the peaks of the Andes was too heavy for the ground beneath it, and the cannon (and crew, I think) plunged thousands of feet into the jungle below, I was hooked.
Though the end of Vertigo (which I saw in its theatrical re-release) made me yell something like, "No way!"
I've forgotten the exact ending, but I remember being very dissatisfied with Vertigo, as I had watched it after several other Hitchcock films, and thinking it much weaker than the other films I'd seen.