ita, it only gets more depressing, which is my primary memory of the movie.
Am I supposed to be changing my clothes a lot? Is that the helpful thing to do?
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Dana - Nov 04, 2007 7:51:12 am PST #2016 of 10000
I'm terrifically busy with my ennui.
Hayden - Nov 04, 2007 7:55:31 am PST #2017 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
It's depressing, but very beautiful. I don't think it was meaningless or even joyless at all. That said, I'll never watch the damn thing again, but I'm glad I saw it once.
Laga - Nov 04, 2007 8:09:41 am PST #2018 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
I'll never watch the damn thing again, but I'm glad I saw it once.
This should be its own genre.
§ ita § - Nov 04, 2007 8:14:02 am PST #2019 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I love the animation of the little girl. It's very sweet.
Hayden - Nov 04, 2007 8:14:27 am PST #2020 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
This should be its own genre.
No kidding! I'll nominate Barry Lyndon and L'Avventura, both of which I loved when I saw them and neither of which I can ever imagine finding the time to rewatch.
DavidS - Nov 04, 2007 8:15:27 am PST #2021 of 10000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
This should be its own genre.
The Onion just did a list of such movies recently. Great Movies Too Painful To See Twice.
Laga - Nov 04, 2007 8:19:22 am PST #2022 of 10000
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
The Onion just did a list of such movies recently
interesting
15. Grave Of The Fireflies (1988)
Jessica - Nov 04, 2007 8:27:03 am PST #2023 of 10000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
It's certainly sad and haunting so far, but not so compelling that I'll feel empty leaving it here.
I don't think I got anything more out of the last half of the film than the first, but I'm glad I saw it all the way through just to have done it. If I'd left it partway through I'd always have wondered what I missed.
Barry Lyndon is worth watching multiple times, but it does require you to set aside half a day to do it.
Hayden - Nov 04, 2007 8:27:29 am PST #2024 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Huh. I'd throw pretty much any Von Trier, Haneke, or Miike on that list, plus most Bergman, but they have good choices on the AV Club list. I've seen Straw Dogs numerous times, though, for pretty much the same reason I've read Blood Meridian so many times: there's poetry in the bleakness and nothing is what it seems at first. There's a lot of movies on that list I'll never even watch once, though, because they don't seem to have much there there on the surface, and I'm not interested enough to investigate further.
Hayden - Nov 04, 2007 8:29:28 am PST #2025 of 10000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Barry Lyndon is worth watching multiple times, but it does require you to set aside half a day to do it.
I hear you. My friend Scott says the same thing all the time, but I just can't see doing it. There's a lot of great movies I've never even seen once, if you follow me, so doing a repeat on something so utterly exhausting (like L'Avventura, too!) just isn't in the works for me at this point.