Buffy ,'Selfless'
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As Daisy notes, she wasn't a silly vapid ingenue in Rachel Getting Married. She was dark, neurotic and fucked up.
Well, since Daisy didn't say any of that in her post and *actually* just said that she was amazing in that movie, and since I've not seen that movie (nor heard of it), I really couldn't infer "dark, neurotic and fucked up" from "amazing." But -- hey, if she can do it, right on.
You're right, she didn't actually say that. I am actually saying that, though. She was dark, neurotic and fucked up.
I'd be curious to see her Catwoman.
I'm not sure if I should be a bit hurt or not. I meant that she did a really incredible job with a role that was 180 from the fluffy roles she'd been known for, and that to see that movie and not once think, "Wow, Princess Mia is a psychotic bitch!" is pretty impressive.
I haven't seen it, but I heard a lot about it through the Oscar buzz. I wanted to see it to see what all the fuss was about, but it sounded like an incredibly depressing, hard-to-watch movie.
Other New Wave suggestions for P-C:
I would think either Godard's Le Mépris (Contempt) or maybe Alphaville would appeal. Another Truffaut you might be interested in is La Mariée était en noir (The Bride Wore Black).
Personally, I like most of early Chabrol: Le Beau Serge, Les Cousins, and Les Bonnes Femmes.
Directors on the periphery of this movement:
If you like technicolor singing or dancing, try Jacques Demy:
Les Parapluies de Cherbourg
(singing) or
Les Demoiselles de Rochefort
(dancing).
For film noir, either Bob le flambeur by Melville (who makes a cameo in Breathless as the famous author) or Ascenseur pour l'échafaud (Elevator to the Gallows) by Louis Malle would be good choices.
I'm not sure if I should be a bit hurt or not.
I think Tep was just responding to my presumptive tone, which was just poor phrasing on my part.
I love all the people complaining that Hardy can't play Bane. And then going "Bronson? What's that??"
Oh, those noir ones look good. I think I'm good for now! Once I have my French New Wave Weekend, we'll see how I feel about doing more. Heh. I hope this makes me a better person.
I was just having a conversation last weekend or so about the next Batman villain, and the guy I was talking to said something about the Riddler, and I said I'd rather, with Nolan's tone in the movies, it be Bane, so Hardy's the cherry on top for me.
I just keep thinking of this 400 Blows.