I saw Damsels in Distress last fall at a film fest. I really enjoyed it. (I have to confess that I have never seen any other Stillman films.) The style really reminded me of 90s indie movies.
This is a time of celebration, so sit still and be quiet.
Snyder ,'Chosen'
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Sue - Apr 05, 2012 9:27:48 am PDT #19245 of 30000
hip deep in pie
JZ - Apr 05, 2012 9:52:31 am PDT #19246 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
Does the Wicked Queen unhinge her jaw and eat her stepdaughter whole in this one?
She does not. But she wears some seriously fucking awesome dresses, and she goes through the mirror a couple of times and ends up in... something I can't describe without both spoiling it and making it sound bleak and bare and uninteresting, because it's made to be seen, not described. It's just cold and creepy and gives you the same sort of feeling as some Miyazaki movies, where the mundane and supernatural worlds intersect and you get brief little glimpses of other worlds that you realize must be real worlds -- you get a few-seconds-long flash of something that's so detailed and so fully realized that you can imagine a whole complex history behind it, even if the filmmaker never explores it or mentions it again.
It's just a very visually full world. But everyone's jaw stays firmly hinged in place.
Frankenbuddha - Apr 05, 2012 9:56:50 am PDT #19247 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
I saw Damsels in Distress last fall at a film fest. I really enjoyed it. (I have to confess that I have never seen any other Stillman films.) The style really reminded me of 90s indie movies.
Appropriate since the last time he made a movie was in the 90s, and he was a very indie director. I highly recommend all of three of his movies, but especially Barcelona.
Polter-Cow - Apr 05, 2012 10:06:47 am PDT #19248 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
Yes, that's my favorite of the three, too.
Vonnie K - Apr 05, 2012 10:40:41 am PDT #19249 of 30000
Kiss me, my girl, before I'm sick.
Huh. I wonder if it's dudes vs. girls thing. I enjoyed Barcelona but it was easily my least favourite of the three, and I think it's because it's all from the POV of the boys. The women in that movie are mostly cyphers.
bon bon - Apr 05, 2012 10:47:39 am PDT #19250 of 30000
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Barcelona is my preferred Stillman.
-t - Apr 05, 2012 10:58:52 am PDT #19251 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Barcelona is probably my favorite, if only for that "what's that thing, above the subtext" line.
Typo Boy - Apr 05, 2012 11:15:47 am PDT #19252 of 30000
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I think Sara said "Mirror, Mirror" was popcorn, but really fun high quality popcorn.
JZ - Apr 05, 2012 12:45:25 pm PDT #19253 of 30000
See? I gave everybody here an opportunity to tell me what a bad person I am and nobody did, because I fuckin' rule.
It's the popcorniest. I'm pretty sure that any Buffista who got pure visual pleasure out of Coraline, Edward Scissorhands, Marie Antoinette, A Series of Unfortunate Events, Alice in Wonderland (Burton version), Spirited Away, Pleasantville, or the totally ahistorical but oh so pretty Cate Blanchett Elizabeth will swoon over the visuals of this one. It's a completely ridiculous mashup of everything from medieval cathedrals to Gaudi to Diagon Alley, but somehow it all works.
Connie Neil - Apr 05, 2012 12:47:19 pm PDT #19254 of 30000
brillig
Is the pretty enough to balance the downsides? Is the plot at least not cringeworthy?