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Didn't he do Blow-Up ? Because that actually sounds interesting, and I've wanted to see it. Maybe I'll just see The Conversation instead, which is like the audio version. Or, wait, didn't Brian DePalma remake it? That could work.
The 400 Blows didn't even have 400 goddamn blows. I counted 3.
The Conversation is one of my favorite films of all time. Blow-Up has the same emphasis on style and form that the other Michelangelo Antonioni films have, and it just bores me to tears. Too long and drawn out with not much happening. Very interesting premise, though.
I saw it in a double-feature (in 1988)with L'avventura at the New Beverly theatre in Los Angeles. At least I got to eat popcorn with real butter and frozen Snickers.
Oh, the De Palma film is Blow Out, and it's basically the same premise as The Conversation.
Blow-Up has the same emphasis on style and form that the other Michelangelo Antonioni films have, and it just bores me to tears. Too long and drawn out with not much happening. Very interesting premise, though.
Dammit! That does not seem like my kind of movie.
Hey you might like it. It's well-regarded, obviously. I'm just past the age where I'll watch or read stuff just because it's classic or well-regarded. I happily acknowledge that just because something is revered, I don't have to like it.
Also, I love the films of the 20's-60's (even though I barely "talk movies" anymore) but the 70's (or very late 60's)is my favorite decade for film. At any given moment, 6 or 7 of my favorite movies will be from that decade. I love the mix of tight, well developed stories crossed with a new-found grit and realism.
Oh! And speaking of Italian directors, if you have never seen The Bicycle Thief, please do. It's always somewhere in my top ten, and it's a gem.
Like Matt TBF, I also watched The Piano with my mother, at about age 16.
Unlike Matt's mother, I am willing to bet, my mother leaned over to me during the scene where Harvey Keitel was nakedly caressing the piano and said, "He's so sexy, isn't he?"
Trailer for Shutter Island directed by Martin Scorsese.
Hmmmm, Dennis Lehane and Martin Scorsese. Sounds like a good idea to me.
Another trailer for The Time Traveler's Wife.
Which is a pity, given your name.
Yeah, I was actually just thinking of ashes, but then I was hearing people talk about Ash the character. I'm not big into horror (my enjoyment of particular vampires+werewolves notwithstanding), and I don't know if I'll ever see Ash in action.
I am watching Sleepy Hollow with Johnny Depp after listening to an audio version of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow on vacation. One seems to have very little to do with the other, but Johnny Depp is still very pretty.
My dad and I saw Blow Out (the DePalma version of Blow Up) in the theater, and I really liked it. I haven't seen it since then, so I don't know if it holds up, but I wouldn't mind watching it again.