Xander ,'First Date'
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That wasn't a donkey! That was Jesus!
Oh, we discussed the blatant Jesus imagery. The film guy seems to be in love with Bresson. I think he called this movie "the epitome of cinema."
Ultimately, I think I found it too bleak that the animal was the only one capable of grace.
I thought that was pretty funny, actually. I mean, misanthropic, yes, but funny.
I'm not always in agreement with Pauline Kael, but ultimately we both like a fair bit of razzle dazzle sensation in our movies so quiet, slow, deliberate directors like Bresson or Ozu can be a trial.
I'm not always in agreement with Pauline Kael, but ultimately we both like a fair bit of razzle dazzle sensation in our movies so quiet, slow, deliberate directors like Bresson or Ozu can be a trial.
This is me w/r/t Antonioni, with the exception of Blow Up.
Has anyone seen Waltz with Bashir? Usually not my kind of movie, but the animation made it watchable for me.
I saw it, DJ. I don't know if I could say I liked it, but I thought it was very powerful, and the animation was fascinating -- it helped to make the whole subject of the movie feel more distant, so that I didn't even realize it was a documentary until halfway through.
Just saw A Serious Man a few nights ago, and LOVED it. I can't stop thinking about it.
Don't know if I should put this here or in Natter, but the brother of director Christopher Nolan is currently incarcerated in downtown Chicago awaiting extradition to Costa Rica on a murder charge, and he was caught planning an escape.
Oh, I thought it was Jonathan. I didn't know he had another brother.
I somehow elided over "the brother of" when I first read that and had a major WTFF?!??! moment.
I'm shallowly glad it's not Jonathan Nolan. I like him free and writing, thank you very much. Even if he's to blame for Terminator: Salvation. I haven't actually seen that, so I won't hold it against him.
Even if he's to blame for Terminator: Salvation.
There's plenty of blame to spread around for that movie.