Paris Je T'Aime - 10/10
Amelie - 10/10
2046 - 10/10
The last three movies I have seen are also the three best movies I have ever seen. Which is kinda interesting.
Paris Je T'Aime - 10/10
Amelie - 10/10
2046 - 10/10
The last three movies I have seen are also the three best movies I have ever seen. Which is kinda interesting.
The simpsons
"Come away O human child!To the waters of the wild, With a faery hand in hand, For the worlds more full of weeping than you can understand."
W.B.Yeats
"If it looks like a Dwarf and smells like a Dwarf, then it's probably a Dwarf (or a latrine wearing dungarees)"
Artemins Fowl and the Lost Colony by Eoin Colfer
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Monarch of the Glen -- BBC Scotland
Excellent, but make sure you watch at least 3-4 episodes, because it tends to grow on you, and might appear too mild with only one episode. 6th season with the old codger who returns, and then is put under house arrest for wildness in his youth, -- that character is outrageous.
Bergman just died. One of the greatest film makers ever, if you like cinema you should check out his films.
"And the worms, they will climb
The rugged ladder of your spine"
Yes i heard it just now..what a pity..i have already organized a Bergman night - tributeOriginally Posted by Mark F.
...nice to "see" you again Mark
Through the darkness of future past
the magician longs to see
one chance out between two worlds
'Fire walk with me.'
Twin Peaks
I've still not yet seen "Amelie", but the other two are indeed excellent.
That's too bad about Bergman.
I loved Amelie, it was a delightful movie, there's no other word for it, it was simply delightful.I just watched Bergman's Sarabond, first Bergman movie I've seen and even though I felt a little unprepared not having seen Scenes From A Marriage, I still thought it was a very powerful movie. I was a little uncomfortable with the father/daughter relationship between Karin and Henrik, there were scenes where they were just a little too close for my comfort but I can get over such things to see the big picture. I have added a few more Bergman titles to my Netflix queue since.
I also saw Broken Flowers with Bill Murray. I thought Bill Murray's character rang a bell, a little like his Lost in Translation character and it would've been nice to see him do something a little bit different but I did enjoy the movie. It took me a day to two to come to grips with it's ending...or should I say lack of ending but upon reflection, it really was a great way to end it, happy endings are overrated anyway.
And last weekend I watched Ivan's Childhood, a 1962 Russian film directed by Andrei Tarkovsky. It's interesting that I watched this movie the same week I finish reading The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosinski. It was the same basic theme, the wanderings and fates of orphan children during WWII. Their stories were very different of course but I think I like the more subtle way of dealing with the issue in the movie than in the book. I'm really sensitive to graphic descriptions and depictions of violence...a wuss, if you will...and I liked the way Ivan's Childhood addressed the violence and danger without hitting you over the head with it. And the imagery was stark and yet stunning, even in black and white, it was a visually impressive work.
Oh, and I also went to the latest Harry Potter movie with my boys. What can I say? I don't know if you can call it art but movies don't always need to be art, sometimes they can just be for fun and this was fun.
the luminous grass of the prairie hides
feet lovely and still as sleeping doves,
porcelain bones strong enough to carry a life,
but weighty and unmovable
As black Dakota hills. ~ Riesa
I didn't like Amelie...judging by your responses to the film, i am in the minority
Through the darkness of future past
the magician longs to see
one chance out between two worlds
'Fire walk with me.'
Twin Peaks
I didn't like Amelie either, Jeunet is an awful director who basically ruins anything he touches.
"And the worms, they will climb
The rugged ladder of your spine"
I loved Amelie, it was a delightful movie, there's no other word for it, it was simply delightful.
Since he just died I'm hoping people will be encouraged to watch some of Bergman's films, so here's a list of my favourite ones:
The Seventh Seal, Persona, Wild Strawberries, Cries and Whispers, Shame, Hour of the Wolf, Scenes From a Marriage...
I have yet to see Saraband, Fanny & Alexander and the trilogy (Through a Glass Darkly, Winter Light and The Silence)
It took me two viewings but now Broken Flowers is actually one of my favourite Jarmusch movies. The minor characters are what makes the film really good, especially Don's relationship with his Ethiopian neighbour, Winston. Great film and I wish people would stop comparing it to Lost in Translation which is very different.I also saw Broken Flowers with Bill Murray. I thought Bill Murray's character rang a bell, a little like his Lost in Translation character and it would've been nice to see him do something a little bit different but I did enjoy the movie. It took me a day to two to come to grips with it's ending...or should I say lack of ending but upon reflection, it really was a great way to end it, happy endings are overrated anyway.
Have you seen any other films by Tarkovski? I've only seen Stalker and The Mirror. Both are excellent.
"And the worms, they will climb
The rugged ladder of your spine"
I think the thing that connected the two movies for me was just Bill's flattened affect, the general malaise of the character, not the direction or storyline or look of the film. However, there are some very fundamental differences in the characters when you look closer and let things sink in a little bit. Despite Don's constant assertions that he wasn't interested in taking this journey, he does it and he does it with a quiet but formidable strength. He has to overcome a tremendous amount of pain, awkwardness, embarrassment and a certain amount of humiliation to continue and even though there are times when he wants to walk away, he doesn't and that's what sets this character apart from Bob in Lost in Translation. And Winston was wonderful, their interaction was always fascinating. What did you think of the ending? What was your interpretation of what it meant. I know a lot of people think that was his son in the car and that is reinforced by the fact that his Bill's real-life son played the part but my first thought when I saw it was, "For the rest of his life, he is going to be looking for his son in every young man's face" and I thought what a horrible place to be in, how ironic it was that he found a sort of resolution with these women, but the one thing he was looking for will escape him and torment him, possibly for the rest of his life...but maybe I don't know what I'm talking about and it really was his son. For a while it really bothered me that I would never know but I've come to terms with it now.
No, I haven't seen any of his other movies but like Bergman, after one film, I'm ready to see more. I have Andrei Rublev on my queue and perhaps I will add the others. My Netflix queue is beginning to get out of control.Have you seen any other films by Tarkovski? I've only seen Stalker and The Mirror. Both are excellent.
the luminous grass of the prairie hides
feet lovely and still as sleeping doves,
porcelain bones strong enough to carry a life,
but weighty and unmovable
As black Dakota hills. ~ Riesa
To me the ending of Broken Flowers just meant that finding his son wasn't what was important. The whole point was that he had to make this journey, to look back on his life, to see where he was at. An idea that's hinted at, that I really like, is that Winston may be the one who actually wrote the letter in the first place. None of the women he visits seem to be the likely mothers of his long lost son. The last shot's just a moment of realisation.
Murray's acting is always the same and people don't compare Lost in Translation to Groundhog Day. I think the fact that the two films were released with only a couple of years between them and that a lot of people discovered Bill Murray through Lost in Translation makes people assimilate them in their minds.
I recommend you watch Stalker, the opening 20 minutes are some of the most beautifully shot footage I've ever seen. The film's a bit slow and long (3hrs) but it's a masterpiece.
Bergman, Pasolini and Tarkovski are my three favourite European directors. Since you like the other two, check out Pasolini if you haven't seen any of his films, heh.
"And the worms, they will climb
The rugged ladder of your spine"
The Gods Must Be Crazy
--watched this several times
Started it again in school last Monday
Wish hard enough, I could turn it to what I like.
Fall Out Boy, "Tiffany Blews."
"The last king of Scotland" 8/10
Nice movie. Forest Whitaker is really good
Through the darkness of future past
the magician longs to see
one chance out between two worlds
'Fire walk with me.'
Twin Peaks
"Babel", Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu 9/10
This is perhaps one of the best films i've seen since the beginning of the year
Through the darkness of future past
the magician longs to see
one chance out between two worlds
'Fire walk with me.'
Twin Peaks
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