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Kleber

Paris, France

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chanandre

13May13

rohmer jumping rope?

Kleber

13May13

Yep. Keeps the body sharp and the mind in good shape.
Kleber

13May13

Rohmer était un prince : http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x13drj_eric-rohmer-on-the-dance-floor_news#.UZA5U4Vy4oo
chanandre

13May13

tha'ts awesome of his. hence his longevity and maybe hence the longevity of his body of work so the man had a body of work and a body. how cool is that?
Kleber

13May13

Further proof for this great theory : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDFDpXITOoA
chanandre

13May13

ahahah that was so cute. it reminded of my own grand-papa Manoel de Oliveira.
chanandre

13May13

dude you read my mind or what? aha. great minds think alike. and i love'em both actually.

Hey, as a fellow Jacques Tourneur fan, I was wondering if you'd share some thoughts on Appointment in Honduras, a film I liked quite a bit, yet feel as though I missed something. Tourneur's elliptical, unknowable violence remains intact, the moral uncertainty of the protagonist is compelling.

Jack Lehtonen

9May13

Having rewatched I like it quite a bit more.
Kleber

10May13

As Fujiwara puts it, it's "at once one of the most minor of Tourneur's films and one of the most profound". The very straightforward plot - mostly getting from one point to another while meeting already-dead animals and soon-to-be-dead people - as well as Tourneur's usual subdued & slack (as in "slack water") tone make the whole thing feel like a dream-like initiatic journey to the heart of darkness and back again. Just like in Dwan's or Ulmer's movies, the obvious lack of $$ and its various formal consequences - artificial settings, slightly off or stiff actors, "aquarium lighting", stock-shots... - serve as precarious yet often sublime means for spatial, moral or even metaphysical explorations. Case in point : when somebody dies in "Appointment", it's always in a blunt and unexpected way that makes you feel like shit but doesn't belittle you as a spectator for having speculated on it (Fujiwara : "death strikes as a spatial illogicality"). While, during the first 20mn of Haneke's last film, you can't help but wait for Riva's coming death because every fucking shot is "carefully" designed to make you feel so.
Kleber

10May13

Got carried away, but one last thing : that yellow bathed in sweat nightgown Ann Sheridan is wearing during a good half of the movie is quite something, erotically speaking, and a great testament to Tourneur's keen sense of concrete reality.
Aguaespejo

10May13

LOVE your description of the Tourneurian tone as slack water...
Jack Lehtonen

13May13

Having rewatched it prior your response, I have to agree with all of what you said. Particularly important, for me, was articulating why it isn't a Haneke-esque act of manipulation, despite the "distance" of Tourneur. Also, I feel this is one of his most complex films, incredibly mysterious. I get the nagging feeling that something about it has eluded me.

Aguaespejo

6May13

Hey so I see you did see Jolly Fellows and liked it! There is something about the visual rhythms of its movement that I love. (Btw I have gotten really piqued by the general dismissal that By the Bluest of Seas, that Barnet gem, has elicited on MUBI. Its being shown free on MUBI in America and all these people who have seen it there leave comments on the page that really leave me gritting my teeth! Thought Id share because I see you have rated it a 5 as well)

Kleber

10May13

Yeah, thanks for recommending it, loved that antisocial "groucho-marxist" feel. As for Barnet, I suppose he is doomed to the amiration of the (hopefully increasing) happy few for not matching general pre/misconceptions about soviet cinema (not sure if this a correct english sentence but it's getting late here).
Aguaespejo

10May13

Il n'y a aucun erreur. Tu t'exprimes avec beaucoup d'éloquence en anglais, mais malheureusement mon français boite ... Yes! Soviet cinema is approached with so much baggage... People constantly talk about its propaganda aspect as though the entire star system were not one massive propaganda machine. I'm watching his Miss Mend right now and thoroughly enjoying myself...

Aguaespejo

30Mar13

Have you seen Alexandrov's Jolly Fellows? Given your other tastes I think you might like it. Its a completely crazy early Russian musical. Here is a link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=chDRXQ77IgA

Kleber

1Apr13

I have it on DVD since months but never got around to watch it. Your description makes it sound like a wild mix between Barnet and Dovzhenko, will try to find the time to check it out this week, thanks!
Aguaespejo

1Apr13

Do let me know what you think! Id be very interested in knowing your impression. There are definitely some Barnet like moments, but less Dovzhenko and more Marx Brothers I think. In fact the credits include a homage to the American silent clowns...