It’s important to have the production companies and distributors listed on each film page. It feels incomplete and then I have to go to IMDB to look it up. This will be greatly appreciated.
Den Goda Viljan, or the Best Intentions, based on the screenplay by Ingmar Bergman about his parents’ first decade of knowing each other and living together, is one of my all-time favorite films. No, it’s not a BERGMAN, but you can’t escape his screenplay (the dialogs for the roles of Liv Ullmann and Samuel Frohler are superb) and it’s really nice to see a different treqtment for his writing. The films that Liv Ullman has directed are closely wedded and loyal to Bergman himself. Bille August did a great job and while he earned a Palme d’Or for the film, this is not enough. This film needs more recognition.
Also see (if you have not already)
Pelle the Conqueror
Les Misérables
Smilla’s Sense of Snow and
Goodbye Bafana
well, I really liked Amélie and Delicatessen that were both so dark and light at the same time…., and the teaser for this os good, too. So I am eager to see it…
Yes, I am interested in the DVD lol since I know it probably won’t make it to a theater near me. SInce I loved Jeunet in both Delicatessen and Amelie, I am going to see it, no matter what. I guess we’ll find out sooner or later when that is to be…
Yes, you’re right, Bergman asked Pernilla to play his mother because he thought she could pull it off better than anyone else. And she more than gave it her best. I misspoke above because about two months ago, I watched about 25 Bergman films pretty much back to back and Liv Ullmann was on my mind.
Bergman’s movies are certainly auteur quality in their style, content, mood, etc. etc., but he was right not to direct this one himself. I agree with your comment about self-abnegating—that understatement of self is so powerful, it made the story more than real. August imbued it with a lyricism that chez Bergman might have been represented in harsher and stern ways, à la Bergman, of course.
Still the Bergman content is pretty unparalleled in the way it leaves me exhausted and still wanting more. I can understand, I think, some of the reasons why he felt so at home on his Faro island, the place that allowed him the reflection and solitude necessary for such thought to be put to paper, and then to film.
By the way, I did like the way Ullmann directed Faithless., the one about the imaginary woman telling her tale of adultery to a storyteller.
To come back to August, I am glad that Bergman, who we know from all the interviews he gave was very controlling and often hard to work with, respected August’s artistic rights when he gave over the screenplay for the Best Intentions. I can imagine that this would have resulted in yet another Bergman film. It’s great to see this material take on a whole other persona.
auteurs for all (readers/viewers are auteurs, too, you know). It’s not an exclusive title, if that’s all you’re worried about. Just expand the definition of auteurs… it’s a great name!!! MUBI sucks !
There is a huge disconnect between the calibre of articles posted in the NOTEBOOK, the passion of people to learn and discuss films, and this new “accessible” identity. People can go to a 1000 other sites to chat about films but the Auteurs’ NOTEBOOK feature combined with the FORUM is the essence of Auteurs.
So what if people don’t know that the French word Auteur means signature style for a master director. The word is uplifting and not benign like MUBI. It uplifts all who use it.
All over the world people consciously or unconsciously respond to text (visual or verbal or other) and the meaning of that text is partially created from the interaction between the author and the reader or viewer. To that extent, readers and viewers are authors/AUTEURS as well. Can’t the title AUTEURS be used to denote this INCLUSIVE meaning in lieu of limiting it to its original meaning (referring to the original Director of the film)?
It embraces everyone and is uplifting instead of some benign PC word like Mubi.
this is supposed to calm us down? Not funny. not funny!
and this from Efe:
“I have a confession to make: I only became a cinephile after I founded The Auteurs. Yes, I loved Chunking Express and Band of Outsiders, but I’ve never followed Cannes or Berlin, or passionately hunted down obscure films. I also knew absolutely nothing about film distribution. But I knew two things really well: 1) how to build Web applications, from concept to interface design to programming; and 2) how to do deals. "
Full article here: http://www.filmlinc.com/fcm/jf09/uncutauth.htm
if you can learn about films, so can others. After saying what you did about yourself and cinema in this interview, you should give others a chance too! Auteurs is not that out of reach…
You describe in this interview that you got Criterion to participate with you and open their doors to their collection, something no one thought you could do… you think they would have opened their doors to MUBI? The Criterion and Auteurs alliance is clear. But MUBI?
Criterion is quite elite sounding too and exclusionary in that way…. and yet cinephiles embrace this institution the world over. They try and live up to their name. Should they start calling themselves CRIKEY to get a bigger audience, Or CRITTER or CRYONet I would lose faith in their integrity.
Please hold yourself accountable to your standards. Live up to your name, go back to Auteurs, the viewers will not abandon you.
I do a lot of reading on this site, I don’t post all the time, but I don’t think what I am saying is different from what all of us are feeling here. Most of the time, I try and not repeat what has been said already so I don’t feel compelled to write but in this instance repetition might have some weight.
Hopefully my comments only add to the dialog and don’t take away from it.
I think we all benefit from it in different ways. And that’s OK.
I do a lot of reading on this site, I don’t post all the time, but I don’t think what I am saying is different from what all of us are feeling here. Most of the time, I try and not repeat what has been said already so I don’t feel compelled to write but in this instance repetition might have some weight.
Hopefully my comments only add to the dialog and don’t take away from it.
I think we all benefit from it in different ways. And that’s OK.
I appreciate all the information we are gathering -albeit in bits and pieces -thanks to the research by the forum members, but the information just shared above @tinch, dzimas, and shakti is even more depressing.
When is the CEO going to respond? I think we would like the opportunity to respectfully respond to something we hear from the jefe.
hello all,
I just saw this since it was linked to one of my favorite pages..OPEN CULTURE.org
http://www.openculture.com/2010/05/david_lynch_debuts_lady_blue_shanghai.html
Interesting, what “free” can mean depending on who is talking and who is listening.
What’s a free movie / ad when the bag costs $2000?
@Haus — you said “(for a purse only relatively wealthy & strugglingly wealthy people are going to invest in anyway)”
The ad does work for these people you mention. That’s what they want to see, and Lynch delivered it. These people will go and buy the bag, don’t you think?
What do we get? a free movie and the behind the scenes part is thrown in for free as well
had he lived up to himself, the film would not have worked for his audience…. so no go, Lynch, I expected to see more Lynch.
Having said that I also have to admit that the subject (blue bag) was so repulsive that unless he had chosen to subvert it and satirize its existence, it could never please.
On a hunch I looked up “David Lynch Commercials” and came up with several interesting sites:
http://www.lynchnet.com/ads/
http://www.davidlynch.de/commercials.html
and
http://www.ldmproductions.fr/main/index.php?langue=en&rub=2
and this excerpt from: http://www.thecityofabsurdity.com/ads.html
Why is David Lynch directing commercials?
“The money’s good, and the added bonus is that I get to use and learn about the latest technology, tools that normally wouldn’t be available to me, and then I can use those tools in my feature work. I like doing them in Europe.” David Lynch
I did not know he made commercials. Don’t know what “tools” he is talking about above.
Then I went to his own site http://www.davidlynch.com/ — listened to the weather report although I did not need to since I live in LA.
And I loved the way organic coffee is treated in all its forms (ground, beans, decaf, caf, house and French roast versions) Don’t know that the coffee dispenser is his idea/creation, but I liked what it did.
@Frank – I see your point and am with you on this one, except I don’t think efe is going to respond. Classic trick. I am just plain disappointed that the users were not consulted about this change. Name change is not a small thing, ever.
I liked the general tone of your explanation, efe, thank you.
I appreciated the last couple of sentences in your note: “Let us know what you think. We hardly get things right the first time, but strive to make this the best destination online for good cinema.”
For me personally, change is inevitable, but consultation with the community one serves and the market one targets makes the experience of change more positive, accountable, trustworthy. I say this in times where the ideas of trust and accountability are as nebulous as they have ever been.
I like the idea of a global audience. I just don’t like the new name. Your points about Virgin and Apple are well taken. It is possible that regardless of the name any entity — certainly this one — has the potential to grow like Apple. I still don’t like the name.
So we’re each going to have two memberships (or one if we don’t want to enter the world of The Auteurs?)
Who’d want to do that? We’re a pretty diverse audience right here right now and I’d like to assume that most of us use all the features of The Auteurs at some point. Sharing some stats about user habits would be helpful.
If I understand your explanation of the working of The Auteurs and MUBI, it seems that the member commentary and discussion will not be allowed in the Auteurs world but in the parallel universe of MUBI.
I like the idea that the content and mindset of the Auteurs is going to remain the same, but I don’t appreciate having to carry on my discussion about what I see and read in The Auteurs on MUBI, the platform that provides “broader access” to cinema. The chaff is being separated from the grain?
Or, is what you describe going to happen as it does here and now on The Auteurs with the simple use of a tab [Forum]? A MUBI tab for discussion? And a “The Auteurs” tab for watching and reading [Notebook]?
There is nothing we can do about the name now… this bird has flown
I appreciate that efe is talking to us and responding. Thank you.
I don’t think we agree on some of the concerns raised and I agree with Kenji, it remains to be seen as to how (if) The Auteurs.com will live up to its self-assigned mandate.
Efe is hoping to see hordes of cinephiles of all kinds flood the MUBI theater in the next week(s)? So if I get this, the forum that we currently have won’t change its place on the website, it will just see an influx of new members? Right?
And if we wanted to read the Notebook or watch an “Auteur” film (versus a non-auteur or MUBI film), then we would log into the Auteur side of things?
I expect that navigational directions and options will be posted soon.
Film Details--Producer and Distributor information over 3 years ago
It’s important to have the production companies and distributors listed on each film page. It feels incomplete and then I have to go to IMDB to look it up. This will be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
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Film Details--Producer and Distributor information over 3 years ago
Merci, merci, merci de faux-fuyants. Nice user id…
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TOP BERGMAN over 3 years ago
Winter Light
The Silence
Cries and Whispers
but I have not seen them all, so I will be back!!
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Why are there no posts about Bille August's Best Intentions? over 3 years ago
Den Goda Viljan, or the Best Intentions, based on the screenplay by Ingmar Bergman about his parents’ first decade of knowing each other and living together, is one of my all-time favorite films. No, it’s not a BERGMAN, but you can’t escape his screenplay (the dialogs for the roles of Liv Ullmann and Samuel Frohler are superb) and it’s really nice to see a different treqtment for his writing. The films that Liv Ullman has directed are closely wedded and loyal to Bergman himself. Bille August did a great job and while he earned a Palme d’Or for the film, this is not enough. This film needs more recognition.
Also see (if you have not already)
Pelle the Conqueror
Les Misérables
Smilla’s Sense of Snow and
Goodbye Bafana
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DVD release over 3 years ago
Does anyone know when it’s going to be released?
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DVD release over 3 years ago
well, I really liked Amélie and Delicatessen that were both so dark and light at the same time…., and the teaser for this os good, too. So I am eager to see it…
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DVD release over 3 years ago
Yes, I am interested in the DVD lol since I know it probably won’t make it to a theater near me. SInce I loved Jeunet in both Delicatessen and Amelie, I am going to see it, no matter what. I guess we’ll find out sooner or later when that is to be…
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Why are there no posts about Bille August's Best Intentions? over 3 years ago
Yes, you’re right, Bergman asked Pernilla to play his mother because he thought she could pull it off better than anyone else. And she more than gave it her best. I misspoke above because about two months ago, I watched about 25 Bergman films pretty much back to back and Liv Ullmann was on my mind.
Bergman’s movies are certainly auteur quality in their style, content, mood, etc. etc., but he was right not to direct this one himself. I agree with your comment about self-abnegating—that understatement of self is so powerful, it made the story more than real. August imbued it with a lyricism that chez Bergman might have been represented in harsher and stern ways, à la Bergman, of course.
Still the Bergman content is pretty unparalleled in the way it leaves me exhausted and still wanting more. I can understand, I think, some of the reasons why he felt so at home on his Faro island, the place that allowed him the reflection and solitude necessary for such thought to be put to paper, and then to film.
By the way, I did like the way Ullmann directed Faithless., the one about the imaginary woman telling her tale of adultery to a storyteller.
To come back to August, I am glad that Bergman, who we know from all the interviews he gave was very controlling and often hard to work with, respected August’s artistic rights when he gave over the screenplay for the Best Intentions. I can imagine that this would have resulted in yet another Bergman film. It’s great to see this material take on a whole other persona.
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MUBI: VOTE about 3 years ago
auteurs for all (readers/viewers are auteurs, too, you know). It’s not an exclusive title, if that’s all you’re worried about. Just expand the definition of auteurs… it’s a great name!!! MUBI sucks !
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Why did we change our name to MUBI? about 3 years ago
There is a huge disconnect between the calibre of articles posted in the NOTEBOOK, the passion of people to learn and discuss films, and this new “accessible” identity. People can go to a 1000 other sites to chat about films but the Auteurs’ NOTEBOOK feature combined with the FORUM is the essence of Auteurs.
So what if people don’t know that the French word Auteur means signature style for a master director. The word is uplifting and not benign like MUBI. It uplifts all who use it.
All over the world people consciously or unconsciously respond to text (visual or verbal or other) and the meaning of that text is partially created from the interaction between the author and the reader or viewer. To that extent, readers and viewers are authors/AUTEURS as well. Can’t the title AUTEURS be used to denote this INCLUSIVE meaning in lieu of limiting it to its original meaning (referring to the original Director of the film)?
It embraces everyone and is uplifting instead of some benign PC word like Mubi.
Make the change!!!
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MUBI: VOTE about 3 years ago
I preferred “theauteurs.com”: (141)
I prefer “mubi.com”: (2)
I would prefer another name: (4)
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Why did we change our name to MUBI? about 3 years ago
http://mubi.com/so-sad
this is supposed to calm us down? Not funny. not funny!
and this from Efe:
“I have a confession to make: I only became a cinephile after I founded The Auteurs. Yes, I loved Chunking Express and Band of Outsiders, but I’ve never followed Cannes or Berlin, or passionately hunted down obscure films. I also knew absolutely nothing about film distribution. But I knew two things really well: 1) how to build Web applications, from concept to interface design to programming; and 2) how to do deals. "
Full article here: http://www.filmlinc.com/fcm/jf09/uncutauth.htm
if you can learn about films, so can others. After saying what you did about yourself and cinema in this interview, you should give others a chance too! Auteurs is not that out of reach…
You describe in this interview that you got Criterion to participate with you and open their doors to their collection, something no one thought you could do… you think they would have opened their doors to MUBI? The Criterion and Auteurs alliance is clear. But MUBI?
Criterion is quite elite sounding too and exclusionary in that way…. and yet cinephiles embrace this institution the world over. They try and live up to their name. Should they start calling themselves CRIKEY to get a bigger audience, Or CRITTER or CRYONet I would lose faith in their integrity.
Please hold yourself accountable to your standards. Live up to your name, go back to Auteurs, the viewers will not abandon you.
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Why did we change our name to MUBI? about 3 years ago
I do a lot of reading on this site, I don’t post all the time, but I don’t think what I am saying is different from what all of us are feeling here. Most of the time, I try and not repeat what has been said already so I don’t feel compelled to write but in this instance repetition might have some weight.
Hopefully my comments only add to the dialog and don’t take away from it.
I think we all benefit from it in different ways. And that’s OK.
Thanks!
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Why did we change our name to MUBI? about 3 years ago
I do a lot of reading on this site, I don’t post all the time, but I don’t think what I am saying is different from what all of us are feeling here. Most of the time, I try and not repeat what has been said already so I don’t feel compelled to write but in this instance repetition might have some weight.
Hopefully my comments only add to the dialog and don’t take away from it.
I think we all benefit from it in different ways. And that’s OK.
Thanks!
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Why did we change our name to MUBI? about 3 years ago
I did not mean to post this twice!! this is some kind of jinx!
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Why did we change our name to MUBI? about 3 years ago
Tubi and not to Mubi
If universality is the objective-a noble one-where do Japanese and Chinese and Arabic and Afrikaans (and many others) fit in MUBI?
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Why did we change our name to MUBI? about 3 years ago
Agreed, that’s the point, the bias is inevitable…
Coca-Cola doesn’t mean anything, but it’s still viewed as an American icon.
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Why did we change our name to MUBI? about 3 years ago
I want to hear from Efe now
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Why did we change our name to MUBI? about 3 years ago
I appreciate all the information we are gathering -albeit in bits and pieces -thanks to the research by the forum members, but the information just shared above @tinch, dzimas, and shakti is even more depressing.
When is the CEO going to respond? I think we would like the opportunity to respectfully respond to something we hear from the jefe.
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Lynch's new Dior ad/short film about 3 years ago
hello all,
I just saw this since it was linked to one of my favorite pages..OPEN CULTURE.org
http://www.openculture.com/2010/05/david_lynch_debuts_lady_blue_shanghai.html
Interesting, what “free” can mean depending on who is talking and who is listening.
What’s a free movie / ad when the bag costs $2000?
@Haus — you said “(for a purse only relatively wealthy & strugglingly wealthy people are going to invest in anyway)”The ad does work for these people you mention. That’s what they want to see, and Lynch delivered it. These people will go and buy the bag, don’t you think?
What do we get? a free movie and the behind the scenes part is thrown in for free as well
It was never made for us. IMHO, thank you.
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Lynch's new Dior ad/short film about 3 years ago
had he lived up to himself, the film would not have worked for his audience…. so no go, Lynch, I expected to see more Lynch.
Having said that I also have to admit that the subject (blue bag) was so repulsive that unless he had chosen to subvert it and satirize its existence, it could never please.
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Lynch's new Dior ad/short film about 3 years ago
On a hunch I looked up “David Lynch Commercials” and came up with several interesting sites:
http://www.lynchnet.com/ads/
http://www.davidlynch.de/commercials.html
and
http://www.ldmproductions.fr/main/index.php?langue=en&rub=2
and this excerpt from: http://www.thecityofabsurdity.com/ads.html
Why is David Lynch directing commercials?
“The money’s good, and the added bonus is that I get to use and learn about the latest technology, tools that normally wouldn’t be available to me, and then I can use those tools in my feature work. I like doing them in Europe.” David Lynch
I did not know he made commercials. Don’t know what “tools” he is talking about above.
Then I went to his own site http://www.davidlynch.com/ — listened to the weather report although I did not need to since I live in LA.
And I loved the way organic coffee is treated in all its forms (ground, beans, decaf, caf, house and French roast versions) Don’t know that the coffee dispenser is his idea/creation, but I liked what it did.
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Why did we change our name to MUBI? about 3 years ago
Check this out…
http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/mubi-social-network-watch-movies-online-free/
@Frank – I see your point and am with you on this one, except I don’t think efe is going to respond. Classic trick. I am just plain disappointed that the users were not consulted about this change. Name change is not a small thing, ever.
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Why did we change our name to MUBI? about 3 years ago
I still like to refer to it as Auteurs, can they stop me?
http://www.pvld.mobi/movies/?p=4513
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The Auteurs & MUBI about 3 years ago
I liked the general tone of your explanation, efe, thank you.
I appreciated the last couple of sentences in your note: “Let us know what you think. We hardly get things right the first time, but strive to make this the best destination online for good cinema.”
For me personally, change is inevitable, but consultation with the community one serves and the market one targets makes the experience of change more positive, accountable, trustworthy. I say this in times where the ideas of trust and accountability are as nebulous as they have ever been.
I like the idea of a global audience. I just don’t like the new name. Your points about Virgin and Apple are well taken. It is possible that regardless of the name any entity — certainly this one — has the potential to grow like Apple. I still don’t like the name.
So we’re each going to have two memberships (or one if we don’t want to enter the world of The Auteurs?)
Who’d want to do that? We’re a pretty diverse audience right here right now and I’d like to assume that most of us use all the features of The Auteurs at some point. Sharing some stats about user habits would be helpful.
If I understand your explanation of the working of The Auteurs and MUBI, it seems that the member commentary and discussion will not be allowed in the Auteurs world but in the parallel universe of MUBI.
I like the idea that the content and mindset of the Auteurs is going to remain the same, but I don’t appreciate having to carry on my discussion about what I see and read in The Auteurs on MUBI, the platform that provides “broader access” to cinema. The chaff is being separated from the grain?
Or, is what you describe going to happen as it does here and now on The Auteurs with the simple use of a tab [Forum]? A MUBI tab for discussion? And a “The Auteurs” tab for watching and reading [Notebook]?
Confusion and suspicion.
Thank you for reading.
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Panahi released about 3 years ago
This is great news!
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The Auteurs & MUBI about 3 years ago
There is nothing we can do about the name now… this bird has flown
I appreciate that efe is talking to us and responding. Thank you.
I don’t think we agree on some of the concerns raised and I agree with Kenji, it remains to be seen as to how (if) The Auteurs.com will live up to its self-assigned mandate.
Efe is hoping to see hordes of cinephiles of all kinds flood the MUBI theater in the next week(s)? So if I get this, the forum that we currently have won’t change its place on the website, it will just see an influx of new members? Right?
And if we wanted to read the Notebook or watch an “Auteur” film (versus a non-auteur or MUBI film), then we would log into the Auteur side of things?
I expect that navigational directions and options will be posted soon.
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Why did we change our name to MUBI? almost 3 years ago
wêri føny
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The Auteurs & MUBI almost 3 years ago
efe, I liked the tone of that note.
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