Definitely a medium for Allen to espouse his stand up routine without him having to physically present it…although he certainly tries to stick himself into the visual :) I’m actually surprised since he went brit he didn’t develop a special accent…
Evil to the core:
Mona Demarkov from Romeo is Bleeding
Kevin from Sin City
Damien from The Omen
Nurse Ratched from One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
Margaret White from Carrie
Bill Maplewood from Happiness
Bartholomew from Rollerball
Mountain men from Deliverance
Tommy DeVito from Goodfellas
Freddie Clegg from The Collector
Bill Sikes from Oliver
Bad but you would want them on your side if the sh^t hit the fan:
Lono Veccio from Suicide Kings
Aaron Hallam from The Hunted
Big Chris from Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
Wilson from The Limey
Leon from The Professional
Through no fault of their own:
Reagan from The Exorcist
Hal9000 from 2001
Bad decision making / circumstance corrupts absolutely:
Hank Mitchell from A Simple Plan
Darth Vader (retcon the early years)
Humbert Humbert from Lolita (although could also be evil to the core)
Michael Corleone from the Godfather 1-3
I have adored him since I saw Macon for the first time. He’s probably one of the most unique and genuine of auteurs that ultimately respects the craft of motion in pictures. Even in more recent years with Tulse – his love declared for the almighty digital and bringing it to the front fold (not that I adopt fully with this transformation here but I can respect it just the same since it aligns with evolving). I personally feel his story arcs are never secondary…he is much too literary in being for that to occur and not shy about it either. Since he is an artist as well however, I can see how his imagery is able to stand on its own and appears to weigh in heavier at times.
I feel his baser themes of humanity devolving and rotting from the inside to out is quite transforming. I’m also very appreciative of his collaborations via directors of photography and scoring, they leave complete imprints on the psyche.
Much that it greatly pains myself to sit through bad filmmaking, I find I just can’t bring myself to leave…whether some kind of strange principal or punishment I have yet to comprehend.
I think it’s highly possible that if I saw Australia in the theater it would have been the first, however.
No doubt about Brooks. I’ll have to go with Maureen O’Hara – b/w or color, she’s fascinating to watch onscreen and her movement. Also, something about Mirren and her appealing persona.
Verhoeven – Robocop
Schumacher – A Time to Kill
Robbins – Hard Ball
Ratner – Family Man
Emmerich – Stargate
Sonnenfeld – Get Shorty
Harlin – Long Kiss Goodnight
Reynolds – Count of Monte Cristo
Winner – Death Wish
Kasdan – Body Heat
Soderbergh – The Limey
Figgis – Liebstraum
Craven – Serpent and the Rainbow
M. Night – Sixth Sense
Raimi – A Simple Plan
Smith – Dogma
There is honestly something every Oscar year that is incomprehendable to me so i just expect it to happen and it begins automatically with a wtf in the nomination itself – frankly, it sets the stage for it to happen with a win and we can definitely sense where they are going with the popular vote winner. Maybe the Independent Spirit awards is meant to be for the more worthy candidate these days. I definitely feel Melissa Leo was the rightful win for their category but I do see that it could be considered a lifetime acheivement win at the Oscars for Winslet.
I was actually appalled at the ‘new’ arrangement for the Oscars last year. I mean, it’s nice to see some appearances by actors giving shout-outs to their peers, but don’t try to have them explain a movie that they possibly haven’t seen and can stutter on to highlight a performance for someone when it is ‘their’ moment. No clip even, for shame.
I tend to look for performances that you can match up at any given year and it’s tough to choose all over again, whether the movie is bad or not, irreverent. Also, I look at Beatrice Straight winning for her 10 or so min screen time on Network (excellent film, popular that year) and say as good as that brief time shown, does it really compare in criteria to Piper Laurie, for instance, who certainly had more meat to chew on and had been in the industry for 20+ yrs without an Oscar win as well? or Jodie Foster doing a rather stark and disturbing portrayal at 15 – perhaps the industry already felt they gave it to a younger actress a few years back (O’Neal) and didn’t want to repeat the early age range again.
I’m all for giving ‘post’ awards for what the Oscars originally gave in error and where they admit their head was up their collective arses. Maybe they can also give retributory fines to the actors that couldn’t achieve that ‘win’ amount raise because of the failing logic on their part. Especially with women roles, sometimes a missed opportunity really means years before you see a decent role again or are offered it first with no audition needed.
Interesting would be to see the BAFTAs that were injust too.
Serentity now. I think these people can be identified as the culprits in making the video-game industry > big screen transistion a viable commodity. Even my 6 year old nephew can appreciate the Little Rascals. Personally, I would love a comprehensive book to be done on the Art Direction & Costume Design for the b/w era.
I find too many people by far though claiming, ‘they just don’t make them like they used to’ which usually relates to b/w movies.
VO is ok although not preferred, however I have a difficult time liking any long bouts of straight narration. Come to think of it, even if it’s brief but it feels the need to dumb down the landscape for me I don’t care to listen to it. I can’t really think of a narration offhand either that I feel couldn’t have been done in a more innovative way for motion picture sake. I guess I would be one of the one’s concluding it’s an inheritly weak mechanism.
Turner essentially he never recovered from that doozy and actually gave people a moment pause when touting any ingenuity he had in the business realm. Although I despised him previously for never listening to the people outspoken about making his releases pan & scan either, so there you have it. His previous wife could have let him in on some filmmaking trades on how every scene is established, set and blocked. The odds that it could be converted and duplicated correctly are pretty much nil.
No matter what the look on still, this is most definitely going to be the portrayal on my plasma, true black (so it will certainly look fake), nor the envisioning of the creator, which…kinda big for me. The colorizing movement was clearly to make older films they still had (have) royalties and copyrights to for younger audiences. There was no crafting for art’s sake.
thnx Vellaem. True, I could even understand if they were taking only public domain flicks and experimenting with them to see what they could do with technology, improve upon known flaws etc.
Your favorite Woody Allen's film? about 4 years ago
1. Interiors
2. Stardust Memories
3. Radio Days or Hannah and Her Sisters (tie)
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What constitutes an Auteur? about 4 years ago
Definitely a medium for Allen to espouse his stand up routine without him having to physically present it…although he certainly tries to stick himself into the visual :) I’m actually surprised since he went brit he didn’t develop a special accent…
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What constitutes an Auteur? about 4 years ago
I’m actually surprised since he went brit he didn’t develop a special accent…
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VILLAINS. about 4 years ago
Evil to the core:
Mona Demarkov from Romeo is Bleeding
Kevin from Sin City
Damien from The Omen
Nurse Ratched from One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest
Margaret White from Carrie
Bill Maplewood from Happiness
Bartholomew from Rollerball
Mountain men from Deliverance
Tommy DeVito from Goodfellas
Freddie Clegg from The Collector
Bill Sikes from Oliver
Bad but you would want them on your side if the sh^t hit the fan:
Lono Veccio from Suicide Kings
Aaron Hallam from The Hunted
Big Chris from Lock, Stock & Two Smoking Barrels
Wilson from The Limey
Leon from The Professional
Through no fault of their own:
Reagan from The Exorcist
Hal9000 from 2001
Bad decision making / circumstance corrupts absolutely:
Hank Mitchell from A Simple Plan
Darth Vader (retcon the early years)
Humbert Humbert from Lolita (although could also be evil to the core)
Michael Corleone from the Godfather 1-3
…
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Best of Coming-Of-Age Cinema about 4 years ago
Cinema Paradiso
Malena
Born on the Fourth of July
River’s Edge
Picnic at Hanging Rock
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Which movies would you like to see on The Auteurs? about 4 years ago
Tony Richardson
Kasi Lemmons
Alan Rudolph
Bruno Dumont
Julie Taymor
Dardenne Brothers
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Foreign Film Nominations, 2009 over 3 years ago
I refuse to watch this year…no kristen scott thomas nod? ridculous by epic proportions.
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FAVOURITE DOWNBEAT ENDING over 3 years ago
Day of the Locust
A Boy and His Dog
I’m thinking of downbeat for all of humanity as far as outcomes go.
Carrington and Jude were just utterly depressing throughout
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what actors do you consider creepy? over 3 years ago
Steve Buscemi & Ethan Hawke – their mangled, foul teeth creep me out everytime.
For slimebag effect: Eric Roberts & Mickey Rourke
Also, Terence Stamp via The Collector and Dylan Baker via Happiness. I don’t think I have been able to view them onscreen without seeing them as such.
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WHAT MAKES A PETER GREENAWAY FIILM SO UNIQUE? about 3 years ago
I have adored him since I saw Macon for the first time. He’s probably one of the most unique and genuine of auteurs that ultimately respects the craft of motion in pictures. Even in more recent years with Tulse – his love declared for the almighty digital and bringing it to the front fold (not that I adopt fully with this transformation here but I can respect it just the same since it aligns with evolving). I personally feel his story arcs are never secondary…he is much too literary in being for that to occur and not shy about it either. Since he is an artist as well however, I can see how his imagery is able to stand on its own and appears to weigh in heavier at times.
I feel his baser themes of humanity devolving and rotting from the inside to out is quite transforming. I’m also very appreciative of his collaborations via directors of photography and scoring, they leave complete imprints on the psyche.
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What films have you walked out on and why ? about 3 years ago
Much that it greatly pains myself to sit through bad filmmaking, I find I just can’t bring myself to leave…whether some kind of strange principal or punishment I have yet to comprehend.
I think it’s highly possible that if I saw Australia in the theater it would have been the first, however.
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WHO IS / WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FILM ACTRESS EVER? about 3 years ago
No doubt about Brooks. I’ll have to go with Maureen O’Hara – b/w or color, she’s fascinating to watch onscreen and her movement. Also, something about Mirren and her appealing persona.
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Singular films you love from directors you don't care for about 3 years ago
Verhoeven – Robocop
Schumacher – A Time to Kill
Robbins – Hard Ball
Ratner – Family Man
Emmerich – Stargate
Sonnenfeld – Get Shorty
Harlin – Long Kiss Goodnight
Reynolds – Count of Monte Cristo
Winner – Death Wish
Kasdan – Body Heat
Soderbergh – The Limey
Figgis – Liebstraum
Craven – Serpent and the Rainbow
M. Night – Sixth Sense
Raimi – A Simple Plan
Smith – Dogma
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So what's the film that your friends loved and you thought was rubbish. about 3 years ago
In more recent years…Forrest Gump – Crash – Babel. Those are titles that have spurred the most verbal and written arguments.
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Endings at the sea about 3 years ago
Kind of an ‘into the fog’ ending but you know where they are headed towards and plenty of ocean fare throughout, The Ghost & Mrs. Muir.
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You know your a cinephile when? about 3 years ago
your friends say ‘what a great album collection you have’ when they are, in fact, laser discs.
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You know your a cinephile when? about 3 years ago
when you secretly keep hoping laser discs will make a ‘comeback’
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You know your a cinephile when? about 3 years ago
relishing the moment when you open up your laser disc boxed set and see all the love that went into the design
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You know your a cinephile when? about 3 years ago
eggsactly! for emPHasis
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what actors do you consider creepy? about 3 years ago
Pruitt Taylor Vince
Brad Dourif
Ben Foster – he looks like (and acts) like he’s about to attack whenever the sleeper note is triggered
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most overrated oscar performances or robberies about 3 years ago
There is honestly something every Oscar year that is incomprehendable to me so i just expect it to happen and it begins automatically with a wtf in the nomination itself – frankly, it sets the stage for it to happen with a win and we can definitely sense where they are going with the popular vote winner. Maybe the Independent Spirit awards is meant to be for the more worthy candidate these days. I definitely feel Melissa Leo was the rightful win for their category but I do see that it could be considered a lifetime acheivement win at the Oscars for Winslet.
I was actually appalled at the ‘new’ arrangement for the Oscars last year. I mean, it’s nice to see some appearances by actors giving shout-outs to their peers, but don’t try to have them explain a movie that they possibly haven’t seen and can stutter on to highlight a performance for someone when it is ‘their’ moment. No clip even, for shame.
I tend to look for performances that you can match up at any given year and it’s tough to choose all over again, whether the movie is bad or not, irreverent. Also, I look at Beatrice Straight winning for her 10 or so min screen time on Network (excellent film, popular that year) and say as good as that brief time shown, does it really compare in criteria to Piper Laurie, for instance, who certainly had more meat to chew on and had been in the industry for 20+ yrs without an Oscar win as well? or Jodie Foster doing a rather stark and disturbing portrayal at 15 – perhaps the industry already felt they gave it to a younger actress a few years back (O’Neal) and didn’t want to repeat the early age range again.
I’m all for giving ‘post’ awards for what the Oscars originally gave in error and where they admit their head was up their collective arses. Maybe they can also give retributory fines to the actors that couldn’t achieve that ‘win’ amount raise because of the failing logic on their part. Especially with women roles, sometimes a missed opportunity really means years before you see a decent role again or are offered it first with no audition needed.
Interesting would be to see the BAFTAs that were injust too.
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Favourite snippet (some quirky little thing a character does) about 3 years ago
Anything Cary Grant does with a cigarette, especially the flip into the lips.
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The Anti-Black & White Film Brigade about 3 years ago
Serentity now. I think these people can be identified as the culprits in making the video-game industry > big screen transistion a viable commodity. Even my 6 year old nephew can appreciate the Little Rascals. Personally, I would love a comprehensive book to be done on the Art Direction & Costume Design for the b/w era.
I find too many people by far though claiming, ‘they just don’t make them like they used to’ which usually relates to b/w movies.
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Is Voiceover Ever Good? (& Truffaut's TWO ENGLISH GIRLS) about 3 years ago
VO is ok although not preferred, however I have a difficult time liking any long bouts of straight narration. Come to think of it, even if it’s brief but it feels the need to dumb down the landscape for me I don’t care to listen to it. I can’t really think of a narration offhand either that I feel couldn’t have been done in a more innovative way for motion picture sake. I guess I would be one of the one’s concluding it’s an inheritly weak mechanism.
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The Anti-Black & White Film Brigade about 3 years ago
Turner essentially he never recovered from that doozy and actually gave people a moment pause when touting any ingenuity he had in the business realm. Although I despised him previously for never listening to the people outspoken about making his releases pan & scan either, so there you have it. His previous wife could have let him in on some filmmaking trades on how every scene is established, set and blocked. The odds that it could be converted and duplicated correctly are pretty much nil.
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Most Underrated Directors Working Today? about 3 years ago
Polish Brothers
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The Anti-Black & White Film Brigade about 3 years ago
No matter what the look on still, this is most definitely going to be the portrayal on my plasma, true black (so it will certainly look fake), nor the envisioning of the creator, which…kinda big for me. The colorizing movement was clearly to make older films they still had (have) royalties and copyrights to for younger audiences. There was no crafting for art’s sake.
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The Anti-Black & White Film Brigade about 3 years ago
thnx Vellaem. True, I could even understand if they were taking only public domain flicks and experimenting with them to see what they could do with technology, improve upon known flaws etc.
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Wall Street Redux about 3 years ago
Maybe they can combine SpaceBalls and the new Wall Street – “because greed is dumb.”
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MOST BEAUTIFUL FILMS IN COLOR about 3 years ago
Vertigo
Howard’s End
Dreams
Madame Bovary
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