Again, I have read this answer a few times and it seems to be a bit of a popular answer, but when I first saw A Bout de Souffle or Breathless, my view of the cinema COMPLETELY changed, and I followed it quickly with the 400 Blows which just solidified the epiphany which Breathless had sparked. Also some other key films which have completely rocked my world: Edward Scissorhands, Cannibal Holocaust, Dreyer’s The Passion of Joan of Arc, Les Enfants Terribles, Gespenster, Daisies, 28 Days Later, Cries and Whispers, Metropolis, Naked Lunch, A Trip to the Moon (Melies), The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, and The Man with the Movie Camera… The list could literally go on forever… I am constantly floored by film and this is just a partial list which will always grow!
I would have to say that while I don’t necessarily think that his films are horrid I immediately thought Spielberg… for all of the reasons mentioned above (especially the point about ’stealing from other directors) as well as the fact that when I think of over-rated I think about directors who have an excessive amount of fame who seem to create films that when I see them I leave feeling the same or a bit let down… IE) directors whose films leave me un-moved yet get praised as if they are the best films since Citizen Kane (or something in that vein), and that also applies for directors who shamelessly use heart string tugging techniques which are extremely transparent…
Anywho, while I don’t agree with a lot of the names dropped, such as Wong Kar Wai, Kubrick etc…. I understand, and agree wirth 5 (i think 5 said it at least) that you are more than welcome to have these opinions, but you sound more intelligent if you at least make some sort of attempt at forming an argument as to why they are overrated… it would make this interesting thread actually live up to it’s potential! fun stuff!
you all have it right with Dreyer’s The Passion of Joan of Arc, one of the most intensely emotional films, the brilliant use of ECU’s as well as the stark contrast of Black and White, the fact that none of the actors used make up which really gave the close ups a certain level of emotional and psychological depth, as well as Falconetti’s performance… it’s all FANTASTIC! however I am amazed that I didn’t see more votes for Lang’s Metropolis… one of the BEST films of all time, stunning visuals and a brilliantly metaphorical storyline! also I second Melies as well as the Man with the Movie Camera, and a bunch of the other films listed, man I really feel at home on this site!
Hello,
Sorry I was a little late to see this thread! I can’t tell you how happy I am to finally have a place to nerd out about film, I have been trying to have intelligent discussions about film on various other forums and have had very little luck. This forum immediately feels like home!
I am Ted (Edward ie Edouard) and I am a 22 year old Film Studies student at the University of Nebraska Lincoln. I am obsessed with film and am excited to really get into it on this board! so there if you want to know anything else about me feel free to check my profile.
I feel like the moment that I don’t have anything to write on this list will be a sad moment… with that said the things I’m most embarrassed about are my lack of Kurosawa filmic viewings as well as the fact that I’ve only seen s few Bergman films…. but then again, It’s fun to go through a phase where you pick a director and watch as much as possible and I feel both of those directors coming…
Alright, so I have to present to my French class a lecture on the history of the French cinema, and while I would consider this one of my cinematic strong suits (while I in NO WAY claim to know everything about it) I have no idea how I’m going to condense such a rich history of film into a 5 to 7 minute lecture. So, since none of this is of any consequence to your lives I shall get to the point, I present to you a simple question; what are, in your opinion, the milestones of French cinema? In this thread, regardless of whether it helps me or not, let’s start a conversation about the rich tradition of French movies. Favorite movies, directors, moments, Top 5 (10, 20, etc.) whatever floats your proverbial boat (cause I bet it will also float mine).
So to start, at the moment I have been all about: Breathless (Godard and really anything Godard I can get my hands on), Day for Night (Truffaut), Les Enfants Terribles (Cocteau/Melville), The Rules of the Game (Renoir), anything Bresson, Elevator to the Gallows (Malle), Mon Oncle (Tati), Beauty and the Beast (Cocteau), Bob the Gambler (Melville), and Hiroshima Mon Amour (Resnais)… Et vous?
I had forgotten about Vigo… and the Dardenne Brothers… yeah the time constraints are pretty ridiculous, but it’s only a 200 level course and I guess I did choose the topic, but I figured that it would be easier to talk about something for which I had a passion. It’s interesting to hear that Pierrot le Fou his thought of so highly, I loved the film, but very rarely hear it brought up when Godard is the topic of conversation. It really hard to decide but I think I’m gonna have to just narrow it down to 4 or 5 important films and then just name drop a metric ass load of directors who, provided I had time I would talk about at great length.
I took a class this summer called Hollywood Genre film at 9:30 in the morning every (week)day, which was followed immediately by another film class (Forbidden Hollywood Pre-code Cinema) and while almost all of the films watched in both classes were awesome, I found myself a few times dozing off in the 9:30 class, but luckily the films I remember falling asleep during,The Ox-Bow incident and maybe one other, I have since had other opportunities to see on the big screens. However the film which I have tried to watch at home and during that 9:30 class which I have never successfully made it through (and I’m not sure how I feel about it) is the Disney version of Alice in Wonderland… never can stay awake….
Criterion DVD’s are the only thing, other than food and cigarettes, that I spend my minor wages on… I’m still at under 50 releases, but I work for a place where I get a little discount on them so as soon as I graduate and get a “real” job my personal criterion collection will grown by leaps and bounds… I’ve never been disappointed (I definitely like some of the films much more than others, but never disappointed)!
All of your suggestions are great, I will of course be talking about Lumiere brothers, The surrealists, Vigo (Zero for Conduct was a dream to watch), Cocteau, and then the poetic realists Renoir and Carne and then I’m not quite sure what films I will mention from the New wave, but I will make sure to mention all of the key directors as well as the Left bank group (Varda, Resnais etc.) and I was for sure planing on going into the Cahier du look, but had overlooked the continuance of surrealist aspects etc. as well as “The Triplets of Belleville”… This is going to be tough, and to have to present not in English, my first language, but in French, a language that, while I love to listen to, I have a VERY hard time speaking in.
Anywho, while I have this thread going, might as well ask few other questions, to spark conversation, firstly if you had to chose one French film to show a clip from in the confines of this report what would it be? Secondly, what is your favorite period, director, or film from the french film history? And, thirdly, name some of your favorite quotes from French film.
and I’ll start firstly: I’ve been thinking maybe closing my presentation with the trailer for Breathless… but I’m interested in hearing what some of you might use…
Secondly: I really can’t pick a favorite or any of those things so I will just make a list of some that come to mind; I love the Poetic Realism I have seen, as well as the Surrealist films (in particular the Blood of a Poet (which I guess I’m not sure would completely count but I think it totally is)) and I have an undying love for the Nouvelle Vague, Godard, Truffaut, as well as the people making films at the time which are not often considered New Wavers in the Cahiers du Cinema sense like Melville, Bresson, Cocteau, Resnais, tati, Varda, and I would like to see some Vadim, and I also enjoy some of the newer stuff that I have seen as well.
Thirdly: The quote that really comes to mind because it totally embodies the spirit of any creative individual especially filmmakers (and as a second esp. the Nouvelle Vague for their revolutionary ideals) and that is the response that Melville’s character in Breathless gives to Patricia’s question of “what is your greatest ambition in life?” and in my opinion of the best quotes in film history “To become immortal, and then to die.”
after reading through all of this I would have to say that my vote also goes to Zen Arcade! I finally bought a hard copy this year (To replace worn burnt ones), so it kind of counts (not really though)… for real Husker Du!
To Musycks: It I had seen Breathless any earlier in my life I may not have been quite ready for it, and some of the other Godard that I watched at around the dame time was a bit out there, Week-end Pierrot Le Fou, Masculine Feminine, and Contempt were a bit much to take the first time around, but only got better with repeated viewings and thought. Godard had a huge impact upon the way I looked at cinema. I also think that an extremely compelling argument can be made for the fact that the French are, if not the best filmmakers at least some of the most imaginative, innovative, and beautiful masters of the medium.
To Allison: Sure! I started this Thread in hopes to spark discussions about, what I view as, some of the most interesting of cinematic history and tradition. So, please do post your top whatever 100 1,000 100,000, I’d love to read it!
Thank you for the recommendations and help Mathieu! I think that what I’m going to end up doing is doing a short wrap up of the different decades and then focusing in on 3-5 films or directors… which I will chose using a combination of my own knowledge, the suggestions I have gotten on here, and the recommendations I get from my film studies professor Dr. Wheeler Winston Dixon (and also using his book, “A Short History of Film”). I think that this will be the only way… since it’s due tomorrow.
Allison,
Dixon is not the teacher that I have to present to, luckily, although I have had to write papers for him all of my film studies academic career , which is indeed a bit daunting since he is an expert on a fair bit of cinema and has written many books as well as made many avant guard films in his day. But I did talk to him today to try and get his opinion, which pretty much mirrored the opinions of this forum that 5-7 minutes is a rather short amount of time in which to discuss such a rich history… so here I sit in the French Language lab trying to A) figure out what to cover, and B) Figure out how to cover it in FRENCH… this should be fun.
Breathless is one of the most beautiful pieces of cinema for it’s stark realism yet blatant artifice, it’s a brilliant example of the possibilities of the cinema while sticking within a strict budget, and the scene where Patricia and Michel spend 15 -20 Minutes simply conversing in her apartment is one of the best scenes in ANY movie in my opinion. With that said, I think that Contempt is also a Brilliant film about which much can be said, the colors as well as the experimentation within the compositions of the shots are both brilliant, it’s a film about the process of making a film, while also being an investigation into the strange psychological atmosphere of relationships. Definitely check BOTH films out, and if you like bizarre films also check out Pierrot Le Fou (possibly my second favorite Godard) and Week-end (a brutal investigation of capitalistic society). Bottom line Godard has yet to let me down, I have always enjoyed everything I have seen thus far and would recommend everything (once again, that I’ve seen) to any true cineaste.
Other than the aforementioned Breathless criterion, I have gotten a HUGE amount of pleasure from criterion’s Carl Theodor Dreyer releases, The Passion of Joan of Arc, Vampyr, and the box set (Day of Wrath, Ordet, and Gertrud (as well as the documentary My Metier)). These films are all amazing and the restorations are priceless. The extras are also far out, including documentaries as well as interviews with the casts and cinematographers.
I also truly enjoy my copies of the deluxe Lord of the Rings trilogy box sets, Vera Chytilova’s Daisies and Fruit of Paradise (put out by Facets), Kino video’s release of Lang’s Metropolis, Performance, the Twin Peaks series, Week-end (New Yorker Video), as well as pretty much all of my Criterion releases (Elevator to the Gallows, Les Enfants Terribles, Pierrot Le Fou, Hiroshima Mon Amour, The 400 Blows being some of my top favorites at the moment).
I’m cautiously optimistic. I love the comic (I’m a bit of a nerd for the side road superheros as well as the indie comics) and I’m excited to see how it’s interpreted. I have heard a lot of negative chatter about it from people before it’s even out, but I will remain as I said cautiously optimistic and will go and see it, even though I just saw that apparently Alan Moore hated it (which doesn’t surprise me since, even though he’s a genius, all I’ve heard about the guy points to the fact that he’s a bit of a curmudgeon…
Thanks Wonder! that is indeed a good starting point.
and for that matter thanks to everyone who has put in your two cents, I really appreciate it and this site in general, I have learned a lot from everyone already and I feel like I have finally found a place where my obsessions with films isn’t out of the ordinary! so THANKS!
honestly, I don’t really know how other people feel about it so I may be going out on a thin limb but, I think that Miller/Rodriguez did a fucking awesome job on Sin City, I mean I guess when the artist and writer of the comic is involved it should be good… but I tent to hold comic movies up to that kind of standard, where they are almost word for word faithful to the lit. and make a good attempt to mold the cinematography to the look of the comic…
Yeah, I’m writing it out right now, and I’m gonna have to cut A LOT out, or my presentation will sound like the Bible: “And Lumiere Brothers begat George Melies and Melies begat Clair and Clair begat Brunuel/Dail and Brunuel begat Jean Cocteau etc….” this is gonna be a fun night of cutting and practicing.
I finished my presentation about an hour ago, and got a 94 % and then talked film with my French Professor for 15 minutes after class about how much of a travesty it is that all of the kids these days will praise Amelie (which in my opinion is a pretty good film, just rather insignificant in relation to the cinematic giants who dominate earlier French cinema) and yet have no idea who Godard, Truffaut, Renoir, Cocteau etc are. it was fun, and once again thank you for your help, also just cause I’m done with this presentation doesn’t mean that the discussion of French hitoire de cinemotographique has to stop…
Favorite auteurs missing from the profile selection box. over 3 years ago
I forth Melville!%Pr
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Favorite Cinematographer over 3 years ago
Henri Dacae! %Pr
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Films that changed how you looked at cinema over 3 years ago
Again, I have read this answer a few times and it seems to be a bit of a popular answer, but when I first saw A Bout de Souffle or Breathless, my view of the cinema COMPLETELY changed, and I followed it quickly with the 400 Blows which just solidified the epiphany which Breathless had sparked. Also some other key films which have completely rocked my world: Edward Scissorhands, Cannibal Holocaust, Dreyer’s The Passion of Joan of Arc, Les Enfants Terribles, Gespenster, Daisies, 28 Days Later, Cries and Whispers, Metropolis, Naked Lunch, A Trip to the Moon (Melies), The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari, and The Man with the Movie Camera… The list could literally go on forever… I am constantly floored by film and this is just a partial list which will always grow!
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Who do you think the most overrated director is? over 3 years ago
I would have to say that while I don’t necessarily think that his films are horrid I immediately thought Spielberg… for all of the reasons mentioned above (especially the point about ’stealing from other directors) as well as the fact that when I think of over-rated I think about directors who have an excessive amount of fame who seem to create films that when I see them I leave feeling the same or a bit let down… IE) directors whose films leave me un-moved yet get praised as if they are the best films since Citizen Kane (or something in that vein), and that also applies for directors who shamelessly use heart string tugging techniques which are extremely transparent…
Anywho, while I don’t agree with a lot of the names dropped, such as Wong Kar Wai, Kubrick etc…. I understand, and agree wirth 5 (i think 5 said it at least) that you are more than welcome to have these opinions, but you sound more intelligent if you at least make some sort of attempt at forming an argument as to why they are overrated… it would make this interesting thread actually live up to it’s potential! fun stuff!
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Silent Films over 3 years ago
you all have it right with Dreyer’s The Passion of Joan of Arc, one of the most intensely emotional films, the brilliant use of ECU’s as well as the stark contrast of Black and White, the fact that none of the actors used make up which really gave the close ups a certain level of emotional and psychological depth, as well as Falconetti’s performance… it’s all FANTASTIC! however I am amazed that I didn’t see more votes for Lang’s Metropolis… one of the BEST films of all time, stunning visuals and a brilliantly metaphorical storyline! also I second Melies as well as the Man with the Movie Camera, and a bunch of the other films listed, man I really feel at home on this site!
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New to The Auteurs? You Belong Here over 3 years ago
Hello,
Sorry I was a little late to see this thread! I can’t tell you how happy I am to finally have a place to nerd out about film, I have been trying to have intelligent discussions about film on various other forums and have had very little luck. This forum immediately feels like home!
I am Ted (Edward ie Edouard) and I am a 22 year old Film Studies student at the University of Nebraska Lincoln. I am obsessed with film and am excited to really get into it on this board! so there if you want to know anything else about me feel free to check my profile.
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CONFESSIONS--FILMS YOU ARE ASHAMED TO SAY YOU HAVE NOT SEEN (YET) over 3 years ago
I feel like the moment that I don’t have anything to write on this list will be a sad moment… with that said the things I’m most embarrassed about are my lack of Kurosawa filmic viewings as well as the fact that I’ve only seen s few Bergman films…. but then again, It’s fun to go through a phase where you pick a director and watch as much as possible and I feel both of those directors coming…
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Who do you think the most overrated director is? over 3 years ago
I second Harmony Korine!
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French Film over 3 years ago
Alright, so I have to present to my French class a lecture on the history of the French cinema, and while I would consider this one of my cinematic strong suits (while I in NO WAY claim to know everything about it) I have no idea how I’m going to condense such a rich history of film into a 5 to 7 minute lecture. So, since none of this is of any consequence to your lives I shall get to the point, I present to you a simple question; what are, in your opinion, the milestones of French cinema? In this thread, regardless of whether it helps me or not, let’s start a conversation about the rich tradition of French movies. Favorite movies, directors, moments, Top 5 (10, 20, etc.) whatever floats your proverbial boat (cause I bet it will also float mine).
So to start, at the moment I have been all about: Breathless (Godard and really anything Godard I can get my hands on), Day for Night (Truffaut), Les Enfants Terribles (Cocteau/Melville), The Rules of the Game (Renoir), anything Bresson, Elevator to the Gallows (Malle), Mon Oncle (Tati), Beauty and the Beast (Cocteau), Bob the Gambler (Melville), and Hiroshima Mon Amour (Resnais)… Et vous?
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French Film over 3 years ago
I had forgotten about Vigo… and the Dardenne Brothers… yeah the time constraints are pretty ridiculous, but it’s only a 200 level course and I guess I did choose the topic, but I figured that it would be easier to talk about something for which I had a passion. It’s interesting to hear that Pierrot le Fou his thought of so highly, I loved the film, but very rarely hear it brought up when Godard is the topic of conversation. It really hard to decide but I think I’m gonna have to just narrow it down to 4 or 5 important films and then just name drop a metric ass load of directors who, provided I had time I would talk about at great length.
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MOMENT OF TRUTH: HAVE YOU EVER GONE TO THE MOVIES AND FALLEN ASLEEP DURING THE FILM? over 3 years ago
I took a class this summer called Hollywood Genre film at 9:30 in the morning every (week)day, which was followed immediately by another film class (Forbidden Hollywood Pre-code Cinema) and while almost all of the films watched in both classes were awesome, I found myself a few times dozing off in the 9:30 class, but luckily the films I remember falling asleep during,The Ox-Bow incident and maybe one other, I have since had other opportunities to see on the big screens. However the film which I have tried to watch at home and during that 9:30 class which I have never successfully made it through (and I’m not sure how I feel about it) is the Disney version of Alice in Wonderland… never can stay awake….
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Criterion junkies here? over 3 years ago
Criterion DVD’s are the only thing, other than food and cigarettes, that I spend my minor wages on… I’m still at under 50 releases, but I work for a place where I get a little discount on them so as soon as I graduate and get a “real” job my personal criterion collection will grown by leaps and bounds… I’ve never been disappointed (I definitely like some of the films much more than others, but never disappointed)!
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French Film over 3 years ago
All of your suggestions are great, I will of course be talking about Lumiere brothers, The surrealists, Vigo (Zero for Conduct was a dream to watch), Cocteau, and then the poetic realists Renoir and Carne and then I’m not quite sure what films I will mention from the New wave, but I will make sure to mention all of the key directors as well as the Left bank group (Varda, Resnais etc.) and I was for sure planing on going into the Cahier du look, but had overlooked the continuance of surrealist aspects etc. as well as “The Triplets of Belleville”… This is going to be tough, and to have to present not in English, my first language, but in French, a language that, while I love to listen to, I have a VERY hard time speaking in.
Anywho, while I have this thread going, might as well ask few other questions, to spark conversation, firstly if you had to chose one French film to show a clip from in the confines of this report what would it be? Secondly, what is your favorite period, director, or film from the french film history? And, thirdly, name some of your favorite quotes from French film.
and I’ll start firstly: I’ve been thinking maybe closing my presentation with the trailer for Breathless… but I’m interested in hearing what some of you might use…
Secondly: I really can’t pick a favorite or any of those things so I will just make a list of some that come to mind; I love the Poetic Realism I have seen, as well as the Surrealist films (in particular the Blood of a Poet (which I guess I’m not sure would completely count but I think it totally is)) and I have an undying love for the Nouvelle Vague, Godard, Truffaut, as well as the people making films at the time which are not often considered New Wavers in the Cahiers du Cinema sense like Melville, Bresson, Cocteau, Resnais, tati, Varda, and I would like to see some Vadim, and I also enjoy some of the newer stuff that I have seen as well.
Thirdly: The quote that really comes to mind because it totally embodies the spirit of any creative individual especially filmmakers (and as a second esp. the Nouvelle Vague for their revolutionary ideals) and that is the response that Melville’s character in Breathless gives to Patricia’s question of “what is your greatest ambition in life?” and in my opinion of the best quotes in film history “To become immortal, and then to die.”
Anyway lets keep this lively conversations going!
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Top Albums of the Year (aka What rocks your ipod) 2008 over 3 years ago
after reading through all of this I would have to say that my vote also goes to Zen Arcade! I finally bought a hard copy this year (To replace worn burnt ones), so it kind of counts (not really though)… for real Husker Du!
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French Film over 3 years ago
To Musycks: It I had seen Breathless any earlier in my life I may not have been quite ready for it, and some of the other Godard that I watched at around the dame time was a bit out there, Week-end Pierrot Le Fou, Masculine Feminine, and Contempt were a bit much to take the first time around, but only got better with repeated viewings and thought. Godard had a huge impact upon the way I looked at cinema. I also think that an extremely compelling argument can be made for the fact that the French are, if not the best filmmakers at least some of the most imaginative, innovative, and beautiful masters of the medium.
To Allison: Sure! I started this Thread in hopes to spark discussions about, what I view as, some of the most interesting of cinematic history and tradition. So, please do post your top whatever 100 1,000 100,000, I’d love to read it!
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French Film over 3 years ago
Nice one Rodney! That is indeed a CLASSIC line!
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French Film over 3 years ago
Thank you for the recommendations and help Mathieu! I think that what I’m going to end up doing is doing a short wrap up of the different decades and then focusing in on 3-5 films or directors… which I will chose using a combination of my own knowledge, the suggestions I have gotten on here, and the recommendations I get from my film studies professor Dr. Wheeler Winston Dixon (and also using his book, “A Short History of Film”). I think that this will be the only way… since it’s due tomorrow.
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French Film over 3 years ago
Allison,
Dixon is not the teacher that I have to present to, luckily, although I have had to write papers for him all of my film studies academic career , which is indeed a bit daunting since he is an expert on a fair bit of cinema and has written many books as well as made many avant guard films in his day. But I did talk to him today to try and get his opinion, which pretty much mirrored the opinions of this forum that 5-7 minutes is a rather short amount of time in which to discuss such a rich history… so here I sit in the French Language lab trying to A) figure out what to cover, and B) Figure out how to cover it in FRENCH… this should be fun.
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French Film over 3 years ago
totally, I actually just wrote them into my outline as we speak (or type I guess).
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the movies in My Style / Profile Images over 3 years ago
3 in the new list is AU HASARD BALTHAZAR Bresson
6 is Breathless
and that’s all I know FOR SURE, that you haven’t already noted
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breathless or contempt over 3 years ago
Breathless is one of the most beautiful pieces of cinema for it’s stark realism yet blatant artifice, it’s a brilliant example of the possibilities of the cinema while sticking within a strict budget, and the scene where Patricia and Michel spend 15 -20 Minutes simply conversing in her apartment is one of the best scenes in ANY movie in my opinion. With that said, I think that Contempt is also a Brilliant film about which much can be said, the colors as well as the experimentation within the compositions of the shots are both brilliant, it’s a film about the process of making a film, while also being an investigation into the strange psychological atmosphere of relationships. Definitely check BOTH films out, and if you like bizarre films also check out Pierrot Le Fou (possibly my second favorite Godard) and Week-end (a brutal investigation of capitalistic society). Bottom line Godard has yet to let me down, I have always enjoyed everything I have seen thus far and would recommend everything (once again, that I’ve seen) to any true cineaste.
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DVD'S YOU MUST OWN over 3 years ago
Other than the aforementioned Breathless criterion, I have gotten a HUGE amount of pleasure from criterion’s Carl Theodor Dreyer releases, The Passion of Joan of Arc, Vampyr, and the box set (Day of Wrath, Ordet, and Gertrud (as well as the documentary My Metier)). These films are all amazing and the restorations are priceless. The extras are also far out, including documentaries as well as interviews with the casts and cinematographers.
I also truly enjoy my copies of the deluxe Lord of the Rings trilogy box sets, Vera Chytilova’s Daisies and Fruit of Paradise (put out by Facets), Kino video’s release of Lang’s Metropolis, Performance, the Twin Peaks series, Week-end (New Yorker Video), as well as pretty much all of my Criterion releases (Elevator to the Gallows, Les Enfants Terribles, Pierrot Le Fou, Hiroshima Mon Amour, The 400 Blows being some of my top favorites at the moment).
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Watchmen over 3 years ago
I’m cautiously optimistic. I love the comic (I’m a bit of a nerd for the side road superheros as well as the indie comics) and I’m excited to see how it’s interpreted. I have heard a lot of negative chatter about it from people before it’s even out, but I will remain as I said cautiously optimistic and will go and see it, even though I just saw that apparently Alan Moore hated it (which doesn’t surprise me since, even though he’s a genius, all I’ve heard about the guy points to the fact that he’s a bit of a curmudgeon…
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Watchmen over 3 years ago
That My Chemical Romance thing does put me off a bit, yet I’m still interested in seeing the film. Although I wasn’t the thumb downer.
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Watchmen over 3 years ago
could be sweetums…
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French Film over 3 years ago
Thanks Wonder! that is indeed a good starting point.
and for that matter thanks to everyone who has put in your two cents, I really appreciate it and this site in general, I have learned a lot from everyone already and I feel like I have finally found a place where my obsessions with films isn’t out of the ordinary! so THANKS!
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Watchmen over 3 years ago
honestly, I don’t really know how other people feel about it so I may be going out on a thin limb but, I think that Miller/Rodriguez did a fucking awesome job on Sin City, I mean I guess when the artist and writer of the comic is involved it should be good… but I tent to hold comic movies up to that kind of standard, where they are almost word for word faithful to the lit. and make a good attempt to mold the cinematography to the look of the comic…
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French Film over 3 years ago
Yeah, I’m writing it out right now, and I’m gonna have to cut A LOT out, or my presentation will sound like the Bible: “And Lumiere Brothers begat George Melies and Melies begat Clair and Clair begat Brunuel/Dail and Brunuel begat Jean Cocteau etc….” this is gonna be a fun night of cutting and practicing.
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French Film over 3 years ago
hahahahahaha and it would be really easy I would only have to learn a few words in French and the titles of the films.
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French Film over 3 years ago
I finished my presentation about an hour ago, and got a 94 % and then talked film with my French Professor for 15 minutes after class about how much of a travesty it is that all of the kids these days will praise Amelie (which in my opinion is a pretty good film, just rather insignificant in relation to the cinematic giants who dominate earlier French cinema) and yet have no idea who Godard, Truffaut, Renoir, Cocteau etc are. it was fun, and once again thank you for your help, also just cause I’m done with this presentation doesn’t mean that the discussion of French hitoire de cinemotographique has to stop…
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