I think that the sex in Nicolas Roeg’s early films is great. Even if the sex is a major part in the story (as in Bad timing) or if it’s not, (like in Don’t look now) Roeg treats it with sensibility and respect.
I have not seen his latest films, like Full body massage, so I can’t really say anything about it.
These are from The Big Sleep, and it’s Bogart that stands for the talkin’.
“She tried to sit in my lap while I was standing up.”
Q: “How do you like your drink, sir?”
A: “In a glass.”
“My, my, my! Such a lot of guns around town and so few brains! You know, you’re the second guy I’ve met today that seems to think a gat in the hand means the world by the tail.”
(on the phone)
“What can I do for you? I can do what? Where? Oh, no, I wouldn’t like that. Neither would my daughter.”
I’ve always considered Citizen Kane to be Orson Welles’ worst film. I’m perfectly willing to admit Kane’s greatness’s, but it really lacks the playfulness that one can see in Mr. Arkadin or F for Fake, or the raw power and the exquisite artistry of Touch of Evil.
I think Anne-Marie Miéville was a member of the Groupe Dziga Vertov. You can find their films on ubuweb.com where you also can find some of the episodes of France/tour/detour/deux/enfants.
imbd says that she used to be a singer before he met Godard and I guess that could be true. I read somewhere else that Miéville helped Godard after his motorcycle accident and that they became very close during that period.
The easiest way to watch her films would be to watch Godards film. I did track down a japanese release of Éloge de l’amour which included After the reconciliation, or if it was a release of After the reconciliation which Éloge de l’amour….
There is a collection of Miéville/Godard short films that you can buy from amazon.uk (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jean-Luc-Godard-Short-Films-Hardback/dp/B000FL88EY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1240823635&sr=8-1)
Godard and Miéville made Soft and hard in 1986, you can find that film on youtube.
Well, I’m not sure that she was a member of Groupe Dziga Vertov. But since she already knew Godard, and had made at least on film with him (Une film comme les autres) it is possible that she was could be considered a member.
The way Jean-Pierre Léaud moves his feet when he’s trying to fool his son that the train has started to move. I think that’s from Love on the run but I’m not sure.
Tom Waits’ album Small change is full of references to actors and movies. Here’s a few.
Jitterbug boy: “because I slept with the lions/and Marilyn Monroe”
Invitation to the blues: “and you feel just like Cagney/looks like Rita Hayworth/at the counter of the Schwab’s drug store”
The one that got away: “he’s got a snake skin sportsuit/and he looks like Vincent Price”, “he could’ve been in Casablanca/he stood in line out there all day”
Une film comme les autres/A film like any other (Godard).
Film or Samuel Becketts film (Schneider).
Kicking and screaming (your pick)
Une femme mariée: Suite de fragments d’un film tourné (Godard again)
Bananas (Allen)
I think I prefer Nouvelle Vague over anything Godard did after his (or Gorins?) masterpiece Tout va bien! But I’m also fond of Ici et ailleurs and Passion. Anyway, people are to quick to dismiss Godards later work, I think.
Or maybe Godard didn’t do anything but masterpieces. It seems like a problem of definition.
Josh S: Even for someone who didn’t love all of Godards films from the sixties, it can be quite tricky to appreciate/like/“understand” his later films. But it seems like people find it very easy to dislike them. I would not say that it is only because of the shift in tone which you mentioned, but also because of the the topics discussed in some of his later films, Notre musique or France/tour/detour/deux/enfants for example, which is very different from the topics discussed in Godards much appreciated films (À bout de souffle, Une femme est une femme or Made in U.S.A), but not from films like Les Carabiniers, Two or three things I know about her or Le gai savoir.
I think that if people were a little more patient with Godards later films, and gave them more time and thought (or even maybe re-watched some of them), maybe we could have a more interesting discussion about his work than a discussion which could have ended with a comment as empty as Kims.
I’m very diplomatic now, but some times that’s the way to go.
Zéro de conduite
One Hour Photo
Numéro Deux/A Zed and Two Noughts
Three Extremes
Four Nights of a Dreamer
The Five Obstructions
Six Figures Getting Sick
The Seven Year Itch
8 Woman
Germany Year 90 Nine Zero/The Cat O’Nine Tails
Ten (Kiarostami)
The quotes here are excellent. Except the one from Haneke.
Anyway, can someone help me find a quote from a directors page here on theauteurs about “rendering reality” or maybe “editing reality” into films. I’ve searched like a madman, but can’t seem to find it.
Dimitris:
I attended to a screening (a 70 mm print) of Lawrence of Arabia in Stockholm last year, so it’s not impossible that your local cinematheque will screen this one. At least there’s a print around.
But I must say that I found this film both cheesy and very dated. Just as i found the other “great” epic, The Birth of a Nation, cheesy and dated, although not for the same reasons. But I would love it if someone would explain to me what it is with this film that is so great, except for it’s ridiculous greatness and it’s constrained voluptuousness, of course.
I guess I better explain what I meant when I said that Lawrence is cheesy and feels dated. I’m very nostalgic so dated often means something good for me, as long as the film feels modern. Keaton, Murnau, Vertov, Deren, and Tati are a couple of directors who made films before Lawrence was made, but I don’t find their films dated at all.
I think that my problem with Lawrence has something to do with the fact that I can’t look away from the “greatnessness” of the film. But then I have always felt attracted to minimalism…
Sex in the movies: Disturbing? over 3 years ago
I think that the sex in Nicolas Roeg’s early films is great. Even if the sex is a major part in the story (as in Bad timing) or if it’s not, (like in Don’t look now) Roeg treats it with sensibility and respect.
I have not seen his latest films, like Full body massage, so I can’t really say anything about it.
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Greatest movie villain. over 3 years ago
Here’s two:
Capt. M. Renard in To have and have not
Rick Von Sloneker in Metropolitan
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Film quotes you love over 3 years ago
These are from The Big Sleep, and it’s Bogart that stands for the talkin’.
“She tried to sit in my lap while I was standing up.”
Q: “How do you like your drink, sir?”
A: “In a glass.”
“My, my, my! Such a lot of guns around town and so few brains! You know, you’re the second guy I’ve met today that seems to think a gat in the hand means the world by the tail.”
(on the phone)
“What can I do for you? I can do what? Where? Oh, no, I wouldn’t like that. Neither would my daughter.”
“I also collect blondes and bottles.”
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IS CITIZEN KANE THE GREATEST MOVIE EVER MADE OR JUST THE BEST HYPED? over 3 years ago
I’ve always considered Citizen Kane to be Orson Welles’ worst film. I’m perfectly willing to admit Kane’s greatness’s, but it really lacks the playfulness that one can see in Mr. Arkadin or F for Fake, or the raw power and the exquisite artistry of Touch of Evil.
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The Greatest Movies Never Made... over 3 years ago
Wasn’t Bresson about to make a film based on the Old Testament? That’s probably the greatest film never made.
I aslo think that Dreyer was going to direct a film that had something to do with christianty (maybe about Jesus himself), but I’m not sure.
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The Auteurs' Fake Criterion Covers about 3 years ago
Can’t someone do Die dritte Generation? Or any other Fassbinder?
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Anne-Marie Miéville about 3 years ago
I think Anne-Marie Miéville was a member of the Groupe Dziga Vertov. You can find their films on ubuweb.com where you also can find some of the episodes of France/tour/detour/deux/enfants.
imbd says that she used to be a singer before he met Godard and I guess that could be true. I read somewhere else that Miéville helped Godard after his motorcycle accident and that they became very close during that period.
The easiest way to watch her films would be to watch Godards film. I did track down a japanese release of Éloge de l’amour which included After the reconciliation, or if it was a release of After the reconciliation which Éloge de l’amour….
There is a collection of Miéville/Godard short films that you can buy from amazon.uk (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Jean-Luc-Godard-Short-Films-Hardback/dp/B000FL88EY/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1240823635&sr=8-1)
Godard and Miéville made Soft and hard in 1986, you can find that film on youtube.
Thats about all I could dig up.
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Anne-Marie Miéville about 3 years ago
Well, I’m not sure that she was a member of Groupe Dziga Vertov. But since she already knew Godard, and had made at least on film with him (Une film comme les autres) it is possible that she was could be considered a member.
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Favourite snippet (some quirky little thing a character does) about 3 years ago
The way Jean-Pierre Léaud moves his feet when he’s trying to fool his son that the train has started to move. I think that’s from Love on the run but I’m not sure.
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The Auteurs' Fake Criterion Covers about 3 years ago
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The Auteurs' Fake Criterion Covers almost 3 years ago
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A Crash Course In Film (Help Needed) almost 3 years ago
These two lists are worth checking out. Especially the last one.
http://www.jonathanrosenbaum.com/?p=6548
And if you get sick of American films, you’ll always have Jean-Luc Godard.
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Where are you from? almost 3 years ago
another Swede here!
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SONGS (MUSIC ) ABOUT ACTORS OR FILMMAKERS almost 3 years ago
Tom Waits’ album Small change is full of references to actors and movies. Here’s a few.
Jitterbug boy: “because I slept with the lions/and Marilyn Monroe”
Invitation to the blues: “and you feel just like Cagney/looks like Rita Hayworth/at the counter of the Schwab’s drug store”
The one that got away: “he’s got a snake skin sportsuit/and he looks like Vincent Price”, “he could’ve been in Casablanca/he stood in line out there all day”
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SONGS (MUSIC ) ABOUT ACTORS OR FILMMAKERS almost 3 years ago
And don’t forget the Grey Garden song by Rufus Wainwright!
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Best title almost 3 years ago
Une film comme les autres/A film like any other (Godard).
Film or Samuel Becketts film (Schneider).
Kicking and screaming (your pick)
Une femme mariée: Suite de fragments d’un film tourné (Godard again)
Bananas (Allen)
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Fantastic Mr. Fox Trailer almost 3 years ago
Sweeeeet!
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Jean-Luc Godard's Last Masterpiece over 2 years ago
I think I prefer Nouvelle Vague over anything Godard did after his (or Gorins?) masterpiece Tout va bien! But I’m also fond of Ici et ailleurs and Passion. Anyway, people are to quick to dismiss Godards later work, I think.
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Jean-Luc Godard's Last Masterpiece over 2 years ago
Or maybe Godard didn’t do anything but masterpieces. It seems like a problem of definition.
Josh S: Even for someone who didn’t love all of Godards films from the sixties, it can be quite tricky to appreciate/like/“understand” his later films. But it seems like people find it very easy to dislike them. I would not say that it is only because of the shift in tone which you mentioned, but also because of the the topics discussed in some of his later films, Notre musique or France/tour/detour/deux/enfants for example, which is very different from the topics discussed in Godards much appreciated films (À bout de souffle, Une femme est une femme or Made in U.S.A), but not from films like Les Carabiniers, Two or three things I know about her or Le gai savoir.
I think that if people were a little more patient with Godards later films, and gave them more time and thought (or even maybe re-watched some of them), maybe we could have a more interesting discussion about his work than a discussion which could have ended with a comment as empty as Kims.
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Favorite auteurs missing from the profile selection box. over 2 years ago
Mai Zetterling!
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Favorite auteurs missing from the profile selection box. over 2 years ago
Not anymore. But I still like to see some of her own films on her page. Torment is not enough!
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what did you watch today? over 2 years ago
“The Limits of Control”. And it was probably Jarmuschs best film since Dead Man, or maybe since Ghost Dog… I have not made up my mind yet.
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IF YOU WERE FORCED TO LIVE ON AN ISLAND AND YOU HAD TO CHOOSE ONE CRITERION FILM...WHAT WOULD BE YOUR CHOICE? over 2 years ago
Masculin féminin. For obvious reasons.
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Which directors have the worst fanboys? over 2 years ago
Wes Anderson, Michael Haneke and Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
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Which number has the best films? over 2 years ago
The Unholy Three
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Which number has the best films? over 2 years ago
I’m very diplomatic now, but some times that’s the way to go.
Zéro de conduite
One Hour Photo
Numéro Deux/A Zed and Two Noughts
Three Extremes
Four Nights of a Dreamer
The Five Obstructions
Six Figures Getting Sick
The Seven Year Itch
8 Woman
Germany Year 90 Nine Zero/The Cat O’Nine Tails
Ten (Kiarostami)
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Best Cinematography you have ever seen? over 2 years ago
For some reason “The Double Life of Veronique” comes to mind. And Criterion did a great job on their DVD release of this beautiful film.
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Random Filmmaker Quotes over 2 years ago
The quotes here are excellent. Except the one from Haneke.
Anyway, can someone help me find a quote from a directors page here on theauteurs about “rendering reality” or maybe “editing reality” into films. I’ve searched like a madman, but can’t seem to find it.
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do people find lawrence of arabia cheesy and dated at all over 2 years ago
Dimitris:
I attended to a screening (a 70 mm print) of Lawrence of Arabia in Stockholm last year, so it’s not impossible that your local cinematheque will screen this one. At least there’s a print around.
But I must say that I found this film both cheesy and very dated. Just as i found the other “great” epic, The Birth of a Nation, cheesy and dated, although not for the same reasons. But I would love it if someone would explain to me what it is with this film that is so great, except for it’s ridiculous greatness and it’s constrained voluptuousness, of course.
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do people find lawrence of arabia cheesy and dated at all over 2 years ago
I guess I better explain what I meant when I said that Lawrence is cheesy and feels dated. I’m very nostalgic so dated often means something good for me, as long as the film feels modern. Keaton, Murnau, Vertov, Deren, and Tati are a couple of directors who made films before Lawrence was made, but I don’t find their films dated at all.
I think that my problem with Lawrence has something to do with the fact that I can’t look away from the “greatnessness” of the film. But then I have always felt attracted to minimalism…
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