I’m Australian but I’ve been living in Singapore and Hong Kong for the last few years. We have strict censorship laws in this part of the world so I have my DVD’s sent to Australia and smuggle them back in my suitcase. Highly “irregal” but I’d risk being deported for Fellini.
Fell in love with arthouse film about a year ago when I chanced upon a clip from Godard’s ‘Band of Outsiders’. I must have replayed that clip 30 times with my mouth agape. How can one describe that feeling without sounding foolish? I dare not try. I have a definite soft spot for French film but I also love Italian, German and Chinese cinema (with the added benefit of aiding my Mandarin studies!).
Found out about The Auteurs through the Criterion newsletter.
LOVE YOUR STUFF. Keep it coming.
I caught the Andy Warhol exhibition (“other voices, other rooms”) at the Hayward in London recently.
They projected about 15 of his silent black and white films all at once throughout a cavernous viewing room interspersed with cloud-like lounges. There was never a better way to appreciate his film work. A heavenly sensory experience.
The simplicity of someone stirring in their sleep beneath rumpled sheets or a closeup of eyes, just staring back out at you, makes for powerful viewing but requires patience and quietude. You almost want play it on your wall-mounted plasma like a piece of art – sombre eyes just blinking at you occasionally – so that you can appreciate it blissfully in passing rather than watching it for 3 hours waiting for something to happen.
I’d definitely love to see it on Criterion. I intend to collect some of his work anyway and it would be fantastic to have some expert commentary.
I would love to see a rerelease of Giuseppe de Liguoro’s L’Inferno (1911) with a better score than Tangerine Dream (the most incompatible score there ever was). There is so much scope for expert commentary on this film that the bonus material could be just as fascinating and nobody is going to do that better than Criterion. But lastly, I think the gruesome scene with the giant, silent, 3-faced-satan is so cool it just BELONGS here. Bring it over!
I call myself a Fritz Lang fan but I havent seen M,
I call myself a Pabst fan but I havent seen Pandora’s Box,
Lastly, and most grievously, I call myself a film fan but I havent seen any Chaplin. Tsk, Tsk.
Yes. I’d like to see BFI create a running tally! It would inspire more discussion and maybe even prompt a few donations. I’d hate to see Champagne come last, even if it was his least favourite film, it has the most frivolous title, and that deserves preservation if for nothing else, the obscurity!
The list has had some twitter love today. Good to see the word is getting around :) http://mubi.com/lists/21537
Movies That Should Be In the Criterion Collection over 3 years ago
Yuan Zhang’s “LITTLE RED FLOWERS” (看上去很美), and
Jean-Luc Godard’s “TWO OR THREE THINGS I KNOW ABOUT HER” (Deux ou trois choses que je sais d’elle)
The later is up there with my favourite Godard films and it’s a perfect candidate for a beautiful re-release (need we mention the coffee scene?).
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New to The Auteurs? You Belong Here over 3 years ago
I’m Australian but I’ve been living in Singapore and Hong Kong for the last few years. We have strict censorship laws in this part of the world so I have my DVD’s sent to Australia and smuggle them back in my suitcase. Highly “irregal” but I’d risk being deported for Fellini.
Fell in love with arthouse film about a year ago when I chanced upon a clip from Godard’s ‘Band of Outsiders’. I must have replayed that clip 30 times with my mouth agape. How can one describe that feeling without sounding foolish? I dare not try. I have a definite soft spot for French film but I also love Italian, German and Chinese cinema (with the added benefit of aiding my Mandarin studies!).
Found out about The Auteurs through the Criterion newsletter.
LOVE YOUR STUFF. Keep it coming.
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Movies That Should Be In the Criterion Collection over 3 years ago
Il Postino
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Movies Not On Criterion (& therefore, not on TheAuteurs) over 3 years ago
Il Postino
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Andy Warhol over 3 years ago
I caught the Andy Warhol exhibition (“other voices, other rooms”) at the Hayward in London recently.
They projected about 15 of his silent black and white films all at once throughout a cavernous viewing room interspersed with cloud-like lounges. There was never a better way to appreciate his film work. A heavenly sensory experience.
The simplicity of someone stirring in their sleep beneath rumpled sheets or a closeup of eyes, just staring back out at you, makes for powerful viewing but requires patience and quietude. You almost want play it on your wall-mounted plasma like a piece of art – sombre eyes just blinking at you occasionally – so that you can appreciate it blissfully in passing rather than watching it for 3 hours waiting for something to happen.
I’d definitely love to see it on Criterion. I intend to collect some of his work anyway and it would be fantastic to have some expert commentary.
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Movies That Should Be In the Criterion Collection over 2 years ago
I would love to see a rerelease of Giuseppe de Liguoro’s L’Inferno (1911) with a better score than Tangerine Dream (the most incompatible score there ever was). There is so much scope for expert commentary on this film that the bonus material could be just as fascinating and nobody is going to do that better than Criterion. But lastly, I think the gruesome scene with the giant, silent, 3-faced-satan is so cool it just BELONGS here. Bring it over!
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Is anybody else currently learning a new language? over 2 years ago
Chinese (Mandarin). Though my Croatian and German could do with refreshing.
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How did you find The Auteurs? over 2 years ago
I found it early too, when the movies were (astoundingly) free and they were asking for suggestions. I suggested the “Want to See” list. :)
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The Auteurs Confessions over 2 years ago
I call myself a Fritz Lang fan but I havent seen M,
I call myself a Pabst fan but I havent seen Pandora’s Box,
Lastly, and most grievously, I call myself a film fan but I havent seen any Chaplin. Tsk, Tsk.
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Saving Silent Hitchcocks over 1 year ago
Incredible opportunity to become part of Hitchcock history by donating to their restoration.
Here’s a list http://mubi.com/lists/21537
Thanks BFI.
Who’s in (besides me!)?
SAVING SILENT HITCHCOCKS
Scorsese makes major donation.
Help Restore Hitchcock’s ‘Pleasure Garden’
Help Restore Hitchcock’s ‘The Lodger’
Help Restore Hitchcock’s ‘The Ring’
Help Restore Hitchcock’s ‘Downhill’
Help Restore Hitchcock’s ‘Easy Virtue’
Help Restore Hitchcock’s ‘The Farmers Wife’
Help Restore Hitchcock’s ‘Champagne’
Help Restore Hitchcock’s ‘The Manxman’
Help Restore Hitchcock’s ‘Blackmail’
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Silent Hitchcock over 1 year ago
You can now look forward to their restoration: http://mubi.com/lists/21537
BFI are currently taking donations.
SAVING SILENT HITCHCOCKS
Scorsese makes major donation.
Help Restore Hitchcock’s ‘Pleasure Garden’
Help Restore Hitchcock’s ‘The Lodger’
Help Restore Hitchcock’s ‘The Ring’
Help Restore Hitchcock’s ‘Downhill’
Help Restore Hitchcock’s ‘Easy Virtue’
Help Restore Hitchcock’s ‘The Farmers Wife’
Help Restore Hitchcock’s ‘Champagne’
Help Restore Hitchcock’s ‘The Manxman’
Help Restore Hitchcock’s ‘Blackmail’
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Saving Silent Hitchcocks over 1 year ago
Yes. I’d like to see BFI create a running tally! It would inspire more discussion and maybe even prompt a few donations. I’d hate to see Champagne come last, even if it was his least favourite film, it has the most frivolous title, and that deserves preservation if for nothing else, the obscurity!
The list has had some twitter love today. Good to see the word is getting around :)
http://mubi.com/lists/21537
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