Interesting topic; i would say, yes, especially after watching Chaplin’s “The great dictator” where the visuals, set designs, etc., all look quite cheap and poorly made, besides i thought it was a terrible film, not funny at all. But i did enjoy “Life is beautiful”, although i thought the same as i said before: the production values were poor, though it is well photographed by the great Tonino delli Colli, if i remember well.
i suggest you get the Hitchcock book published by Taschen; i haven’t got that one, but i have the ones on Kubrick, Fellini, Truffaut and Antonioni, they’re all quite interesting and full of useful information.
Well, yes. The 1980’s were a sad decade for filmmaking; in a few years Hitchcock, Buñuel, Truffaut, Welles and Tarkovsky died. But Bresson lived until 1999, he was the “Old Master” for sure, lol.
For me it’s, without any doubt, “Caligula” (1979). I’ve never seen anything as repulsive and offensive as this “film”, and i regret watching it. But, to be honest, I only watched about forty minutes of it; afterwards, I walked out of the movie theatre. I think i saw the uncut, 2 1/2 hours version, the director’s cut. I remember this mess was released in the early 1980’s in my country (I’m Peruvian) and i was about 6 years old and saw the ads in the newspapers. There were many “rumours” about it being a nasty film, and, several years later, I found out in old magazines that many people protested for the film’s release. So, I had to wait about 22 years to see the Brass-Guccione “masterpiece” and…I finally did, ’cause there was a re-release in 2003. I felt my eyes and mind were under attack while watching this, and had to quit.
don’t kill me, but i CAN’T STAND most Godard and Bergman films. I’ve seen about a dozen of their films (of each one); from Bergman i enjoyed “Hour of the wolf” and “Serpent’s egg” but i detest “The silence”, “Persona”, “Cries and whispers”, etc., and i liked JLGodard’s “Breathless” and “Masculin-feminin”, but i found Alphaville, Contempt, La Chinoise, Pierrot le fou, just unbearable….Honestly, i prefer watching Hollywood productions than this type of “auteur” cinema…
I’m not too fond of “auteur” cinema, but there are some directors out there which made works of art which could be thought provoking as well as entertaining (i’m not using this word in the “hollywood” sense). I mean that they could grab the spectator’s attention. I think Buñuel, Malle,Truffaut and Vittorio de Sica were a few of these directors.
My top 5 Buñuel films:
Los olvidados
El bruto (the brute)
Belle de jour
Illusion travels by streetcar
Simon of the desert
Ikiru (1952)
Umberto D (1952)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950) -probably my favorite ending ever
The Searchers (1956) -hated the film, but the last shot was unforgettable
Accattone (1961)
Andy Warhol was a unique personality in the art world of the 20th century; i think his character and persona were much more interesting than his art (quite a mediocre artist, to be honest; and he borrowed a lot from Duchamp’s ideas), but i like the fact that he didn’t take himself seriously and he was a “free spirit”.
Interestingly, i’ve read a couple of interviews with serious directors like Visconti and Antonioni, and they said that they liked some of Warhol’s movies.
WHO IS / WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FILM ACTRESS EVER? 11 months ago
Classic: Joan Bennet
Today: Nicole Kidman
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WHO IS / WAS THE MOST BEAUTIFUL FILM ACTRESS EVER? 11 months ago
I mean Joan BENNETT, not Bennet. My mistake.
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Favorite Cinematographer 11 months ago
Vittorio Storaro, especially for “Novecento” and “Apocalypse Now”.
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3 most visually pleasing films you've ever seen 11 months ago
Picnic at Hanging Rock
Novecento
Betty Blue
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Top 10 Directors. 11 months ago
Polanski
Cronenberg
Louis Malle
Brian de Palma
Kurosawa
Peter Weir
Bertolucci
Buñuel
Kubrick
Alan Parker
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Top 5 Hitchcock 11 months ago
Rebecca
Rope
Frenzy
Vertigo
The birds
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Most important/influential directors of all time (Top 20) 11 months ago
This is an “objective” list of mine, and has very little to do with my own tastes in movies:
1. Eisenstein
2. Fellini
3. Kurosawa
4. Ford
5. Kubrick
6. Renoir
7. Hitchcock
8. Bergman
9. Buñuel
10. Tarkovsky
11. Welles
12. Ford Coppola
13. Bresson
14. Murnau
15. Dreyer
16. De Sica
17. Fritz Lang
18. David Lean
19. Antonioni
20. Ozu
What’s your list??
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Are The Visual Aspects of Comedies Usually Pretty Bland? 11 months ago
Interesting topic; i would say, yes, especially after watching Chaplin’s “The great dictator” where the visuals, set designs, etc., all look quite cheap and poorly made, besides i thought it was a terrible film, not funny at all. But i did enjoy “Life is beautiful”, although i thought the same as i said before: the production values were poor, though it is well photographed by the great Tonino delli Colli, if i remember well.
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Hitchcock Help 11 months ago
i suggest you get the Hitchcock book published by Taschen; i haven’t got that one, but i have the ones on Kubrick, Fellini, Truffaut and Antonioni, they’re all quite interesting and full of useful information.
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Tarkovsky, Bresson and Welles in Cannes (1983) 11 months ago
Here is the link:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=1UtrcJYw384
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Tarkovsky, Bresson and Welles in Cannes (1983) 11 months ago
Well, yes. The 1980’s were a sad decade for filmmaking; in a few years Hitchcock, Buñuel, Truffaut, Welles and Tarkovsky died. But Bresson lived until 1999, he was the “Old Master” for sure, lol.
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which is the sickest, most disturbing film you've ever seen? 11 months ago
For me it’s, without any doubt, “Caligula” (1979). I’ve never seen anything as repulsive and offensive as this “film”, and i regret watching it. But, to be honest, I only watched about forty minutes of it; afterwards, I walked out of the movie theatre. I think i saw the uncut, 2 1/2 hours version, the director’s cut. I remember this mess was released in the early 1980’s in my country (I’m Peruvian) and i was about 6 years old and saw the ads in the newspapers. There were many “rumours” about it being a nasty film, and, several years later, I found out in old magazines that many people protested for the film’s release. So, I had to wait about 22 years to see the Brass-Guccione “masterpiece” and…I finally did, ’cause there was a re-release in 2003. I felt my eyes and mind were under attack while watching this, and had to quit.
1. Caligula (gold medal)
2. Cannibal Holocaust (silver medal)
3. Pink Flamingos (bronze medal)
Honorable mentions: Salo, Buio Omega, Men Behind the Sun, The New York Ripper.
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Last movie you saw and rate it 11 months ago
“Masculin-Feminin” (1966) : 6/10
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Last movie you saw and rate it 11 months ago
“Masculin-Feminin” (1966) : 6/10
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Something I believe you Mubians will appreciate 7 months ago
please, how do i post photos in mubi????
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Who do you think the most overrated director is? 7 months ago
don’t kill me, but i CAN’T STAND most Godard and Bergman films. I’ve seen about a dozen of their films (of each one); from Bergman i enjoyed “Hour of the wolf” and “Serpent’s egg” but i detest “The silence”, “Persona”, “Cries and whispers”, etc., and i liked JLGodard’s “Breathless” and “Masculin-feminin”, but i found Alphaville, Contempt, La Chinoise, Pierrot le fou, just unbearable….Honestly, i prefer watching Hollywood productions than this type of “auteur” cinema…
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Last movie you saw and rate it 7 months ago
Patton (1970) – 5/10
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Last movie you saw and rate it 7 months ago
Patton (1970) – 5/10
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Greatest spanish speaking director 7 months ago
Buñuel, followed by Almodóvar.
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Something I believe you Mubians will appreciate 7 months ago
Fellini and Spielberg (c. 1973)
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Something I believe you Mubians will appreciate 7 months ago
thanks Mathew (sic)
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Your 5 Favourite Directors 7 months ago
Roman Polanski
David Cronenberg
Brian de Palma
Akira Kurosawa
Louis Malle
(A sixth place: John Huston)
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Your top 5 Buñuel films... 7 months ago
I’m not too fond of “auteur” cinema, but there are some directors out there which made works of art which could be thought provoking as well as entertaining (i’m not using this word in the “hollywood” sense). I mean that they could grab the spectator’s attention. I think Buñuel, Malle,Truffaut and Vittorio de Sica were a few of these directors.
My top 5 Buñuel films:
Los olvidados
El bruto (the brute)
Belle de jour
Illusion travels by streetcar
Simon of the desert
yours??
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YOUR FAVOURITE "ROAD MOVIE" ? 7 months ago
My Own Private Idaho (1991) and Wild at Heart (1990)
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your top 5 endings? 7 months ago
Mine are:
Ikiru (1952)
Umberto D (1952)
The Asphalt Jungle (1950) -probably my favorite ending ever
The Searchers (1956) -hated the film, but the last shot was unforgettable
Accattone (1961)
post yours (if u wish!)
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Andy Warhol 7 months ago
Andy Warhol was a unique personality in the art world of the 20th century; i think his character and persona were much more interesting than his art (quite a mediocre artist, to be honest; and he borrowed a lot from Duchamp’s ideas), but i like the fact that he didn’t take himself seriously and he was a “free spirit”.
Interestingly, i’ve read a couple of interviews with serious directors like Visconti and Antonioni, and they said that they liked some of Warhol’s movies.
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Quotes by famous directors... 7 months ago
“Film lovers are sick people”. (Truffaut)
“Actors are like cows. You have to lead them through a fence”. (Antonioni)
Godard: “How did you get to Hollywood?”
John Ford: “By train” (LOL)
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Post any movie poster you like 7 months ago
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Post any movie poster you like 7 months ago
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Post any movie poster you like 7 months ago
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