Why is everyone selling this movie so short? It is bravura filmmaking, if not a complete success, and the Collection is about displaying great works and the work of great directors. Fincher is absolutely one of our finest directors. He will absolutely be discussed as an auteur in the years to come and that we can experience his work in an immediate way (as I was unable to do with Kurosawa or Fuller or Welles or many others) is a joy and a privilege.
That the Collection is bringing us the work of great contemporary filmmakers is a fact to embrace. No. It is not Fincher’s best film. But the chance to see a flawed masterpiece in the best way possible and in the best possible context (which the good people at Criterion do provide) is fantastic. I am thrilled to see this release and hope it paves the way for more of our currently working auteurs to be seen in this, the best possible way.
Keaton’s The Cameraman. Not his most beloved film but it has something unbelievably vital within it while tugging at the heartstrings without ever being maudlin and has some curious things to say about film and media and the way that actual experience and the recording of actuality interact. A brilliant (and hilarious) film.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button - Why? about 3 years ago
Why is everyone selling this movie so short? It is bravura filmmaking, if not a complete success, and the Collection is about displaying great works and the work of great directors. Fincher is absolutely one of our finest directors. He will absolutely be discussed as an auteur in the years to come and that we can experience his work in an immediate way (as I was unable to do with Kurosawa or Fuller or Welles or many others) is a joy and a privilege.
That the Collection is bringing us the work of great contemporary filmmakers is a fact to embrace. No. It is not Fincher’s best film. But the chance to see a flawed masterpiece in the best way possible and in the best possible context (which the good people at Criterion do provide) is fantastic. I am thrilled to see this release and hope it paves the way for more of our currently working auteurs to be seen in this, the best possible way.
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YOUR FAVORITE SILENT FILM, PLEASE. about 3 years ago
Keaton’s The Cameraman. Not his most beloved film but it has something unbelievably vital within it while tugging at the heartstrings without ever being maudlin and has some curious things to say about film and media and the way that actual experience and the recording of actuality interact. A brilliant (and hilarious) film.
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