I just watched Twentynine Palms (first film I’ve seen by him). I could not take away my eyes from the screen at any one point in time. I was completely mesmerized. The performances in the film feel felt so real that I felt like I was the main character. There was so much truth to this film. Completely stripped down. I can’t wait to watch it again and take notes! Though many of the reviews and talks about this film revolve around the ending sequence I think the film as a whole is completely amazing and that was not even the element that most stood out to me. Twentynine Palms should be in the auteurs! I just added La Vie de Jesus to the top of my queue. I plan on watching the rest of his films very very soon. I recently dwelled into the world of Bresson as well and completely fell in love with L’argent and Mouchette. I also just recently saw Love and Anger and Bellochio’s segment was the perfect way to end it. I can’t believe the performances that these non trained actors can give. It truly blows me away. The performances in all these films I just mentioned are one of the most amazing factors in them. It seems that actors are so trained that they do not how to act real, they can’t be real humans just actors.
I’m having a birthday film festival for myself where I plan to watch Beware of a Holy Wore, L’Eclisse, Satantango, Weekend, Nosferatu (Herzog), The Idiots, the Brown Bunny and The Son. In that same order, I couldn’t be anymore excited. Only 19 days away now! I can usually watch four to five films in a row during the weekend if I don’t have work. If I had all the free time in the world I would wake up, watch films, sleep then wake up and watch more films. Maybe take some time off to actually film something as well but mostly watching films.
Godard is not that interesting of a filmmaker? Really? The jump cuts and editing in Breathless alone make him an incredibly interesting and important filmmaker. At the time what was being praised as good filmmaking and what filmmakers were trying to perfect were smooth, elegant and very precise editing techniques. Godard felt this was completely limiting and that it had been overdone and overused. By breaking this he completely revolutionized cinema. Also, you have to realize that this is Godard’s first feature length film. Some filmmakers strive to make films like this all their lives and never come close and Godard was able to do it in his first try. Also if this is the only Godard you have seen you are surely missing out. His films seem to only get better and better, or maybe they are just all equally good. I hate to be biased but I have yet to see a Godard that I would not give a 5 out of 5 and I have seen around twenty-two of his films and plan to see the rest as soon as I can. Anyways you should check out Contemp which is a huge contrast to Breathless, completely beautifully shot and polished and doesn’t have the “grittiness” of Breathless. Either way wether you appreciate this first film by him or not, his filmography as a whole is incredibly interesting, innovative, important, and in my eyes, the essence of cinema.
Twentynine Palms,
Water Lilies,
Aria,
Gerry,
Beau Travail,
all the Hitchcock,
Besieged,
Mail Order Wife,
the Son,
Sorry Haters,
Descent (not the Descent, simply ‘Descent’),
Tarnation,
and like everyone else said be sure to check out all the
Fassbinder,
Godard,
Kubrick,
Pasolini,
and Herzog available!!
I agree on Rashomon for sure. If the film had ended a few scenes earlier it would’ve been much better. Same for High Tension, one of the worst endings ever, and the beginning had pretty good potential.
Fando y Lis is the best in that box set though! I’m sure Holy Mountain is incredibly easy to find on torrents, though I wouldn’t recommend it because downloading films and watching them on the computer simply isn’t the way to watch films! Especially something as visually spectacular as Holy Mountain.
Even on a ‘legitimate’ website you’d be encountering the same problems. You’d probably be watching the worst transfer of the film available. Rent it or contact the distributing company, it shouldn’t take too long, that is a misfortune though…
I have no idea why but I have yet to have seen La Dolce Vita… I guess that should be at the top of my Netflix queue…
Either way I love Nights of Cabiria and I might even love it more than 8 1/2, I just completely fell in love with the film from the opening scene and the music in it is so beautiful and it will probably be my favorite Fellini for a long time! I also love Satyricon that was my favorite Fellini for a while. City of Women is also a magnificent little gem. I also remember loving Amarcord but I haven’t seen that in a while.. Depending on the day and my mood I might substitute any of these with 8 1/2…
Oh my, this might turn out to be the best film of 2009. I wish I could go to Cannes… Hopefully I can work there next year. von Trier has never let me down. It seems like it will be just Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg, amazing. I love his visually swagger just as much as his non-visually swagger films, they all seem to be extremely innovative and add something different and wonderful to the world of film.
I believe Gerry (and I wish it was on the Auteurs!) to be his best film and I love that film to death. One of the greatest American films to come out in the 2000s. I would probably follow with Last Days as his second best. Michael Pitt’s best performance and that’s saying a lot. Certain scenes in that film really make you feel like you are actually on heroin, so much genius. I would follow Last Days with Elephant which is a beautiful film that I could watch over and over again. For a while Elephant was my favorite by him but now it sits third. After that probably My Own Private Idaho which was amazing, especially the sex scenes! Then probably Paranoid Park which I completely fell in love with. I do not remember Good Will Hunting enough to rater and Drugstore Cowboy was a great film but nothing I could watch over and over and it does not compete in a place for his top films for me. I’ve seen To Die For but that was also many many years ago and I do not remember it well enough to judge it. I have not seen Mala Noche yet but I plan to very soon.
As far as a filmmaker as a whole, in my opinion Gus Van Sant is one of the few Americans left who are still making quality American films that are almost automatically American masterpieces.
As far as MIlk is concerned I was pretty excited about it, the only film in the oscars that got my attention, but one of my good friends who I trust told me it was a real let down, so I will watch it but I got too many other films to watch first as of right now (including Mala Noche).
Fitzcarraldo to me is such an important film. When I was done watching I could not believe what I had just seen, the only action that was able to come out of me was laughter. I was so overjoyed with what I had just experienced. Never has a filmmaker gone to such extremes to be make the film exactly the way he wanted it made. So this might be at the top of my list. But then I think about the impact Nosferatu had on me and how I felt after watching that and I truly love that film as well. And of course there is also Stroszek, Even Dwarfs Started Small, The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser all of which are so beautiful. This is a really difficult choice for me but I don’t think I can stray away from Fitzcarraldo.
I watched Pitfall, Woman in the Dunes, and the Face of Another all pretty close to each other and was in complete awe. I saw them all pretty close together which made for a magnificent viewing experience. Picking a favorite of the three is extremely hard for me to do. The music in all three, all by Takemitsu, is so chilling and perfect it creates a viewing experience that is extremely captivating. I might have to pick the Face of Another over Woman in the Dunes though… Depending on the mood I’m in. The office in the Face of Another is something I will never forget!
New Haneke, new von Trier, new Noe, new Chan-Wook, new Resnais, new Gilliam, new Bellochio, new Almodovar, so many beautiful by amazing auteurs, films that we in the states won’t get to see for so long!! Ah, how sad, I truly cannot wait to see any of the films by the directors I named above.
Yes, yes, I just watched this film for the first time a couple of days ago and was completely blown away. It might truly be one of my all time favorite films, especially after repeated viewings. I watched it with my mom, grandmother, and my aunt for my birthday and my grandmother fell in love with it and before the film was even over she was already tying the title of the film to the actual film. It was a great atmosphere to watch the film in. On the drive back to my home, about an hour away, I could not stop thinking about the film and thought about it over and over and was truly amazed. The way the frames are used in this film truly blows me away, like ‘mikerswllg’ mentioned above, pictures often seem like they are part of the actual film and not just a picture in the film. The beginning scene is truly unforgettable and beautiful. I believe this film will grow to become one of my all-time favorites as time goes on and the film finishes setting in.
Oh man, what a wonderful resource! Better selection than all the other video stores around here. Just rented Stalker, Cleo from 5 to 7, and Me You and Everyone We Know, all for free! And there were many other wonderful selection. They had a big selection of criterion, as well as some magnificent VHS. Can’t wait to have seen all the great films there!
Well, with the looks of the trailer the film looks amazing. Incredibly excited for the release. I love good ol’ Vinny and I’m sure I will not be disappointed. The color sequences do look kind of silly though…
I completely agree. The scene when he gets stranded on the rock is brilliant, I still can’t believe when he jump, that is one intense scene! I watched on my Instant Netflix and immediately ordered it online afterwards and it was only like six bucks, brand new shipping included! Probably my favorite Gus Van Sant film. I liked your little theories and I plan to pay attention to that when I watch it again, which will be soon.
Just finished reading this by Michelangelo Antonioni. The fact that these did not get made into films is completely atrocious! What a wonderful collection of writings. “Last Night, Shots Rang Out”, “Those Fun-Loving GIrls of 1924”, “The Color of Jealousy”, “The Crew”, all such wonderful stories. I mean the ending of “The Crew” would be one of the most amazing endings in film history! I fell completely in love with every story in this book. Such a great insight into the world of Antonioni. I plan to collect as many of Antonioni’s other written projects as I can find. Thoughts and suggestions on other writings, thank you!
Just because his crew spends a lot of time in the editing room does not make it art, it in fact makes it work. His movies are definitely not art or even films. They are pieces of work made for entertaining mindless people and making money. To call what Michael Bay makes films would be to like calling a dollar a work of art.
Les magiciens (a.k.a. Death Rite) – France, West Germany, Italy 1976.
97 Minutes, Color, French.
DIR Claude Chabrol
PROD Tarak Ben Ammar, Jean Boujnah, Tablouti Temini
SCR Claude Chabrol, Paul Gégauff, Frédéric Dard (novel)
DP Jean Rabier
CAST Franco Nero, Stefania Sandrelli, Jean Rochefort, Gert Fröbe, Gila von Weitershausen, Moheddine Mrad, Jalila Baccar, Cecile Labussiere
ED Monique Fardoulis
SOUND Guy Chichignoud
Whilst holidaying on the North African island of Djerba, Edouard, a wealthy man of leisure, strikes up a rapport with an older man, Vestar, a conjurer. Edouard is intrigued when Vestar predicts a dramatic break-up for a couple, Sadry and Sylvia. With nothing better to do with his time, Edouard decides to make the prediction come true. When Sadry realises that his relationship with Sylvia is heading for the rocks, he resolves to take his revenge. – http://filmsdefrance.com
Une partie de plaisir (a.k.a. Pleasure Party) – France, Italy 1975.
100 Minutes, Color, French.
DIR Claude Chabrol
PROD André Génovès
SCR Paul Gégauff
DP Jean Rabier
CAST Paul Gégauff, Danièle Gegauff, Clemence Gégauff, Giancarlo Sisti, Cécile Vassort, Mario Santini, Aurora Maris
ED Jacques Gaillard
PROD DES Guy Littaye
MUSIC Pierre Jansen
SOUND Guy Chichignoud
Philippe and Ester appear to be the perfect couple. They have been together for eight years and, although they have never married, they have a six year old daughter who is testament to the solidity of their relationship. Fearful that complacency may one day sour their feelings for one another, Philippe suggests that they should both be free to indulge in extra-marital affairs. With some reluctance, Ester agrees, but Philippe is unhappy with the man she chooses, an intellectual named Habib. His increasing jealousy drives Ester away from him and he reacts by hastily marrying an English woman, Sylvia. Even this fails to bring Philippe peace of mind and he resolves to win Ester back, at any price. – http://filmsdefrance.com
Les Godelureaux (aka Wise Guys) – France 1961.
99 Minutes, Black & White, French.
DIR Claude Chabrol
PROD Raymond Hakim, Robert Hakim
SCR Claude Chabrol, Paul Gégauff, Eric Ollivier, Eric Ollivier (novel)
DP Jean Rabier
CAST Jean-Claude Brialy, Bernadette Lafont, Charles Belmont, André Jocelyn, Stéphane Audran
ED James Cuenet
PROD DES Charles Merangel
MUSIC Pierre Jansen
SOUND Jean-Claude Marchetti
Roland, an idler living on the Left Bank in Paris, is determined to inflict a terrible revenge on his friend Arthur, after the latter subjected him to a harmless joke. He engages the services of the seductive Ambroisine, who pretends to fall in love with Arthur. Oblivious to his friend’s scheming, Arthur is certain that Ambroisine’s feelings for him are genuine and looks forward to their wedding day. – http://filmsdefrance.com
Les contrebandières (a.k.a. The Smugglers) France 1968
81 Minutes, Black and White, French.
DIR Luc Moullet
PROD Luc Moullet
SCR Luc Moullet
DP Philippe Théaudière
CAST Françoise Vatel, Monique Thiriet, Johnny Monteilhet, Patrice Moullet, Paul A. Martin, Bernard Cazassus
ED Cécile Decugis
MUSIC Ahmed Zahar Derradji
The Smugglers is the story of two women who run packages and people between warring nations. A wacky take on the action-adventure tale, the film exploits its low budget to offer a digressive and aggressive slapstick comedy. – Facets
What is (are) your favorite frame(s)? about 4 years ago
A few quick and beautiful choices, the list could go on forever
Bresson’s Mouchette
Rohmer’s My Night At Maud’s
Antonioni’s La Notte
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BRUNO DUMONT about 4 years ago
I just watched Twentynine Palms (first film I’ve seen by him). I could not take away my eyes from the screen at any one point in time. I was completely mesmerized. The performances in the film feel felt so real that I felt like I was the main character. There was so much truth to this film. Completely stripped down. I can’t wait to watch it again and take notes! Though many of the reviews and talks about this film revolve around the ending sequence I think the film as a whole is completely amazing and that was not even the element that most stood out to me. Twentynine Palms should be in the auteurs! I just added La Vie de Jesus to the top of my queue. I plan on watching the rest of his films very very soon. I recently dwelled into the world of Bresson as well and completely fell in love with L’argent and Mouchette. I also just recently saw Love and Anger and Bellochio’s segment was the perfect way to end it. I can’t believe the performances that these non trained actors can give. It truly blows me away. The performances in all these films I just mentioned are one of the most amazing factors in them. It seems that actors are so trained that they do not how to act real, they can’t be real humans just actors.
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How many movies did you watch in a row? about 4 years ago
I’m having a birthday film festival for myself where I plan to watch Beware of a Holy Wore, L’Eclisse, Satantango, Weekend, Nosferatu (Herzog), The Idiots, the Brown Bunny and The Son. In that same order, I couldn’t be anymore excited. Only 19 days away now! I can usually watch four to five films in a row during the weekend if I don’t have work. If I had all the free time in the world I would wake up, watch films, sleep then wake up and watch more films. Maybe take some time off to actually film something as well but mostly watching films.
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Kinda disappointed with breathless about 4 years ago
Godard is not that interesting of a filmmaker? Really? The jump cuts and editing in Breathless alone make him an incredibly interesting and important filmmaker. At the time what was being praised as good filmmaking and what filmmakers were trying to perfect were smooth, elegant and very precise editing techniques. Godard felt this was completely limiting and that it had been overdone and overused. By breaking this he completely revolutionized cinema. Also, you have to realize that this is Godard’s first feature length film. Some filmmakers strive to make films like this all their lives and never come close and Godard was able to do it in his first try. Also if this is the only Godard you have seen you are surely missing out. His films seem to only get better and better, or maybe they are just all equally good. I hate to be biased but I have yet to see a Godard that I would not give a 5 out of 5 and I have seen around twenty-two of his films and plan to see the rest as soon as I can. Anyways you should check out Contemp which is a huge contrast to Breathless, completely beautifully shot and polished and doesn’t have the “grittiness” of Breathless. Either way wether you appreciate this first film by him or not, his filmography as a whole is incredibly interesting, innovative, important, and in my eyes, the essence of cinema.
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Good Movies to Watch Instantly On Netflix about 4 years ago
Other films that have not been mentioned yet:
Twentynine Palms,
Water Lilies,
Aria,
Gerry,
Beau Travail,
all the Hitchcock,
Besieged,
Mail Order Wife,
the Son,
Sorry Haters,
Descent (not the Descent, simply ‘Descent’),
Tarnation,
and like everyone else said be sure to check out all the
Fassbinder,
Godard,
Kubrick,
Pasolini,
and Herzog available!!
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GREAT MOVIES WITH BAD ENDINGS... about 4 years ago
I agree on Rashomon for sure. If the film had ended a few scenes earlier it would’ve been much better. Same for High Tension, one of the worst endings ever, and the beginning had pretty good potential.
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Holy Mountain about 4 years ago
Fando y Lis is the best in that box set though! I’m sure Holy Mountain is incredibly easy to find on torrents, though I wouldn’t recommend it because downloading films and watching them on the computer simply isn’t the way to watch films! Especially something as visually spectacular as Holy Mountain.
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Holy Mountain about 4 years ago
Even on a ‘legitimate’ website you’d be encountering the same problems. You’d probably be watching the worst transfer of the film available. Rent it or contact the distributing company, it shouldn’t take too long, that is a misfortune though…
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IF WE IGNORE 81/2 AND DOLCE VITA, WHAT'D BE THE BEST FELLINI MOVIE? about 4 years ago
I have no idea why but I have yet to have seen La Dolce Vita… I guess that should be at the top of my Netflix queue…
Either way I love Nights of Cabiria and I might even love it more than 8 1/2, I just completely fell in love with the film from the opening scene and the music in it is so beautiful and it will probably be my favorite Fellini for a long time! I also love Satyricon that was my favorite Fellini for a while. City of Women is also a magnificent little gem. I also remember loving Amarcord but I haven’t seen that in a while.. Depending on the day and my mood I might substitute any of these with 8 1/2…
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Lars Von Trier's 'Antichrist' about 4 years ago
Oh my, this might turn out to be the best film of 2009. I wish I could go to Cannes… Hopefully I can work there next year. von Trier has never let me down. It seems like it will be just Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg, amazing. I love his visually swagger just as much as his non-visually swagger films, they all seem to be extremely innovative and add something different and wonderful to the world of film.
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Lars Von Trier's 'Antichrist' about 4 years ago
Man, my internet connection is incredibly slow…
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Lars Von Trier's 'Antichrist' about 4 years ago
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Opinions of Van Sant? about 4 years ago
I believe Gerry (and I wish it was on the Auteurs!) to be his best film and I love that film to death. One of the greatest American films to come out in the 2000s. I would probably follow with Last Days as his second best. Michael Pitt’s best performance and that’s saying a lot. Certain scenes in that film really make you feel like you are actually on heroin, so much genius. I would follow Last Days with Elephant which is a beautiful film that I could watch over and over again. For a while Elephant was my favorite by him but now it sits third. After that probably My Own Private Idaho which was amazing, especially the sex scenes! Then probably Paranoid Park which I completely fell in love with. I do not remember Good Will Hunting enough to rater and Drugstore Cowboy was a great film but nothing I could watch over and over and it does not compete in a place for his top films for me. I’ve seen To Die For but that was also many many years ago and I do not remember it well enough to judge it. I have not seen Mala Noche yet but I plan to very soon.
As far as a filmmaker as a whole, in my opinion Gus Van Sant is one of the few Americans left who are still making quality American films that are almost automatically American masterpieces.
As far as MIlk is concerned I was pretty excited about it, the only film in the oscars that got my attention, but one of my good friends who I trust told me it was a real let down, so I will watch it but I got too many other films to watch first as of right now (including Mala Noche).
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Favorite Werner Herzog Film about 4 years ago
Fitzcarraldo to me is such an important film. When I was done watching I could not believe what I had just seen, the only action that was able to come out of me was laughter. I was so overjoyed with what I had just experienced. Never has a filmmaker gone to such extremes to be make the film exactly the way he wanted it made. So this might be at the top of my list. But then I think about the impact Nosferatu had on me and how I felt after watching that and I truly love that film as well. And of course there is also Stroszek, Even Dwarfs Started Small, The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser all of which are so beautiful. This is a really difficult choice for me but I don’t think I can stray away from Fitzcarraldo.
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Woman in the Dunes - Masterpiece? about 4 years ago
I watched Pitfall, Woman in the Dunes, and the Face of Another all pretty close to each other and was in complete awe. I saw them all pretty close together which made for a magnificent viewing experience. Picking a favorite of the three is extremely hard for me to do. The music in all three, all by Takemitsu, is so chilling and perfect it creates a viewing experience that is extremely captivating. I might have to pick the Face of Another over Woman in the Dunes though… Depending on the mood I’m in. The office in the Face of Another is something I will never forget!
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Cannes 2009 about 4 years ago
New Haneke, new von Trier, new Noe, new Chan-Wook, new Resnais, new Gilliam, new Bellochio, new Almodovar, so many beautiful by amazing auteurs, films that we in the states won’t get to see for so long!! Ah, how sad, I truly cannot wait to see any of the films by the directors I named above.
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Antonioni (and DiVenanzo) L'eclisse about 4 years ago
Yes, yes, I just watched this film for the first time a couple of days ago and was completely blown away. It might truly be one of my all time favorite films, especially after repeated viewings. I watched it with my mom, grandmother, and my aunt for my birthday and my grandmother fell in love with it and before the film was even over she was already tying the title of the film to the actual film. It was a great atmosphere to watch the film in. On the drive back to my home, about an hour away, I could not stop thinking about the film and thought about it over and over and was truly amazed. The way the frames are used in this film truly blows me away, like ‘mikerswllg’ mentioned above, pictures often seem like they are part of the actual film and not just a picture in the film. The beginning scene is truly unforgettable and beautiful. I believe this film will grow to become one of my all-time favorites as time goes on and the film finishes setting in.
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GO TO YOUR LOCAL LIBRARY about 4 years ago
Oh man, what a wonderful resource! Better selection than all the other video stores around here. Just rented Stalker, Cleo from 5 to 7, and Me You and Everyone We Know, all for free! And there were many other wonderful selection. They had a big selection of criterion, as well as some magnificent VHS. Can’t wait to have seen all the great films there!
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Tetro about 4 years ago
Well, with the looks of the trailer the film looks amazing. Incredibly excited for the release. I love good ol’ Vinny and I’m sure I will not be disappointed. The color sequences do look kind of silly though…
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TheAuteurs List of the Week 5/3/09: What did you watch last week? about 4 years ago
4/26 (as a birthday present to myself I watched a couple of favorites and a couple of new ones) –
Beware of a Holy Whore ,
Weekend ,
Three Monkeys ,
and Innocence .
4/27 – Freeway II as well as two short Man Ray films.
4/28 – Wuthering Heights and Faraway, So Close!
4/29 – Cleo from 5 to 7
4/30 – Stalker, La Belle Noiseuse
5/1 – Climates
5/2 – Indiscretion of an American Wife
Quite the magnificent week of film watching for me, almost life changing! Hope to top it this week.
Finally figured out links!
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GERRY about 4 years ago
I completely agree. The scene when he gets stranded on the rock is brilliant, I still can’t believe when he jump, that is one intense scene! I watched on my Instant Netflix and immediately ordered it online afterwards and it was only like six bucks, brand new shipping included! Probably my favorite Gus Van Sant film. I liked your little theories and I plan to pay attention to that when I watch it again, which will be soon.
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What is (are) your favorite frame(s)? about 4 years ago
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Last.Fm comunity.....someone in The Auteurs? about 4 years ago
http://www.last.fm/user/mannylage666
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What is your favorite ending? about 4 years ago
Dancer in the Dark
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Unfinished Business: Screenplays, Scenarios, and Ideas about 4 years ago
Just finished reading this by Michelangelo Antonioni. The fact that these did not get made into films is completely atrocious! What a wonderful collection of writings. “Last Night, Shots Rang Out”, “Those Fun-Loving GIrls of 1924”, “The Color of Jealousy”, “The Crew”, all such wonderful stories. I mean the ending of “The Crew” would be one of the most amazing endings in film history! I fell completely in love with every story in this book. Such a great insight into the world of Antonioni. I plan to collect as many of Antonioni’s other written projects as I can find. Thoughts and suggestions on other writings, thank you!
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Michael Bay says creating an "Art" movie is easy almost 4 years ago
Just because his crew spends a lot of time in the editing room does not make it art, it in fact makes it work. His movies are definitely not art or even films. They are pieces of work made for entertaining mindless people and making money. To call what Michael Bay makes films would be to like calling a dollar a work of art.
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FILM DATABASE SUBMISSION JUNE 2010 almost 3 years ago
Les magiciens (a.k.a. Death Rite) – France, West Germany, Italy 1976.
97 Minutes, Color, French.
DIR Claude Chabrol
PROD Tarak Ben Ammar, Jean Boujnah, Tablouti Temini
SCR Claude Chabrol, Paul Gégauff, Frédéric Dard (novel)
DP Jean Rabier
CAST Franco Nero, Stefania Sandrelli, Jean Rochefort, Gert Fröbe, Gila von Weitershausen, Moheddine Mrad, Jalila Baccar, Cecile Labussiere
ED Monique Fardoulis
SOUND Guy Chichignoud
Whilst holidaying on the North African island of Djerba, Edouard, a wealthy man of leisure, strikes up a rapport with an older man, Vestar, a conjurer. Edouard is intrigued when Vestar predicts a dramatic break-up for a couple, Sadry and Sylvia. With nothing better to do with his time, Edouard decides to make the prediction come true. When Sadry realises that his relationship with Sylvia is heading for the rocks, he resolves to take his revenge. – http://filmsdefrance.com
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FILM DATABASE SUBMISSION JUNE 2010 almost 3 years ago
Une partie de plaisir (a.k.a. Pleasure Party) – France, Italy 1975.
100 Minutes, Color, French.
DIR Claude Chabrol
PROD André Génovès
SCR Paul Gégauff
DP Jean Rabier
CAST Paul Gégauff, Danièle Gegauff, Clemence Gégauff, Giancarlo Sisti, Cécile Vassort, Mario Santini, Aurora Maris
ED Jacques Gaillard
PROD DES Guy Littaye
MUSIC Pierre Jansen
SOUND Guy Chichignoud
Philippe and Ester appear to be the perfect couple. They have been together for eight years and, although they have never married, they have a six year old daughter who is testament to the solidity of their relationship. Fearful that complacency may one day sour their feelings for one another, Philippe suggests that they should both be free to indulge in extra-marital affairs. With some reluctance, Ester agrees, but Philippe is unhappy with the man she chooses, an intellectual named Habib. His increasing jealousy drives Ester away from him and he reacts by hastily marrying an English woman, Sylvia. Even this fails to bring Philippe peace of mind and he resolves to win Ester back, at any price. – http://filmsdefrance.com
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FILM DATABASE SUBMISSION JUNE 2010 almost 3 years ago
Les Godelureaux (aka Wise Guys) – France 1961.
99 Minutes, Black & White, French.
DIR Claude Chabrol
PROD Raymond Hakim, Robert Hakim
SCR Claude Chabrol, Paul Gégauff, Eric Ollivier, Eric Ollivier (novel)
DP Jean Rabier
CAST Jean-Claude Brialy, Bernadette Lafont, Charles Belmont, André Jocelyn, Stéphane Audran
ED James Cuenet
PROD DES Charles Merangel
MUSIC Pierre Jansen
SOUND Jean-Claude Marchetti
Roland, an idler living on the Left Bank in Paris, is determined to inflict a terrible revenge on his friend Arthur, after the latter subjected him to a harmless joke. He engages the services of the seductive Ambroisine, who pretends to fall in love with Arthur. Oblivious to his friend’s scheming, Arthur is certain that Ambroisine’s feelings for him are genuine and looks forward to their wedding day. – http://filmsdefrance.com
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FILM DATABASE SUBMISSION JUNE 2010 almost 3 years ago
Les contrebandières (a.k.a. The Smugglers) France 1968
81 Minutes, Black and White, French.
DIR Luc Moullet
PROD Luc Moullet
SCR Luc Moullet
DP Philippe Théaudière
CAST Françoise Vatel, Monique Thiriet, Johnny Monteilhet, Patrice Moullet, Paul A. Martin, Bernard Cazassus
ED Cécile Decugis
MUSIC Ahmed Zahar Derradji
The Smugglers is the story of two women who run packages and people between warring nations. A wacky take on the action-adventure tale, the film exploits its low budget to offer a digressive and aggressive slapstick comedy. – Facets
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