I would love to see Criterion (especially in an Eclipse series) do a selection of Bunuel’s Mexican films:
“Los Olvidados”, “El”, “Nazarin”, "The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz” “Mexican Bus Ride”
In no particular order:
a. The Double Life of Veroonique
b. Berlin Alexanderplatz
c. The Spirit of the Beehive
d. The Leopard
e. “Viridiana” and/or “Exterminating Angel”
f. 8 1/2
g. Le Mepris
h. Videodrome
i. Seven Samurai
j. Sawduct and Tinsel
Victor Erice’s “El Sur” and “The Quince Tree Light”
Luis Bunuel Mexican Films: “The Lost Ones” “El” “Nazarin” and “Criminal Life of Archeblad….”
Any film by Bela Tarr!!! – especially “Satantango” and “Werckmeister Harmnonies”
Franxesco Rosi’s “Christ Stopped at Eboli” (extended version)
Agnes Varda’s “Agnes on the Beach”
Almost any film by Pasolini . . . Trilogy of Life would make a nice Eclipse package. . .
Margarethe vo Trotta’s “Sheer Madness” aka “Friends and Husbands” (“Heller Wahl”) a GREAT feminist film!!
Any film by Jerzy Kawalerowicz – especially “Mother Joan of the Angels” “Pharaoh” “Death of a LPresident”
Any film by the great Polish director Krzysztof Zanussi – “Illumination” “Camouflage” “Spiral” etc., etc. ..
The short films of Vlatko Gilic (“Homo Sapien” “Homo Harmoni” “In Continue” “Juda” “One Day More” etc…
plus feature films “Kicma” (The Spine" aka “Backbone”) and “Dani od snova” (Day of Dreams")
Polish film-makers (as well as Hungarian, Yugoslavian, Serbian films) have been and continue to be sadly overlooked in the US cinema market. Bela Tarr is corrent when he states: “I think censorship is always there. Then it was the censorship of the state and now it’s the censorship of the market.”
Here are few Polish film makers I admirer:
Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Krzysztof Kiwslowski
Jerzy Skolimowski
Andrzej Wajda
Krzysztof Zanussi
I wonder how many wonderful films by other Polish film-makers I haven’t seen . . .
“El” (“This Strange Passion”)
. . . a masterpiece from Bunuel’s “middle period” of the 1950s;
He centers his film around the “paranoia” of his main male character – Hichcock would later use “vertigo” to describe the actions of his main male character (Jimmy Stewart). There’s a useful thread at http://www.theauteurs.com/notebook/posts/449 comparing shots from Hichcock’s “Vertigo” and Bunuel’s “El”
How come the German/feminist film director Margarethe von Trotta and the Yugoslavian/Serbian short/feature film director Vlatko Gilic are not among us?
the German/feminist film director MARGARETHE VON TROTTA
the Yugoslavian/Serbian short/feature film director VLATKO GILIC
the Hungarian film director BELLA TARR
the Japanese film director KIJU YOSHIDA
the Polish film director JERZY KAWALEROWICZ
the Polish film director KRZYSZTOF ZANUSSI
the Serbian-American film director SLAVO VORKAPICH
the Bosnian film director VLADA (Vladimir) PETRIC
the Lithuania-American film director JONAS MEKAS
the avant-garde American film director HANS RICHTER
the Dutch film director JORIS IVENS
the Polish film director JERZY SKOLIMOWSKI
KENNETH ANGER
STAN BRAKHAGE
LUIS BUNUEL (Un Chien Andalou and L’Age d’Or)
MAYA DEREN
GERMAINE DULAC
ALEXANDER HAMMID
JORIS IVENS
JONAS MEKAS
GEORGES MELIES
MAN RAY
HANS RICHTER
JACK SMITH
MICHAEL SNOW
SLAVO VORKAPICH
ANDY WARHOL
adding these film directors would help make The Auteurs more totally awesome:
the Japanese film director KIJU YOSHIDA
the Polish film director JERZY KAWALEROWICZ
the Polish film director KRZYSZTOF ZANUSSI
the Serbian-American film director SLAVO VORKAPICH
the Bosnian film director VLADA (Vladimir) PETRIC
the Lithuania-American film director JONAS MEKAS
the avant-garde American film director HANS RICHTER
the Dutch film director JORIS IVENS
the Polish film director JERZY SKOLIMOWSKI
Just saw “Cheri” – based on 2 novels by Colette (the second novel is titled “The End of Cheir” so it wasn’t too hard to figure out how the film would end. . .) Michelle Pfeiffer was badly miscast (she was way too thin for a retired whore of the Belle Epoque Paris period) Catherine Deneuve would have been a much better choice (she still has the maturity, beauty, and sexuality missing in Michelle’s performance) – the costumes and setting overwhelmed the plot and acting and ultimately became distracting. There was no passion or heat between Pfeiffer and Rupert Friend. . . Friend shows his bums but Pfeiffer was extremely modest. Kathy Bates was ok, but wasted. Some of the minor female characters were amusing in a campy way but seeing a live drag show would have been a lot more fun than viewing this vapid film.
Michelangelo Antonioni and Monica Vitti
Ingmar Bergman and Harriet Andersson/Liv Ullmann
Luis Bunuel and Silvia Pinal/Francisco Rabal/Fernando Rey
John Cassavettes and Gena Rowlands
Jean Cocteau and Jean Marais
Jules Dassin and Melina Mercouri
Vittorio De Sica and Sophia Loren
Federico Fellini and Giulietta Masina/Marcello Mastroianni
Jean Godard and Anna Karina
Alfred Hitchcook and Ingrid Bergman/Grace Kelly
Derek Jarman and Tilda Swinton
Akira Kurosawa and Toshirô Mifune
Pier Paolo Pasolini and Ninetto Davoli
Roberto Rossellini and Ingrid Bergman
Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich
Francois Truffaut and Jean-Pierre Leaud
John Waters and Divine
Kiju Yoshida and Mariko Okada
I am so happy to have Marienbad from Criterion I could care less what the cover looks like – I will be viewing the film not the cover. . . what ever, I think the white background and imposed letting on the front looks just fine.
I agree with Rumplesink – Blow Up was over-rated. . . Fire on the Plain much, much better.
However, overall Antonioni may have been the greater film director between him and Ichikawa . . . then again, they were so different, maybe we shouldn’t try to compare them.
Buñuel recommendations? almost 3 years ago
I would love to see Criterion (especially in an Eclipse series) do a selection of Bunuel’s Mexican films:
“Los Olvidados”, “El”, “Nazarin”, "The Criminal Life of Archibaldo de la Cruz” “Mexican Bus Ride”
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Which movies would you like to see on The Auteurs? almost 3 years ago
I would love to see Victor Erice’s “The Quince Tree Light” and “El Sur”
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NAZARIN almost 3 years ago
This would be a great choice for top-notch Mexican Bunuel . . .
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Best Criterion? almost 3 years ago
In no particular order:
a. The Double Life of Veroonique
b. Berlin Alexanderplatz
c. The Spirit of the Beehive
d. The Leopard
e. “Viridiana” and/or “Exterminating Angel”
f. 8 1/2
g. Le Mepris
h. Videodrome
i. Seven Samurai
j. Sawduct and Tinsel
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Movies That Should Be In the Criterion Collection almost 3 years ago
Victor Erice’s “El Sur” and “The Quince Tree Light”
Luis Bunuel Mexican Films: “The Lost Ones” “El” “Nazarin” and “Criminal Life of Archeblad….”
Any film by Bela Tarr!!! – especially “Satantango” and “Werckmeister Harmnonies”
Franxesco Rosi’s “Christ Stopped at Eboli” (extended version)
Agnes Varda’s “Agnes on the Beach”
Almost any film by Pasolini . . . Trilogy of Life would make a nice Eclipse package. . .
Margarethe vo Trotta’s “Sheer Madness” aka “Friends and Husbands” (“Heller Wahl”) a GREAT feminist film!!
Any film by Jerzy Kawalerowicz – especially “Mother Joan of the Angels” “Pharaoh” “Death of a LPresident”
Any film by the great Polish director Krzysztof Zanussi – “Illumination” “Camouflage” “Spiral” etc., etc. ..
The short films of Vlatko Gilic (“Homo Sapien” “Homo Harmoni” “In Continue” “Juda” “One Day More” etc…
plus feature films “Kicma” (The Spine" aka “Backbone”) and “Dani od snova” (Day of Dreams")
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ANY THOUGHTS ABOUT POLISH CINEMA? almost 3 years ago
Polish film-makers (as well as Hungarian, Yugoslavian, Serbian films) have been and continue to be sadly overlooked in the US cinema market. Bela Tarr is corrent when he states: “I think censorship is always there. Then it was the censorship of the state and now it’s the censorship of the market.”
Here are few Polish film makers I admirer:
Jerzy Kawalerowicz
Krzysztof Kiwslowski
Jerzy Skolimowski
Andrzej Wajda
Krzysztof Zanussi
I wonder how many wonderful films by other Polish film-makers I haven’t seen . . .
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Buñuel recommendations? almost 3 years ago
“El” (“This Strange Passion”)
. . . a masterpiece from Bunuel’s “middle period” of the 1950s;
He centers his film around the “paranoia” of his main male character – Hichcock would later use “vertigo” to describe the actions of his main male character (Jimmy Stewart). There’s a useful thread at http://www.theauteurs.com/notebook/posts/449 comparing shots from Hichcock’s “Vertigo” and Bunuel’s “El”
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Help make The Auteurs totally awesome over 2 years ago
How come the German/feminist film director Margarethe von Trotta and the Yugoslavian/Serbian short/feature film director Vlatko Gilic are not among us?
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WHICH DIRECTORS...NOT...CURRENTLY REPRESENTED IN THE CRITERION COLLECTION DO YOU WANT TO SEE INCLUDED? over 2 years ago
Kiju Yoshida
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WHICH DIRECTORS...NOT...CURRENTLY REPRESENTED IN THE CRITERION COLLECTION DO YOU WANT TO SEE INCLUDED? over 2 years ago
the German/feminist film director MARGARETHE VON TROTTA
the Yugoslavian/Serbian short/feature film director VLATKO GILIC
the Hungarian film director BELLA TARR
the Japanese film director KIJU YOSHIDA
the Polish film director JERZY KAWALEROWICZ
the Polish film director KRZYSZTOF ZANUSSI
the Serbian-American film director SLAVO VORKAPICH
the Bosnian film director VLADA (Vladimir) PETRIC
the Lithuania-American film director JONAS MEKAS
the avant-garde American film director HANS RICHTER
the Dutch film director JORIS IVENS
the Polish film director JERZY SKOLIMOWSKI
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Most Experimental Films? over 2 years ago
KENNETH ANGER
STAN BRAKHAGE
LUIS BUNUEL (Un Chien Andalou and L’Age d’Or)
MAYA DEREN
GERMAINE DULAC
ALEXANDER HAMMID
JORIS IVENS
JONAS MEKAS
GEORGES MELIES
MAN RAY
HANS RICHTER
JACK SMITH
MICHAEL SNOW
SLAVO VORKAPICH
ANDY WARHOL
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Help make The Auteurs totally awesome over 2 years ago
adding these film directors would help make The Auteurs more totally awesome:
the Japanese film director KIJU YOSHIDA
the Polish film director JERZY KAWALEROWICZ
the Polish film director KRZYSZTOF ZANUSSI
the Serbian-American film director SLAVO VORKAPICH
the Bosnian film director VLADA (Vladimir) PETRIC
the Lithuania-American film director JONAS MEKAS
the avant-garde American film director HANS RICHTER
the Dutch film director JORIS IVENS
the Polish film director JERZY SKOLIMOWSKI
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Last movie you saw and rate it over 2 years ago
1 out of 10
Just saw “Cheri” – based on 2 novels by Colette (the second novel is titled “The End of Cheir” so it wasn’t too hard to figure out how the film would end. . .) Michelle Pfeiffer was badly miscast (she was way too thin for a retired whore of the Belle Epoque Paris period) Catherine Deneuve would have been a much better choice (she still has the maturity, beauty, and sexuality missing in Michelle’s performance) – the costumes and setting overwhelmed the plot and acting and ultimately became distracting. There was no passion or heat between Pfeiffer and Rupert Friend. . . Friend shows his bums but Pfeiffer was extremely modest. Kathy Bates was ok, but wasted. Some of the minor female characters were amusing in a campy way but seeing a live drag show would have been a lot more fun than viewing this vapid film.
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What is your favorite "pair" of people who work in films? over 2 years ago
DIRCETOR and ACTOR
Michelangelo Antonioni and Monica Vitti
Ingmar Bergman and Harriet Andersson/Liv Ullmann
Luis Bunuel and Silvia Pinal/Francisco Rabal/Fernando Rey
John Cassavettes and Gena Rowlands
Jean Cocteau and Jean Marais
Jules Dassin and Melina Mercouri
Vittorio De Sica and Sophia Loren
Federico Fellini and Giulietta Masina/Marcello Mastroianni
Jean Godard and Anna Karina
Alfred Hitchcook and Ingrid Bergman/Grace Kelly
Derek Jarman and Tilda Swinton
Akira Kurosawa and Toshirô Mifune
Pier Paolo Pasolini and Ninetto Davoli
Roberto Rossellini and Ingrid Bergman
Josef von Sternberg and Marlene Dietrich
Francois Truffaut and Jean-Pierre Leaud
John Waters and Divine
Kiju Yoshida and Mariko Okada
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Last year at marienbad alternative cover over 2 years ago
I am so happy to have Marienbad from Criterion I could care less what the cover looks like – I will be viewing the film not the cover. . . what ever, I think the white background and imposed letting on the front looks just fine.
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Last movie you saw and rate it over 2 years ago
I agree with Rumplesink – Blow Up was over-rated. . . Fire on the Plain much, much better.
However, overall Antonioni may have been the greater film director between him and Ichikawa . . . then again, they were so different, maybe we shouldn’t try to compare them.
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