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Title: Whirlwind weekend of movies Post by: Scott H. on February 16, 2005, 12:30:03 AM The weekend started with a screening of Satyajit Ray's Pather Panchali, a neo-neorealist movie about an indian family who goes through life. Part 1 of 3 following the life of the little boy of the movie, Apu.
That night was finished with My Fair Lady (http://ia.imdb.com/media/imdb/01/I/84/70/26m.jpg). I had no idea the sheer acting talents of Audrey Hepburn, nor the power that Warner Bros. studio had at the time to produce something of that magnitude. I love the film. The next sets of movies come in at twos. First two were Head in the Clouds and U Turn. Head in the Clouds was a terrible mock epic with tremendous talents (Charlize Theron and Penelope Cruz), but a slow story and poor direction. Lost money when I rented it. U Turn is an Oliver Stone movie that is nuts. Sean Penn's character rolls into this dusty town with a busted radiator hose where he meets the strangest people you'll hopefully never meet. Oh, by the way, he's just lost two fingers for not paying a loan earlier, and people are on the way to do more than fingers. J-Lo costars as a double crossing lunatic. The next two are classics Lola Rennnt (http://www.sonypictures.com/classics/runlolarun/images/mainnav/orangelola.gif) and La Dolce Vita (http://ia.imdb.com/media/imdb/01/I/85/67/28m.jpg). Both movies are mind blowing. La Dolce Vita rules the neo-realist charts, and Run Lola Run is absolutely amazing. Just when I thought camera tricks and editing had gone to the dogs and there was nothing original left, this movie comes and shows me an old dog can relearn old tricks. Great animation too. The final two movies were equally as amazing. Tokyo Story(http://www.culturevulture.net/Movies/tokyo6.jpg) which follows about a year's life of a Japanese couple who visit their children in Tokyo from the countryside and begin to learn their burden of old age.......Think of your parents when you watch this movie and thank them for what they've done for you. The other movie, Ingmar Bergman's Persona(http://www.filmref.com/directors/dirpages/images/persona.gif) was completely confusing, but incredibly fascinating. An actress is assigned a nun to watch over her and a range of emotions are poured out onto the screen. Wild. If you don't love the modernists, you're losing your sense of humor. The opening sequence of film with uncontrollable film, tarantulas, nails, and a penis blew my mind. Amazing. Absolutely amazing. (http://) Title: Re: Whirlwind weekend of movies Post by: Scott H. on February 16, 2005, 12:37:08 AM double post
damn x'ed boxes. I have a haiku about Tokyo Story that should be shared. It's inspired by the movie: It was a beautiful sunrise. I'm afraid it will be hot again -anonymous It's the perfect haiku in more ways than I expect people to get. Enjoy. Title: Re: Whirlwind weekend of movies Post by: dean on February 16, 2005, 12:41:17 AM I love Run Lola Run [I also have the soundtrack, which was done by Twyker as well, its pretty good] The editing, as you pointed out, was fantastic, and the way the story changed slightly each time was well done. Quite dizzying, that movie, with lots of circular motion [in both editing, camera work, and what's on screen] Highly Reccommended Title: Re: Whirlwind weekend of movies Post by: Yaddo 42 on February 16, 2005, 10:51:42 AM "U-Turn" is one of the few times I wanted to demand a refund from a video store. It had a promising start at being a gritty little pulp or modern day noir thriller, but turned out to be a chaotic mess filled with much overacting by all involved. I was hoping that the movie would be a change from the downward slide that I felt Oliver Stone had been on for several films. Instead it seemed like the pace of his slide picked up.
The only part I liked was the exchange in the diner between Sean Penn and Claire Danes about Patsy's Cline death. |