> Franklin> You heard Mark, Colin - now go catch that last hour!!**## lol > I do agree with you Mark, that it was "a tad toolong on > exposition". I could see how someone in the wrong "mood" might find it > a bit languid at times. But, then again - they obviously had > nothing better than to burn time in those days (in those days???) Funny > how "there is nothing new under the sun". It is a good movie to take in > on a lazy, comfortable afternoon with a mellow friend - > there, hows that? I agree with the rest of your comments... Alan Bates > IS almost unrecognizable, and gives a brilliant performance!!
Franklin, this was the same comments I heard from people who said that DANGEROUS LIAISONS was slow. It is, but that may be unique to their historical (even geographic) milieu. I agree that other people may not bein the mood to like it, but its best watched more than once. The murder and the murderer are really quite peripheral to the inherent difference between the unempowered and the moneyed. Its such a good cinematic view of class issues that should interestingly accompany Mike Leigh's films about everyday London life. > Franklin>I'll have to "re-visit" 'Nashville'. I actually avoided > 'Short Cuts' as I thought, from the reviews that it was "plodding" and > a disappointment. Dang those "reviewers" anyhoo! GRATUITOUS > FEMALE NUDITY??!! excuse me while I run over to BlockBuster. OK, I'm > back...LOL Franklin, you have to watch SHORT CUTS, too. Its almost a pre-requisite for people who love Altman. It is plodding, yes, but the other nuanced characterizations and understanding of tragedy were so keen and acute its almost painful. Most especially those who have seen that kind of thing up close. > Franklin> The 'Player', IMO is as cool as movie-making gets... sheer > class! Speaking of 'Touch of Evil', that was the exact "extended, > uncut, shot" that Altman was totally skewering as pretentious (but > wait, I LOVE pretentious - served up "well-done" of course..lol). What > was funny was how the reviewers raved over that opening shot! It wasn't > meant as homage, but as back-handed sarcasm. Oh, well - I actually > LOVED both those long, uncut takes! lol You more than adequately expressed what I wanted to convey in the previous post. Now that you said it, it reinforced what I thought I gleaned from THE PLAYER. The problem sometimes with saying that a film is an "either you got it or you don't" presupposes that those who got it, understood it, while those who didn't like it, didn't. Not true, because polyfocal conspectus tells us that everything is as true as the next man's interpretation. This should not really be taken to mean that we all can have widely divergent opinions about the ending of THE SOUND OF MUSIC as the last shots sort of said what's going to happen to the Von Trapp family, but there are movies that beg to have different interpretations and its interesting how these interpretations are revealatory of what one considers important. >>> > > Franklin> Judy Davis! What a gal! >> >>She was amazing playing Judy Garland in 'Life With Judy Garland', a tv >> movie that was adapted from Lorna Luft's book. She was also pretty >> convincing as Lillian Hellman in 'Hellman and Hammett'. Much as I hate >> to say it, she was probably a lot closer to what the real Hellman was >> like than Jane Fonda was in 'Julia', much as I love that particular >> movie. Judy was also good as George Sand in 'Impromptu'. I wonder if >> she likes playing parts based on real people's lives? Now that I think of it, Judy Davis was good as the sexually omnivorous George Sand in IMPROMPTU. I heard that she was originally tapped to play Paulina is DEATH AND THE MAIDEN, but Sigourney Weaver eventually got it. I like the film but I wonder how Judy Davis would have handled the last "revealation" scene. >>Mark>I love movies. Maybe I don't discuss them quite as in depth as >> Franklin & Joseph but I love to talk about them. > > Franklin> You underrate yourself Mark! Your knowledge and insights are > a VERY welcome addition to this discussion. Please, keep > talkin', recommending, etc. I agree with Franklin. Keep on sharing! Robert a.k.a. Joseph in Manila ...lol
