January 2012
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neswasfunohbtwthisisphil asked: Does this mean you like Angry Boys? I'm having a harder time getting into it than SHH.
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laikacomehome asked: Your thoughts on Midnight in Paris?
meltedspinningplastic replied to your post: meltedspinningplastic replied to your post:…
Yes, this is exactly the point I was making. Some of his films, particularly the ones that were being discussed, have gorgeous visual components. Doesn’t the lack of visual consistency suggest more collaboration as well?
Sure, film is a very collaborative process and director’s and...
meltedspinningplastic replied to your post: meltedspinningplastic replied to your post:…
Yes, I agree that the quality of his writing is definitely the common thread that holds the work together. Depending on his collaborators though, the films don’t always achieve that same level from a visual standpoint. Incidentally, the modern filmmaker I would most compare Wilder to is Steven...
meltedspinningplastic replied to your post: laikacomehome replied to your post: Favorite Roman…
All of those films are great, but my problem with Wilder is his lack of a signature style. Many of his films do not bear his fingerprints. He was much more of a craftsman than an auteur. A great craftsman, but one nonetheless.
I don’t know if I necessarily agree with that. His auteurism...
laikacomehome replied to your post: Favorite Roman Polanski film. Favorite Woody Allen…
Really? Lost Weekend over Sunset Blvd. and Ace in the Hole? I mean, all three are fucking amazing, but…
Billy Wilder is my favorite Hollywood studio director. I honestly haven’t seen a movie of his I don’t like. I just as easily could have chosen Ace in the Hole or Sunset Blvd as they are...
infernallegacy asked: guilty pleasure movie of the year?
suburbanmike asked: Favorite Roman Polanski film. Favorite Woody Allen film. Favorite Billy Wilder film. Go!
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“I planned my speech for the Palme d’Or, but now I’ve forgotten it.”
- Theodoros Angelopoulos after winning the Grand Jury Prize for Ulysses’ Gaze at Cannes in 1995.
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