Thread: What classics did you see last week? (10/19-10/25)

Changeling was a freebie from the Italian bookshop. The Universal DVD, and in English (though I had the option of an Italian dub!). About time after all the years they've overcharged me but I am nonetheless appreciative. Everyting's expensive from Italy and most expensive of all is the postage. They insist on using Fedex and it can easily be more expensive than the purchases. But I'd rather that than heavily censored and in...

And thank you for your reply as well. I certainly agree with you that there hasn't been anything that I know of, film-wise, relating specifically to homosexual persecution under Nazism; I was referring to Holocaust films in general when I used the word redundant. I did not dislike the film, however. I was quite moved by some of the interviews and I have great respect for these men for coming forward to talk about their experience (some of...

The woman is Cruella DeVil personified I won't deny that. she's second only to Tina Fey's Sarah Palin as the funniest political lampoon of a public figure in the past decade But in a film dripped in realism, filmed in an almost faux documentary style, Dern's caricature or lampoonment if your prefer seems like a character from a Saturday Night Live skit wandering into All The President's Men . I've seen the real...

Is there a scene where the public head shaving is explicitly shown? There is. It's not the very first image of her with a shaved head -- it comes later, which is fitting for a film that shatters time such as this. You see her hair being cut by some townsfolk and then she ascends a stairway through a jeering crowd almost like a Christ figure. But it's all very short -- and subtle. It lasts but a few seconds. Presumably, you found...

Very nice that we both were able to see this in the same week. I'm very pleased to hear that you liked it even without subtitles, but then again you are very experienced at watching films in a different language without translation. I do not have the extensive knowledge of Ozu that you do of course so I missed some of the references including the Flavor of Green Tea Over Rice which I have not seen. I could only relate it to Hou's...

I wouldn't really want to tackle (most) Rohmer unaided by subs -- but other (less talky) things can be okay. 35 Rhum's visual story-telling is so clear that one scarcely needs to understand the actual words (except to get mior details). MEK Every dream is a prophecy: every jest is an earnest in the womb of Time.

After Les plages d'Agnès , which is finally being released here on Friday, Everyone Else is my most anticipated film of the moment (I would be surprised if I get a chance to see it before the San Francisco FF next spring though). Did you see Kevin's review over at Slant? From what I gather from several comments on Facebook, it's his new favorite film. -jesse My blog, Memories of the Future :...

Yes, I recall Chris's hatred of the film, and while I usually refrain from reading in-depth comments on films that I haven't yet seen, I remember her strong distaste for the blatant meat symbolism - a vice that was actually much worse than I could have possibly imagined. I tried to find the thread where the film was being discussed, but I think it has since lemminged off the board. I assume the poor response rate to my review is due...

Another disappointment. Of course McCain was such a belligerent warmonger he'd of had us involved in 3 wars instead of 2.

Thought i'd give a heads up re another 1960 film about headshaving... FIVE BRANDED WOMEN has Yugoslavian women shaved by Yugoslav guerrillas and expelled from their village for consorting with a German Soldier (Steve Forrest - he just gets castrated by the Yugoslavians !) In one of the most bizarre of international casts Silvana Mangano, Jeanne Moreau, Vera Miles, Barbara Bel Geddes and Carla Gravina play the bald heroines, who join up...