tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347718.post2749523104011165232..comments2024-03-28T02:21:05.851-07:00Comments on VINYL IS HEAVY: Viewing Log #10: Tally up the alley cat aggression [8/31/09 - 9/6/09]Ryland Walker Knighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09233954424885027837noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347718.post-16836943550633499102009-09-08T12:12:46.024-07:002009-09-08T12:12:46.024-07:00No I think I was only able to catch Celine & J...No I think I was only able to catch <b><i>Celine & Julie Go Boating</i></b>, <b><i>Paris Belongs to Us</i></b> and <b><i>the Story of Marie and Julian</i></b> in the (relatively) recent slate of Rivette retros. Too many Sunday shows!<br /><br />I've never seen a Renoir silent. I keep hoping for a chance someday. Yes I know a few are around on DVD. I'd really rather not go there.Brian Darrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17693169310367670898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347718.post-56069898274824194742009-09-07T18:34:18.047-07:002009-09-07T18:34:18.047-07:00Thanks, Brian, for the list. I'll have to add ...Thanks, Brian, for the list. I'll have to add the silents to my Q. I'm sitting on _M. Lange_ with _La Bete Humaine_ and _Golden Coach_ arriving this week. I will definitely need to see all of these on big screens at some point in my life; thankfully, that won't be too, too hard. He's a staple for a reason. And, lemme also say, that it's perfect to watch a ton of Renoir alongside a ton of Rivette. It makes so much sense. I forget, Brian, did you make it to _Spectre_? I don't think you braved _Noli me tangere_ with me and Mark. Did you?Ryland Walker Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09233954424885027837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347718.post-7531832000900415852009-09-07T10:36:17.240-07:002009-09-07T10:36:17.240-07:00Renoir films I've seen, in approximate order o...Renoir films I've seen, in approximate order of how much I like them:<br />1. Rules<br />2. Day in the Country<br />3. Boudu<br />4. Crime of Mr. Lange *<br />5. Grand Illusion<br />6. La Chienne *<br />7. the Golden Coach *<br />8. La Bete Humaine *<br />9. the Lower Depths<br />10. la Marseillaise <br />11. the River<br /><br />* = I've only seen it on home video.Brian Darrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17693169310367670898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347718.post-76188827759554805992009-09-07T08:42:54.423-07:002009-09-07T08:42:54.423-07:00_Little Murders_ is amazing. Can't say it enou..._Little Murders_ is amazing. Can't say it enough.Ryland Walker Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09233954424885027837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347718.post-25514816903852281602009-09-07T08:42:07.525-07:002009-09-07T08:42:07.525-07:00What's crazy about _Pont du Nord_ is how conce...What's crazy about _Pont du Nord_ is how conceptual it is despite being so documentary. Everything's on location, but all the "plot" is tethered to elsewheres; motivations, such as the are, are hardly "explained" but given body through choices. And then it all falls apart in a kung fu lesson! This recasts the whole picture, making me think that every encounter is pedagogical in some fashion or another. Also, it's funny that Bulle is the Sancho Panza character. And finally: what a shame Pascale passed so young. She's so cool in her leather jacket. Great eyes, too.Ryland Walker Knighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09233954424885027837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347718.post-59089557799532347132009-09-07T08:41:54.107-07:002009-09-07T08:41:54.107-07:00Yeah, Little Murders is probably my very favorite ...Yeah, <i>Little Murders</i> is probably my very favorite film; i'wve watched it over and over and it just kills me. Such a masterpiece of absurd filmmaking, in a way that can never be done again.<br /><br><br><br />I was also into <i>Le pont du nord</i>, a lot - though I also had to watch it in segments.-....-https://www.blogger.com/profile/14250693911014610095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8347718.post-26388122117679467192009-09-07T08:32:00.270-07:002009-09-07T08:32:00.270-07:00Man, so many great movies here. Little Murders has...Man, so many great movies here. <i>Little Murders</i> has long been one of my favorites, probably the best representation of Jules Feiffer's caustic wit, maybe even better than anything in his great comics and plays. The monologues are just stunning, and as great as Arkin's cameo is I'm a sucker for Lou Jacobi and Donald Sutherland, each delivering some of the greatest oratory in the cinema. <br /><br />And of course those two Rivettes are lovely. <i>Marie and Julien</i> was my introduction to the director, and it remains a favorite, mainly for Beart's utterly charming and mysterious performance -- check out that Mona Lisa smile in the final shot. And, yeah, clocks and cats; great sound design with all that ticking and bell-jingling. <i>Le Pont du Nord</i> is Rivette at his most dry and formalist, full of games without rules and puzzles without solutions. It's strangely enchanting.Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.com