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I saw the movie today at last as a sort of double bill with Pearl Harbor, which turned out to be an insult to this movie. I got Pulp Fiction right the first time I saw it, but this one is really confusing. And considering that others also found it fulll of mysteries, I think this is because of...

Here comes the first bird. I am in for all events on Fri, Sat, and Sun. (I'll yet have to see for Thu.) JungWoo [email protected]

OK, I can't help it. I'M IN ------------------ http://www.geocities.com/the7thart/index.html My Life to Live "Cinema is truth 24 frames per second." - Godard My Home Theater Cinema: seventh art S&S 100 Films Forum Challenge

Darren, I cannot comment on anything worthwhile since I never read that book. I just want you to know that I and probably many others read your post and I really appreciate that you write these book reviews. Hope your next reading is more rewarding. About Bordwell's new edition of Film Arts...

Any disparaging words (that is, anything less than four stars :)) about The Rules of the Game on HTF are guaranteed to call me up. In the earlier part of thread, there was discussion on the ROTG as in the following quote, and I humbly beg to reconsider. :)

While they probably wouldn't count in the challenge since they are anthologies rather than a book, I would highly recommend Movies and Methods, vol.1 and 2 (edited by Bill Nichols) and They contain some of the most interesting and insightful articles, essays, or excerpts of a book - and they...

Count me in! I'm not sure if I can attend all 3-day events, but I sure would like to drop in. ------------------ http://www.geocities.com/the7thart/index.html My Life to Live "Cinema is truth 24 frames per second." - Godard My Home Theater Cinema: seventh art S&S...

Good for you, Darren. I couldn't put it in better words. Even though Anna Karena is rather beautiful, the stark lighting strips away glamor to get to the core of humanity. A truly beautiful film. ------------------ http://www.geocities.com/the7thart/index.html My Life to Live...

I am still at the preface, and I'm not getting anywhere. Not that Kracauer book is not highly interesting, it argues in the first page that film is very akin to photograph, which inspired my ill-fated HTF poll about "what is cinema". I just need to motivate myself. Congratulation on your...

Crawford, I could guess from beginning that you would have special grudge against Warner as I do. Any lover of American classics would. But Warner also owns a lot of foreign movies, and I wish to add the following to our cause: Akira Kurosawa's Dreams, Blow Up, Day for Night, Death in Venice...

Al, I imagine that it should be fairly easy to get Bordwell's book from where you live. From what I remember, it was used as THE textbook for introductory film class at Berkeley, UC Santa Barbara, USC, and I suspect 90% of all colleges. I second that Film Art: Introduction is a great book...

Well, one my new year's resolution was to read more books on movies. What a coincidence. I was going to begin with Siegfried Kracauer's Theory of Film. Darren, you got to add this title because I wanna count in and it is thought to be one of the classics.

New date for Eisenstein: Sound Years is now Feb. 20, 2001. Same thing for Do the Right Thing. Discreet Charm of the Bourgeosie is delayed only two weeks to Nov. 28, but I'll believe it only when I'm holding it in my hands. ------------------ http://www.geocities.com/ilian73/index.html My...

Finally saw the Why Has Bodhi Dharma left for the East. I updated the scoreboard, but there may be mistake because it's been a while. Please check and let me know if there is any mistake. ------------------ http://www.geocities.com/ilian73/index.html My Life to Live "Cinema is truth 24...

Doug D, same thing happened to me with the above post. I submitted the post and was taken back to the thread, but my post wouldn't appear. I was wondering what, but it must be your long review that the forum couldn't swallow :) I absolutely agree with your interpretation and assessment of...

It happens that I wrote a review for Pierrot le fou Unfortuately, I haven't yet mastered the art of spoiler-free review. Be warned that it is SPOILERS GALORE (although in this case, you could avoid the worst of them if you skip the 2nd paragraph(plot summary) and the last two paragraphs...

Great list! Many Thanks. There are quite a number of movies that would have passed my radar unnoticed. I wonder if these release are all Region One (or regionless). ------------------ http://www.geocities.com/ilian73/index.html My Life to Live "Cinema is truth 24 frames per second." -...

Glad that you liked them. To be or not to be is surely one of those movies that strikes the balance betweence the farce and black comedy. And atmospheric Ugetsu, of totally different temperament from Kurosawa's epics, and equaliy great. About Hulot, there is also Mon Oncle. These movies are...

Scott, Welcome to the challenge! S&S stands for the monthly movie magazine from British Film Institute. This magazine holds every decade a poll of ten best movies from over 100 critics and academics worldwide. This list shows 131 movies with most votes. There are more discussion on the...

No, didn't see a new movie yet, but yesterday I learned to use "screen capture" program properly at last. I'm very excited. Expect to see the onslaught of screenshots from now on. Here are some of screenshots I got: Pierrot le fou ------------------ My Life to Live "Cinema is...

Tim, you only need to see 82 more films. :) I myself have been going slow, having seen only one movie. However, I did see Bicycle Thief over the weekend. Very powerful stuff. ------------------ My Life to Live "Cinema is truth 24 frames per second." - Godard My DVD Collection...

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Darren H, just mention it here, and I'll update the list. And about the color coding, Ivan the Terrible is actually available as Image DVD. I gave it purple color becuase Criterion is going to release it in Nov. I don't know about the transfer quality of this DVD. The same goes for His Girl...

Stephen, you had quite a day, he? A few words about the Rules of the Game. The important thing about this movie is that it is a farce in the best tradition of Beaumarchais's farces like "The Marriage of Figaro", whose adaptation this movie is more or less. In fact, the Rules of the Game is...

Evan and everyone concerned, I just wanted to clear up about this confusion abut S&S (Sight and Sound) list. There is no such thing as the official S&S top 100 list. All that S&S published is the list of polled critics (I think there are 113 of them) and their choices as top 10 movies ever...

I did my homework and saw the Nashville (1975) by Robert Altman. (I thought I was marking off both S&S and AFI list by watching this movie, and imagine my shock when I found out that Nashville is not on AFI list. I am back at zero. I guess I'll have to see Griffith) SPOILER WARNING I was a...

Evan, All the movies on the above list was chosen as the best 10 by at least three different critics. Theoretically, you could vote for Pokemon, and S&S would have published your choice (maybe with much chagrin :)) but to reach the rank of #127, it would have to be appear in two other...

Jarod, I forgot to comment about the Strike. Actually, I didn't see the Image DVD, but I just assumed that Criterion one would be better since Criterion said (I think) that there would be restoration. It's really nice to hear that Image DVD is a great quality. I have Image DVD for October...

Donald B, you are disqualified. :) Well, you could try to see all 131 if you can. Now don't tell me that you saw all of them! :) ------------------ My Life to Live "Cinema is truth 24 frames per second." - Godard My DVD Collection Cinema: seventh art