And that to, pisses me off. The notion of auteurs made sense from 1959 until recently, it was the necessary step for critics to assess cinema as a serious artform, but nowadays it just seems that it's bunch of old white dudes making the same naturalistic movies about unfortunate people, and no, making your film in 1:1 won't make it more special. La Vie d'Adèle (which I'll say is a very good film) was basically the last of this kind I wanted to see. Heck, at least Godard, which I dislike for other reasons, is trying to do something new. I miss the 2008/2009 edition or maybe the summer just started and all I want to see is comedies.
― Van Horn Street, Thursday, 22 May 2014 15:55 (nine years ago) link
lengthy roundtable discussion
http://www.filmcomment.com/entry/cannes-2014-homesman-mr-turner-foxcatcher-maps-to-the-stars-saint-laurent
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 22 May 2014 18:17 (nine years ago) link
it's weird that some folks (including todd mccarthy, who should know better) are all "oh godard, so tired of that old man, he's always doing the same thing" when from nearly all accounts "adieu au langage" is mind-bendingly weird.
― display name changed. (amateurist), Thursday, 22 May 2014 20:40 (nine years ago) link
i do tend to think that his films pose challenges to the usual saw-it-two-hours-ago-now-writing-700-word-review routine. in some ways twitter is almost a better medium for the time being.
― display name changed. (amateurist), Thursday, 22 May 2014 20:41 (nine years ago) link
wesley morris on godard/dolan (i've really enjoyed reading his cannes reports this year):
http://grantland.com/hollywood-prospectus/cannes-diary-day-8-jean-luc-godard/
― display name changed. (amateurist), Thursday, 22 May 2014 20:53 (nine years ago) link
so the Palme is in the bag for Leviathan, allegedly
i liked his Elena more than most Palme winners I've seen
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Friday, 23 May 2014 18:07 (nine years ago) link
Disappointed Carell didn't win it but oh well.
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 24 May 2014 17:17 (nine years ago) link
Jury Prize for both Dolan and Godard, haha.
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 24 May 2014 17:31 (nine years ago) link
Winter Sleep wins the Palme d'Or.
― Van Horn Street, Saturday, 24 May 2014 17:49 (nine years ago) link
Good job, poll voters.
― Cronk's Not Cronk (Eric H.), Saturday, 24 May 2014 17:55 (nine years ago) link
The rest of the choices getting votes managed one award between them. But yeah for Nuri. Now there's hope of it getting Danish distribution.
― Frederik B, Saturday, 24 May 2014 17:59 (nine years ago) link
Xavier Dolan refused the Queer Palm for Laurence Anyways, a year ago, saying (i'm translating) that such a prize is disgusting, contributes to the fragmentation of the world and that its ostracizing.
― Van Horn Street, Tuesday, 9 September 2014 22:03 (nine years ago) link
I understand Mommy is pretty disgusting.
― a guy named Christian White who represents the typical white Christian (Eric H.), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 23:06 (nine years ago) link
Everything I've heard about it from people I actually know and trust makes it sound like a howler.
― Simon H., Wednesday, 10 September 2014 00:13 (nine years ago) link
Glenn Kenny wrote that Dolan puts the "terrible" into "enfant terrible." WTF at the praise...
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 27 January 2015 01:46 (nine years ago) link
It's really awful. Possibly his worst yet.
― Simon H., Tuesday, 27 January 2015 02:06 (nine years ago) link
I don't know who Xavier Dolan is but I saw Mommy for some reason. Let's just say I'm never going to see one of his film's again... lol.
― Hungry4Ass, Friday, 6 February 2015 03:11 (nine years ago) link
I thought it was gonna be like a hardcore art movie, I don't know why, but it's really broad and stupid... And not in a sick Road House kind of way. I wanted to walk out really bad... I knew that would be the case like 5 minutes in when it became clear that it was just gonna be the same scene repeated for 2 hours and 30 minutes. But I'm such a tightwad that I'll never walk out on any movie. Anyway this Stinker gets two thumb's down.
as Kenny points out, Dolasn def has the 'chops' to make high-paying Hollywood crap. And his next movie stars Susan Sarandon.
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Friday, 6 February 2015 03:50 (nine years ago) link
I actually thought a bunch of times during it that Dolan & Damien Chazelle should just make X-Men movies. I'm sure they think they're too good for it, but I've got news for them... they're not!!! Also I thought of the film I Am Sam which this has about as much integrity as
― Hungry4Ass, Friday, 6 February 2015 04:16 (nine years ago) link
Actually Dolan has directed a couple of fine female performances, the leads in Laurence Anyways and I Killed My Mother (same actress as Mommy; still his best film too).
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Friday, 6 February 2015 04:23 (nine years ago) link
(Anne Dorval even does her best with this crap)
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Friday, 6 February 2015 04:24 (nine years ago) link
Yeah the lead lady in Mommy was really good. Maybe I lied about never seeing one of his movies again... maybe one day I'll check out the transgendered one starring the leather fannypack guy from A Summer Tale
― Hungry4Ass, Friday, 6 February 2015 04:32 (nine years ago) link
I looooove him, but the performance was wobbly.
― touch of a love-starved cobra (Dr Morbius), Friday, 6 February 2015 04:36 (nine years ago) link
I actually liked about half of Laurence Anyways.
― Simon H., Friday, 6 February 2015 05:17 (nine years ago) link