Excellent!
― And Your Borad Can Zing (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 15:41 (one year ago) link
Diary of a Chambermaid, The Phantom of Liberty, and The Milky Way don't do much for me either.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 15:42 (one year ago) link
I'll have to give Subida another shot, since I haven't seen it since college and it was easily the one that impressed me the least
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 15:45 (one year ago) link
The Mexican films are really good. Still a couple I haven't seen.
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 18:38 (one year ago) link
One of the more idiosyncratic Bunuel rankings I've seen. Mexican Bus Ride at #1!
I loved that one particularly.
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 18:39 (one year ago) link
I gave The Milky Way my first viewing in years. Amusing for about 20 minutes in a Catholic boy having a laff sort of way. Those French films were as uneven as the Mexican ones.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 21 February 2023 20:13 (one year ago) link
Right. And so the Mexican films are more of a gift in that we might not have expected as much, lower budgets, less star power etc.
― Huey “Piano” Smithers-Jones (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 21 February 2023 20:18 (one year ago) link
My French 2 class seems to have ended up doing a film unit that I didn't really plan on. We have a 100-minute block on Monday. Should I show them The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie?
― Lily Dale, Sunday, 28 January 2024 02:26 (three months ago) link
Sure, why not?
― Pictish in the Woods (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 28 January 2024 02:39 (three months ago) link
yes
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Sunday, 28 January 2024 13:59 (three months ago) link
Happy birthday, cabron!
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 22 February 2024 15:21 (two months ago) link
Was somewhat surprised how enjoyable Susana was, after catching a screening at MoMA. Buñuel himself seemed to underrate it, going by stray comments of his.
― Josefa, Thursday, 22 February 2024 15:49 (two months ago) link
I dont think he was capable of making a non good film. There's only 5 I haven't seen.
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Thursday, 22 February 2024 17:19 (two months ago) link
lol i was gonna say more or less that, tho maybe i'd say non-enjoyable rather than non-good
― wang mang band (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 22 February 2024 17:24 (two months ago) link
I don't think he was capable of mixing a bad martini.
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 22 February 2024 17:26 (two months ago) link
Thanks to that MoMA retrospective, I've now seen most of his films, and I'm inclined to agree, it's likely he's never made a bad film. Certainly some are better than others - as mentioned in the retrospective's notes, several of those films were very much commercial films with little room to do anything more - but they all have something to like and most have some measure of greatness to them. It's a testament to Bunuel that he made the best of where life took him to an extraordinary degree, going to Mexico to work as a "commercial" filmmaker when MoMA rescinded their job offer, then over the course of a decade building that into a launching pad for a third act as a European arthouse giant.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 22 February 2024 20:13 (two months ago) link
FWIW, among the Mexican films including Viridiana, which had its state of origin reclassified as Mexico, I'd say he made at least ten genuine masterpieces. Pretty remarkable considering how much his reputation probably rests on his earlier and later films simply because the availability of his Mexican films hasn't been reliable, especially in decent print quality. Hopefully that changes soon - many of those titles had great-looking and very recent restorations.
― birdistheword, Thursday, 22 February 2024 20:19 (two months ago) link
At worst Don Luis' lesser films suffer from a malnourished idea or a poor execution of a promising idea, neither of which fatal flaws for a director.
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 22 February 2024 20:22 (two months ago) link
I really need to see Subida al cielo again. My memory is not that of a masterpiece, but I've seen so many suggest otherwise
― Rich E. (Eric H.), Thursday, 22 February 2024 20:26 (two months ago) link
LOL, not surprised I said basically the same itt already
I really liked this one. Wish I could get a physical version of it to watch.https://letterboxd.com/film/illusion-travels-by-streetcar/
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Thursday, 22 February 2024 21:17 (two months ago) link
Was the MoMA Mexican series mentioned yet?
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 22 February 2024 21:52 (two months ago) link
Yes, I see that it was, more than once
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 22 February 2024 21:53 (two months ago) link
Just finished. I had some vague intention to get over there but somehow something suddenly came up.
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 22 February 2024 21:56 (two months ago) link