― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 5 December 2005 15:20 (eighteen years ago) link
― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 5 December 2005 15:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 5 December 2005 15:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Monday, 5 December 2005 16:23 (eighteen years ago) link
― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 5 December 2005 16:31 (eighteen years ago) link
― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Monday, 5 December 2005 16:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Monday, 5 December 2005 16:34 (eighteen years ago) link
I thought that was the reflection of the assassain.
― Eric H. (Eric H.), Monday, 5 December 2005 18:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 5 December 2005 18:15 (eighteen years ago) link
I see Ebert upgraded the pan from his original review, so he is getting smarter (in some cases).
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 5 December 2005 20:15 (eighteen years ago) link
Still, I wanna see it again.
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Monday, 5 December 2005 20:55 (eighteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 5 December 2005 20:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Monday, 5 December 2005 21:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 5 December 2005 21:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 5 December 2005 21:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Monday, 5 December 2005 21:16 (eighteen years ago) link
Tracer Hand otm. The filmmaker can't expect us to do his work for him PLUS give us the most somnolent raw materials.
― Alfred Soto (Alfred Soto), Monday, 5 December 2005 21:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 5 December 2005 21:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 5 December 2005 21:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Monday, 5 December 2005 21:38 (eighteen years ago) link
i don't think it's a boring film, and i also don't tend to try to remake "boring" into a superlative, a positive quality. certain films may displaced my interest from the sort of things you ususally focus on in films (character psychology/goals, etc.) onto other things (milieu, intricacies of visual and sound design) but that doesn't make them boring, just compelling in different ways from the norm.
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Monday, 5 December 2005 22:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 5 December 2005 22:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Monday, 5 December 2005 22:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 5 December 2005 22:30 (eighteen years ago) link
ok, well i'm not sure what needs to be filled in as to why he "does what he does." it's pretty clear at the beginning that he's just had it with his assignment, and his life. as for the identity he assumes, if everything was revealed as or during he assumed it, it'd be an incredibly boring movie. most (tho not all) about the dead guy is revealed to the viewer in the same way that nicholson's character receives it, and thus, there's a story (a thriller, even).
the schneider character is a total blank in terms of psychology--she doesn't even have a name, a backstory, anything.
not entirely, she claims she's an architecture student. but it isn't really that important, she's basically the "mysterious female" type as in most thrillers/mysteries.
we can choose to fill in such blanks in many ways (or to interpret the blanks as having some greater metaphysical, political, etc. meaning) but the fact that the blanks are flaunted so obviously perhaps makes such activity seem a bit pointless, as far as a longtime critic is concerned.
there isn't much to "interpret," there's a lot there in the film. i think if antonioni had spelled out things more, it'd be a much weaker movie.
― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 5 December 2005 23:05 (eighteen years ago) link
― k/l (Ken L), Monday, 5 December 2005 23:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― hstencil (hstencil), Monday, 5 December 2005 23:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 00:35 (eighteen years ago) link
― k/l (Ken L), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 05:05 (eighteen years ago) link
anyway, yeah, Passenger making the rounds finally. Jack finally let it loose again .. Saw it two weeks ago, after only seeing it previously on VHS .. absolutely blown away. so glad to finally see this sucker on the big screen (only have "I Vinti", "Identification of a Woman" and the China documentary left to see before I die!!) Started re-reading the Rohdie bfi book. too late right now to read this thread .. but .. The Passenger, god yes
― Stormy Davis (diamond), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 06:45 (eighteen years ago) link
http://www.sonyclassics.com/thepassenger/index_content.html
― Stormy Davis (diamond), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 06:46 (eighteen years ago) link
― Stormy Davis (diamond), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 06:49 (eighteen years ago) link
― Theorry Henry (Enrique), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 09:15 (eighteen years ago) link
― Amateur(ist) (Amateur(ist)), Tuesday, 6 December 2005 10:31 (eighteen years ago) link
Also, Jack Nicholson reading two articles by Antonioni on L'Avventura's DVD is a hoot, esp the one that amounts to "A thinking actor is my enemy." (Jack haw-haws this during brief Passenger reminiscences.)
Dave Kehr in the NY Times:
Eros
This three-part film on sexual themes with segments by Wong Kar-wai, Steven Soderbergh and Michelangelo Antonioni received mixed reviews when it was released theatrically last April, but its DVD release is remarkable for the one great extra it contains: "Michelangelo Eye to Eye," a 19-minute short directed by Mr. Antonioni and included here out of the sheer goodness of Warner Home Video's heart.
Largely silent, with the exception of some choral music by Palestrina that rises slowly during the film's last five minutes, "Eye to Eye" depicts the 93-year-old Italian filmmaker (effectively rendered mute by a stroke in 1985) as he pays a visit to a work by another Michelangelo: the sculptor's marble statue of Moses, created for the tomb of Pope Julius II. No words are pronounced, and none need to be as Mr. Antonioni's slowly moving camera caresses the curves and textures of the monumental artwork while it closes in on his own aging, almost translucent flesh. Crosscutting between his own clouded eyes and the frozen, eternal regard of the sculpture, the director establishes a dialogue across time. The artist ages; the art does not. This wise, reverberating piece contains unspoken volumes. $27.98, R.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 20:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― The Brainwasher (Twilight), Wednesday, 8 February 2006 20:36 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Thursday, 27 April 2006 15:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― 25 yr old undercover cop (Enrique), Thursday, 27 April 2006 18:04 (eighteen years ago) link
http://bam.org/film/series.aspx?id=83
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 23 May 2006 14:38 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 23 June 2006 19:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― sleep (sleep), Friday, 23 June 2006 23:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― sleep (sleep), Friday, 23 June 2006 23:26 (eighteen years ago) link
I was kind of amazed that BAM sold out the big theater at 7 on a Sunday, and nearly did at 9:30.
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 26 June 2006 13:01 (eighteen years ago) link
― Roughage Crew (Enrique), Monday, 26 June 2006 13:07 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 26 June 2006 13:11 (eighteen years ago) link
― Roughage Crew (Enrique), Monday, 26 June 2006 13:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 26 June 2006 13:16 (eighteen years ago) link
― Roughage Crew (Enrique), Monday, 26 June 2006 13:21 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 26 June 2006 13:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn (Alfred Soto), Monday, 26 June 2006 13:27 (eighteen years ago) link