Reductum ad Morbsurdum
― midnight outdoor nude frolic up north goes south (Eric H.), Thursday, 26 September 2013 15:25 (ten years ago) link
haha to both of you
― O_o-O_O-o_O (jjjusten), Thursday, 26 September 2013 15:29 (ten years ago) link
same principle when one finds one's copy edited by someone who writes a long thoughtful review of the new Cher album
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 26 September 2013 15:35 (ten years ago) link
Was almost going to poll this before realizing I already had.
― Dirty Epic H. (Eric H.), Friday, 19 June 2020 14:28 (three years ago) link
it still bugs me that f for fake won despite not being welles's actual last film!
(even tho i like it)
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Friday, 19 June 2020 14:59 (three years ago) link
Love Streams also not technically Cassavetes' final film.
― Dirty Epic H. (Eric H.), Friday, 19 June 2020 15:22 (three years ago) link
How did Imitation of Life not run away with this?!
― i carry the torch for disco inauthenticity (Eric H.), Sunday, 6 June 2021 21:46 (three years ago) link
I was wondering that too.
― Dan Worsley, Sunday, 6 June 2021 22:15 (three years ago) link
I think that was because the top three vote-getters are all better films than it.
Tbf it’s been a while since I’ve seen Imitation of Life, so maybe it’s time for a rewatch.
― Josefa, Sunday, 6 June 2021 23:00 (three years ago) link
Of the eighteen I've seen, I'd have voted for The Sacrifice. My notes indicate that I saw The Ascent in the theatre, and I have absolutely no memory of it. Weakest is probably Lola Montes, a big fancy cake that spins and spins in front of the camera.I have a pet theory that if Tarkovsky had lived to make another film, it might well have been terrible. He was keeping such a careful balance of mysticism and absurdity, and I can't imagine him pushing forward from this film without that equilibrium collapsing. But who knows whether it would have been made back in the USSR or in the West, and how that might have affected the production and the reception of it.Most notable final film that's not on the list is The Turin Horse, which I regard less as a movie than a preview of dying.
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 7 June 2021 03:47 (three years ago) link
That Tarr is still alive just underlines that.
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 7 June 2021 03:51 (three years ago) link