martin scorcese and I are crew!
Jun. 13th, 2002 02:09 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gfrancieI mentioned in passing some movie I happened to like watching. ('Home for the holidays', directed by Jodie Foster)and how it was one of those films that was barely in the theater, and I was fortunate enough to see in the theater when it came out, and how meant a lot to me. It wasn't entirely cheerful, nor completely depressing...it just was. Much like the movie 'Marty'. Some of the most important films I have watched are ones that were sort of out of the way and wallflower-like.
I take this sick delight in the cathartic cinematic experience. The kind where people aren't quite happy, but they aren't sure what to do with their sadness. Another movie that makes me think of that is 'Diner', here are all of these friends, who don't seem keen upon facing reality, yet it is slowly grabbing them by the ankles. The underlying melancholy truly makes the film work. A nice little touch of reality, without getting so close you just want to turn on the gas oven afterwards. Kind of like a John Sayles movie. I saw one he did recently. It was called 'Limbo'. It blew me away, yet it was too much emotionally to handle. Either I am weak or here is a director who knows how to grab people and sucker-punch them in the stomach with his art. There is a movie I saw awhile ago that teeters on the brink of complete sorrow is this small asian film, called 'In the Mood for Love' it has this slight voyeuristic quality which is always exciting in a film...and again these unhappy people in slightly funny moments. The grandest folly of being human. No one ever tells you if it is a comedy or a tragedy you are in.
I take this sick delight in the cathartic cinematic experience. The kind where people aren't quite happy, but they aren't sure what to do with their sadness. Another movie that makes me think of that is 'Diner', here are all of these friends, who don't seem keen upon facing reality, yet it is slowly grabbing them by the ankles. The underlying melancholy truly makes the film work. A nice little touch of reality, without getting so close you just want to turn on the gas oven afterwards. Kind of like a John Sayles movie. I saw one he did recently. It was called 'Limbo'. It blew me away, yet it was too much emotionally to handle. Either I am weak or here is a director who knows how to grab people and sucker-punch them in the stomach with his art. There is a movie I saw awhile ago that teeters on the brink of complete sorrow is this small asian film, called 'In the Mood for Love' it has this slight voyeuristic quality which is always exciting in a film...and again these unhappy people in slightly funny moments. The grandest folly of being human. No one ever tells you if it is a comedy or a tragedy you are in.
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Date: 2002-06-13 09:56 am (UTC)my mum wanted to go see it, and yes, it wasn't in
the cinema for very long.
ah well, that's generally hollywood for you. if it
isn't absolutley thrill-seeking, gory, bloody, scary,
cute, sweet to the utmost degree, than it's not interesting.
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Date: 2002-06-13 10:43 am (UTC)small, kinda quiet films are so amazing sometimes.
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Date: 2002-06-13 10:47 am (UTC)