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Re: "Third Long Arc" - process notes

aleskot — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 16:56:29 -0000

It's really nice to see someone take their job seriously.

Re: O' Bedlam!!! - ANTICHRIST This movie’s dumb. In my professional...

aleskot — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 18:29:59 -0000

Lou, read this:

''It is a powerfully-made film that contains material many audiences will find repulsive or unbearable. The performances by Willem Dafoe and Charlotte Gainsbourg are heroic and fearless. Von Trier's visual command is striking. The use of music is evocative; no score, but operatic and liturgical arias. And if you can think beyond what he shows to what he implies, its depth are frightening. I cannot dismiss this film. It is a real film. It will remain in my mind. Von Trier has reached me and shaken me.''

It is clear that Ebert likes this film. It is also clear that, as far as his opinion goes, the movie succeeded when it comes to its communication with the viewer:

''If you have to ask what a film symbolizes, it doesn't. With this one, I didn't have to ask. It told me.''

Also, where does Ebert point out that the nature of the film is to disgust and shock? From what I read, he goes exactly the opposite way and explores the film's roots, which lie in Christian symbolism and von Trier's battle with depression.

Re: O' Bedlam!!! - ANTICHRIST This movie’s dumb. In my professional...

aleskot — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:37:31 -0000

And again, Roger Ebert to the rescue.

''He subjects her to merciless talk therapy, relentlessly chipping away at her rationalizations and defenses, explaining to her why she is wrong to feel the way she does. I suspect many of the reviews will focus on the physical violence She inflicts upon He in the next act of the film. It is important to note that the earlier psychological violence He inflicts is equally brutal.''

What Ebert says in his review of the film is to be read. I, again, completely agree. Antichrist is, for me, an intellectually engaging, deeply visceral, symbolic art.

http://blogs.suntimes.com/e...

Re: O' Bedlam!!! - I had weird heroes as a kid.

aleskot — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 22:28:23 -0000

Is it Bisley or Hewlett? I'm not sure. If it's Hewlett, then you have a good eye, Adam, because he's the co-creator of Tank Girl.

Re: O' Bedlam!!! - Knowing (2008) This movie is so pointless, I’m...

aleskot — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:37:46 -0000

I don't agree that the story is nonsense. Not at all.

Rogert Ebert sums it up nicely:

http://rogerebert.suntimes....

I also highly recommend his blog post. It might shine some light on why I consider ''Knowing'' to be a very good movie. Spoilers, of course.

http://blogs.suntimes.com/e...

Re: O' Bedlam!!! - Knowing (2008) This movie is so pointless, I’m...

aleskot — Wed, 23 Sep 2009 01:48:59 -0000

Don't agree with your warning at all, man. I think it was a good movie with a quite clearly communicated idea (circular universe), especially if you look at the one other thing that's visible in the last scene, apart from kids and grass.

Also, I was left guessing almost until the end - that doesn't happen so often.

Re: O' Bedlam!!! - Beck - Sea Change Such a break-up album. The man...

aleskot — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 01:13:32 -0000

For me, I think, it was back in 2005. Moving to Prague, yes..this one and One Foot in the Grave. Brings back memories.

Some of them look and feel exactly like http://www.youtube.com/watc... , while others remind me of nights and days spent listening to The Golden Age. Smells. Noises. People, feelings.

Good music doesn't get old.