I do like most of the Cronenberg films I have seen with the exception of strangely enough of Crash, which I think is possibly at this moment viewed as his greatest work or at least with newer cinephiles.
I am not that big on Cronenberg, but why is one guy complaining about Crimes of Future being strained seriousness because a significant amount of the film is meant to be satirical or lightly comedic, if you are complaining about something as being obvious, at least be accurate in knowing the genre.
Sub-tweeting people on that other platform because I am bored.
This will lead to the rediscovery of Pascal Kané, as the contra to the neo-neo-macmahonist
At the same time sort of hard to tell about this, and I don't know, we have American cinephile 20 year olds who care about macmahonist criticism.
In 20 years I could see so, but 40 seems unlikely.
Georges Bataille, quoted by des Forêts: "We need to say that violence stemming from the whole humanity, it has stayed without speech of its own, thus that all of humanity lies by omission and that language itself is built on lying."
It wouldn't be my particular choice, and I think I like The World (2004) more; but sure, and if you state this with any Jia Zhangke as one of the best of the 21st century, you are probably correct.
Really I just want to talk to random strangers - and that enables me to lie
I also never gave him anytime or much thought - except bewilderment for a couple minutes, and I assume everyone will be talking about him for the next couple months, so will pretend to have an opinion on him because I enjoy discourse.
I really don't have a greater point, but PTA as a filmmaker seems really foreign to me, and I struggle with judging him because of it. When I say something positive or negative about him, I think I am wrong or dumb - he is just confusing to me.
I listen to the song Willow from this film, an embarrassing amount to this day.
If you are curious what started me asking about this is that I used the above quote in relation to a debate about if television is cinema that was happening on twitter.
Damn, this is pure hate
Can I ask do you know of any other examples of him talking about Daney? because maybe there is other examples but this is one of his more harsh remarks, that I can of. So I was wondering if he ever spoken somewhat more positively on him?
He does like Michel Ciment though, and that might be it. Also if you include Pascal Bonitzer into the group of critic.
All that is see is not novel. What is novelated is what it's told as revealed. On the account of what? Say it, Vaché."
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I am wondering if I am possibly misreading it and in general it seems Ruiz was negative on Cahier.
The quote I am talking about is:
"What is a novel? What is a film? What is art? To ask Serge Daney what is at this point. It isn't, but what is a not Daney? A common French? The French mediocrity. No, nothing. Good, we'll see.
@ruizdiariesjaime.bsky.social I want to fact check to make sure I am not spreading misinformation on the subject of Raúl Ruiz. What was his relationship with Serge Daney because I read his one quote in his diary as being somewhat negative on him.
If it means anything I always enjoyed reading your thoughts on a film
This is my pretentious ramble about First Name: Carmen. I do think what you wrote is good and agree with most of it.
and think it captures the charms of a juvenile rebel trying to find a just world and wondering what means are left to express it. I see in part in tradition with the likes of the great youth films of Nicolas Ray.
This is my pretentious ramble about First Name: Carmen. I do think what you wrote is good and agree with most of it.
I was actually very moved by First Name: Carmen when I saw it two years ago and think the reason why is that it is a story of an act of protest that collapse into suicide or possibly the inverse,
Have you seen Fritz Lang's The Blue Gardenia? It is very under-appreciated noir film about the performances and fantasy that define romance, which is tied with a charming bow with a story of a murder of a shitty artist.
I need to explore the films of George Cukor more and really do adore Les Girls, and it makes an interesting companion piece to Pauline at the Beach. Also Rohmer did write a decent review of the film.
I do want to say that I really like listening to the latest FKA Twigs on car speakers; but don't like hearing the album with Headphones.
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Is this a dialectical understanding of music??? probably not - found it funny to say this.
I had an idea that he was hostile to most of the great art-house filmmakers throughout the 70's-80's such as Straub-Huillet, Akerman, Duras, and as mentioned before Godard. Which was somewhat simplistic idea and he did also champion the likes of Ruiz and I believe Kiarostami.
I think it is in part I was introduced to him unsympathetically because I first found out of him through a clip comparing treatment of Polanski in the last couple of years from the MeToo Movement to Nazi Germany. Also I known him as the most famed critic who protested or hostile to Godard.
This is somewhat contradictory if you take into my dislike for Claude Lelouch - but anyhow.
