Funny you mention that...after I finish my Leone-fest via Netflix...I've got some Powell & Pressburger films (including "Black Narcissus") headed my way.
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Funny you mention that...after I finish my Leone-fest via Netflix...I've got some Powell & Pressburger films (including "Black Narcissus") headed my way.
Amelie never fails to put a smile on face.
(p.s. I'm disappointed in you Jaffa, I thought you would have nominated Escape to Victory.
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I dunno. I saw the restored version in the theatres several years ago and thought it was a monumental achievement in filmmaking at the time. Sure, there were racial stereotypes and politically incorrect scenes, but Scarlett O'Hara made it special. I love her. I wish I was born in the 1930's. Perhaps I am being naive and wholly romantic.
I have to agree with you and Mr. Cake on this one. I always enjoy watching it. I've seen it many times and never tire of it. It's just wonderful.
Nope, it's rubbish.(p.s. I'm disappointed in you Jaffa, I thought you would have nominated Escape to Victory.
Amelie never fails to put a smile on face.
(p.s. I'm disappointed in you Jaffa, I thought you would have nominated Escape to Victory.
Ooh, Amelie!!!
Top choice guys!!
Ok, I am not saying that these are the best films ever made, but these are my two favorite comedies of all time:
The Philadelphia Story (can't beat James Stewart drunk)
and
Rushmore
The Philadelphia Story (can't beat James Stewart drunk)
and
Rushmore
I dunno. I saw the restored version in the theatres several years ago and thought it was a monumental achievement in filmmaking at the time. Sure, there were racial stereotypes and politically incorrect scenes, but Scarlett O'Hara made it special. I love her. I wish I was born in the 1930's. Perhaps I am being naive and wholly romantic.
Indeed, I know that the race politics is always utilized as something that draws the "profoundity" of GWTW but still, I think that the sentimental portrayal (particularly in the movie version versus the book) drags down the dramatic flair that the director housed, particularly the latter parts after the burning of Atlanta.
I am romantic too but I seriously think that there are many other movies which question what the nature of cinema is and examine the nature of the viewer's point of view... such self-reflexive movies particularly from the New Wave e.g. Weekend by Godard or his other films allow one to examine the question, "Why do I bother with watching movies in the first place?"
Star Wars. Duh.
If you haven't seen it, watch Kurosawa's "Hidden Fortress"...the "homage does not equal style" wrap that people seem to saddle Tarantino with these days equally applies to Lucas.
Star Wars. Duh.
That's another overrated movie by far. Just like LOTR, I think that the only influence on American cinema is that it makes people want to spend overbudget on special effects.
I like the idea of myth being used but the treatment is completely trite and again, full of cliches.
So no, Star Wars hardly the best flick IMHO.
Absolutely silly movie. Geewhiz, that's the type of movie that makes LOTR look like a masterpiece.
The original graphic novel by F. Miller is much better without that stupid hubris that accompanies Zacky Synder's snarky style.
Okay, that's a delightful movie but no masterpiece either. Seriously people want to see due to the pretense of having seen a foreign film but there are much better choices like Chabrol or Fassbinder that we could go with eh?
Tautou is a masterly actress but the cinematography and cute attitude undermine the premise. Shoot me down but I'm afraid this one is mostly for the novelty box.
I'm going for Cinema Paradiso (although Amelie is a very, very close second.)
I can remember watching Cinema Paradiso years ago with my dad and both of us being completely enchanted by it - blubbering like a pair of little girls (no offence meant to any little girls out there!) at the end.
I can remember watching Cinema Paradiso years ago with my dad and both of us being completely enchanted by it - blubbering like a pair of little girls (no offence meant to any little girls out there!) at the end.
Really???
What else is left of AMELIE when you strip that from the movie? These two attributes make the movie.
I love '2001' and really enjoyed 'Blade Runner' , 'Amelie' and 'The Shawshank Redemption' and I like a bit of 'Star Wars' just as much as the next guy, but for some reason 'The Night Of The Hunter' is still my favorite flick. Somehow, it's got that extra special magical quality to it.
I really enjoyed Cinema Paradiso for its interweaving admixture between the nature of cinema as a political tool and the delightful "sexual" exploration during childhood. There is a particular humanity which doesn't behave in such a subservient fashion to an arched attempt at pseudo-intellectual cinematographical tricks. Compared to the movie Life is Beautiful (another gravely overrated foreign film), Cinema Paradiso has a sense of joie de vivre that most cookie cutter French and Italian movies have completely missing from their blood.
Yes, Mme. Tautou is an extremely attractive woman, and her character in Amelie is my idea of my perfect...I've already said too much!
(I also enjoyed He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not. Very good, very disturbing ending. I hope that Hollywood never attempts a heavy-handed remake.)
Indeed, the question I have is "Does Amelie the movie change our perspective on what the nature of cinema or allows us to reflect on how the world is portrayed in our eyes?"
Apart from the rather arched attempt to duplicate the whole world in some "alternate" viewpoint, I found the movie lacking in anything that was emotionally deep and more playing off these coincidences that I'm afraid that Eric Rohmer had a much better and defter hand at creating.