At the end of the day, isn't it the director's job to get the performances he/ they have in mind?
So in this case, either Bardim had a non-stop brain-fart/ difference of artistic interpretation throughout the entire filming and the producers ran of out budget/patience, the Cohens got exactly what they wanted, and the vision was just a bit too wired, or nobody gave a rat's a$$, and the rave reviews are "Emperor's New Clothes" syndrome, and you just don't see what ain't end there?
So in this case, either Bardim had a non-stop brain-fart/ difference of artistic interpretation throughout the entire filming and the producers ran of out budget/patience, the Cohens got exactly what they wanted, and the vision was just a bit too wired, or nobody gave a rat's a$$, and the rave reviews are "Emperor's New Clothes" syndrome, and you just don't see what ain't end there?
I've watched this over a dozen times, and likely will again.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9i8qy4gDsd0
(How the H that guy goes from looking weighty to slender and back so fast time and again is beyond me. He's almost 6ft of height, which is kinda tall for a Spanish bloke)
We just watched "Tammy and the Bachelor" on TCM, and now are tuned into "Tammy Tell Me True". One can't help but notice that these are Disney sets. Both are really nice movies. Debbie Reynolds, Walter Brennan and Leslie Nielsen in the first, Sandra Dee in the second.
I think my Mom has my circa 1957 Davy Crockett hat somewhere back in the ancestral homeland.
I think my Mom has my circa 1957 Davy Crockett hat somewhere back in the ancestral homeland.
Right IMO, a maximally misanthropic psychopath. My problem with the Coen's is the misanthropy that underlies most of their movies, maybe not at the level of Gaspar Noe. Speaking of 4 letter brothers I like the Brothers Quay, "Street of Crocodiles" is brilliant.
My nephew had long hair when he was a soph in the same buttoned-up Jesuit high school I attended. The Dean of Men was not pleased and sent him to get a haircut -- so he came back with a mullet! This so offended the Dean that he waltzed the offendant down to the barber shop and had him trimmed, neat!
The barber shop was actually a barber school. For two-bits you got a haircut and a cut on the ear circa 1965.
Keeping back on track, just watched "Death in Paradise" which is a nice escape from reality. "Ruggles of Red Gap" on TCM currently in the rotation -- wonderful of Charles Laughton to make this movie!
Had they faith in the moral majority, there'd be no point for them of making movies.
(lack of faith, call it doubt or basic mistrust, is a generic flavor of US-made movies. not a startling revelation though, considering)
On to the little screen - Tatiana Maslany in Orphan Black is absolutely incredible to watch inhabit that many characters . I'd think she'd need a couple of months off to recover after a season's filming wraps.
Just finished watching "I'll Follow You Down" with my son.
Very predictable movie.
Right up to the last five minutes.
I'd rate it 5 stars.
Very predictable movie.
Right up to the last five minutes.
I'd rate it 5 stars.
Say what you will about the title character - just not here, perhaps - but hasn't Gordon-Leavitt turned into one of the most consummate young English speaking actors of his generation? He and Eddie Redmayne can inhabit a character so thoroughly that the first few minutes of their next film is a bit of a shock.
I'd bet Stephen Hawking wishes he remembered having as much fun as in the film.
I'm looking forward to tonight's debate - although of course, there will be little that can be said here about other than - "yep, that was some more talking / bellicose ranting going on there"
I'd bet Stephen Hawking wishes he remembered having as much fun as in the film.
I'm looking forward to tonight's debate - although of course, there will be little that can be said here about other than - "yep, that was some more talking / bellicose ranting going on there"
About freaking time - I mean there's lots of competent female actors on the small tube, but none I can think of with such an array of characters to keep straight. And of course much credit should be given to the producers, make-up and wardrobe - and not the least, the editing staff.
Major theatrical release with scores of millions of dollars of CGA budget and years of production time have done worse than this.
yeah, fanboy, I guess
Major theatrical release with scores of millions of dollars of CGA budget and years of production time have done worse than this.
yeah, fanboy, I guess
Last evening the extended family from California, Illinois, Ohio and NJ were here so we watched "The Littlest Rebel"on TCM -- a two hankie movie which could never be made again.
Debate is on in 3 minutes. We will watch about 10 or 15 minutes.
Debate is on in 3 minutes. We will watch about 10 or 15 minutes.