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| Adam... |
 Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 5:24 am |
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Nice going, Septimus. Somewhat in take no prisoners
mode. Interesting thoughts to read. Thanks for writing. |
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| Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 6:34 am |
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On Sep 19, 4:24 am, Adam <nos... at (no spam) example.com> wrote:
Quote: Nice going, Septimus. Somewhat in take no prisoners
mode. Interesting thoughts to read. Thanks for writing.
Yikes, Adam, if you are actually reading I would have to
tone this down in the future! |
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| Adam... |
| Posted: Sat Sep 19, 2009 2:51 pm |
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Heavens, no. Bang on.
Well put in your introductory note.
Hard-core esthetics, and we urgently need
more (expressed). |
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| Posted: Tue Sep 22, 2009 6:13 pm |
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On Sep 22, 6:43 pm, septi... at (no spam) millenicom.com wrote:
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I just rewatched
Lou Ye's _Summer Palace_. I'm convinced he is
a Malick fan! _Summer Palace_ has the structure
of TTRL and _Days of Heaven_, with the paradisial
first half and a purgatory-like ending split by hellfires
in the middle. Now _Summer Palace_ is the right
(and unexpected) way to pay tribute to Malick!
Not to mention the river-boat rendezvous early in the
film, which I mentioned a while ago. And the sense
that the entire universe -- the moon and the stars,
and the fate of the nation -- are completely attuned
to the mood of the heroine, seems to coincide with
the fortunes of her love affair. The heroine is both
Linda Manz (voice-over) and Brooke Adams (tragically
unfaithful). And her obsession with her first romance
is like memory of the June 4 massacre in Beijing, which
split the film in half. It is a deeply personal milestone,
idealistic and idealized, magical, unattainable. When
she saw the lover in the flesh many years later,
they ultimately ran from each other.
What a passionate, wise, amazing film. |
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| Adam... |
| Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 4:22 pm |
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septimus at (no spam) millenicom.com wrote:
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Thanks, S. Will keep an eye out for Summer Palace.
Quote: The production design is by Jack Fisk, Malick's guy,
so the cinematographer is to blame.
Certainly hard to go wrong shooting those glorious
skies and landscapes in Texas and elsewhere. Just
those dark interiors. Don't look under the rock.
re: Godard & Moore, and the Straw Dogs remake, I was
simply presenting some polar contrasts and sure you
got that. How they will pan out, who knows. JLG
doing at least one or two projects a year, simply
incredible when each is completely diverse from the
next, and that's quite an art or strength. Any remake
I believe, should be quite special in some way, and
there hasn't really been a good record so far.
Of art and politics and philosophy, its a struggle
for understanding, perhaps the vain attempt to put it
all together, East and West, but its compelling and
quite fascinating me. I'll promise to catch up with
the Kieslowski films and not to bore people.
Just back-tracking over some Scriabin, and trying
to keep out of trouble. Those opus 11 preludes really
seem quite special. |
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| Posted: Wed Sep 23, 2009 4:46 pm |
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On Sep 23, 3:22 pm, Adam <nos... at (no spam) example.com> wrote:
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re: Godard & Moore, and the Straw Dogs remake, I was
simply presenting some polar contrasts and sure you
got that. How they will pan out, who knows. JLG
doing at least one or two projects a year, simply
incredible when each is completely diverse from the
next, and that's quite an art or strength. Any remake
I believe, should be quite special in some way, and
there hasn't really been a good record so far.
I probably misunderstood you ... I thought you meant
that Peckinpath's _Straw Dogs_ was a remake, and
not knowing either way I assumed that was what you
meant. Sorry!
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Of art and politics and philosophy, its a struggle
for understanding, perhaps the vain attempt to put it
all together, East and West, but its compelling and
quite fascinating me.
It all seems so vain at times doesn't it. There is a
recent article in "Harper's" about how liberal education
saves us from evil. I used to believe that, but so many
of the most profound writers and artists turn out to be
the worst egoists and megalomanics. Even my humanities
TAs in college were difficult people. (And why shouldn't
they, with the bleak employment prospects. It is all
about putting up a front and play-acting the genius.)
The same article decries the focus of our education on
"science-and-math." Actually, 99% of the scientists
and mathematicians I know are the Obama democrats
and art-loving creatures that the author would have
endorsed. Maybe if we only teach scienceandmath we
will be really saved! (A really long and boring digression ...)
Quote: Just back-tracking over some Scriabin, and trying
to keep out of trouble. Those opus 11 preludes really
seem quite special.
I have to catch up with that some time too. I have
stopped listening to classical music these days --
too much noise in my head. Looking forward to the
day I retire ... |
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