I was planning to see it tomorrow, though I'm not looking forward to it.
― gukbe, Saturday, 31 December 2011 07:53 (twelve years ago) link
fuck this TTSS, and Alfredson come to think of it. He's been both outremade and pulled off a superfluous rehash.
― Dr Morbius, Saturday, 31 December 2011 14:51 (twelve years ago) link
some people seem to think A Separation is the first really good Iranian film ever (ie, troglodyte blogger Jeff Wells).
― Dr Morbius, Saturday, 31 December 2011 14:52 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, i'm happy enough to see it as a safe, memorable, efficient & worthy #1 for this year, to see it praised, &c; but it doesn't actually stand out for me as a new or unusual film, against the backdrop of other social iranian drama - i think to some degree i'm reminded of panahi just bc it's iran, the urban scenes, &c, but it's v much in that tradition i think, getting under the surface of things in this roaming, weary loop. it is an excellent film & so masterfully woven & paced - like i think someone mentioned hitchcock - but so are a bunch of things, going back ten years
― ABSTRACT: is my heart. A stranger (schlump), Saturday, 31 December 2011 15:25 (twelve years ago) link
Its probably my favourite foreign nu-release since 4 weeks, 3 months... and a really great melodrama (they don't come round often so treasure them).
Wd be weird for anyone to say its the first great Iranian film since there's one or two of them knocking about every year; and then there are guys like Kiarostami around.
― xyzz, Saturday, 31 December 2011 16:05 (twelve years ago) link
i sorta assume it's people assuming it's the first great iranian film from a position of ignorance, i can't imagine anyone repping for it over the canon. i think about 4 months sometimes, i guess i will get back around to catching some of the new czech/related stuff this year - aurora, if it ever opens, & once upon a time in antolia - but it did seem like a really balanced wave. 4 months got the aesthetics of depicting a place without veering into pure appealing optics totally right - a v beautiful looking film but very restrained, in the right register.
― ABSTRACT: is my heart. A stranger (schlump), Saturday, 31 December 2011 16:31 (twelve years ago) link
I prefer all the Panahi I've seen to A Separation. By a fair amount.
― Simon H., Saturday, 31 December 2011 17:40 (twelve years ago) link
I think its one of the best Iranian films I've seen, then again I can't say I've seen more than 20. What would the canon be? xp = interesting, love to see more by him.
― xyzz, Saturday, 31 December 2011 17:44 (twelve years ago) link
Austin Film Critics Association:
Best Film:HugoBest Director:Nicolas Winding Refn, DriveBest Actor:Michael Shannon, Take Shelter Best Actress:Tilda Swinton, We Need to Talk About KevinBest Supporting Actor:Albert Brooks, Drive Best Supporting Actress:Jessica Chastain, Take Shelter Best Original Screenplay:Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen Best Adapted Screenplay:Drive, Hossein Amini Best Cinematography:The Tree of Life, Emmanuel Lubezki Best Original Score:Attack the Block, Steven Price Best Foreign Language Film:I Saw the Devil, South Korea [dir: Jee-woon Kim] Best Documentary:Senna [dir: Asif Kapadia] Best Animated Feature:Rango [dir: Gore Verbinski] Robert R. "Bobby" McCurdy Memorial Breakthrough Artist Award:Jessica Chastain, Take Shelter/The Tree of Life/The Help/The Debt/Coriolanus/Texas Killing FieldsBest First Film:Attack the Block [dir: Joe Cornish] Austin Film Award:Take Shelter [dir: Jeff Nichols] Top 10 Films:1. Hugo 2. Drive 3. Take Shelter 4. Midnight in Paris 5. Attack the Block 6. The Artist 7. Martha Marcy May Marlene 8. I Saw the Devil 9. 13 Assassins 10. Melancholia
Top 10 Films:1. Hugo 2. Drive 3. Take Shelter 4. Midnight in Paris 5. Attack the Block 6. The Artist 7. Martha Marcy May Marlene 8. I Saw the Devil 9. 13 Assassins 10. Melancholia
― Tumblr Whites Off Earth Now!! (Sandbox Grisso-McCain), Saturday, 31 December 2011 20:37 (twelve years ago) link
Best Original Screenplay:Midnight in Paris, Woody Allen
― Lord Sotosyn, Saturday, 31 December 2011 20:39 (twelve years ago) link
ugh that top ten.
― ryan, Saturday, 31 December 2011 22:43 (twelve years ago) link
at least #8-10 can be defended
― Dr Morbius, Sunday, 1 January 2012 01:20 (twelve years ago) link
picking Rango over Tintin = trying too hard
A couple dozen folks give their best moments of '11:
http://www.movingimagesource.us/articles/moments-of-2011-part-1-20111230
http://www.movingimagesource.us/articles/moments-of-2011-part-2-20111230
I would co-endorse The Trip DVD as having the best deleted scenes of the year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BGqj3WbHDvA&feature=player_embedded
― Dr Morbius, Sunday, 1 January 2012 09:11 (twelve years ago) link
You should watch the tv version. Three hours worth
― Number None, Sunday, 1 January 2012 14:21 (twelve years ago) link
I believe all the footage excised for the theater version is on the DVD extras.
― Dr Morbius, Sunday, 1 January 2012 16:01 (twelve years ago) link
I watched Weekend: was disappointed by the poignant ending and a couple of the conversational riffs but otherwise a terrific film, precise in depicting the ways in which gays feel most uncomfortable when our straight friends are being most accommodating, and photographing these men in their flats in twilight.
― Lord Sotosyn, Monday, 2 January 2012 16:37 (twelve years ago) link