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