Match Cut Directors Consensus - Nicolas Roeg

[dreamdead]

Welcome to one of the masters of elliptical storytelling and sex and jump cuts. Please rank his work from earliest to most recent.

http://archive.sensesofcinema.com/images/directors/02/roeg2.jpg

Also, for perusal, here (http://www.criterion.com/explore/51)is Roeg's top ten Criterion films.

[dreamdead]

Performance - 6.5
Walkabout - 9.5
Don't Look Now - 8
The Man Who Fell to Earth - 6
Bad Timing - 5

[Raiders]

Walkabout (1971) 8.5
Don't Look Now (1973) 9.0
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) 7.0
Bad Timing (1980) 6.0
The Witches (1990) 7.5

[Mysterious Dude]

Performance - 6.5
Walkabout - 7.5
Don't Look Now - 7.5
The Man Who Fell to Earth - 7
The Witches - 7

[Spinal]

Performance - 7.5
Walkabout - 10
Don't Look Now - 7

[thefourthwall]

Walkabout's on it's way, so I'll hopefully update it in a few days.

Performance -- 6.5
Walkabout -- 9.5
Don't Look Now -- 8.5
The Man Who Fell to Earth -- 7.5
The Witches -- 7.5 (Although I haven't seen this since I was a kid, but I remember it quite fondly...)

[Qrazy]

Walkabout (1971) 8
Don't Look Now (1973) 6.5
The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) 1
Bad Timing (1980) 5.5

[Dead & Messed Up]

Don't Look Now - 7
The Man Who Fell to Earth - 7
The Witches - 7

[Yxklyx]

Performance - 8
Walkabout - 10
Don't Look Now - 8
The Man Who Fell to Earth - 4
Bad Timing - 4

[Pop Trash]

Walkabout -8
The Man Who Fell To Earth -7
Bad Timing -5

[Boner M]

Performance - 8.5
Walkabout - 8.5
Don't Look Now - 9.5
The Man Who Fell to Earth - 7
Bad Timing - 6.5
Eureka - 7.5
Insignificance - 5
The Witches - 8
Full Body Massage - 2.5

[thefourthwall]

The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) 1


What up with that? I don't think it was that bad--why the hate?

[eternity]

The Man Who Fell to Earth - 8
The Witches - 6

[B-side]

Performance- 8
Walkabout- 8.5
Don't Look Now- 7.5
The Man Who Fell to Earth- 8.5
Bad Timing- 8.5

[Adam]

Bad Timing - 7
Insignifigance - 8
The Witches - 7

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

Walkabout - 8.5
Dont Look Now - 9.5
The Man Who Fell to Earth - 8
Bad Timing - 4

[Boner M]

What up with that? I don't think it was that bad--why the hate?
I'm guessing it's because of the scene in which the pretty young thing holds Rip Torn's penis and whispers 'hi' to it.

[Qrazy]

I'm guessing it's because of the scene in which the pretty young thing holds Rip Torn's penis and whispers 'hi' to it.

Don't remember that scene. As to why, I don't remember my specific criticisms, I just remember hating almost everything about the film. It features all of Roeg's greatest weaknesses as a director. It's simultaneously boring and grating. The performance's are stiff and lifeless. The plot and characterizations are utter tosh, but that's only a quibble because who cares about plot in a film like this. I find it hard to criticize because it's not that the film did certain things wrong, it's that it didn't do anything right.

[NickGlass]

I love that he directed The Witches.

Walkabout: 8.5
The Witches: 8.0

[dreamdead]

thefourthwall and I will be out of town Th-Sun, so we'll get the results posted on Monday night/Tuesday morning, since we won't be able to (re)watch Walkabout and Performance until then...

[balmakboor]

Performance - 8
The Man Who Fell to Earth - 6
Bad Timing - 4
Insignificance - 5
Castaway - 8
Track 29 - 6
The Witches - 8

[Eleven]

Performance - 7.5
Walkabout - 8
Don't Look Now - 8.5
The Man who Fell to Earth - 5
Bad Timing - 5.5
The Witches - 7

[B-side]

I'm having trouble comprehending all these mediocre reviews for Bad Timing.

[Boner M]

I'm having trouble comprehending all these mediocre reviews for Bad Timing.
It seems to be shaping up to be the lowest rated (non-Bay) Criterion film.

[B-side]

It seems to be shaping up to be the lowest rated (non-Bay) Criterion film.

Which is absolutely absurd, if you ask me. And you were asking me. Or at least that's what I'm telling myself to justify my posting of this post, which has now gone on far longer than it had any right to. I blame you.

[Ezee E]

Walkabout - 7
Don't Look Now - 8.5

[Bosco B Thug]

Walkabout - 8.5
Don't Look Now - 9
Bad Timing - 6.5

[thefourthwall]

I find it hard to criticize because it's not that the film did certain things wrong, it's that it didn't do anything right.

Fair enough.

Edited in Walkabout and Performance. Interesting things to write and think about, but I think he's a bit pervy with all the nakedness.

[dreamdead]

Results:
Walkabout – 8.5667 (15)
Don’t Look Now – 8.1429 (14)
Performance - 7.4444 (9)
The Witches – 7.4444 (9)
The Man Who Fell to Earth – 6.3571 (14)
Bad Timing - 5.6538 (13)
overall = 7.2682

Did not qualify:
Castaway – 8 (1)
Insignificance – 6 (3)
Track 29 – 6 (1)
Full Body Massage – 2.5 (1)

Most viewed: Boner M.
Throwing the hammer down: Qrazy and his hate of The Man Who Fell to Earth

[dreamdead]

Walkabout - 7
- Strangely interesting, even if I didn't like Roeg's techniques.

Can you explain? The intercutting rubbed you the wrong way here, or the alienation of the protagonists, or what about the technique?

[Yxklyx]

Can you explain? The intercutting rubbed you the wrong way here, or the alienation of the protagonists, or what about the technique?

I don't like at all some of the editing he does towards the end - still the rest of the movie more than makes up for it.