Telluride 2010

[Ezee E]

Hey y'all.

I'm writing articles for awardsdaily.com while I'm in Telluride, but I'll post more non-journalistic thoughts here...

Scorsese, Errol Morris, Herzog with new docs! Carlos, The Illusionist, and big screen showings of Fat City and Once Upon A Time in the West.

Can't wait.

And I'm being housed in a freakin' mansion. Too cool.

[Dukefrukem]

pics of mansion so we can dream of the life you live plz

[Ezee E]

pics of mansion so we can dream of the life you live plz
I'll take some, but they may not be up until next week.

[Stay Puft]

Everybody else gets Carlos. I'm jealous.

[Ezee E]

Everybody else gets Carlos. I'm jealous.
I'll probably only get to see Part I...

[MacGuffin]

I'll probably only get to see Part I...

Sounds like a tease.

[Spaceman Spiff]

Everybody else gets Carlos. I'm jealous.

Is Carlos not coming to TIFF?

[eternity]

Hey y'all.

I'm writing articles for awardsdaily.com while I'm in Telluride, but I'll post more non-journalistic thoughts here...

Scorsese, Errol Morris, Herzog with new docs! Carlos, The Illusionist, and big screen showings of Fat City and Once Upon A Time in the West.

Can't wait.

And I'm being housed in a freakin' mansion. Too cool.

That's...really, really awesome.

[Ezee E]

Never Let Me Go.

Hmmmm..... I'll have to sit on this.

[Stay Puft]

Is Carlos not coming to TIFF?

Nope.

Will be screening in Toronto in October, however.

[right_for_the_moment]

rumors of a tree of life screening. brad pitt arrived 2 days ago.

http://twitter.com/telluridenews/status/22805533081

[balmakboor]

rumors of a tree of life screening. brad pitt arrived 2 days ago.

http://twitter.com/telluridenews/status/22805533081

God I hope that film is a fucking masterpiece. If not, there's going to be enough negative energy released by film buffs to stop the turning of the Earth.

[Ezee E]

rumors of a tree of life screening. brad pitt arrived 2 days ago.

http://twitter.com/telluridenews/status/22805533081
Don't count on it. 127 Hours and Black Swan look to be the sneak previews.

[Ezee E]

And damnit, Carlos is probably awesome, but I only got to see Part I, and probably won't get to see the rest until it hits DVD.

[right_for_the_moment]

Don't count on it. 127 Hours and Black Swan look to be the sneak previews.

I'll be more than satisfied if they just unveil the trailer :)

[soitgoes...]

And damnit, Carlos is probably awesome, but I only got to see Part I, and probably won't get to see the rest until it hits DVD.That's dumb. Sorry. Are they only showing the first part or are you unable to see the rest?

[baby doll]

Is Carlos not coming to TIFF?Michael Sicinski made this point a few years ago that the only time an Assayas film was shown at TIFF, it was the relatively mediocre Clean, and then only because it was a Canadian co-production--which I think accounts for a lot of said mediocrity: I mean, to go from a film as balls-out crazy as demonlover to making something so normal, and then to rebound so quickly and make Boarding Gate... What's up with that?

[Ezee E]

That's dumb. Sorry. Are they only showing the first part or are you unable to see the rest?
Unable to see the rest as it overlaps with my work commitments.

[Stay Puft]

Summer Hours also played at TIFF and Carlos has been selected as part of the opening TIFF Bell Lightbox season (screening in October, as I said).

Of course, this is post-Clean. Interesting if what Sicinski says is true before.

[Ezee E]

I have a feeling 127 Hours will be hated around here. I liked it.

To sleep in, or see Biutiful. I chose the former.

Carey Mulligan is kind of ugly in person.

[baby doll]

Carey Mulligan is kind of ugly in person.And in the movies.

[balmakboor]

OK. Maybe makeup does a lot for her and it would have to be A LOT. But the words Carey, Mulligan, and ugly just don't belong together in any sentence I can imagine.

[baby doll]

OK. Maybe makeup does a lot for her and it would have to be A LOT. But the words Carey, Mulligan, and ugly just don't belong together in any sentence I can imagine.It's a matter of taste, I suppose. I'm just not that into pale, anemic-looking chicks with short hair. Just doesn't do it for me. Similarly, I seldom get a boner while looking at pictures of people in concentration camps.

[balmakboor]

It's a matter of taste, I suppose. I'm just not that into pale, anemic-looking chicks with short hair. Just doesn't do it for me. Similarly, I seldom get a boner while looking at pictures of people in concentration camps.

Fair enough. But ugly is pretty strong stuff to saddle her with. I actually thought she was adorable in An Education. I haven't seen her in anything else yet including whatever concentration camp movie you are referring to.

[Watashi]

Interested to see your reaction on Black Swan and if it does follow the Perfect Blue formula all the way to the end.

[eternity]

Fair enough. But ugly is pretty strong stuff to saddle her with. I actually thought she was adorable in An Education. I haven't seen her in anything else yet including whatever concentration camp movie you are referring to.Holocaust victims are pale, anemic, and have a short hair. But you know, in a not-hot way, unlike Carey Mulligan, or Eternity.

[balmakboor]

Interested to see your reaction on Black Swan and if it does follow the Perfect Blue formula all the way to the end.

I've only seen -- and loved -- Paprika out of Satoshi Kon's movies. So I've been planning to see his others and you just gave me reason to bump Perfect Blue to the top of my queue.

[dmk]

Interested to see your reaction on Black Swan and if it does follow the Perfect Blue formula all the way to the end.
I seem to recall Perfect Blue following quite a large number of 'formulas' from DePalma's thrillers. Like... a lot of them- Body Double being the most obvious in the thematic-stylistic sense.

I may be wrong.

[balmakboor]

I seem to recall Perfect Blue following quite a large number of 'formulas' from DePalma's thrillers. Like... a lot of them- Body Double being the most obvious in the thematic-stylistic sense.

I may be wrong.

Body Double and Obsession follow the "formula" of Vertigo. Are you saying Perfect Blue does as well?

[Stay Puft]

Wait, Herzog has finished another film already? He has two again this year? Where does he find the time?

[dmk]

Body Double and Obsession follow the "formula" of Vertigo. Are you saying Perfect Blue does as well?
Hmm, it didn’t occur to me, but I guess there has to be some stalking of formula from Hitchcock too, even if it’s inadvertent or indirectly via DePalma. Makes sense.

And does Vertigo follow any film's "formula" itself? Nothing comes to mind, but we could always blame it all on Buster Keaton. ;)

[Ezee E]

Wait, Herzog has finished another film already? He has two again this year? Where does he find the time?
I guess it's more of a double effort, and to be honest, it sounds like it's just Herzog slapping his name on the project.

Didn't mention it in my awardsdaily articles, but I also saw Of Gods and Men and it was pretty wretched. Continuous shots of priests praying the Our Father, and a five minute series of closeups as they eat is not for me. Not even worth my time.

Black Swan and Tabloid tomorrow.

[Stay Puft]

I guess it's more of a double effort, and to be honest, it sounds like it's just Herzog slapping his name on the project.

Huh. Are you going to be seeing the film?

Looking forward to thoughts on Black Swan and Tabloid. Hope to see both myself next week.

[Boner M]

It's a matter of taste, I suppose. I'm just not that into pale, anemic-looking chicks with short hair. Just doesn't do it for me. Similarly, I seldom get a boner while looking at pictures of people in concentration camps.
Weren't you all about that Spiderman 2 Russian chick for a while?

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y151/NuttyPics/004SPT_Mageina_Tovah_003.jpg

[baby doll]

Weren't you all about that Spiderman 2 Russian chick for a while?Yeah, that's weird. I guess I was more into the offer of chocolate cake than the girl.

[Spaceman Spiff]

baby doll's boner works in mysterious ways...

[Ezee E]

Interested to see your reaction on Black Swan and if it does follow the Perfect Blue formula all the way to the end.

Not going to spoil the ending for you, but I will say this... :eek:

Loved it. Should lead to a lot of discussion come December.

[Stay Puft]

E, I've been reading your articles, and your one line about The First Grader killed me. Smiling faces and consistent remarks! Oh my. Why did I agree to go see this film this weekend? I'm going to cut my wrists before the credits roll.

[Ezee E]

E, I've been reading your articles, and your one line about The First Grader killed me. Smiling faces and consistent remarks! Oh my. Why did I agree to go see this film this weekend? I'm going to cut my wrists before the credits roll.
Sniffles and tears for Biutiful!

[Kurious Jorge v3.1]

I attended Telluride and heard a familiar name in the thanks at the last show of the Chuck Jones theatre, one Eric Bialas. I was thinking to myself, how do I know that name?

It was my first time there and it was amazing. I sat next to Herzog (saw him 4 of the 5 days I was there, he was becoming an eyesore :P) for Errol Morris' premiere, dropped my bookpack from the balcony of the Operahouse that almost landed on Errol Morris' head, watched James Franco beatbox thorugh his anwers for his conversation in the park, and tripped and bumped into Bertrand Tavernier's ass. I didn't have a pass but was able to see most of what I wanted to see for $100 (excluding the ridiculously expensive food). Lee Chang Dongs poetry rocked my soul, while Black Swan was awful. I cringed at 2 parts, the "homework assignment" and Portman yelling "I'M THE SWAN QUEEN!" The end of that movie was a trainwreck. Zulawski's La Femme Publique is a much better film that deals with the director/actress relationship and reinventing yourself as a performer, as Portman is trying to do all film to be the black swan.

Here is what I saw ranked in order of preference:

1. Poetry (Lee)
2. Retour de Flamme 3-D (Various)
3. Here's Your Life (Troell)
4. Cameraman (McCall)
5. Tabloid (Morris)
6. Letter to Elia (Scorsese)
7. Chicago (DeMille)
8. Rotaie (Camerini)
9. The Magnificent Tati (?)
10. Hurricane Kalatozov (Calaz)
11. Chico and Rita (Trueba)
12. Black Swan (Aronofsky)
13. The Way Back (Weir)

[Ezee E]

They sure screwed up the pronunciation of my name.

[Ezee E]

The funny thing about writing for awardsdaily is that I think I hurt Sasha's feelings by not getting behind Never Let Me Go. Before she was very excited and nice, after the review, her tone changed completely.

Funny.

[dmk]

13. The Way Back (Weir)
Ou-ouch.