Match Cut Directors Consensus - Raoul Ruiz

[StanleyK]

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Filmography (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0749914/#director)

[Yxklyx]

The Suspended Vocation - 1
Three Crowns of the Sailor - 7

[Boner M]

Dog's Dialogue - 5.5
Dialogues of the Exiled - 5
City of Pirates - 8.5

[B-side]

Whoa, we're already to him?

[B-side]

# A Closed Book (2010) 5.5
# Klimt (2006) (as Raúl Ruiz) 8.5
# Le domaine perdu (2005) 8.5
# That Day (2003) 7
# Les âmes fortes (2001) 8
# Comedy of Innocence (2000) 7.5
# Marcel Proust's Time Regained (1999) 9
# Le film Ã* venir (1997) 7.5
# Généalogies d'un crime (1997) 8
# Las soledades (1992) 9
# The Golden Boat (1990) (as Raul Ruiz) 5
# Life Is a Dream (1987) 7.5
# Le professeur Taranne (1987) 7.5
# The Insomniac on the Bridge (1985) 7.5
# Treasure Island (1985) (as Raul Ruiz) 7.5
# Point de fuite (1984) 6
# "Manoel's Destinies" (3 episodes, 1984) 8
# City of Pirates (1983) 9.5
# Three Crowns of the Sailor (1983) 8
# Het dak van de Walvis (1982) 7
# The Territory (1981) 7.5
# The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting (1979) 8.5
# La vocation suspendue (1978) (as Raul Ruiz) 7.5
# Dog's Dialogue (1977) 7.5

[Melville]

Klimt - 5

[endingcredits]

Hypothesis of a Stolen Painting - 8

[B-side]

I'm gonna try not to rage at the low scores.

[Raiders]

Not a damn thing. Always been a little weary since he seems a very niche filmmaker (not that I don't have those myself) and opinions on the films vary so much it is tough to know where to start. A few seem to have a generally positive consensus, such as Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting which will probably be my first whenever I manage to get to it.

[kopello]

A Closed Book - 7
Klimt - 7
That Day - 8

Still a whole lot I'm pretty anxious to see by him. I'll probably get to City of Pirates, Time Regained, or Genealogies next.

[B-side]

Not a damn thing. Always been a little weary since he seems a very niche filmmaker (not that I don't have those myself) and opinions on the films vary so much it is tough to know where to start. A few seem to have a generally positive consensus, such as Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting which will probably be my first whenever I manage to get to it.

He's very niche, but his available films from Three Lives and Only One Death onward are pretty accessible. Avoid his 80s work at all costs until you're more familiar with him (AKA a big fan).

[StanleyK]

Whoa, we're already to him?

Well, I did the directors I was supposed to do in the first place, to then come back and do Ezee's and dreamdead's. The schedule should go like this, if you have no objections:

You: Mira Nair
Me: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
You: Lawrence Olivier
Me: Leo McCarey
You: Ross McElwee
Me: Josef von Sternberg
You: Michael Cimino
Me: Aleksei German



Guess what? I haven't seen a single movie from any of these directors except Cimino. :|

[B-side]

Well, I did the directors I was supposed to do in the first place, to then come back and do Ezee's and dreamdead's. The schedule should go like this, if you have no objections:

You: Mira Nair
Me: Joseph L. Mankiewicz
You: Lawrence Olivier
Me: Leo McCarey
You: Ross McElwee
Me: Josef von Sternberg
You: Michael Cimino
Me: Aleksei German



Guess what? I haven't seen a single movie from any of these directors except Cimino. :|

That's fine. I'll start Nair's right now.

[MacGuffin]

Comedy of Innocence - 6.5

[soitgoes...]

Yeah, I wasn't expecting this to pop up so soon. Sorry Brights, I got nothing. Maybe this week?

[Qrazy]

He's very niche, but his available films from Three Lives and Only One Death onward are pretty accessible. Avoid his 80s work at all costs until you're more familiar with him (AKA a big fan).

You say this having not seen it though? But yeah I imagine Match Cut really liking that one. It's quality.

[origami_mustache]

The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting (1979) - 9.5
City of Pirates (1983) - 9.5

[B-side]

The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting (1979) - 9.5
City of Pirates (1983) - 9.5

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[MadMan]

Brightside what should I view from him first? I like his 'stache, and you won't stop talking about his movies, so I figure I should view something from him, soon.

[B-side]

Brightside what should I view from him first? I like his 'stache, and you won't stop talking about his movies, so I figure I should view something from him, soon.

If you have Netflix, Klimt is on IW. Ignore Melville's incorrect rating and focus on mine.

[Derek]

Who?

[Mysterious Dude]

Time Regained - 4.5

[Boner M]

Added Dialogues of the Exiled, which was like cut-rate Fassbinder, much like Dog's Dialogues was cut-rate Chris Marker. Don't worry Brightside, still gonna watch City of Pirates soon.

[Rowland]

The Suspended Vocation - 3.5
Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting - 8.5
Shattered Image - 5.5

[B-side]

Added Dialogues of the Exiled, which was like cut-rate Fassbinder, much like Dog's Dialogues was cut-rate Chris Marker. Don't worry Brightside, still gonna watch City of Pirates soon.

You guys are making me feel bad. I'm whoring this guy out and too many people aren't enjoying him. Granted, I wouldn't expect most of his 70s or 80s work to appeal to many people, but I'll hold out hope for your City of Pirates viewing.

[Boner M]

You guys are making me feel bad. I'm whoring this guy out and too many people aren't enjoying him. Granted, I wouldn't expect most of his 70s or 80s work to appeal to many people, but I'll hold out hope for your City of Pirates viewing.
To be fair, the first half-hour of Mysteries of Lisbon I caught at TIFF last year was very promising and displayed mastery. Only bailed cos I was too exhausted to sit through a 4.5 hour film after a week of nonstop movies.

[B-side]

To be fair, the first half-hour of Mysteries of Lisbon I caught at TIFF last year was very promising and displayed mastery. Only bailed cos I was too exhausted to sit through a 4.5 hour film after a week of nonstop movies.

Yeah, some of his stuff from the past 15 years should appeal to you guys.

[Qrazy]

To be fair, the first half-hour of Mysteries of Lisbon I caught at TIFF last year was very promising and displayed mastery. Only bailed cos I was too exhausted to sit through a 4.5 hour film after a week of nonstop movies.

Ehh it's fairly obnoxious by the end.

[Qrazy]

Three Lives and Only One Death - 8
Mysteries of Lisbon - 5.5

[MacGuffin]

Klimt is streamable on Netflix, but apparently it's an extremely producer-butchered cut.

[B-side]

Klimt is streamable on Netflix, but apparently it's an extremely producer-butchered cut.

I saw it and loved it, if that's worth anything.

[Boner M]

Added City of Pirates - third time's a charm, it seems. One of the most powerfully surreal films I've seen; my 'fascination with':'comprehension of' ratio was way out of whack, but all for the better. That said, I think slogging through Dialogues of the Exiled helped me appreciate some of the themes that are being dealt with in this film in a more covert manner. I particularly found the final scenes really powerful in their evocation of the displacement felt by Chilean exiles, and the desire to revert to a more elemental state of being. Loved the cognitive dissonance created by the classically sweeping music score and the complete absence of a conventional narrative. Would love to see this on the big screen; the images are uniformly gobsmacking.

[B-side]

Oh man, I'm so glad you enjoyed it, Boner. The film has a dark and amusing sense of humor as well, namely in the two policemen and the father. I bet you'd enjoy The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting. It's only a shade over an hour, so it's not like you'd be losing much. Plus, Vierny shot it.

[StanleyK]

The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting - 8



The in-depth art analysis and subtly contrasting paintings with cinema is innately interesting stuff to me, but I have to admit when the movie explains the backstory of the fourth painting in excruciating detail, I started zoning out (it doesn't help that the main character himself falls asleep while explaining it to us). Still, it's definitely a unique experience, quite unlike any other movie I can remember.

[soitgoes...]

Three Lives and Only One Death - 7.0

[Qrazy]

Three Lives and Only One Death - 7.0

Thoughts?

[soitgoes...]

Thoughts?The first part was totally engaging. The film lost me slowly after that. Mastroianni does an amazing job considering he'd be dead shortly after the film was released. I imagine Ruiz made a great film over the years, but this one isn't it. Still it was intriguing enough for me to delve deeper.

[StanleyK]

Results:

The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting - 8.500 (5)

Didn't make it:

City of Pirates - 9.167 (3)
Las Soledades - 9.000 (1)
Le Domaine Perdu - 8.500 (1)
Les Âmes Fortes - 8.000 (1)
Généalogies d'un Crime - 8.000 (1)
Manoel's Destinies - 8.000 (1)
Three Crowns of the Sailor - 8.000 (2)
Le Film Ã* Venir - 7.500 (1)
The Insomniac on the Bridge - 7.500 (1)
Life is a Dream - 7.500 (1)
Le Professeur Taranne - 7.500 (1)
The Territory - 7.500 (1)
That Day - 7.500 (2)
Three Lives and Only One Death - 7.500 (2)
Treasure Island - 7.500 (1)
Comedy of Innocence - 7.000 (1)
Het dak van de Walvis - 7.000 (1)
Klimt - 6.833 (3)
Time Regained - 6.750 (2)
Dog's Dialogue - 6.500 (2)
A Closed Book - 6.250 (2)
Point de fuite - 6.000 (1)
Mysteries of Lisbon - 5.500 (1)
Shattered Image - 5.500 (1)
Dialogues of the Exiled - 5.000 (1)
The Golden Boat - 5.000 (1)
The Suspended Vocation - 4.000 (3)

Most seen: duh.



Boner, Qrazy, Rowland and soitgoes... managed to see Ruiz films that Brightside didn't; better step yo game up, Brights.

[B-side]

Boner, Qrazy, Rowland and soitgoes... managed to see Ruiz films that Brightside didn't; better step yo game up, Brights.

:P

I have Three Lives and Only One Death and Dialogues of the Exiled on my hard drive. I'll see 'em soon.

[Boner M]

These results = Lawl Ruiz.

[Derek]

These results = Lawl Ruiz.

Yeah, though I'd much rather have a director like Ruiz highlighted than have Jay Roach week or some such nonsense.