Great scenes

[Spinal]

Tarkovsky doesn't speak to me at all. Neither artistically nor philosophically. He has the ability to capture a striking image from time to time, but I find it too much to wade through for what he ultimately gives back.

[MacGuffin]

Tarkovsky doesn't speak to me at all. Neither artistically nor philosophically. He has the ability to capture a striking image from time to time, but I find it too much to wade through for what he ultimately gives back.

I feel the exact way about Breillat.

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sorry gotta keep the tark torch alit in this thread

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[Boner M]

I feel the exact way about Breillat.

I feel the same way about Greenaway, von Trier, Haneke, Bergman, and everyone that Spinal likes.

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sorry gotta make spinal feel like a crazy as always

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[Spinal]

That's fine. Stick up for your guy. Just didn't want meg to feel like a philistine.

[B-side]

I'm not a big fan of Renoir, Ozu, Bresson, Mizoguchi, Naruse, etc.

There, now nobody has to feel like a philistine. Except me, of course, but that's to be expected.

[Spinal]

I'm not a big fan of Renoir, Ozu, Bresson, Mizoguchi, Naruse, etc.

Still not sure what to make of Bresson. Seen a couple I thought were excellent. Seen a couple I thought were risible not so good.

[Boner M]

Still not sure what to make of Bresson. Seen a couple I thought were excellent. Seen a couple I thought were risible not so good.

I'd recommend Mouchette as your next stop, esp. if you were frustrated with Lilya 4-Ever (Bergman likes it too, and doesn't like Balthazar, which should encourage you).

[B-side]

Still not sure what to make of Bresson. Seen a couple I thought were excellent. Seen a couple I thought were risible not so good.

I haven't had the pleasure of seeing an excellent Bresson film, and I've seen these (ranked?):

L'argent
A Gentle Woman
A Man Escaped
Pickpocket
Au Hasard Balthazar
Lancelot du Lac

Don't dislike any of them, but I also don't see anything particularly great about them.

[Spinal]

A Man Escaped
Pickpocket
Au Hasard Balthazar
Lancelot du Lac

These are the ones I've seen, in order of preference.

[B-side]

These are the ones I've seen, in order of preference.

Strange how that worked out.:P

Even stranger is that Lancelot contains the only scenes Bresson has filmed that I'd consider truly great, namely the jousting tournament and probably the finale.

[Spinal]

the jousting tournament

Oh man, I HATED those scenes.

[B-side]

Oh man, I HATED those scenes.

Was there anything you liked about that film?

[Spinal]

Was there anything you liked about that film?

Not really. I thought it was dreadful.

[B-side]

Not really. I thought it was dreadful.

Heh. I think it's his most interesting from a formal standpoint, but the "dramatics" are almost completely flat. It's almost just as often inspired as it is kinda silly.