Match Cut Director Consensus - Philip Kaufman

**Ezee E** · 07-12-2009, 11:37 AM

Did you know? Philip Kaufman is credited with the story for Indiana Jones.

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**Ezee E** · 07-12-2009, 11:38 AM

Invasion of the Body Snatchers - 9
The Right Stuff - 9
Unbearable Lightness of Being - 6.5
Quills - 9.5

Solid.

**soitgoes...** · 07-12-2009, 11:39 AM

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) - 8.5
The Right Stuff (1983) - 9.0
Rising Sun (1993) - 3.0
Quills (2000) - 6.0

**Boner M** · 07-12-2009, 12:25 PM

The Invasion of the Body Snatchers - 8.5
Quills - 4.5

**Russ** · 07-12-2009, 01:20 PM

I would encourage folks to Netflix Kaufman's The Wanderers -- a great coming of age story set in the NYC gang subculture that depicts a sometimes difficult transition from late 50's sentimentality to the uncertainty of the early 60's. One of my favorites; highly recommended.

**dreamdead** · 07-12-2009, 01:28 PM

Got The Right Stuff and maybe Body Snatchers on the way. And Russ's suggestion looks interesting enough.

The Right Stuff - 8
The Unbearable Lightness of Being - 8.5
Henry & June - 5
Rising Sun - 3.5
Quills - 4.5

Henry and June tries to repeat the successes of TULoB, but it lacks any true social or political context for its story of affairs and sexual awakening. And, further, Kaufman struggles way too much to add a degree of artsiness to this first NC-17 film, and so the sexual montages often come across as far too grandiose or obvious to work. The film needed to be grittier and harder sexually to actually work. And for a film so concerned about the repercussions of adultery, it'd have been nice to have some repercussions.

Quills, meanwhile, wouldn't be bad if Phoenix's character wasn't there. Get rid of him and the allegory gains in strength because it loses some of its obviousness. I like the concept, but the execution doesn't trust the material enough.

**Mysterious Dude** · 07-12-2009, 02:41 PM

Goldstein - 6
Invasion of the Body Snatchers - 10
The Wanderers - 4
The Unbearable Lightness of Being - 7.5
Quills - 8.5

**Russ** · 07-12-2009, 03:28 PM

Quoting Antoine (view post)

Goldstein - 6
Invasion of the Body Snatchers - 10
The Wanderers - 4
The Unbearable Lightness of Being - 7.5
Quills - 8.5

This thread needs more Sven.

**StanleyK** · 07-12-2009, 03:54 PM

The Right Stuff - 8.5

I also saw the opening credits of Twisted. Ummm... 6?

**Yxklyx** · 07-12-2009, 04:53 PM

Invasion of the Body Snatchers - 8
The Right Stuff - 7
The Unbearable Lightness of Being - 6

**Spinal** · 07-12-2009, 07:08 PM

The Right Stuff - 8
Henry and June - 4
Quills - 6.5

**Spinal** · 07-12-2009, 07:11 PM

Quoting dreamdead (view post)

Quills, meanwhile, wouldn't be bad if Phoenix's character wasn't there. Get rid of him and the allegory gains in strength because it loses some of its obviousness. I like the concept, but the execution doesn't trust the material enough.

Since that's the character I played in the stage version, I gotta disagree with you.

You should read the play. The ending is soooo much better.

**Raiders** · 07-12-2009, 07:16 PM

Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1978) 8.0
The Right Stuff (1983) 7.5
The Unbearable Lightness of Being (1988) 6.5
Quills (2000) 6.0

**Sycophant** · 07-12-2009, 07:39 PM

I have a copy of The Unbearable Lightness of Being. Perhaps I shall watch it soon.

**Grouchy** · 07-12-2009, 08:39 PM

Invasion of the Body Snatchers - 9

**Pop Trash** · 07-12-2009, 11:56 PM

Invasion of the Body Snatchers -8
Quills -7

I've seen Lightness of Being, Henry and June, and Rising Sun as well, but don't remember them well enough to rate.

**balmakboor** · 07-13-2009, 12:34 AM

I've seen a few of his films far too long ago to rate like Rising Sun, Body Snatchers, Henry & June, Unbearable Lightness, and White Dawn. I did like all of them though.

The Wanderers - 10
The Right Stuff - 10

I guess I liked those quite a bit.

**Ezee E** · 07-15-2009, 09:14 PM

Unbearable Lightness of Being sure has some masterful moments in the movie. Too bad they're all in the first hour of a three hour movie.

**Pop Trash** · 07-15-2009, 09:18 PM

Quoting Ezee E (view post)

Unbearable Lightness of Being sure has some masterful moments in the movie. Too bad they're all in the first hour of a three hour movie.

It's at least a 3 star movie for me for mega Euro-girl hotness. Oh and DDL.

**Ezee E** · 07-15-2009, 09:21 PM

Quoting Pop Trash (view post)

It's at least a 3 star movie for me for mega Euro-girl hotness. Oh and DDL.

Olin's shot with the mirror (which one? har har) is quite possibly the hottest ever.

**Qrazy** · 07-15-2009, 09:39 PM

Invasion of the Body Snatchers - 7.5
The Wanderers - 7
The Right Stuff - 8
The Unbearable Lightness of Being - 6.5

Consistently good, never excellent.

**Philosophe_rouge** · 07-15-2009, 09:41 PM

The Unbearable Lightness of Being 8
Henry & June 6.5
Quills 8

**Qrazy** · 07-15-2009, 09:42 PM

Anyone care to answer my Invasion of the Body Snatchers questions in the film discussion thread from a few weeks back?

**Mysterious Dude** · 07-15-2009, 10:07 PM

Quoting Qrazy (view post)

Anyone care to answer my Invasion of the Body Snatchers questions in the film discussion thread from a few weeks back?

Not if I have to search for them.

**Qrazy** · 07-16-2009, 07:53 AM

Quoting Antoine (view post)

Not if I have to search for them.

lol damn. That means I have to search for them.

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