tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post3691743613493572087..comments2024-01-21T11:18:54.087-05:00Comments on Lost in the Movies: Fragments of Cinephilia, Pt. IIIJoel Bockohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post-21378321173434217592012-09-29T19:45:51.598-04:002012-09-29T19:45:51.598-04:00Yeah, you're on much safer ground calling him ...Yeah, you're on much safer ground calling him a humanist. As for Sweet Movie, I don't state my own perspective in the sample above but I'm pretty sure I've only ever fast-forwarded through 2 scenes ever, and both of them were in Sweet Movie: the seduction scene because I objected not so much to the content as to how it was shot, and the food orgy because it was just too gross haha.<br /><br />I'm sure Alice is a great lawyer, but I'd be pretty nervous hiring a centenarian attorney, wouldn't you?Joel Bockohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11238338958380683893noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7610074516299275060.post-27248935834717661102012-09-29T15:51:53.055-04:002012-09-29T15:51:53.055-04:00And yet another altogether marvelous round-up to b...And yet another altogether marvelous round-up to bring on some cherished recollections here on this overcast Saturday afternoon in the NYC area.<br /><br />As you may remember, I have always considered the remarkable, indestructible Stanley Kauffmann (still writing for THE NEW REPUBLIC at 96, but heck Harper Lee'as older sister Alice Lee is still practicing law at 101) as my favorite critic, and yes you frame his amazing run quite well there. I don't always agree with him, but always a revelatory read for all kinds of reasons!<br /><br />Ozu a "transcendentalist?" Perhaps. But I choose to describe him simply as a screen humanist, perhaps the most celebrated in Asian cinema with S. Ray close.<br /><br />I adore EARLY SPRING. I did not at all care for SWEET MOVIE, though the same director's THE SWITCHBOARD OPERATOR is masterful. As you may remember I am not a huge Godard guy, but these two are very fine films (MASCULIN FEMININ and TOUT VA BIEN) And heck who doesn't love THE HONEYMOON KILLERS? Ha!<br /><br />Another masterful post my friend!Sam Julianonoreply@blogger.com