tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580771530471531574.post6116699020977864266..comments2023-07-12T09:16:45.437-04:00Comments on The Cinema: Back to schoolTed Pigeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04789041055263853568noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580771530471531574.post-7060975629589354182008-10-08T14:15:00.000-04:002008-10-08T14:15:00.000-04:00anderson: Thanks very much for the comments. Forg...anderson: Thanks very much for the comments. Forgive me for my late response. I've been busy to say the least, and I hadn't even noticed that there were any comments for this post. It's been a while since I've seen <I>The Usual Suspects</I>; maybe I'll give it another shot.<BR/><BR/>j.: Ok, now I <I>really</I> want to see <I>Synecdoche</I>. I recently revisited <I>Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind</I> (on television), another Kaufmann-scripted film that despite its strangeness is uncharacteristically moving. <BR/><BR/>I'm also really glad he enlisted Jon Brion for the music for <I>Synecdoche</I>; he seems to "get" Kaufmann's affective sensibilities.Ted Pigeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789041055263853568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580771530471531574.post-11862450958950207102008-09-17T12:49:00.000-04:002008-09-17T12:49:00.000-04:00Synecdoche is one of the most heartening films I'v...<I>Synecdoche</I> is one of the most heartening films I've seen recently. I thought I had a handle on Kaufman....but this one challenged me more than any of his other films. I found it a bit indecipherable towards the end....but it's one hell of a movie. It hasn't left me since I saw it two months ago. Special kudon to Kaufman for realizing the power of score, and letting Jon Brion have a hugely important role in trying the threads of thought together musically.<BR/><BR/> I'm totally with you on <I>Fitzcarraldo</I>, <I>Dances With Wolves</I>, <I>Iron Man</I> and Rob Reiner, though I do disagree on <I>The Usual Suspects</I>...I think it's such an elegantly directed, shot, scored and acted film, that I am willing to give it the benefit fo the doubt. One can say the ending nullifies a lot of the film...but I am willing to look at it as a <I>Rashomon</I>-like comment on story-telling, even if it is only in it's tentative and relatively apathetic way(dishonest might also be true, but I think the ending is brilliant cinema, even if it fails on any narrative level).<BR/> Thanks for bringing the quiz to our attention! I love testing myself on film-related matters (and lists are so goddamn boring and useless).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580771530471531574.post-542686518497122372008-09-17T12:46:00.000-04:002008-09-17T12:46:00.000-04:00Reading your blog is always such a delight. Maybe ...Reading your blog is always such a delight. Maybe because of the fact that you don't write very often, when there is a new post we know we're in for a treat. I love this questionnaire - perhaps I'll do one myself in my blog.<BR/><BR/>Your texts are great (your post about Salman Rushdie is still one of the best things I've ever read on the web). <BR/><BR/>Even disagreeing with you (THE USUAL SUSPECTS) or being amazed at your writing (I loved what you said about INTO THE WILD), there's no denial your blog is unmissable.<BR/><BR/>Greetings from Brazil.:-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com