tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580771530471531574.post7622060776346988834..comments2023-07-12T09:16:45.437-04:00Comments on The Cinema: Autumn in cinephilia: Or how I learned to stop envying those in Toronto and love my computerTed Pigeonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04789041055263853568noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580771530471531574.post-51215887747260079442007-09-14T10:38:00.000-04:002007-09-14T10:38:00.000-04:00Herzog's voice is incredibly compelling. I love ho...Herzog's voice is incredibly compelling. I love how he makes himself apart of his documentaries. He comes off as so knowledgeable, yet asking so many questions. The personal edge he brings to his documentaries highlights why the documentary is such an important and elegant artistic expression of cinema.Ted Pigeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789041055263853568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580771530471531574.post-75209512589723247012007-09-12T18:46:00.000-04:002007-09-12T18:46:00.000-04:00Great thoughts, Ted. I hadn't known about Darren's...Great thoughts, Ted. I hadn't known about Darren's site until now, so I will be heading there next. I think you're absolutely right about that microcosm thought-- each critic who writes extensively about the festival creates his own microcosm, because no one sees all the same movies and even if they did, by chance, their viws would likely be diverse and fascinating anyway. May we both get there soon!<BR/><BR/>And Peet, you have it exactly right about Herzog's voice. I love <I>listening</I> to his documentaries-- he retains enough of his celebrated disgust and terror of nature, yet he can't help peering over into the abyss with his subjects, and that is all reflected in his tentative, somber, evocative voice-- oh, so German!Dennis Cozzaliohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01954848938471883431noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580771530471531574.post-28812581442992383592007-09-06T04:14:00.000-04:002007-09-06T04:14:00.000-04:00You're right: Grizzly Man rules. I love listening ...You're right: <I>Grizzly Man</I> rules. I love listening to Herzog's voice in his documentaries. He sounds like the David Attenborough of human depravity. It's the voice of our conscious: soothing yet punishing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580771530471531574.post-18531255396374790612007-09-05T10:42:00.000-04:002007-09-05T10:42:00.000-04:00Thanks, Peet! That title just came to me right bef...Thanks, Peet! That title just came to me right before posting. And I hope you're right about <I>Across the Universe</I>; Taymor is one of the unique voices in contemporary cinema. There are so few successful female directors in the movie business that it churns my stomach to hear that the studio (which likely consists of older white men) will tamper with this movie. I seirously hope it's not true. Here's hoping!<BR/><BR/>I also forgot to mention Werner Herzog's new documentary, <I>Encounters at the End of the World</I>, which, from what I hear, involves Herzog and his cameraman in Antarctica. I'm sure it won't see a DVD release for at least another year, but I'm really interested to see what it's all about. Though I've only seen one documentary of Herzog's (<I>Grizzly Man</I>), it was an outstanding film that has compelled me to seek out some of his other documentaries. Speaking of which, how <I>Grizzly Man</I> did not so much as even earn a Best Documentary nomination at the Oscars is further indication that the Oscars are a total fraud. As if token categories like "Best Documentary", "Best Animated Film", and "Best Foreign Language Film" aren't suggestive of that already...Ted Pigeonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04789041055263853568noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8580771530471531574.post-82751033382059707612007-09-05T07:18:00.000-04:002007-09-05T07:18:00.000-04:00Priceless blog post title, Ted!I'm very much looki...Priceless blog post title, Ted!<BR/><BR/>I'm very much looking forward to Julie Taymor's <I>Across the Universe</I>, too. This woman's a visionary and the trailer looks awesome. Please, don't let these rumours be true!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com