tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34888657.post8355548560691215166..comments2023-06-14T15:26:28.129+01:00Comments on Chained to the Cinémathèque: Brief NotesDavid McDougallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11020826602374694194noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34888657.post-15788991459108629272007-04-18T19:01:00.000+01:002007-04-18T19:01:00.000+01:00I stand corrected on my "early 2000s"... I should ...I stand corrected on my "early 2000s"... I should have said "90's or early 2000s." Whatever film I'm thinking of, I saw it in 2001 or 2002. <BR/><BR/>I haven't seen any of Tarr's earlier films yet, but I've read that his "Bela Tarr style" really begins to take shape in <I>Damnation</I>. <BR/><BR/>As for <I>Match Point</I>, it's the soundtrack, really, that I like a lot. <I>Match Point</I> is moderately succesful as (operatic?) melodrama, but even that owes a large debt to the truly phenomenal music. "Una furtiva lagrima" is the Moonlight Sonata of opera. I don't think the film is that terrific, but I'm not impressed with Woody Allen generally, anyway.David McDougallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11020826602374694194noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34888657.post-25891362220010216082007-04-18T18:31:00.000+01:002007-04-18T18:31:00.000+01:00I'm wondering less why Manhattan is a shade better...I'm wondering less why Manhattan is a shade better than why Match Point (bleh) is better drama!<BR/><BR/>I'm with you 100% on Damnation. Have you seen any of Tarr's earlier films? I don't know what that shot is from (and I haven't seen The Lake House), though neither of those Tsai films are from the 2000s.Daniel Kasmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00090178978468389578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34888657.post-88679530409922919512007-04-18T02:55:00.000+01:002007-04-18T02:55:00.000+01:00The shot I'm thinking of from that Tsai film (or n...The shot I'm thinking of from that Tsai film (or not - but I'm sure it's an Asian art film from the early 2000's) consists of a single, very long take of a woman walking to a park, where she sits down and cries for maybe 2 minutes (literally) in an uninterrupted medium closeup. Can anyone confirm what film this is from? My guess is <I>The Hole</I>, or possibly <I>Vive L'Amour</I>. I guess this should convince me to see both of these films again, at the very least...David McDougallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11020826602374694194noreply@blogger.com