About time for another bloated, belated entry. Seems that lots of the best stuff I've watched lately has been stuff I've already seen before. But anyway, capsules to come, here's the jist for now:
Badlands (1973, Terrence Malick; USA) **** [Third Viewing]
Manji (1964, Yasuzo Masumura; Japan) **** [Second Viewing]
Irréversible (2002, Gaspar Noé; France) **** [Fourth or Fifth Viewing]
Dangerous Game (1993, Abel Ferrara; USA) ****
Death by Hanging (1968, Nagisa Oshima; Japan) ****
Ratcatcher (1999, Lynne Ramsay; UK) ***½ [Second Viewing]
The Holy Girl (2004, Lucrecia Martel; Argentina) ***½ [Second Viewing]
Naked (1993, Mike Leigh; UK) ***½
Even Dwarfs Started Small (1970, Werner Herzog; Germany) ***½
The Death of Mr. Lazarescu (2005, Cristi Puiu; Romania) ***½
Mother Joan of the Angels (1961, Jerzy Kawalerowicz; Poland) ***
The Squid and the Whale (2005, Noah Baumbach; USA) ***
Howl's Moving Castle (2004, Hayao Miyazaki; Japan) ***
Crime Wave (1954, André De Toth; USA) ***
Fitzcarraldo (1982, Werner Herzog; Germany) ***
Suspiria (1977, Dario Argento; Italy) *** [Second Viewing]
Body Snatchers (1993, Abel Ferrara; USA) ***
State and Main (2000, David Mamet; USA) *** [Third Viewing]
A History of Violence (2005, David Cronenberg; USA) ***
Paris Belongs to Us (1960, Jacques Rivette; France) ***
Morvern Callar (2002, Lynne Ramsay; UK) ***
Accused (2005, Jacob Thuesen; Denmark) **½ [Second Viewing]
Capote (2005, Bennett Miller; USA) **½
Murderball (2005, Henry Alex Rubin and Dana Adam Shapiro; USA) **½
My Treasure (2004, Keren Yedaya; Israel) **½
Fata Morgana (1971, Werner Herzog; Germany) **½
Flightplan (2005, Robert Schwentke; USA) **
Corpse Bride (2005, Tim Burton and Mike Johnson; USA) **
Elizabethtown (2005, Cameron Crowe; USA) *½
Fantastic Four (2005, Tim Story; USA) *
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October 28 2005, 06:57:09 UTC 6 years ago
I think you're on the money with Howl's Moving Castle - it was fun enough, but not entirely successful for me.
October 28 2005, 07:34:10 UTC 6 years ago
I'd also heard word, most notably from J. Rosenbaum, that "The Death of Mr. Lazarescu" had its roots in Wiseman, but apart from a corresponding reluctance to put any trust in institutions, I didn't find much to compare style-wise. Despite working in documentary form, Wiseman is much much more subtle in his condemnation than Puiu is here. That ain't completely a slam on this flick though, which is an absorbing and perfectly-acted slice of hell.
Yeah, after waiting patiently to see it in Japanese with subtitles, and after getting myself all feverishly excited in the interim, I was so ready to spit acid at those supposed-Miyazaki fans who were disappointed by "Howl's Moving Castle" (because how could it be a disappointment!), but dammit, it's a bit of a let down after all. Not disastrously so, by any means, but it's just missin' a little something.
October 28 2005, 14:11:15 UTC 6 years ago
The only Wiseman film - sadly, they aren't too frequently available here in the UK - I've seen is Central Park, which was stunning, for all the right reasons, and made me want to see more. Apparently there's going to be some kind of (dvd?) release here of some of his work later in the year which is exciting.
October 29 2005, 15:54:43 UTC 6 years ago