Didn’t know/had forgotten about him working on Fahrenheit 451
― Gottseidank, es ist Blecch Freitag (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 26 November 2018 19:14 (five years ago) link
watched bad timing for the first time last night. that is certainly a thing that exists
― single bed mentality (||||||||), Monday, 26 November 2018 19:54 (five years ago) link
Go on
― flappy bird, Monday, 26 November 2018 20:33 (five years ago) link
a T Russell perf for the ages
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 26 November 2018 21:33 (five years ago) link
Current wrapup
https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6062-nicolas-roeg-the-reinventor
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 05:23 (five years ago) link
They got Thompson on the job for the obit at S&S (nobody else was getting that gig) and its an almost exotic history of post-war Brit film.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 27 November 2018 22:39 (five years ago) link
Thanks
― Gottseidank, es ist Blecch Freitag (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 27 November 2018 23:08 (five years ago) link
Like many directors, he filled in time making commercials (including those tea-drinking chimps),
― Alba, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 07:19 (five years ago) link
This PG Tips titbit is massive news to me.
The S&S Roeg obit is by David Thompson with a p, not to be confused with David Thomson without a p, author of the Biographical Dictionary of Cinema.
― Ward Fowler, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 07:25 (five years ago) link
Thanks Ward, I saw the 'p' and thought that wasn't how I recalled it but I was too lazy to google.
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 07:58 (five years ago) link
The no-p one is not a fan of roeg iirc
― Pierrot with a thousand farces (wins), Wednesday, 28 November 2018 08:01 (five years ago) link
What is wrong with him?
― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 08:06 (five years ago) link
I think Thomson thinks he Roeg was a cinematographer, not a director:
https://i.imgur.com/jEiGuU8.png
― Alba, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 09:00 (five years ago) link
thomson on the chimp ad is brutal
― mark s, Wednesday, 28 November 2018 10:24 (five years ago) link
Whatever bubbles bubbles up
― Gottseidank, es ist Blecch Freitag (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 28 November 2018 11:11 (five years ago) link
as I long suspected, Insignificance isn't very good.
bcz of his history w/ the real Marilyn, Tony Curtis is extra creepy in his scenes with T Russell.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 7 February 2019 02:35 (five years ago) link
Insignificance blows. Theresa Russell's Marilyn is terrible. Don't know why it's not lumped in with the rest of his spotty & weightless 80s work - I prefer Track 29. Eureka is the end of his imperial phase even if it is too long. But the drop-off from Bad Timing to Insignificance to Track 29 is staggering.
― flappy bird, Thursday, 7 February 2019 06:25 (five years ago) link