Nicolas Roeg

(saw with a friend who waited about thirty seconds after it faded to black and then said 'ah. so that's how it ends.')

I've only seen Walkabout, Don't Look Now, and The Witches, but I can wholeheartedly recommend all three. So, jeah.

an alledgedly 'rare' interview with el roeg. i interviewed him about a year ago. because of an old story about ian penman, i was quite daunted, but we didn't get drunk and it was okay. however, i found it difficult to talk about the 60s, the crowd he moved in, and donald cammell.

also, more roegly, is it just me or is 'the man who fell to earth' total bollocks?

I saw Roeg introduce a screening of Eureka once. He seemed nice enough, and astute on the logistics of making movies. The last half hour of Eureka might be a bit crappy, but it's too long since I've seen that one too. You could probably argue that most of his post-Don't Look Now stuff is flawed.

But he's done some unique, beautiful work and it's a crying shame he hasn't been able to make more of his own movies.

man

walkabout is so fuckin good

that opening sequence... edited so well. it really sets up everything, the characters, the ideas, the vibe, the visuals.... amazing.

look at that. antony gibbs, one of the editors, also did RONIN!

Got to Walkabout in an empty theater a year or so ago and it was a great experience.

See it in an empty theater.

"i don't suppose it matters which way we go"

walkabout is amazing.

kinda scared about checking out the rest tbh.

is it the beginning or the end where shes standing at the sink, washing dishes, and the sun is coming in & the city noises fade into the sound of water running? theres something about the look on her face and her posture that carries so much weight

the colors in this too

there's a strong argument for antony gibbs/roeg as co-auteurs imo

see "petulia", which roeg shot and gibbo edited

but also "the knack" (another gibbs-lester film) is really tight and kinda pre-empts the roeg steez too

the john barry score is my favorite

slock did u get a copy of the walkabout blu-ray? saw its out next week

bad timing is still probably my fave roeg

the man who fell to earth rly awesome too

is anyone going to make challopsy claims for his later stuff (like post eureka i guess)

slock did u get a copy of the walkabout blu-ray? saw its out next week

bad timing is still probably my fave roeg

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GORGE

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film3/blu-ray_reviews51/walkabout_blu-ray/900_waklkabout_blu-ray3.jpg

New "Walkabout" transfer on Criterion DVD, no? I can't remember if my old DVD is anthropomorphic or not, but regardless at the same time sort of don't feel like shelling for a new DVD when I'd prefer to see this on Blu-ray, even though I don't have a Blu-ray player since I'm waiting for what comes after Blu-ray. Which leaves me ... where? Nowhere.

Ha, whoops - anamorphic. Must be the cold medicine. I would gladly pay for a collectible anthropomorphic "Walkabout" DVD.

it's on bluray. i don't understand the question.

Current wrapup

https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/6062-nicolas-roeg-the-reinventor

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.

Thanks

Like many directors, he filled in time making commercials (including those tea-drinking chimps),

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.

Thanks Ward, I saw the 'p' and thought that wasn't how I recalled it but I was too lazy to google.

The no-p one is not a fan of roeg iirc

What is wrong with him?

I think Thomson thinks he Roeg was a cinematographer, not a director:

https://i.imgur.com/jEiGuU8.png

thomson on the chimp ad is brutal

Whatever bubbles bubbles up

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.

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.

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.