Il Postino came out way after Kael stopped writing--you're talking about critics working now. Kael didn't have to hunt anything down she was based in San Francisco and New York during the high-point of American awareness of world cinema. Again, I'm not soley blaming Kael, my answer above was pithy, but I do think the attitude that Morbius was describing and the attitude that a film must be first-and-foremost "entertaining" owe a lot to her (even if her actual writing was occasionally a little more nuanced).
― C0L1N B... (C0L1N B...), Sunday, 18 December 2005 17:40 (eighteen years ago) link
― 'Twan (miccio), Sunday, 18 December 2005 17:46 (eighteen years ago) link
It's not merely the championing of American films, but the notion that once Americans started making use of New Wave devices, there was no longer any need to actually see New Wave films (and certainly no reason to pay attention to contemporary world cinema).
― C0L1N B... (C0L1N B...), Sunday, 18 December 2005 17:47 (eighteen years ago) link
― 'Twan (miccio), Sunday, 18 December 2005 17:48 (eighteen years ago) link
She was the most well-known American film critic writing!
And she reviewed plenty of foreign films! For Keeps is a selective look at her work, not a complete bibliography.
I know that, and I've read stuff of hers that's not in For Keeps, it's the just only one I still own.
I don't really like Kael at all and, as I have repeated, I'm not soley blaming her. I think much of this has to do with the Paulettes and what others took from Kael's writing--which was admittedly a little more nuanced. But I don't think it's unfair to associate her with an attitude that largely bears her impress.
― C0L1N B... (C0L1N B...), Sunday, 18 December 2005 17:53 (eighteen years ago) link
― 'Twan (miccio), Sunday, 18 December 2005 17:54 (eighteen years ago) link
― J.D. (Justyn Dillingham), Sunday, 18 December 2005 18:08 (eighteen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Sunday, 18 December 2005 18:10 (eighteen years ago) link
― 'Twan (miccio), Sunday, 18 December 2005 18:13 (eighteen years ago) link
― I do feel guilty for getting any perverse amusement out of it (Rock Hardy), Sunday, 18 December 2005 19:28 (eighteen years ago) link
― 'Twan (miccio), Sunday, 18 December 2005 19:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― C0L1N B... (C0L1N B...), Sunday, 18 December 2005 20:21 (eighteen years ago) link
Remember, the address for blurbs is ilxblurbs@modsvsrockers.net.
― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 19 December 2005 03:28 (eighteen years ago) link
Spring Forward's only '99 screening was at the Toronto Film Festival in September, and it didn't get released on DVD until September 2002. It really made the festival rounds in the 2000s.
As for How's Your News, according to IMDB, the first screening of the film was actually in 2001 at the same festival. IMDB might have the date screwed up because the project was based on a TV series that began earlier.
― Pete Scholtes (Pete Scholtes), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 05:48 (eighteen years ago) link
Arguably:Spring Forward (Gilroy, 2000)
Somewhat less arguably:How's Your News? (Bradford, 2001)
― Pete Scholtes (Pete Scholtes), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 05:54 (eighteen years ago) link
HYN appears to be a screwup on IMDB's part, so votes for it would be OK. But anything that had a festival screening or anywhere, IMDB counts it as that year.
Addition:How's Your News (Bradford, 2001)
― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 06:00 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pete Scholtes (Pete Scholtes), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 20:19 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pete Scholtes (Pete Scholtes), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 23:19 (eighteen years ago) link
1. Cast Away (Zemeckis, 2000)2. Mulholland Dr. (Lynch, 2001)3. About a Boy (Weitz, 2002)4. The Village (Shyamalan, 2004)5. How's Your News? (Bradford, 2001)6. Los Angeles Plays Itself (Andersen, 2003)7. The Yes Men (Ollman, Price, 2003)8. Legally Blonde (Luketic, 2001)9. White Diamond (Herzog, 2004)10. School of Rock (Linklater, 2003)11. Meet the Parents (Roach, 2000)12. Best in Show (Guest, 2000)13. Sideways (Payne, 2004)14. Before Sunset (Linklater, 2004)15. Punch-Drunk Love (Anderson, 2002)
Three least-favorite films:
Irreversible (Noe, 2002)Monster's Ball (Forster, 2001)Fat Girl (Breillat, 2001)
― Pete Scholtes (Pete Scholtes), Wednesday, 21 December 2005 23:22 (eighteen years ago) link
― Pete Scholtes (Pete Scholtes), Thursday, 22 December 2005 00:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 22 December 2005 10:24 (eighteen years ago) link
― Tuomas (Tuomas), Thursday, 22 December 2005 10:28 (eighteen years ago) link
1. Cremaster 3 (Barney, 2002)2. The Werckmeister Harmonies (Tarr, 2000)3. Spirited Away (Miyazaki, 2001)4. City Of God (Meirelles, Lund, 2002)5. Belleville Rendezvous / Triplets Of Belleville (Chomet, 2003)6. The Isle / Seom (Kim, 2000)7. A Time For Drunken Horses (Ghobadi, 2000)8. Tropical Malady (Weerasethakul, 2004)9. Avalon (Oshii, 2001)10. Songs from the Second Floor (Andersson, 2000)11. Memories Of Murder (Bong, 2003)12. Spider (Cronenberg, 2002)13. Kung Fu Hustle (Chow, 2004)14. Nobody Knows (Koreeda, 2004)15. Little Otik (Svankmajer, 2000)
And the three shittiest films of the decade are :
Amelie (Jeunet, 2001)Kill Bill: Vol. 1 (Tarantino, 2003)Minority Report (Spielberg, 2002)
I'm sure there's way shittier, but why would I bother sitting through them when I could watch something good?
― Matt #2 (Matt #2), Thursday, 22 December 2005 11:25 (eighteen years ago) link
About SchmidtCharlie's AngelsMoulin Rouge
― I do feel guilty for getting any perverse amusement out of it (Rock Hardy), Thursday, 22 December 2005 14:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Friday, 23 December 2005 19:47 (eighteen years ago) link
1. O Brother, Where Art Thou? (Coen, 2000)2. In the Mood for Love (Wong, 2000)3. Master And Commander: The Far Side of the World (Weir, 2003)4. Spirited Away (Miyazaki, 2001)5. Kill Bill: Vol.2 (Tarantino, 2004)6. Spellbound (Blitz, 2002)7. Ghost World (Zwigoff, 2001)8. The Royal Tenenbaums (Anderson, 2001)9. Sideways (Payne, 2004)10. Shaun of the Dead (Wright, 2004)11. Bad Santa (Zwigoff, 2003)12. Punch-Drunk Love (Anderson, 2002)13. Together (Chen, 2002)14. Napoleon Dynamite (Hess, 2004)15. Minority Report (Spielberg, 2002)
Worst (of the ones I've seen):The Corporation (Abbott, Achbar, 2003)The Hours (Daldry, 2002)...there weren't any others I really disliked from this list
― o. nate (onate), Friday, 23 December 2005 20:10 (eighteen years ago) link
Hurrah!
― jaymc (jaymc), Friday, 23 December 2005 20:39 (eighteen years ago) link
― gear (gear), Monday, 26 December 2005 07:31 (eighteen years ago) link
Good job validating the box office bitches.
― Pinhead, Wednesday, 28 December 2005 05:14 (eighteen years ago) link
― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 2 January 2006 01:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― jed_ (jed), Monday, 2 January 2006 03:03 (eighteen years ago) link
1) Together (Moodysson, 2001)2) Mulholland Dr. (Lynch, 2001)3) Monsters Inc. (Docter, Silverman, 2001)4) Talk to Her / Hable con ella5) Amandla! A Revolution In Four Part Harmony (Hirsch, 2002)6) You Can Count on Me (Lonergan, 2000)7) Dude, Where's My Car (Leiner, 2000)8) The Man Who Wasn't There (Coen, 2001)9) Waking Life (Linklater, 2001)10)Shaolin Soccer (Chow, 2001)11)The Corporation (Abbott, Achbar, 2004)12)Bad Santa (Zwigoff, 2003)13) Lost in Translation (Coppola, 2003)14) Scratch (Pray, 2001)15)The Incredibles (Bird, 2004)
least favorite: AmelieEl Crimen del padre AmaroLord Of The Rings: Return of The King
― tremendoid (tremendoid), Monday, 2 January 2006 03:29 (eighteen years ago) link
― jed_ (jed), Monday, 2 January 2006 03:32 (eighteen years ago) link
― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Monday, 2 January 2006 03:33 (eighteen years ago) link
― jed_ (jed), Monday, 2 January 2006 03:35 (eighteen years ago) link
Same for #1, 5/15 on the rest, 1/3 on least favorites.
― remy (x Jeremy), Monday, 2 January 2006 05:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― tremendoid (tremendoid), Monday, 2 January 2006 06:20 (eighteen years ago) link
Most Hated
Moulin Rouge! (2001)Rules Of Attraction (2002)Avalon (2001)
― Mil (Mil), Monday, 2 January 2006 09:41 (eighteen years ago) link
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 21:17 (eighteen years ago) link
Worst:1. The Company 2. Down With Love3. Dogville
― jocelyn (Jocelyn), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 21:50 (eighteen years ago) link
1. Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind2. All the Real Girls3. You Can Count on Me4. 25th Hour5. Mulholland Dr.6. Talk to Her7. Together8. Spirited Away9. Lost in Translation10. A.I.: Artificial Intelligence11. Collateral12. Before Sunset13. Far From Heaven14. Y Tu Mama Tambien15. Spellbound
WORSTAbout SchmidtIgby Goes DownWaking Life
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 21:51 (eighteen years ago) link
― jaymc (jaymc), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 21:52 (eighteen years ago) link
HATE HATE HATENapoleon Dynamite (Hess, 2004)Irreversible (Noe, 2002)Dancer In the Dark (von Trier, 2000)(wish I'd had room for Amelie and Y Tu Mama Tambien)
― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 21:58 (eighteen years ago) link
― Erick Dampier is better than Shaq (miloaukerman), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 22:03 (eighteen years ago) link
I forget what I hate. Moulin Rouge was one.
― c(''c) (Leee), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 22:44 (eighteen years ago) link
― Matt #2 (Matt #2), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 23:01 (eighteen years ago) link
best1. bad education2. head on3. ratcatcher4. in the mood for love5. dark days6. talk to her7. george washington8. the gleaners and i9. the corporation
worst1. bend it like beckham2. waking life3. million dollar baby
― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 23:09 (eighteen years ago) link
i put on The Apple before knowing it was ineligable. i actually got to about #10 before running out of films i really loved but i still like everything on the list a fair bit.
unfaves:
City of GodThe Royal TennenbaumsKill Bill Vol 2
― jed_ (jed), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 23:12 (eighteen years ago) link
― c(''c) (Leee), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 23:13 (eighteen years ago) link
xpost
― caitlin oh no (caitxa1), Tuesday, 3 January 2006 23:14 (eighteen years ago) link