Yeah, Akerman seems like a stretch.
― C0L1N B..., Saturday, 23 February 2008 21:49 (sixteen years ago) link
http://auteursnotebook.s3.amazonaws.com/multiple%20images/MPOTW/5_Mr_lazarescu_500.jpg
― j/k and the fa™an (s1ocki), Thursday, 24 December 2009 00:28 (fourteen years ago) link
i want to see this. that poster is brilliant.
― jed_, Thursday, 24 December 2009 01:26 (fourteen years ago) link
really doesn't convey the spirit of the film, exactly.
I like Police, Adjective. The 'case' is very intentionally boring.
― Rage, Resentment, Spleen (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 24 December 2009 01:35 (fourteen years ago) link
oh i know, that's why it works.
― jed_, Thursday, 24 December 2009 01:42 (fourteen years ago) link
i wish i hadn't seen police, adjective on the last day of TIFF when i had almost zero patience
― j/k and the fa™an (s1ocki), Thursday, 24 December 2009 01:49 (fourteen years ago) link
Man oh Man @ Death of Mr.Lazurescu and that poster. So want that. That scene where the ambulance lady suddenly denies that the doctors at one of the hospitals deny operation is just mind bending.
Anyone seen his new one Aurora?
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 29 May 2010 09:05 (fourteen years ago) link
pretty sure I'm seeing this after work. has anyone?
http://www.filmforum.org/films/tuesday.html
― the gay bloggers are onto the faggot tweets (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 7 June 2011 19:52 (thirteen years ago) link
What film was it? Aurora??
― love, light, and walkabout-thinking (admrl), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 17:42 (twelve years ago) link
and lol at that Lazarescu poster!! I like it but I kind of feel like it tips away from the perfectly balanced deadpan of the film somewhat...
Anyway, maybe I said it before but I think that film is still maybe my #1 pick of the 00s.
― love, light, and walkabout-thinking (admrl), Wednesday, 29 February 2012 17:44 (twelve years ago) link
p sure that link was prob to 'tuesday, after christmas'
i bought 'aurora' on dvd but havent had the time to watch
― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 29 February 2012 17:49 (twelve years ago) link
Sicinski on Aurora (spoiler warning):
http://www.fandor.com/blog/the-big-ones-aurora
― crazy uncle in the attic (Dr Morbius), Friday, 26 October 2012 14:55 (eleven years ago) link
Cool.
Has anyone seen Beyond the Hills or Tales from the Golden Age? Don't think the latter ever got a theatrical release here right?
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 3 November 2012 11:00 (eleven years ago) link
i watched tales from the golden age on dvd recently, it's good fun. there are no individual credits for each segment but the two best ones (chicken driver and air thieves) smelt strongly of mungiu to me. chicken driver has a great turn from the guy who played the doctor in 4 months.
― jabba hands, Saturday, 3 November 2012 15:06 (eleven years ago) link
Beyond the Hills, new film from Cristian Mungiu is so so so good. Subject matter looks radioactive but it's so forgiving and accepting and bleakcore question seems to be can faith support you in a world where god has left us to our own devices and the answer is up for grabs but you walk away with sympathy for pretty much every characterit's also a christ story but ymmvhttp://www.imdb.com/title/tt2258281/
― the 'dirty sprite' is implied (forksclovetofu), Wednesday, March 13, 2013 6:52 PM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
echoing forks, v good movie
― johnny crunch, Thursday, 14 March 2013 23:10 (eleven years ago) link
http://bombsite.com/issues/122/articles/6923
― johnny crunch, Saturday, 16 March 2013 13:56 (eleven years ago) link
I really liked Beyond the Hills, moreso than Mungiu's previous 'hit' ... have any critics connected it to The Crucible?
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 4 April 2013 22:36 (eleven years ago) link
I did think that the one third-act scene that literally came off as a crucifixion was a tad heavyhanded, but not fatal to the film.
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 4 April 2013 22:41 (eleven years ago) link
ok, now that Ebertmania is over...?
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 14 April 2013 07:53 (eleven years ago) link
The Crucible: what's the film like?
re: crucifixion, the only bit that might've been heavy handed was the girl watching the gate as the passing car came by with the driver asking about properties that are to be sold around the area. The reminder that this was happeing today was clearly given in the aftermath.
― xyzzzz__, Sunday, 14 April 2013 08:41 (eleven years ago) link
Mungiu interview:
“Would an American viewer and a Romanian viewer take the same things from this film? No. Would a believer and an atheist read it in the same way? No…. Therefore, to be objective or precise with ‘the message’ of the film is just an illusion. And this shouldn’t be the concern of a filmmaker. Films shouldn’t, and can’t, be precise in that respect—they can depict attitudes, characters, situations, but they can’t interpret.”
http://lareviewofbooks.org/interview/as-unclear-as-life-itself/
And the true story:
http://lareviewofbooks.org/essay/like-trash-on-the-hall-floor/
― Miss Arlington twirls for the Coal Heavers (Dr Morbius), Monday, 23 September 2013 15:28 (ten years ago) link
The new Cristian Mungiu, Graduation, is kinda not good at all, and the first time I've seen a Romanian new wave film where a lot of it seemed like mannerism :(
― Frederik B, Thursday, 4 May 2017 13:42 (seven years ago) link
The Romanian poster for THE DEATH OF MR. LAZARESCU is truly astonishing pic.twitter.com/56WMqt1dQY— R. Emmet Sweeney (@r_emmet) March 27, 2018
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 28 March 2018 19:25 (six years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge3zMQyk4zI
So, not new wave, but we don't have a thread dedicated to Romanian cinema in general. I just learned about this monstrosity, a Romanian-Soviet glam musical film for children that starred a bunch of ballet dancers and ice skaters, and mindblowingly got nominated for the Golden Palm in Cannes, and then went on to became a mainstay Christmas film. In Norway of all places. It seems as if it's still shown on NRK3 each year on December 23.
― Frederik B, Monday, 26 November 2018 17:44 (five years ago) link
'Rock'n'Roll Wolf' is kinda the best film title ever
so there is a NYC Romanian retro... what to see aside from the widely seen lodestones? Opinions other than FB's welcome.
https://filmforum.org/series/the-romanians-30-years-of-cinema-revolution#now-playing
think i may go to Puiu's first feature tonight
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 18 November 2019 19:35 (four years ago) link
Hey #filmwitter 💐,over the past two months I've been working on compiling a top 10 list of the decade's best Romanian films. 31 local critics were polled. These are the results:https://t.co/61hfnSxxvw— Flavia Dima (@dima_flavia) November 19, 2019
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 14:00 (four years ago) link
What a list! Crazy to me that I Do Not Care If Go Down In History as Barbarians is higher than Scarred Hearts. Four Jude in top ten is kinda crazy in general, but he is very good. Oh, and the lack of Infinite Football is hurtful :(
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 20 November 2019 14:06 (four years ago) link
Aka here's a list of films 99% of Romanians dgaf about.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 20 November 2019 16:45 (four years ago) link
When I was at a small film festival in Bucharest (sitting on a jury with Cãtãlin Mitulescu) there was a full house to everything. They didn't seem less interested in weird cinema than people do in Copenhagen?
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 20 November 2019 16:58 (four years ago) link
It's not specific to Romania, that's for sure. I'm just irritated at the prevailing logic: 'Romanian TV is good because I understand what they're saying, Romanian film is bad because it's low budget and terminally boring except when one of our own wins a prize in which case I'll celebrate by actively avoiding the fruit of their labour.' Quebec is the same way, incidentally.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 20 November 2019 17:03 (four years ago) link
Oh, okay. If it's any consolation, at least Romania keeps winning the good awards. Denmark is just nominated for Oscars for shit films.
― Frederik B, Wednesday, 20 November 2019 17:06 (four years ago) link
Heh, fair enough. Fwiw it's a widespread sentiment among STEM/IT types, who have a bone to pick with non-pop culture whenever the topic comes up.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 20 November 2019 17:11 (four years ago) link
where is the list of films Romanians gaf about, then?
Mitulescu's most popular film is at that FF fest tonight, but i see it's also free on Amaz0n
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 20 November 2019 17:26 (four years ago) link
Recent American blockbusters, with a smattering of Romanian films from a bygone era to periodically rekindle our patriotism.
― pomenitul, Wednesday, 20 November 2019 17:28 (four years ago) link
pic.twitter.com/87KKO4NDYi— Matt Prigge (@mattprigge) August 13, 2020
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 15 August 2020 19:06 (four years ago) link
Too bad the premiere was overshadowed by Puiu's bullshit:
https://www.indiewire.com/2020/08/cristi-puiu-goes-on-anti-mask-rant-1234580225/
― pomenitul, Saturday, 15 August 2020 19:32 (four years ago) link
yeah i couldnt find the link for that
― brooklyn suicide cult (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 15 August 2020 20:06 (four years ago) link
Okay, I know the films I saw this weekend were programmed by the Romanian Cultural Institute to uphold a certain idea of Romanian Cinema. But are ALL films made in Romania as deeply grim as what I just saw? (Man and Dog, Otto the Barbarian, and Miracle.)
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Monday, 20 June 2022 00:39 (two years ago) link
Maybe. What did you think of Miracle? Thought of going to see it last week, but didn't make it.
― Ride into the Sunship (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 20 June 2022 00:40 (two years ago) link
A well-constructed mystery, but if I'd known it was going to be that grim....
― Infanta Terrible (j.lu), Monday, 20 June 2022 00:49 (two years ago) link
Sieranevada is not exactly lighthearted, but I wouldn't call it grim either. It's the last film I saw in a cinema, and it's really a marvel of compression, taking place mostly in one apartment over the course of a few hours. It left me wishing that more filmmakers had the ability to animate stories with such limited means.
― Halfway there but for you, Monday, 20 June 2022 01:54 (two years ago) link
Sieranevada is still not available in the US as far as I can see, and it's 6 years after it was released
― Dan S, Monday, 20 June 2022 02:04 (two years ago) link
I hope this won't happen to Memoria but I'm guessing it will
― Dan S, Monday, 20 June 2022 02:11 (two years ago) link
Everybody In Our Family is pretty pitch black comedy but I don't know if I'd call it grim.
― Daniel_Rf, Monday, 20 June 2022 09:09 (two years ago) link