Very French
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Friday, 13 January 2023 19:08 (one year ago) link
Ah ha. Back to the Copacabana.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 13 January 2023 19:11 (one year ago) link
Wow, that is a strange story. Michel Simon's Legrand faints during the sentencing in the film as well.
― jmm, Saturday, 14 January 2023 04:36 (one year ago) link
Ended up voting for SITR, tho Kiarostami and Ozu are strong contenders too.
― Daniel_Rf, Saturday, 14 January 2023 11:57 (one year ago) link
Watching Beau Travail again, I thought, Claire Denis could do Paul Bowles justice.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 14 January 2023 15:43 (one year ago) link
La Chienne was good. I like the seediness of the art world - basically no distinction between the pimps, critics, and art dealers.
I am puzzled on one plot detail: Is it supposed to be ambiguous whether Maurice killed Lulu? It looked to me like the knife fell on the bed and neither of them saw it, so I thought that she had accidentally been cut. The Wiki plot description says that he attacks her with the knife. But we don't see it happen; instead there's that strange cut to the outdoor scene and a kitten outside. I guess it's more explicit in the novel, probably.
― jmm, Saturday, 14 January 2023 16:06 (one year ago) link
Pulled the trigger for Close-Up but Rules of the Game was the closest of seconds, followed by Dielman
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Tuesday, 17 January 2023 11:08 (one year ago) link
Missed this earlier this month:
RIP Michael Snow (1928-2023)He cast his votes for the Greatest Films of All Time in the 2022 #SightAndSoundPoll, selecting four films, three of which are his own pic.twitter.com/d8bVeVk2G3— Sight and Sound magazine (@SightSoundmag) January 6, 2023
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Wednesday, 18 January 2023 12:16 (one year ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.
― System, Thursday, 19 January 2023 00:01 (one year ago) link
Watched the first 30 seconds of Seven Samurai last night
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Thursday, 19 January 2023 00:33 (one year ago) link
Just kidding
I liked what Ebert said, that Seven Samurai "represents a great divide in his work; most of his earlier films … subscribe to the Japanese virtues of teamwork, fitting in, going along, conforming. All his later films are about misfits, noncomformists and rebels.”
― Dan S, Thursday, 19 January 2023 00:47 (one year ago) link
it still wouldn't be in my top 10 for this poll, though
― Dan S, Thursday, 19 January 2023 00:51 (one year ago) link
I have made sure that some of you will be aghast when The Godfather's one vote places it above films you love.
― clemenza, Thursday, 19 January 2023 01:09 (one year ago) link
lol, that is sure to be the case for In the Mood for Love
― Dan S, Thursday, 19 January 2023 01:18 (one year ago) link
re In the Mood for Love, “The food culture of 1960s Hong Kong plays a central role throughout the film. The lonely pair continue to run into each other at the dai pai dong, ordering noodles to eat by themselves while their respective spouses “work late.” Mrs. Chan offers to make taro soup for Mr. Chow. When a drunken landlord accidentally traps them together inside Mr. Chow’s bedroom, they pass the time by eating.”
― Dan S, Thursday, 19 January 2023 01:19 (one year ago) link
I have probably seen seven samurai over a dozen times and I will likely watch it again this year
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Thursday, 19 January 2023 03:29 (one year ago) link
I don't think that's true at all! Drunken Angel, Stray Dog and One Wonderful Sunday are all about outsiders; Ikiru and No Regrets For Our Youth explicitly go against going along and conforming. The demarcation line I'd trace, for Kurosawa as for most artists of his generation, is the defeat of Japan in WWII.
― Daniel_Rf, Thursday, 19 January 2023 10:53 (one year ago) link
I love that after all the times I've said I very much enjoy The Godfather you still think I hate it, clem
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Thursday, 19 January 2023 11:44 (one year ago) link
Ozu does the quiet rebellion thing brilliantly
― Kieth Encounter (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 19 January 2023 13:18 (one year ago) link
― clemenza, Thursday, 19 January 2023 bookmarkflaglink
Got to hand this one to you.
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 19 January 2023 13:35 (one year ago) link
Not that you hate it, Eric, or even that you don't like it; it was that many people (I didn't even necessarily indicate you...) will hate seeing its one vote place it above films they like much more that won't get a vote.
Anyway, just a joke.
― clemenza, Thursday, 19 January 2023 15:32 (one year ago) link
That's true; I do hate seeing movies I love get zero votes, but those are the règle du jeu
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Thursday, 19 January 2023 15:55 (one year ago) link
Be strong, Mr. Eric! People are watching.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 19 January 2023 15:56 (one year ago) link
Remind me to tell you about the time I looked into the heart of a cannoli
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Thursday, 19 January 2023 16:12 (one year ago) link
As if The Godfather will get one vote. If only!
― xyzzzz__, Thursday, 19 January 2023 16:43 (one year ago) link
I've been doing my darndest to direct the reactionary votes toward Seven Samurai this whole time evillaugh.gif
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Thursday, 19 January 2023 16:45 (one year ago) link
Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.
― System, Friday, 20 January 2023 00:01 (one year ago) link
lol
― sault bae (voodoo chili), Friday, 20 January 2023 00:02 (one year ago) link
lol -- see, clem? You weren't alone!
Who were the secret 2001 voters?
An even spread, though Murnau deservedThe Searchers' two votes.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 20 January 2023 00:06 (one year ago) link
yes, Sunrise deserved more love, but I like that all the rest got votes
― Dan S, Friday, 20 January 2023 00:18 (one year ago) link
The number that surprises me the most--shocks me almost--is 9 for Persona. Nothing to do with the film, which I love, but beforehand I was going to predict which five films I thought most likely to get zero, and that was going to be one of them. People just rarely talk about it in the context of these lists.
― clemenza, Friday, 20 January 2023 00:36 (one year ago) link
2 for Vertigo is a surprise given its Morbsies placement
― jmm, Friday, 20 January 2023 00:38 (one year ago) link
Actually, that's just as or maybe even more surprising.
― clemenza, Friday, 20 January 2023 00:41 (one year ago) link
otm, it's really stunningly beautiful top to bottom iirc
― ꙮ (map), Friday, 20 January 2023 01:05 (one year ago) link
Being the only film to get zero votes is special in its own way!
― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 20 January 2023 01:18 (one year ago) link
Unless I’m missing something, that’s a grand total of 1 vote for silent (or thereabouts) cinema?
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Friday, 20 January 2023 01:23 (one year ago) link
At least this poll kept Regle in the top 10
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Friday, 20 January 2023 01:24 (one year ago) link
Man With a Movie Camera is silent, unless you see it with the Shuffle Demons providing an improvised soundtrack.
― Halfway there but for you, Friday, 20 January 2023 01:35 (one year ago) link
I knew I was overlooking something
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Friday, 20 January 2023 01:38 (one year ago) link
murnau was robbed
― POLIZISTEN VERSINKEN IM SCHLAMM (forksclovetofu), Friday, 20 January 2023 02:24 (one year ago) link
2002: pop critics are stupid rockists that can barely put a sentence together. ILX is where it's at.2022: ILX doesn't get a ballot for the S&S poll. Let's keep it that way.
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 20 January 2023 08:48 (one year ago) link
Seriously though, seeing Renoir at 2nd place and then the discussion was really great. I should rewatch Regle and get to French CanCan
― xyzzzz__, Friday, 20 January 2023 09:10 (one year ago) link
2002: pop critics are stupid rockists that can barely put a sentence together. ILX is where it's at.2022: ILX doesn't get a ballot for the S&S poll. Let's keep it that way.2001: Wins yet again
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Friday, 20 January 2023 12:32 (one year ago) link
Wow. I voted for either Cleo or Persona (can't remember which) but both Sunrise and Meshes of the Afternoon deserved better than this.
― emil.y, Friday, 20 January 2023 18:23 (one year ago) link
Michael Jeck’s commentary for Seven Samurai on the Criterion Channel is rather dry but super well observed and cool.
― ryan, Saturday, 21 January 2023 20:26 (one year ago) link
Sight and Sound 2022 Round 2: 21-40
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Sunday, 22 January 2023 15:28 (one year ago) link
btw when did Close-Up become the canonical Kiarostami but not Through the Olive Trees, A Taste of Cherry, Certified Copy, etc., all of which I prefer? (Close-Up is fine ftr).
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 22 January 2023 22:51 (one year ago) link
Close-Up was also the only Kiarostami in the top 100 in 2002 (#68) and 2012 (#43).
― jaymc, Monday, 23 January 2023 00:38 (one year ago) link
My first watch was in 2012, yeah.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 23 January 2023 00:43 (one year ago) link