Mississippi Mermaid better than I remembered but still about 30 mins too long. I kept thinking, "Chabrol would've tightened this shit."
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Monday, 21 September 2020 22:17 (three years ago) link
surprised to see that this is the only Truffaut thread, with less than 100 posts
― Dan S, Wednesday, 26 May 2021 01:22 (two years ago) link
I think he's lacking in most things that draw people to the nouvelle vague - radical politics, youth culture cool...there's some experimental stuff in his early work but mostly he's quite a conventional filmmaker, narratively speaking. A lot of this could be applied to Rohmer as well but he's a more unique flavour.
That being said, dude did a lot of great movies!
― Daniel_Rf, Wednesday, 26 May 2021 09:43 (two years ago) link
_Mississippi Mermaid_ better than I remembered but still about 30 mins too long. I kept thinking, "Chabrol would've tightened this shit."
― Blue Yoda No. 9 (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 26 May 2021 10:56 (two years ago) link
going back again chronologically I’ve only made it through Fahrenheit 451 so far. That film seems kind of bad to me, but I thought The 400 Blows, Shoot the Piano Player, Jules and Jim, and The Soft Skin were all pretty great
― Dan S, Wednesday, 26 May 2021 22:37 (two years ago) link
re: Bed and Board, "Every scene with Doinel's Japanese mistress is terrible." I was fascinated by those scenes
― Dan S, Monday, 5 July 2021 01:52 (two years ago) link
Day For Night, as a film about the making of a film and the deceptions and pretentiousness involved while at the same time showing the extreme flaws of the producers, actors and crew, was fascinating
― Dan S, Monday, 5 July 2021 23:00 (two years ago) link
Still need to catch that one.
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 6 July 2021 10:00 (two years ago) link
Saw Jules and Jim on the big screen for the first time tonight. Conclusions:1. It’s absolutely a masterpiece 2. Detractors are correct that the first half far outshines the second half, which gets slightly boring and circular3. It might be retitled ‘Two Guys and a Manic Pixie Dream Girl.’ Jeanne Moreau’s character is an obvious narcissist, though no one in the film ever uses the n-word
― Josefa, Monday, 25 July 2022 00:56 (one year ago) link
it's definitely a foundational text for the mpdg phenomenon
― Lavator Shemmelpennick, Monday, 25 July 2022 05:51 (one year ago) link
Think maybe I first paid attention to Jeanne Moreau in Louis Malle’s Viva Maria!
― Meme for an Imaginary Western (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 25 July 2022 06:05 (one year ago) link
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― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Wednesday, 8 February 2023 20:14 (one year ago) link