French films are shit. Porquoi?

http://enjoyment.independent.co.uk/film/features/story.jsp?story=483695

The last of these, 'Bob Le Flambeur,' was released in 1956! It's either the last film in the pre-war spirit or the first new wave film. I haven't seen all of these by any means, but he's dead-on about the Renoir -- it's an absolute corker.

there's a long, not brilliant essay on him in the current sight & sound by david thomson.

Sight and Sound is so expensive here!

however it does have a wonderful quote by rivette on the abnormality of the film-making process: 'it is normal not to make films.'

just seen my first rivette film (and his new film) 'histoire de marie et julien', and, at just over two hours, guess its more of a 'normal' length for him - its all about the clock people!

anyone else see it?

Tuesday Night:
400 Blows - BBC2 Wed 20 Oct, 12:15 am

Wednesday Night:
Shoot The Pianist - BBC2 Thu 21 Oct, 12:10 am

Thursday Night:
The Woman Next Door - BBC2 Fri 22 Oct, 12:15 am

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wtf?it's a great movie mainly because emmanuelle bear (or how ever you spell it)one of the all time goregeous women, is naked for almost the entire movie.how can u forgot?!

http://www.weltchronik.de/ws/bio/r/renoirJ/rj01979a-RenoirJean-18940915b-19790212d.jpg

Try and catch "Espíritu de la colmena, El " or - The spirit of the beehive, by Victor Erice - a spanish masterpiece from the 70's that takes a lot of influence from Jean Vigo, also by Tereence Mallick - (Erice also made 3 films in 30 years or so like mallick), it's a gothic tale about life,death and nature from the innocent eyes of 2 kids, beatifully shot and very delicate in direction, it's a unique masterpiece.

Which ones? I'm thinking Hotel du Nord, Boudu Saved From Drowning, Les COusins, and Pierrot Le Fou - if I'm lucky.

The Clockmaker of St. Paul
I recommend seeing this, Tavernier is great at working with actors and I think he's often overlooked here in the US. Also Série Noire.

Why not? Too talky?

hey, Jeanne Moreau was 80 yesterday! What a gal.

http://daily.greencine.com/archives/005352.html

I saw her in Mademoiselle recently, having a ball as a demon-woman.

also, Andre Techine's '80s AIDS movie finally opens in NY next week.

emmanuelle devos is lights out

i wouldn't mind attending a conference in devos, if you know what i am getting at

eau non vous di-int

lol

Moreau seemed to think she was playing Bette Davis in The Star in that last Ozon movie.

I think I will have to go see the Eustache films at FIAF on Tuesday.

I just saw "The Last Mistress" -- directly translated it should be "An Old Mistress" as in "an old story" but eh

I thought it was wonderful - a "small" film in a way but I never realized Asia Argento was such an actress! Christ almighty she was like an animal. I've known people like that.

My favorite thing may have been the way it was a period piece, set in the height of 1830s Parisian society, yet you still got the slightly damp, dingy feel that must have pervaded even the poshest drawing rooms in those days

I mean I'm just so accustomed to any period film feeling like every prop cost a million dollars, that every drop of sunlight fills a room with a luxurious glow, that all is powdered and pampered and smelling of leather and roses, when actually even the nobility of those days lived in some rather rough and drafty places and never washed, despite their rococo brocade

La France mostly sucks.

i just saw that movie The Last Mistress which i really liked

I'm sure Eric H will, too.

What can I say? Surmounter and I share a love for pillowy male lips.

Me too, but the hairy femme "lip" closeups...

That's where the Sex is Comedy thing comes in.