If you feel that way, Calzino, you should read Wharton's book. It may be my favourite novel and have read it 5 times at least. The End of the film is not quite the end of the film or, at least, you're not quite as sure as you are in the film, what actually happened.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Wednesday, 21 July 2021 23:34 (two years ago) link
Actually, an ex of mine bought me a beautiful old copy of the book as a "sorry I broke up with you" present because he knew how much the book meant to me. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Wednesday, 21 July 2021 23:39 (two years ago) link
weird that it came up on two different threads though, Plax mentioned it on another thread.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Wednesday, 21 July 2021 23:41 (two years ago) link
I've never read any Wharton nor felt inclined to, but now I feel like I should try some!
― MoMsnet (calzino), Wednesday, 21 July 2021 23:45 (two years ago) link
I reread The Custom of the Country 10 days ago to remind myself of how merciless she can be. Please read her.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Wednesday, 21 July 2021 23:46 (two years ago) link
Wharton is absolutely amazing. Please do.
xpost yes, Alfred. It's merciless and humane at the same time. There's nothing like it. I don't think even James made a character as ruthless as Lily Bart that you care about and root for.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Wednesday, 21 July 2021 23:52 (two years ago) link
That Davis carried that off in his adaptation is a big achievement
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Wednesday, 21 July 2021 23:53 (two years ago) link
I love the neon Bible but I think everyone hates that movie
― plax (ico), Thursday, 22 July 2021 00:03 (two years ago) link
I've never seen it but everyone hates it, yes. I've hated Davis films that were well received but Distant Voices, Still Lives is all-time great, top 5, at times top 1, for me. I had to stop watching the Dickinson film because I was embarrassed for him, that he put that put there, so I'm all over the place with him.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Thursday, 22 July 2021 00:13 (two years ago) link
Yeah distant voices is amazing. I basically had a nervous breakdown the first time I saw it
― plax (ico), Thursday, 22 July 2021 00:22 (two years ago) link
Neon Bible shares aspects of it s staginess and the very mannered idealised refraction through a child's memories. It's sort of too weird to 'fail' imo whereas the later stuff looks atrocious. I feel like mirth is the only time he managed to do a ,'straight' film well. Gillian Anderson is excellent in it, I like her in theory but this is the only thing I've seen her in that I thought she was amazing in, she gets the messiness of the character over so well
― plax (ico), Thursday, 22 July 2021 00:31 (two years ago) link
Yes.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 22 July 2021 00:33 (two years ago) link
xps
I thought the Dickinson film was brilliant as well tbh. But I recall you not liking Sunset Song either, Jed - which also I liked! I think I might have to overcome my hatred of Tom Hiddlestone and get round to watching Deep Blue Sea soonish.
yeah Gillian Anderson is burning bright in HoM. Amazing performance.
― MoMsnet (calzino), Thursday, 22 July 2021 00:45 (two years ago) link
amazing direction from TD as well. Her transition from arch-socialite playing the game to realising the game is finished is done without any mawkish nonsense. Which makes it all the more powerful.
― MoMsnet (calzino), Thursday, 22 July 2021 00:53 (two years ago) link
I did but I don't really want to get into it :)
GA has been brilliant, at times, and is VERY good in this. I think she's a bit too pleased with herself now and that gets in the way. Helen Mirren is the same, like she can't get over herself.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Thursday, 22 July 2021 00:58 (two years ago) link
xpost
There wasn't anything wrong with Dan Ackroyd's performance, it just seemed to me that he was trying very hard to Be Serious and it came across as stilted.Otherwise this was great, although with a little less mirth than advertised.
― Halfway there but for you, Thursday, 22 July 2021 01:47 (two years ago) link
laura linney is also quite a force in this
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Thursday, 22 July 2021 01:49 (two years ago) link
i had a crush on eric stolz in this film lol
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Thursday, 22 July 2021 01:50 (two years ago) link
i recall a particularly beautiful scene where we see a garden pond being rained on for a solid minute or so? i should really watch this again soon but i'm afraid i don't have the heart for this kind of story anymore, i'm too fragile now lol.
― Linda and Jodie Rocco (map), Thursday, 22 July 2021 01:53 (two years ago) link
Yes, it blends very slowly into a shot of the house with the furniture covered with dust-sheets.
― Heavy Messages (jed_), Thursday, 22 July 2021 02:08 (two years ago) link
The fade-in showing the bow of the ship from which Lily's eventually banished is just....
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Thursday, 22 July 2021 02:11 (two years ago) link
Terence Davies' "The House of Mirth" - Classic or Dud?
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 5 March 2024 16:44 (three weeks ago) link
Heh, sorry meant to put on the POLL thread
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 5 March 2024 16:45 (three weeks ago) link
inspired by discussion here, tried to watch last night on Paramount+ and the image quality was so poor I had to bail (local libraries don't own, unfortunately)(watched Cop Land instead, sticking with a New York story, lol)
― bulb after bulb, Tuesday, 5 March 2024 17:16 (three weeks ago) link
Laura Linney's smile would stop bullets.
― poppers fueled buttsex crescendo (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 5 March 2024 17:19 (three weeks ago) link
lol
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 5 March 2024 18:07 (three weeks ago) link
Was wondering about that Paramount+ copy
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 5 March 2024 18:22 (three weeks ago) link
Eleanor Bron audiobook seems good
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 5 March 2024 18:36 (three weeks ago) link
this screen at moving image this past weekend in 35mm, sorry to have missed it!
― 龜, Tuesday, 5 March 2024 18:42 (three weeks ago) link
Yeah, luckily I saw the reminder on the other thread. I went on Sunday so I missed the Koresky intro but I’ll live.
― The Ginger Bakersfield Sound (James Redd and the Blecchs), Tuesday, 5 March 2024 18:56 (three weeks ago) link