Oh Henry miller where are you now
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 15:09 (two years ago) link
Dunno if it's one of the greatest films of all time but it's 100% got some of the greatest fits.
― Daniel_Rf, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 15:09 (two years ago) link
Wow, I didn't expect this.
Basically my favourite film ever. It makes me so happy.
― jmm, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 15:11 (two years ago) link
It's really good, and probably his best run of films.
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 15:12 (two years ago) link
This had a nice ending, but basically I don't get Rohmer. I liked La Collectioneuse and the two historical films he did in the mid 70s best.
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 15:12 (two years ago) link
Big, pleasant surprise. Well done.
― Chris L, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 15:22 (two years ago) link
lettuce is a friend
― devvvine, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 15:24 (two years ago) link
Rohmer is hit and miss for me. In fact I watched four adventures of reinette and mirabelle last night and it really didn't work apart from the first section, the blue hour, and that was quite similar to the green ray, which is among my 5 favourite films of all time, finding magic in transcending the quotidian
― ignore the blue line (or something), Tuesday, 2 November 2021 15:27 (two years ago) link
Aww
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 2 November 2021 15:28 (two years ago) link
more than the sum of it's parts doesn't do it justice, it's a work of pure conjuring. seems to restore me everytime i see it. the most gorgeous 16mm photography too.
― devvvine, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 15:29 (two years ago) link
And I'll repeat: Rohmer really got going in the 1980s.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 2 November 2021 15:31 (two years ago) link
Full Moon in Paris is fascinating for taking place when Paris itself was shifting into '80s mode.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 2 November 2021 15:32 (two years ago) link
boyfriends and girlfriends is indeed a banger. moments where the whole film seems to exist for rohmer to play with colour blocking using clothing.
― devvvine, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 15:33 (two years ago) link
Delphine is one of the most relatable characters in film to me - her reticence and indecisiveness, the way she shuts down or opens up depending on how she thinks she's perceived by the people around her, the hilarious awkwardness of the vegetarianism scene. Marie Rivière conveys it all perfectly.
The simplicity of scale is wonderful too, how much you can accomplish with such a basic setup.
― jmm, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 15:34 (two years ago) link
Love Barry Lyndon, it and the shining were the only Kubrick I liked until I saw the early noirs recently
― plax (ico), Tuesday, 2 November 2021 15:36 (two years ago) link
Rivière unafraid to be churlish too.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 2 November 2021 15:36 (two years ago) link
In addition to everything else it's a very funny film about Ireland in quotes
― plax (ico), Tuesday, 2 November 2021 15:37 (two years ago) link
I prefer Hong sangsoo to rohmer
― plax (ico), Tuesday, 2 November 2021 15:38 (two years ago) link
i haven't seen the green ray. let's look up a description.
"A lonely Parisian woman comes to terms with her isolation and anxieties during a long summer vacation."
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― adam t. (abanana), Tuesday, 2 November 2021 15:40 (two years ago) link
Noted.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 2 November 2021 15:40 (two years ago) link
― plax (ico), Tuesday,
Interesting comparison. More goes on in a Hong film as they also chatter about nothing.
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 2 November 2021 15:41 (two years ago) link
It's funnier than that description makes it sound. Basically a series of aborted attempts to take a vacation when nowhere is good enough.
― jmm, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 15:44 (two years ago) link
Judging by the list so far I definitely see how they could lose you at "woman."
― Chris L, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 15:47 (two years ago) link
Why watch a film when you can read a description?
― ignore the blue line (or something), Tuesday, 2 November 2021 15:48 (two years ago) link
There's action, too! She invents a green ray, which she uses to secure world domination as a super-villain.
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 15:48 (two years ago) link
re hong / rohmer. rohmer is def his daddy, but i think main difference is where rohmer was exploring the way cinema could advance existing literary traditions of narrative, particularly a sort of 19th c philosophical novel, hong is wrapped up in new possibilities of narrative engagement that can only exist in the moving image, and having the philosophy embodied in the structure rather than content.
― devvvine, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 15:49 (two years ago) link
I've been slow to check out Hong for the petty reason that so many of the protagonists seem to work in the film business, but I guess I should finally remedy that.
― Chris L, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 15:55 (two years ago) link
he's great
― plax (ico), Tuesday, 2 November 2021 16:00 (two years ago) link
devvvine’s comment about hong / rohmer seems otm to me
― Dan S, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 16:07 (two years ago) link
<<"A lonely Parisian woman comes to terms with her isolation and anxieties during a long summer vacation."
Judging by the list so far I definitely see how they could lose you at "woman.">>
Ha! Please let me know of the existence of any films that fit the description of nothing but "a lonely Parisian woman."
This reminds me of one of my favorite Simpsons exchanges.
Homer: You can always write a depressing Broadway play of some kind.Lisa: You think so?Marge: Sure! It could be a story about people coming to terms with things.
― Kevin John Bozelka, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 16:18 (two years ago) link
more movies about lonely Parisian women plz
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 2 November 2021 16:36 (two years ago) link
Sorry all, Zing is refusing my post of #28. Gonna be an hour before I get back in front of a desktop.
― Milm & Foovies (Eric H.), Tuesday, 2 November 2021 16:37 (two years ago) link
is it 'Jobs'?
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 2 November 2021 16:41 (two years ago) link
well since there's time to kill...
S tier: green ray, tree mayor and the mediatheque, l'amie de mon amie, marquis of o, aviators wife, last night at mauds, percevalA tier: tale of autumn, reinette and mirabelle, love in the afternoon, claire's knee, suzannes career, pauline on the beach, astree & celadonB tier: triple agent, tale of winter, tale of summer full moon in paris, rendezvous in parisC tier: the lady and the duke, a good marriage, sign of leo, collectioneuse, tale of springtime, bakery girl
― devvvine, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 16:45 (two years ago) link
and appearance as 'the balzacien' in out 1 is, of course, essential
― devvvine, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 16:49 (two years ago) link
What does the S in S tier mean? I know it's good, but...
― clemenza, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 16:51 (two years ago) link
^^^Same Question. Shay d'oovre?
― Kevin John Bozelka, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 16:52 (two years ago) link
star, i've always assumed. idk it's a video game thing
― devvvine, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 16:53 (two years ago) link
Smasterpiece.
― Halfway there but for you, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 16:54 (two years ago) link
<<star, i've always assumed. idk it's a video game thing>>
Wait - what does that mean? A star is better than an A?
― Kevin John Bozelka, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 16:55 (two years ago) link
The Hague
Meh
Sound, Solid
Good to Great
― So who you gonna call? The martini police (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 2 November 2021 16:56 (two years ago) link
didnt want to infringe upon yr trademark alfred
― devvvine, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 16:58 (two years ago) link
"s tier" has always meant "shit tier" afaia
― edited to reflect developments which occurred (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Tuesday, 2 November 2021 16:58 (two years ago) link
Tiers are not enough.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 16:59 (two years ago) link
Shittier than what?
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 2 November 2021 17:00 (two years ago) link
(some zings from ILX's own Northern Lights right there)
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 2 November 2021 17:02 (two years ago) link
I'm lost so I'll move on to say that this thread inspired me to watch Pierrot le Fou for the first time in eons and I loved every nanosecond of it, Belmondo's slip-on shoes most of all. S for Sexy Tier!
― Kevin John Bozelka, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 17:09 (two years ago) link
(xpost) Speaking of which...I think Cronenberg (and therefore Canada) is going to be shut out. I'd be surprised if he shows up this high.
― clemenza, Tuesday, 2 November 2021 17:12 (two years ago) link
Is there a consensus Cronenberg? I voted for The Dead Zone, but I don't see that placing how.
― Les hommes de bonbons (cryptosicko), Tuesday, 2 November 2021 17:13 (two years ago) link
*now