my experience is that SotB has really ardent fans, feels like it's one of those movies where if you love it you LOVE IT
― satori enabler (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 10:30 (one year ago) link
Same actress also in Alejandro Amenábar’s breakout debut, Tesis/Thesis.Erice only made one film per decade, if that, and all were different kinds of classic, he’s kind of a Spanish Dreyer, what’s not to love.
― Think Fast, Mr. Mojo Risin’ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 10:33 (one year ago) link
i agree. i voted Yi Yi because i love it hugely on a personal level too, only way to pick favourites really
― satori enabler (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 10:39 (one year ago) link
I went to see his second film, El Sur, at the Walter Reade Theater at Film in Lincoln Center and while I was trying to get in I saw him standing against the wall in the interzone between the theater itself and the concession stand. At which point I also noticed a guy I sort of knew from college coming out that I would run into at screenings a lot and asked him “did he do a Q&A?” He said yes and that he told a funny story about how he came to cast Ana Torrent after interviewing a bunch of other children. Erice said he asked her “do you know who Doctor Frankenstein is?” to which she replied “yes, but we haven’t been introduced yet.”
― Think Fast, Mr. Mojo Risin’ (James Redd and the Blecchs), Wednesday, 15 March 2023 10:40 (one year ago) link
I also voted for Yi Yi. Hard to explain why, but I feel just deeply involved in it every time I watch.
― jmm, Wednesday, 15 March 2023 13:21 (one year ago) link
I like it but don't love it as much Quince Tree of the Sun.
I remember my roommate vacillating about seeing this: "this guy's a painter, he's painting a tree, what's the big deal..." He loved it!
― Halfway there but for you, Wednesday, 15 March 2023 18:46 (one year ago) link