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| Joe Vitus |
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| Can't get excited about an "immaculate, new print" of Breathless, which is probably best seen in a crappy, run-down print where you can't read half the subtitles. The movie is dedicated to Monogram Pictures, after all. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 5:31 am |
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Joe Vitus wrote: Can't get excited about an "immaculate, new print" of Breathless, which is probably best seen in a crappy, run-down print where you can't read half the subtitles. The movie is dedicated to Monogram Pictures, after all.
Good point. I'm still interested. |
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| Posted: Wed May 26, 2010 8:34 am |
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When I saw Breathless I was really impressed with Belmondo. Of course I wondered; Who is this guy?
Many years ago Esquire had an article that asked a bunch of famous people in the arts who they would want to play them in film and why. When they asked Truman Capote he said Jean Paul Belmondo. When they asked him why, he said, "Norman Mailer once referred to me as a ballsy little guy and I think Belmondo is a ballsy little guy." |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 5:08 am |
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I remember standing in line for, I think, The President's Analyst (recall that one, anybody?) and hearing some wise-ass NYC Turk in listen-and-look-to-at-MEEEE mode discussing (sic) "A Bout de Souffle." Get over it, dude. It's "Breathless," baby.
But it's interesting. I wonder whether the movie would have its all-time-classic rep if the title had been accurately translated as "Out of Breath" rather than the altogether more inviting and multi-layered "Breathless." Discuss, if you want to. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 6:51 am |
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| Literal translations are not necessarily the best way to go. And sometimes impossible (see La Cage Aux Folles). Love Breathless, by the way. Don't think Godard made a movie as good again, despite quite enjoying Masculine-Feminine, Band of Outsiders, and Alphaville (never cared for Weekend). I was surprised to find out, from the DVD commentary, that the jump cuts within scenes were not originally planned, but Godard would either have to cut whole scenes or tiny bits out of every scene to reduce the running time. |
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| Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 7:16 am |
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Quote: I was surprised to find out, from the DVD commentary, that the jump cuts within scenes were not originally planned, but Godard would either have to cut whole scenes or tiny bits out of every scene to reduce the running time.
That sort of fits into the arts category as a "happy accident". |
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| Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 7:34 am |
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| It was pretty brilliant of Godard to recognize that solution, and to see how it would aid the movie's attempt to look like a run-down Monogram print. |
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| Posted: Thu May 27, 2010 7:38 am |
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| Yeah, the jump cuts were great. A big part of the feel of the movie. |
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| whiskeypriest |
| Posted: Sat May 29, 2010 9:15 am |
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billyweeds wrote: I remember standing in line for, I think, The President's Analyst (recall that one, anybody?) and hearing some wise-ass NYC Turk in listen-and-look-to-at-MEEEE mode discussing (sic) "A Bout de Souffle."
Boy, that typo I made and nearly posted vis a vis "sock" would have been fucking hilarious. |
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| Posted: Sat May 29, 2010 9:12 pm |
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billyweeds wrote: I remember standing in line for, I think, The President's Analyst (recall that one, anybody?) and hearing some wise-ass NYC Turk in listen-and-look-to-at-MEEEE mode discussing (sic) "A Bout de Souffle." Get over it, dude. It's "Breathless," baby.
But it's interesting. I wonder whether the movie would have its all-time-classic rep if the title had been accurately translated as "Out of Breath" rather than the altogether more inviting and multi-layered "Breathless." Discuss, if you want to.
I haven't seen The President's Analyst for a long time, but I haven't looked at phones the same way since. |
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| Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 1:06 am |
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Werner Herzog's Bad Lieutenant: Port of Call New Orleans is a rollercoster trip. The best Nicolas Cage in a long long time.
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| Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 1:17 am |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 4:49 am |
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And yes again! One of the best movies of 2009 and the best Cage since Leaving Las Vegas. |
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| Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 8:33 am |
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I really wanted to see Bad Lieutenant but it never came here. I did finally see Inglourious Basterds though, on TV.
I liked it very much. Marta also really liked it. I told her that she might not like it because it had a lot of violence, but she wanted to see it and said, "It's a war movie, of course it going to have violence." She had no problem with the violence, mostly because it was usually Nazis who were being slaughtered.
Tarantino has done a very good job of being Tarantino when he is on his game. The dialogue is sharp and even when it goes on a bit long it doesn't have you groaning as he sometimes tends to do. Think, the last part of Kill Bill II and his nausea inducing girl talk in Death Proof.
Scene after scene is done very very well and the actors are excellent. And even when Quentin goes on quite long, it is riveting rather than boring.
A wild fantasy of what should have been, done with great and imaginative skill. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Sun May 30, 2010 9:20 am |
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| Glad you liked it Gary. It's one of my all-time favorite Tarantino movies. |
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