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Marj
Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2010 1:48 pm Reply with quote
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Actually, I've never heard of Purple Noon until now. And now, thanks to you Joe, it goes onto my queue.

Billy, I wouldn't be concerned about the so-called critical community. It tends to dislike most of DePalma's films. And anything that resembles work by any other director is going to get lambasted. (I've heard Femme Fatale compared to anything by David Lynch.)

Got to add Dr. Horrible's Sing-along Blog to my queue too.
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Joe Vitus
Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2010 2:07 pm Reply with quote
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Marj, you should definately watch Dr. Horrible. And you're right about the critics and De Palma.

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Marj
Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2010 2:35 pm Reply with quote
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Thanks Joe. Both films are on my queue. And Dr. Horrible looks like a lot of fun.
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marantzo
Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2010 2:55 pm Reply with quote
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Actually, I've never heard of Purple Noon until now. And now, thanks to you Joe, it goes onto my queue.


Marj, Joe didn't think it was much of a movie.
billyweeds
Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2010 3:23 pm Reply with quote
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Amazed Marj has never heard of it. It had quite the vogue when released. And I've discussed it several times (well, at least once) on these forums.
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Marj
Posted: Sat Jun 05, 2010 8:02 pm Reply with quote
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Billy - My memory is struggling to remember things like my own name these days.

And Gary, thanks for correcting me. When I saw that it was another version of Ripley, I moved it down my queue. Now I'm going to remove it altogether.
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Trish
Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2010 9:25 am Reply with quote
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Befade wrote:
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Before anyone cites The Staircase, it's great but it's not a movie.


OH NO! Now we have to have a discussion of what a movie is. (I suppose followed by What Is Art?

FEMME FATALE:

I had seen this when it came out and had a memory of liking it. I thought it had an exciting beginning at Cannes and Rebecca RS was a stunning beauty.
Reviewing it.........I've changed my mind. Rebecca RS does not hold up as an actress and DePalma has her playing so many looks and personalities that the end result is just confusion. The plot goes here there and everywhere. A bit of split-screen adds a bit of tension. Antonio Bandaras was the most stable element of the production. Wonderful long, black hair and an affected performance as a gay it guy in search of a disc in Romijn's hotel room. The score sounded like Bernard Hermann.......will have to check if he did it.


I loved the song they used for Romijn's little dance number - "Sexe" by Saez
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Joe Vitus
Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2010 9:43 am Reply with quote
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Marj wrote:
Billy - My memory is struggling to remember things like my own name these days.

And Gary, thanks for correcting me. When I saw that it was another version of Ripley, I moved it down my queue. Now I'm going to remove it altogether.


Well, let me add that while I didn't love Purple Noon, I do think you should see it as a cinema fan. I'd be interested in how you though it compared to the other version.

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Marj
Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2010 12:51 pm Reply with quote
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OK! In that case, back it goes into my queue.
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Marj
Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2010 1:45 pm Reply with quote
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I'm curious as to how people here respond to this article. I have my own opinion which I'll save until others have a chance to read it.

http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/18/18_vertigo.php
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whiskeypriest
Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2010 3:43 pm Reply with quote
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Marj wrote:
I'm curious as to how people here respond to this article. I have my own opinion which I'll save until others have a chance to read it.

http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/18/18_vertigo.php
Interesting article, though I am not sure I get the joke part of the premise. Anyway, I thought of this:

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As has been widely discussed (and harshly criticized, particularly on Vertigo's original release), Hitchcock lays out these startling revelations midway through the film. The bold tactic breaks the formulaic structure we expect from a murder mystery, in which solutions always come at the end. It risks unsettling the viewer, particularly on an initial viewing of the film. However, by dispensing with formula, Hitchcock shifts the emphasis of the story from murder to character, a potentially deeper subject than the typical whodunit conundrum.


In terms of No Country for Old Men, where the Coens make a similar jump from chase to character in focus. But no one wants to discuss that.

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Marj
Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2010 9:24 pm Reply with quote
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Whiskey, I was hoping someone would get it so they could explain it to me. If you didn't either, I'm close to blaming the author for a bad analysis as well as a poor piece of writing.
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marantzo
Posted: Sun Jun 06, 2010 10:16 pm Reply with quote
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"....a bad analysis as well as a poor piece of writing."


I didn't think it was either. I found it an interesting analysis and well written. I share Syd's puzzlement about the joke part, but maybe it refers to Hitchcock laughing up his sleeve at how the audience will be bamboozled,
Marj
Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 12:26 am Reply with quote
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marantzo wrote:
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"....a bad analysis as well as a poor piece of writing."


I didn't think it was either. I found it an interesting analysis and well written. I share Syd's puzzlement about the joke part, but maybe it refers to Hitchcock laughing up his sleeve at how the audience will be bamboozled,


Well, that it does, Gary. And it was Whiskey, btw. But how is the audience bamboozled? What is this author adding to the discussion of the film that we don't already know?
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billyweeds
Posted: Mon Jun 07, 2010 5:40 am Reply with quote
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I would agree with Marj that the article adds nothing to our knowledge of Vertigo. I was expecting an interesting description of the "trick" the writer refers to, but it never really came.
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