The First Films of Great Directors
Quentin Tarantino’s 1987 debut film My Best Friend’s Birthday
Francis Ford Coppola: a 75-minute, black-and-white psychological horror film called Dementia 13 (1963)
Matin Scorsese: What’s a Nice Girl Like You Doing in a Place Like This (1963)
Full movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWs1SM0xYiI
Stanley Kubrick: Day of the Fight, a 1951
François Truffaut: The 1957 film, Les Mistons (The Brats)
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“After an unjust death, there is nothing to say.”
Mohammd Fellag portrays Lazhar, such an inspirational and interesting character to watch.
rigid requirements, bureaucracies, education system, cultural differences, death, pain and hope…
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“The last thing she did was kicking her chair to make it fall over”
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Monsieur Lazhar (2011)
Director: Philippe Falardeau
Bachir Lazhar an Algerian immigrant becomes the teacher of 6th grades after they lose their teacher as she commited suicide in the classroom.
I have seen this movie today and this is a great movie.
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![Paul Kemp: [voiceover] I wonder what it is you might think about our different worlds. He looked at me kinda sideways and said, “Human beings are the only creatures on Earth who claim a God, and the only living thing that behaves like it hasn’t got one. Does the world belong to no one but you?” And when he said it, I was taken aback. Not because of who was doing the talking. Because I finally understood the connection between children scavenging for food, and shiny brass plates on the front doors of banks.](http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4w7kwJL2J1qjnzuao1_500.png)
Paul Kemp: [voiceover] I wonder what it is you might think about our different worlds. He looked at me kinda sideways and said, “Human beings are the only creatures on Earth who claim a God, and the only living thing that behaves like it hasn’t got one. Does the world belong to no one but you?” And when he said it, I was taken aback. Not because of who was doing the talking. Because I finally understood the connection between children scavenging for food, and shiny brass plates on the front doors of banks.
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The Rum Diary (2011)
Director: Bruce Robinson
Stars: Johnny Depp, Giovanni Ribisi and Aaron Eckhart
It is adapted from the novel The Rum Diary written by American journalist and author Hunter T. Thomson.
“One part outrage. One part justice. Three parts rum. Mix well”
This is my first movie gif guys! :) I should do more.
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“Oh, Jeanne, to reach you at last what a strange path I had to take.”
And yet that conclusion, which presumes that love from and for another human being is the preeminent healing factor in life, is not the problem. It is in fact consistent with virtually every psychoanalytic theory from Freud on, which posits that the real achievement of psychological health is the ability to enjoy real intimacy based on a reciprocal attachment… This is what I believe occurs in Pickpocket.Michel’s ability to embrace a healthier life and the love of another presumes recognition and relaxation of the guilt and shame with which he was living, a process “in which the superego forgives the person who is aware of his misdeeds or sinfulness….We call this self-forgiveness. Religion calls it grace.
(by Tony Pipolo)
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GARE DE LYON SEQUENCE
Gare de Lyon sequence of Pickpocket, for example, the conventional spatiotemporal connections between elements are broken and the space is fragmented into components capable of being reconnected in diverse ways. “It is a perfectly singular space,” says Deleuze, “which has simply lost its homogeneity… . It is a space of virtual connection, grasped as a pure place of the possible.”32 Deleuze also cites Bresson as one of the great innovators in the handling of sound. Bresson treats the sonic and the visual as separate strata, thereby introducing a gap between sight and sound that complements the gap between images that structures the visual. Bresson says that he seeks in his films a “sort of relay” between sight and sound, and Deleuze says that a “coming-and-going” between the visual and the sonic “defines the modern cinema.”
( by D. N. Rodowick)
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The Übermensch - Superman: goal for humanity to set for itself
Michel: Can we not admit that certain skilled men, gifted with intelligence, talent or even genius, and thus indispensable to society, rather than stagnate, should be free to disobey laws in certain cases?”
Police officer: That could be difficult and dangerous
Michel: Society could only gain from it.
PO: Who will identify these supermen
M: They themselves. Their conscience
PO: You know any man who doesnt think he is exceptional?
M: Don’t worry. It would only be at first. Then they’d stop.
PO: They don’t stop, believe me. A useful thief, then? A benefactor? That is the world upside down.
M: It is already upside down. THis could set it right.
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Bresson’s Pickpocket (1959)
Michel is about the steal from the lady. Not that this intelligent man doesnt want to work, he works very hard for being a pickpocket actually. He just wants to be free of deathly regularity. But there is a false decision made from denying that there is or may still be a choice. It is a decision made by the fact that knowing there is an exit.
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What Becomes of Thinking on Film?
- AK: You've written the idea that films think, and further the idea of films thinking philosophically. One can imagine this sounding obscure. How can films think?
- SC: Well, of course, that is to begin with just a somewhat provocative way of saying: Don't ask what the artist is thinking or intending, but ask why the work is as it is, why just this is here in just that way. The implication that the way the work is is a matter of its own thinking or intention may be brought out by notting that to ask 'Why has the artist done that?' is a function of wanting something. My formulation employing the work's thinking or intending or wanting something, is meant to emphasize the sense that the work wants something of us who behold or hear or read it.
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what I have seen for the last months
I have seen all these movies for the last months, here are my very very short opinions on them, how many of them you have seen guys, let me know what you think.
Carnage (2011) by Roman Polanski was a good exercise for me to see for my curiosity on how to make a movie in one location, but I wasn’t satisfied with this one.
Contagion (2011) by Steven Soderbergh boring
Contempt (1963) by Godard yeah I havent seen this before :D yeah of course it was good but I can’t empathize with women characters of Godard, at all!!!
Chico and Rita (2010) I love it, a must see, will def gonna post it here for the following weeks
Crazy Stupid Love (2011) good for escapism, have a laugh and enjoy your time. but that is all.
Drive (2011) hard to tell, overrated that is for sure, not for me
Equus (1977) by Sidney Lumet a must see! beautiful, I love it, read the play first.
Extremely Loud Incredibly Close (2011) by Stephan Daldry nothing special, no need to see.
For ever Mozart (1966) by Godard tried to watch this one, but couldnt, I hated it.
My Dinner with Andre (1981) again a good exercise for one location-one movie, annd a very very good one
My Week With Marilyn (2011) yeah I like this movie, def worths to see, Michelle Williams always such a joy to watch
Pierrot le fou (1965) by Godard
Pina (2011) by Wim Wenders already posted here, so you know that I love it.
Rope by Hitchcock a def must see, especially for one location-one movie
Shame (2011) overrated but yeah can be a good watch, I am not sure.
Sleeping Beauty (2011) pass, no need to see
The Adventures of Tintin (2011) by Spielberg yeah it was fun, I like it, would def check the next adventures
The Descendants (2011) by Alexander Payne good movie
The Red Violin (1998) you are having a nice time while watching this movie
The Skin I Live In (2011) by Almadovar I love almadovar no matter what, not his best though
The Trial (1962) by Orson Welles a must see, of course!
The Secret World of Arrietty (2010) boring
The Girl With a Dragon Tattoo (2011) by David Fincher I havent read the book, I had a good time watching it
Une femme est une (1961) by Godard didnt like it
Vivre sa Vie (1962) by Godard one of my fav Godard movies
Young Adult (2011) very good acting by Theron, and just that is enough to see this one.
You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (2010) by Woody Allen always worths to watch his movies, not like his best but still
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Identify your own obsessions, then figure out how to make them interesting to other people.
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“When somebody who makes movies for a living — either as an actor, writer, producer or director — lives to be a certain age, you have to admire them. It is an act of courage to make a film — a courage for which you are not prepared in the rest of life. It is very hard and very destructive. But we do it because we love it.” - John Carpenter
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