I do like most of the Cronenberg films I have seen with the exception of strangely enough of Crash, which I think is possibly at this moment viewed as his greatest work or at least with newer cinephiles.
28.04.2025 01:51 β
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I am not that big on Cronenberg, but why is one guy complaining about Crimes of Future being strained seriousness because a significant amount of the film is meant to be satirical or lightly comedic, if you are complaining about something as being obvious, at least be accurate in knowing the genre.
27.04.2025 20:22 β
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Sub-tweeting people on that other platform because I am bored.
27.04.2025 20:17 β
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This will lead to the rediscovery of Pascal KanΓ©, as the contra to the neo-neo-macmahonist
25.04.2025 22:35 β
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At the same time sort of hard to tell about this, and I don't know, we have American cinephile 20 year olds who care about macmahonist criticism.
25.04.2025 22:34 β
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In 20 years I could see so, but 40 seems unlikely.
25.04.2025 22:15 β
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Georges Bataille, quoted by des ForΓͺts: "We need to say that violence stemming from the whole humanity, it has stayed without speech of its own, thus that all of humanity lies by omission and that language itself is built on lying."
15.04.2025 18:18 β
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It wouldn't be my particular choice, and I think I like The World (2004) more; but sure, and if you state this with any Jia Zhangke as one of the best of the 21st century, you are probably correct.
13.04.2025 01:56 β
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Really I just want to talk to random strangers - and that enables me to lie
10.04.2025 15:39 β
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I also never gave him anytime or much thought - except bewilderment for a couple minutes, and I assume everyone will be talking about him for the next couple months, so will pretend to have an opinion on him because I enjoy discourse.
10.04.2025 15:39 β
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I really don't have a greater point, but PTA as a filmmaker seems really foreign to me, and I struggle with judging him because of it. When I say something positive or negative about him, I think I am wrong or dumb - he is just confusing to me.
10.04.2025 15:39 β
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I listen to the song Willow from this film, an embarrassing amount to this day.
10.03.2025 14:02 β
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If you are curious what started me asking about this is that I used the above quote in relation to a debate about if television is cinema that was happening on twitter.
08.03.2025 02:57 β
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Damn, this is pure hate
08.03.2025 02:47 β
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Can I ask do you know of any other examples of him talking about Daney? because maybe there is other examples but this is one of his more harsh remarks, that I can of. So I was wondering if he ever spoken somewhat more positively on him?
08.03.2025 02:36 β
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He does like Michel Ciment though, and that might be it. Also if you include Pascal Bonitzer into the group of critic.
08.03.2025 02:13 β
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All that is see is not novel. What is novelated is what it's told as revealed. On the account of what? Say it, VachΓ©."
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I am wondering if I am possibly misreading it and in general it seems Ruiz was negative on Cahier.
08.03.2025 02:08 β
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The quote I am talking about is:
"What is a novel? What is a film? What is art? To ask Serge Daney what is at this point. It isn't, but what is a not Daney? A common French? The French mediocrity. No, nothing. Good, we'll see.
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@ruizdiariesjaime.bsky.social I want to fact check to make sure I am not spreading misinformation on the subject of RaΓΊl Ruiz. What was his relationship with Serge Daney because I read his one quote in his diary as being somewhat negative on him.
08.03.2025 02:08 β
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If it means anything I always enjoyed reading your thoughts on a film
23.02.2025 12:19 β
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This is my pretentious ramble about First Name: Carmen. I do think what you wrote is good and agree with most of it.
21.02.2025 19:27 β
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and think it captures the charms of a juvenile rebel trying to find a just world and wondering what means are left to express it. I see in part in tradition with the likes of the great youth films of Nicolas Ray.
21.02.2025 19:27 β
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This is my pretentious ramble about First Name: Carmen. I do think what you wrote is good and agree with most of it.
21.02.2025 19:25 β
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I was actually very moved by First Name: Carmen when I saw it two years ago and think the reason why is that it is a story of an act of protest that collapse into suicide or possibly the inverse,
21.02.2025 19:25 β
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Have you seen Fritz Lang's The Blue Gardenia? It is very under-appreciated noir film about the performances and fantasy that define romance, which is tied with a charming bow with a story of a murder of a shitty artist.
21.02.2025 17:35 β
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I need to explore the films of George Cukor more and really do adore Les Girls, and it makes an interesting companion piece to Pauline at the Beach. Also Rohmer did write a decent review of the film.
21.02.2025 16:58 β
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I do want to say that I really like listening to the latest FKA Twigs on car speakers; but don't like hearing the album with Headphones.
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Is this a dialectical understanding of music??? probably not - found it funny to say this.
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I had an idea that he was hostile to most of the great art-house filmmakers throughout the 70's-80's such as Straub-Huillet, Akerman, Duras, and as mentioned before Godard. Which was somewhat simplistic idea and he did also champion the likes of Ruiz and I believe Kiarostami.
12.02.2025 19:09 β
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I think it is in part I was introduced to him unsympathetically because I first found out of him through a clip comparing treatment of Polanski in the last couple of years from the MeToo Movement to Nazi Germany. Also I known him as the most famed critic who protested or hostile to Godard.
12.02.2025 19:09 β
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This is somewhat contradictory if you take into my dislike for Claude Lelouch - but anyhow.
12.02.2025 11:54 β
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