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Post by queenzod on Sept 27, 2023 13:53:47 GMT
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Post by mllemass on Sept 27, 2023 14:04:55 GMT
I laughed at that, too. I’m certain that must request bath/shower/swimming scenes in his roles.
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Post by mllemass on Sept 27, 2023 14:11:31 GMT
Great article! They mentioned all his great performances and roles over the years.
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Sept 27, 2023 14:17:36 GMT
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Post by sgev1977 on Sept 27, 2023 14:17:36 GMT
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Post by queenzod on Sept 27, 2023 14:35:23 GMT
There was so much going on you had to pay close attention, what with the sets rolling in and out, the costume changes, and the rapid fire dialogue. Is that too much to ask for 39 minutes? Apparently for some, the answer is yes. I guess they’ll never master the guru’s technique if they can’t concentrate that long. 😂
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Post by sgev1977 on Sept 27, 2023 15:05:32 GMT
I think that's the "issue" with his latest films. I haven't watched Asteroid City but in The French Dispatch, there are too many things happening in single shots and, if you don't put attention, you can easily lost important plot points. And you know, kids and some adults are very easily distracted nowadays! Lol
So yeah, he can be slightly "baroque" with his images but that's part of the wonder. I was thinking how, for example, some are calling "pure cinema" to the new Fincher movie (which apparently doesn't have too much plot nor character development) or always say the same about Tarantino but claim Anderson is superficial or heartless. It's bizarre because if you put attention pain and sadness just suddenly leak in his deadpan style. For example, at the end of the exuberant cartoon that's The Great Budapest Hotel when the movie goes black and white and the narrator told us (and Jude Law) that Ralph Fiennes character was killed by the fascists and then said how Fiennes character was a ridiculous and, yes, superficial man who tried to recreate a fantasy superficial world that never actually existed! That was so poignant because that's Anderson! Except that Anderson is capable to see that everything ends in death. All his movies have this melancholia in them because they are about characters hiding themselves from tragedy and, of course, frivolity and superficiality are much better than fascism and that's why Gustave H. is a tragic hero in that film!
I think, that contrary to other filmmakers who prefer the cool fantasy of violence, Anderson is much more deep. But, of course, violence is considered cooler! Especially, in America so Anderson complex images are called superficial while actual superficial sometime cartonishly movies that present violence in the most frivolous way are called "pure cinema"
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Post by MagdaFR on Sept 27, 2023 15:07:16 GMT
I saw some people (two, precisely) saying they were not getting back those 40 minutes.
To me time flew!
People have so different sensibilities and culture.
I was repying to this There was so much going on you had to pay close attention, what with the sets rolling in and out, the costume changes, and the rapid fire dialogue. Is that too much to ask for 39 minutes? Apparently for some, the answer is yes. I guess they’ll never master the guru’s technique if they can’t concentrate that long. 😂
It makes me wonder if some people ever read a book. Or went to a theatre.
I remember some (prominent and annoying) fan saying that Frankestein or Hamlet was the first time she went to a theatre. She was in her 20's and lived in Europe.
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Post by sgev1977 on Sept 27, 2023 15:17:10 GMT
I saw one of those but apart of different tastes which are valid! There is a huge backlash against Anderson on Film Twitter! He is even accused of easily confirmed not true things like never casting POC in his movies or having a "fascistic" visual style!
I have also seen a lot of people on Film Twitter claiming they have never watched one of his movies even when they have heard a lot about him!
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Post by queenzod on Sept 27, 2023 15:26:58 GMT
I do think people are losing their ability to concentrate, given that much of our time is spent reading 240 character tweets, 30 second TikToc/Instragram videos, 5 minute things on YouTube, summaries for TLDR, etc. Lots of people (and I’m guilty of this), constantly have the tv on for background noise. Netflix has created an entire oeuvre making films that are so poor people just have them on without watching them at all and don’t expect anything deep or meaningful out of them.
Anderson kind of reminds me of watching silent film. You have to pay attention watching silents or you have no idea what’s going on, as there isn’t any dialogue to cue you into the plot. Even the music isn’t much help because it isn’t written for that particular film and often gets changed, especially during a live performance. I find it refreshing to watch something that commands your attention instead of something the plot of which you’ve seen a million times before, or tiny bits of character development sandwiched in between lots of special effects action and men punching each other.
I remember when I was learning to meditate (like the guru was teaching in the film), and it requires an amazing effort and amount of concentration to pay attention enough to even realize when your mind begins to wander. Took me 3 years of regular practice to get any good at it.
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Post by mllemass on Sept 27, 2023 15:38:52 GMT
The movie can be exhausting if you’re paying close attention because you’re almost holding your breath the whole time!
Speaking of paying attention. . . there’s a terrific review by Deadline Hollywood’s Pete Hammond for the Shaun the Sheep movie. I LOVE that movie, and when I first saw it, I looked up reviews of it because I couldn’t understand why nobody was talking about it! Pete Hammond has a video review that raves about the movie. He does a bit of an analysis of what happens when you watch a movie with no dialogue, and it was fascinating. He explained how the viewer is forced to pay close attention to everything on the screen because you can’t simply rely on listening while you do something else. It’s not quite a silent movie, because there are sounds, music, and grunts instead of words. But he explained that maybe filmmakers today don’t always put as much movies that silent movie makers were forced to do before sound came to cinemas.
Just like watching certain Sherlock episodes that viewers hated while they were “watching” it while tweeting that the show didn’t make sense. PAY ATTENTION!
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