tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post1162764460087783990..comments2023-07-25T18:12:10.051+10:00Comments on Melbourne Film Blog: Three Weeks in Review - 23/11/08Paul Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10965628567103267009noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post-3198671774836188492008-12-02T22:05:00.000+11:002008-12-02T22:05:00.000+11:00I loved The Fountain. It was marketed poorly and ...I loved <I>The Fountain</I>. It was marketed poorly and hardly anyone saw it. I didn't try to intellectualise it or even analyse it much as I felt it was meant to be understood intuitively. I have a sense of what the truth of the film is, and I'm happy to not explore the meaning further until I see it again. I feel similarly about <I>Youth Without Youth</I>.<BR/><BR/>Lynch certainly is in a Paul Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10965628567103267009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post-71677710802433113842008-12-02T19:58:00.000+11:002008-12-02T19:58:00.000+11:00Mm you may be right there.. Haven't seen Pi (it's ...Mm you may be right there.. <BR/><BR/>Haven't seen Pi (it's gone into my basket though), thought 'The Fountain' started well but lost interest when it became a bit over the top towards the end, and i think Lynch is in a category all to himself in a way.<BR/><BR/>I guess maybe one film in this style i've seen recently that i felt delivered a holistically satisfying package would be 'Cherry poignantPointhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12854195859327361757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post-55199581758239306122008-12-02T11:43:00.000+11:002008-12-02T11:43:00.000+11:00PP, I didn't get around to writing more about Yout...PP, I didn't get around to writing more about <I>Youth Without Youth</I>, but here's some passing thoughts.<BR/><BR/>While watching it, I couldn't help but be reminded of three other films:<BR/>Aronofsky's <I>Pi</I> and <I>The Fountain</I>, and Lynch's <I>Lost Highway</I>. It has the pursuit of ultimate knowledge and the consequent conspiracies of <I>Pi</I> with the time travel, reincarnation Paul Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10965628567103267009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post-13048970348279677522008-12-02T10:59:00.000+11:002008-12-02T10:59:00.000+11:00No, either did i really.. it struck a great balanc...No, either did i really.. it struck a great balance actually. In fact, it was worth seeking out just to sit in my seat and admire some of the magic brushstrokes from Coppola: there were many moments of real filmic aesthetic beauty. <BR/><BR/>As my favourite film critic Evan Williams said; "it's not the career-defining masterpiece that Coppola seems to be chasing" But as you mentioned, films poignantPointhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12854195859327361757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post-87464824103056121922008-12-02T09:02:00.000+11:002008-12-02T09:02:00.000+11:00It was sentimental, but I didn't have a problem wi...It was sentimental, but I didn't have a problem with it.Paul Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10965628567103267009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post-31531849879935977662008-12-01T23:45:00.000+11:002008-12-01T23:45:00.000+11:00I went on a mission to find a cinema that is scree...I went on a mission to find a cinema that is screening 'Youth Without Youth'. It's enjoyable. I was hoping for something perhaps a little more profound, but it's still an above average, intelligent adventure movie. To me, these type of movies and made or broken with the choice of ending, and unfortunately i felt Coppola took a pretty soft, sentimental route out..poignantPointhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12854195859327361757noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post-64829178684101118592008-11-26T12:05:00.000+11:002008-11-26T12:05:00.000+11:00Hey Chris, where ya been? I'm glad you liked Hung...Hey Chris, where ya been? I'm glad you liked Hunger. Just liked?Paul Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10965628567103267009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post-25191608014484308622008-11-26T00:16:00.000+11:002008-11-26T00:16:00.000+11:00Hey Paul, have not caught up in ages, liked Hunger...Hey Paul, have not caught up in ages, <BR/><BR/>liked Hunger.<BR/><BR/>cheers<BR/>ChrisAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com