tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post116721735778811954..comments2023-07-25T18:12:10.051+10:00Comments on Melbourne Film Blog: The Year in ReviewPaul Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10965628567103267009noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post-1168181700039897432007-01-08T01:55:00.000+11:002007-01-08T01:55:00.000+11:00Hi Paul,I came across your excellent blog when goo...Hi Paul,<BR/><BR/>I came across your excellent blog when googling EM 4 JAY. I'm the co-director of OzFlix: Australian Film Weekend in Toronto, Canada. OzFlix is a Festival for Aussie shorts, docs and features, to give them a showcase in Canada and hopefully get some of them acquired for distribution or broadcast in North America (that happened with PUPPY after we screened it last year).<BR/><BR/>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post-1167784375069566652007-01-03T11:32:00.000+11:002007-01-03T11:32:00.000+11:00Hi Marina, happy new year to you too.My blog has o...Hi Marina, happy new year to you too.<BR/><BR/>My blog has only been up for 2 months or so. <A HREF="http://www2b.abc.net.au/tmb/Client/Message.aspx?b=19&t=56&a=0&ps=20&m=578&dm=1&am=578" REL="nofollow">My review</A> of Little Miss Sunshine is on the At The Movies site, along with a discussion. I'm not sure whether I did a review of Hard Candy. I did leave some comments somewhere that I found Paul Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10965628567103267009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post-1167770104695110542007-01-03T07:35:00.000+11:002007-01-03T07:35:00.000+11:00Happy New Year and the very best for 2007.I really...Happy New Year and the very best for 2007.<BR/><BR/>I really like your list of best and worst thought I was disappointed to see "Little Miss Sunshine" and "Hard Candy" on the worst list. It's all subjective right?!? :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post-1167560229292972922006-12-31T21:17:00.000+11:002006-12-31T21:17:00.000+11:00Noel, the review is on its way, though it would ha...Noel, the review is on its way, though it would have been helpful if you'd left your email with your post (I found it by tracing you through your blogs).<BR/><BR/>I suppose I tend to be cerebral at times, and my need to understand Lost Highway really blew me away. But now that I understand the core of it, I don't think you need to understand Lost Highway to enjoy it. As I say in my review, you Paul Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10965628567103267009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post-1167557815021232462006-12-31T20:36:00.000+11:002006-12-31T20:36:00.000+11:00hi paul... lost highway is a film that intrigues m...hi paul... lost highway is a film that intrigues me too even though it is not my favourite of lynch's... i find it a tad too cerebral for my taste...<BR/><BR/>you might want to check <A HREF="http://www.amazon.com/Art-Ridiculous-Sublime-Occasional-Humanities/dp/0295979259/sr=1-9/qid=1167557440/ref=sr_1_9/102-5041754-0092932?ie=UTF8&s=books" REL="nofollow">this</A> out...<BR/>i haven't read it butnoel tantihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16737020213040663343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post-1167466065627894392006-12-30T19:07:00.000+11:002006-12-30T19:07:00.000+11:00Delon - aka anonymous ;) - the difficulty in revie...Delon - aka anonymous ;) - the difficulty in reviewing Lost Highway is not the amount of material, but the elusive nature of the film. After obsessing on it for days, I felt I had a fairly good handle on it. The online research I did - including interviews - supported my understanding. <BR/><BR/>When writing the review, I had to consider that the audience may not have seen it. I didn't want Paul Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10965628567103267009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post-1167438478779434412006-12-30T11:27:00.000+11:002006-12-30T11:27:00.000+11:00Great wrap-up, Paul. It also made me realise what ...Great wrap-up, Paul. It also made me realise what a cinematic ignoramus I am - I think I've seen two films on that list. Oh well. You can only run one life, I guess...Alison Croggonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08398213223487458758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post-1167306154100592692006-12-28T22:42:00.000+11:002006-12-28T22:42:00.000+11:00Thanks for the link, anonymous. I don't know of a...Thanks for the link, anonymous. I don't know of any film that captures the imagination like Lost Highway. It was the trigger for me learning about the internet in 1997. I saw it on a Friday night and spent the rest of the weekend searching for information to try to make sense of what I had just experienced. I have never had a film affect me to the extent that LH has. <BR/><BR/>And Delon, it Paul Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10965628567103267009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post-1167299385939755042006-12-28T20:49:00.000+11:002006-12-28T20:49:00.000+11:00http://www.jasonsweb.com/LostHighway/main.htmtough...http://www.jasonsweb.com/LostHighway/main.htm<BR/><BR/>tough task for you Paul.<BR/><BR/>Lots of literature out there on LH, and it would be a difficult analysis I am sure!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post-1167298801611534112006-12-28T20:40:00.000+11:002006-12-28T20:40:00.000+11:00Delon, that site is the best resource for Lost Hig...Delon, that site is the best resource for Lost Highway that I've seen. I've quoted from it in my review.<BR/><BR/>Em 4 Jay, The Child and The King are three films that I saw this year that physically affected me for hours after seeing them. I rarely get that from a film, so 3 in a year is pretty monumental for me.<BR/><BR/>I highly recommend Cinematheque. At less than a dollar a film, and eachPaul Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10965628567103267009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post-1167298344536790272006-12-28T20:32:00.000+11:002006-12-28T20:32:00.000+11:00Delon, I haven't seen that thesis. On face value,...Delon, I haven't seen that thesis. On face value, I don't agree with the idea, but am happy to hunt it down. Shouldn't be hard.<BR/><BR/>All my top 20 received at least 4.5 stars from me. Both those films got 4 stars. Enjoyed them immensely, but I've seen a lot of cinema (just over 200 on the big screen). I've actually run out of films to see as I'm not interested in The Queen, though I'm Paul Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10965628567103267009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post-1167298312823194422006-12-28T20:31:00.000+11:002006-12-28T20:31:00.000+11:00http://www.geocities.com/~mikehartmann/losthighway...http://www.geocities.com/~mikehartmann/losthighway/<BR/><BR/>That si not the link, still searching, those are a tad more cerebral and into theory. Which is fine, but not the links I was after. Will read at a later time.<BR/><BR/>And "The King". Shocking film. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post-1167297208164141682006-12-28T20:13:00.000+11:002006-12-28T20:13:00.000+11:00Hi Paul,I might have to get a Cinematheque members...Hi Paul,<BR/><BR/>I might have to get a Cinematheque membership <BR/><BR/>:D<BR/><BR/><BR/>Do you think you could email me your Lost Highway review pleeease ;) <BR/><BR/>Have you seen the Lost Highway thesis on the net somewhere, posits the characters are emotions that the Pullman character is experiencing. I think they guy is from Arizona. Do a search on Joblo.com, the forums there. That is the Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com