tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post1717321020080689636..comments2023-07-25T18:12:10.051+10:00Comments on Melbourne Film Blog: Waleed Aly: a coherent voice of reasonPaul Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10965628567103267009noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post-52249066643719637172010-06-04T12:42:03.151+10:002010-06-04T12:42:03.151+10:00Haha, he lives!
Re: MIFF.
It's time for joy,...Haha, <i>he lives! </i><br /><br />Re: MIFF.<br />It's time for joy, Joe Dante's epic movie essay/love-letter/whatever-the-hell-it-is The Movie Orgy is coming. 6 Hours Long? You can't miss this one, Paul. Also, Rivette's new one. <br /><br />But really, it's Venice is where it's going to be at this year. Skolimowski's newie, Monte Hellman's newie... ♥d m khttp://filmisnothing.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post-47490229523307864122010-05-29T10:38:06.055+10:002010-05-29T10:38:06.055+10:00I just saw that in the MIFF newsletter. Thanks fo...I just saw that in the MIFF newsletter. Thanks for identifying yourself, UB. ;)Paul Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10965628567103267009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post-50752983021766053882010-05-28T19:11:15.553+10:002010-05-28T19:11:15.553+10:00TRASH HUMPERS is screening at MIFF. Get the mother...TRASH HUMPERS is screening at MIFF. Get the motherfuck over your malaise and report this shit! Tumbleweed will be happy.Uncle Boonmeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post-81961206694520470752010-05-22T06:21:35.085+10:002010-05-22T06:21:35.085+10:00good work, there's life and there's cinema...good work, there's life and there's cinema & sometimes you can't do both <br /><br /><i>Life is beautiful. Really, it is. Full of beauty and illusions. Life is great. Without it, you'd be dead.</i><br /><br />hehtumbleweedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04700031427336716027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post-704409942496773902010-05-21T22:37:00.145+10:002010-05-21T22:37:00.145+10:00UB, cinema didn't break my heart, but has been...UB, cinema didn't break my heart, but has been a wonderful distraction from the real me. I'm now attending to get to that poor soul who had been neglected for so long.Paul Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10965628567103267009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post-1828185070116349032010-05-21T13:24:37.142+10:002010-05-21T13:24:37.142+10:00Cinema broke my heart too.Cinema broke my heart too.Uncle Boonmeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post-43943766737383324342010-05-21T11:00:56.555+10:002010-05-21T11:00:56.555+10:00To your last question, yes. I'm going through ...To your last question, yes. I'm going through a relationship breakup and personal transformation.Paul Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10965628567103267009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post-35280164124438312852010-05-21T08:52:15.138+10:002010-05-21T08:52:15.138+10:00You've been strangely quiet regarding Cannes a...You've been strangely quiet regarding Cannes and the Sydney Film Festival this year. Not a peep about them from you? Cinema taking a back seat to the rest of your life?Uncle Boonmeenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post-70897703486102968852010-05-16T20:34:26.857+10:002010-05-16T20:34:26.857+10:00Anon, I don't really understand your first que...Anon, I don't really understand your first question. I think the human condition is inherently psychotic and that basically everyone is mentally ill in some way, including me. But I have no clinically diagnosed condition and would be considered a functional human being. On the other hand, the most sane and functional person I have met was diagnosed with various mental conditions from the Paul Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10965628567103267009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post-65525162636643591042010-05-16T01:05:56.530+10:002010-05-16T01:05:56.530+10:00I recently discovered your blog. I find the films ...I recently discovered your blog. I find the films you rate highly are somewhat about emotionally challenged souls. Would you consider yourself one such person? Do you suffer from a mental illness and does this drive your blog? A fellow suffer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post-81902458574612137612010-05-09T21:58:26.597+10:002010-05-09T21:58:26.597+10:00I was thinking I'd seen the Zulawksi film, but...I was thinking I'd seen the Zulawksi film, but I haven't. Fair call re: the relationship theme not being backseat, but I don't think it nails 'relationship crisis' like the other films. <br /><br />I agree that the Ozploitation label doesn't quite suit it because really, what it has that had it labeled as such was there in world cinema during the 1970s.<br /><br />Nuh, Paul Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10965628567103267009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post-43076486101080318542010-05-08T18:49:53.636+10:002010-05-08T18:49:53.636+10:00I was, of course, talking about Zulawski's Pos...I was, of course, talking about Zulawski's <b>Possession</b>, not LaBute's. I don't think you've seen it. :)<br /><br />For me, the 'couple in crisis' themes of Long Weekend aren’t secondary to the film; having seen it multiple times, I’ve learned to approach it as a soap opera with horror-undertones. Almost an uncategoriseable film, the ozploitation label doesn’t suit it,dmkhttp://filmisnothing.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post-68795367978213660182010-05-08T13:49:13.976+10:002010-05-08T13:49:13.976+10:00I liked Gabrielle at the time but don't rememb...I liked Gabrielle at the time but don't remember it well; Possession I remember less. Long Weekend I wouldn't really put in that category because, while it depicts a couple in crisis, the psychological and emotional reality of their situation is really backseat to the thriller aspect of the film. Don't get me wrong, I like the film a lot, but I just don't think it's in the Paul Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10965628567103267009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post-62939259317528749772010-05-08T00:31:26.717+10:002010-05-08T00:31:26.717+10:00I was very fond of My First Wife. Emotionally abra...I was very fond of My First Wife. Emotionally abrasive enough to interest me. Christian Vincent's The Separation sounds superb, I will get my hands on it.<br /><br />To that list you can add Long Weekend ('78), Possession ('81), and Gabrielle ('05). No, really, you can.dmkhttp://filmisnothing.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post-69235056794012879502010-05-07T23:45:20.996+10:002010-05-07T23:45:20.996+10:00All men pipedream, but not equally. Those who day-...All men pipedream, but not equally. Those who day-dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the heyday to become aware of that it was swell-headedness: but the dreamers of the epoch are dangerous men, benefit of they may dissimulation on their dreams with problematic eyes, to get them possible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post-8836907431676662532010-05-07T20:39:27.107+10:002010-05-07T20:39:27.107+10:00All men pipedream, but not equally. Those who drea...All men pipedream, but not equally. Those who dream by twilight in the dusty recesses of their minds, wake in the day to espy that it was conceitedness: but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may deception on their dreams with problematic eyes, to create them possible.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post-81710972869330339392010-05-06T00:34:31.217+10:002010-05-06T00:34:31.217+10:00And we had a Q&A, and I got to speak to the di...And we had a Q&A, and I got to speak to the director. I'll post some of these details if and when I find the time.Paul Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10965628567103267009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post-37124159929207814552010-05-06T00:33:34.773+10:002010-05-06T00:33:34.773+10:00I've been so flat out this week that I haven&#...I've been so flat out this week that I haven't done my Week in Review. I loved it - I count it as one of the best films about a marriage in crisis. While it doesn't have all of the brilliance of Bergman's Scenes From a Marriage (theatrical version), it has all the emotional honesty and genuine nuances. I've previously named a small handful of films in this category of Paul Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10965628567103267009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post-37062140273990449462010-05-05T20:31:56.886+10:002010-05-05T20:31:56.886+10:00And what did you think of My First Wife?And what did you think of My First Wife?dmkhttp://filmisnothing.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post-79750686832096529142010-05-03T17:05:23.543+10:002010-05-03T17:05:23.543+10:00The point of this post is that there is a voice of...The point of this post is that there is a voice of reason, in this case articulated by Waleed Aly, and that voice is just a squeak compared to the amount of ignorance perpertrated and perpetuated by the media and politicians.Paul Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10965628567103267009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post-31779067952454413882010-05-03T15:39:40.588+10:002010-05-03T15:39:40.588+10:00Of course, extremism of all kinds is absurd and da...Of course, extremism of all kinds is absurd and dangerous but it seems that Islamic extremism is the one causing the most violence and deaths. Over the past decade, there have been almost 40,000 violent attacks causing death and injury in the name of Islam. Yet, the majority of Muslims sit back and just ignore it and the reasons why this is happening and instead like to talk about white AustraliaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post-42430609466702531722010-05-03T15:20:41.008+10:002010-05-03T15:20:41.008+10:00While the talk covered different topics, the guts ...While the talk covered different topics, the guts of it was about bridging the communication divide - about having a common understanding of words that are used. It wasn't about fault - one side or the other. He points out how cultural and historic experiences colour one's perspective of the world, regardless of whether it's Islam or the West. <br /><br />DG, in the aftermath of Paul Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10965628567103267009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post-75044154772533407862010-05-03T13:26:25.182+10:002010-05-03T13:26:25.182+10:00All you need to do is show a fictional Muhammad we...All you need to do is show a fictional Muhammad wearing a bear suit in order to get the Muslims angry these days. Even uttering the name Muhammad on Viacom/Comedy Central will get you censored followed by bomb and death threats. Muslims should chill like Buddhists when they see an animated Buddha doing a few lines of coke.<br /><br />It's all about tolerance. For example, Muhammad is a Douche Garglenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post-22315437474977211132010-05-03T11:19:05.324+10:002010-05-03T11:19:05.324+10:00I did listen to it. Again, I may have missed somet...I did listen to it. Again, I may have missed something as I am at work but I didn't hear him being critical of anything Islamic. He was only critical of "white Australia" and others but not Muslims. You will find he will never be really critical of anything Muslim because it is against their religion or whatever that they cannot be critical of each other. It's not their fault Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34898184.post-48838426118678990022010-05-03T10:55:22.582+10:002010-05-03T10:55:22.582+10:00Anonymous, I suggest you watch the video clips. I...Anonymous, I suggest you watch the video clips. It may interest you to read his book. I've never heard him condone terrorist attacks, either.Paul Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10965628567103267009noreply@blogger.com