tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18377389.post115638596522948110..comments2023-12-24T01:09:38.915-05:00Comments on Cinevistaramascope: The Trim Bin #36Andrew Bemishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06097037829531087694noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18377389.post-1156626335267498372006-08-26T17:05:00.000-04:002006-08-26T17:05:00.000-04:00Fahrenheit 451 is a strange film, a sort of distan...<I>Fahrenheit 451</I> is a strange film, a sort of distant one, but also a technically astounding and strangely mesmerizing adaptation. The Hitchcock influences are all over the place. I agree about Truffaut - I recently saw <I>Jules and Jim</I> for the first time, and it shot high up my best-ever list. Good call on Joe Dante, too. I still have to watch <I>Tampopo</I>.Andrew Bemishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06097037829531087694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18377389.post-1156609921217002612006-08-26T12:32:00.000-04:002006-08-26T12:32:00.000-04:00I'd give Buckaroo a 10 too. As for the most under-...I'd give Buckaroo a 10 too. As for the most under-appreciated filmmakers:<BR/><BR/>DePalma - certainly. Ironically enough, I think several of his most popular movies (Carrie, The Unctouchables, and definatley Scarface) have reputations which overshadow the director himself, as well as a lot of his other and equally great work like Sisters and The Phantom of the Paradise.<BR/><BR/>Juzo Itami - even though it's kind of great to have that one filmmaker that only YOU have heard about, which is what Itami was for me when I first discovered his movies... I still wish that he got a little more recognition among film fans over here. His movies don't even have decent DVD releases (or any DVDs at all, in some cases)...I guess the problem is that they're a bit too recent to be considered "classics" and they're not violent or bizarre enough to attract the "cult" crowd. But "Minbo", "A Taxing Woman" and "The Funeral" are all great social satires and "Tampopo" is just one of the most surreal, funny and adorable movies I've ever seen.<BR/><BR/>Joe Dante - the "Eternal Monster Kid" director. Much like Quentin Tarantino, his movies are simultaneously massively enjoyable entertainment and subersive comments on the traditions of genre films, plus they are loaded with more references than you can shake a stick at.<BR/><BR/>Francois Truffaut - I think he's a much, much better director than Jean-Luc Godard. The 400 Blows is, for my money, the best French film ever made, and Day For Night and his other movies are terrific as well. BTW, were you referring to Truffaut's Farenheit 451 as a "10"? I'd always heard mixed things about it, but given your high rating I'll definatley go and check it out.<BR/><BR/>I'll probably think of more....Dr. Criddlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05181732644649615771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18377389.post-1156566048812766782006-08-26T00:20:00.000-04:002006-08-26T00:20:00.000-04:00I see what you mean. Buckaroo is different in that...I see what you mean. Buckaroo is different in that it walks the line between serious and farcical for the majority of the film. This not a fault, but something to the untrainted senses (in particular my own), seems bizarre and harder to pick up on. Subconciously an audience expects to dominate in one mood or the other, not keep right in the middle. <BR/><BR/>While this is off of the list of stuff you need to show me, I think this discussion tacks it on to the list of stuff you need to let me revisit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18377389.post-1156548655585264902006-08-25T19:30:00.000-04:002006-08-25T19:30:00.000-04:00I couldn't have said it better myself. And thanks ...I couldn't have said it better myself. And thanks for the link - I particularly like the comparison to "Peaches."Andrew Bemishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06097037829531087694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18377389.post-1156528713910134862006-08-25T13:58:00.000-04:002006-08-25T13:58:00.000-04:00Side Note: Buckaroo Banzai succeeds in its motives...Side Note: <BR/>Buckaroo Banzai succeeds in its motives. While the special effects are silly, the plot follows an intuitive path of misdirection. While the filmmakers surely have a fondness for B-movies, the film itself is not a B-movie (unless you're talking about alliteration). The filmmakers don't cheat themselves. The sense of humor that the film has is not written or delivered as self-serving, sardonic or condescending, it just follows the character interactions and compliments the hectic pace. It's like a live-action G.I. Joe picture - they filmmakers don't distance their audience with irony, but invite the audience to participate in the kinetic energy, to be the silent Hong Kong Cavalier. The actors give performances that indicate their sheer affection for the characters and material, and while the plot is most certainly influenced by sometimes goofy sources, the actors roll with it all because they're enjoying themselves. Just look at a comic book (part of the film's source material) like Stan Lee/Jack Kirby's "Challengers of the Unknown:" it's goofy stuff, but the writer and the artist invest so much care into the final product that it's not meant to manipulate the audience (as in a mediocre drama like Marvel's "Civil War"), but instead invite them to become involved in the action, to care about what happens to the characters; the film works in a way that many similar titles don't (Leonard Part 6 comes to mind). Like Tom Atkins, there just isn't another Buckaroo Banzai.Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15570414599775126905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18377389.post-1156527571620057232006-08-25T13:39:00.000-04:002006-08-25T13:39:00.000-04:00http://www.esquire.com/features/articles/2006/0607...http://www.esquire.com/features/articles/2006/060706_mfe_August_06_Klosterman.html<BR/><BR/>I know you're a Klosterman fan, I don't know if you've already read this.Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15570414599775126905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18377389.post-1156392647572513152006-08-24T00:10:00.000-04:002006-08-24T00:10:00.000-04:00Buckaroo Banzai a 10? While I think it's entertain...Buckaroo Banzai a 10? While I think it's entertaining, there's some things that in my book would keep it out of that level. Mind elaborating a bit more why it earned a 10? I'm not saying nothing should be allowed to get a good rank, I'm just curious what makes it so strong in your opinion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com