tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18377389.post1725764890619899494..comments2023-12-24T01:09:38.915-05:00Comments on Cinevistaramascope: Top 10: 1997Andrew Bemishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06097037829531087694noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18377389.post-14649743904208645312008-01-21T19:28:00.000-05:002008-01-21T19:28:00.000-05:00For what it's worth, I like Fast Cheap and Out of ...For what it's worth, I like <I>Fast Cheap and Out of Control</I> quite a bit as well.Andrew Bemishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06097037829531087694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18377389.post-16931284208879693782008-01-21T00:54:00.000-05:002008-01-21T00:54:00.000-05:00Well, I can mark you off for this category...So, I...Well, I can mark you off for this category...<BR/><BR/>So, I'm guessing <I>Boogie Nights</I> is probably the frontrunner for the 10th-Anniversary Award? What else could win? <I>The Sweet Hereafter</I>? <I>Jackie Brown</I>? <I>Fast, Cheap and Out of Control</I> is my #1 but I don't think it's all that popular.Paul C.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02699493473242261477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18377389.post-77279772071532459302008-01-19T20:04:00.000-05:002008-01-19T20:04:00.000-05:00Bemis - I would look forward to that essay. For me...Bemis - I would look forward to that essay. For me, the idea of examining fetishism is incredibly interesting, but Cronenberg, by making a flat and unsexy film, blew the opportunity. As to the idea of "attempting to make any king of connection in an increasingly depersonalized world" has been a subject of films since the silent era--<I>Modern Times</I>--leaps to mind. I don't buy that the present times are any more depersonalized that previous generations, so that theme just doesn't resonate for me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18377389.post-53880990673559676422008-01-19T17:06:00.000-05:002008-01-19T17:06:00.000-05:00Jenny - There's a Criterion edition of The Ice Sto...Jenny - There's a Criterion edition of The Ice Storm (complete with striking cover art) coming out in March - might make a good introduction to the film. I'd be interested to hear what you think.<BR/><BR/>Marilyn - Perhaps I'll write about <I>Crash</I> in greater detail in the near future. It's a cold, contentious film, I'll grant you, but I think it has a great deal to say not only about fetishism but about attempting to make any kind of human connection - sexual or otherwise - in an increasingly depersonalized world. I don't particularly think car crashes are sexy, but that urge to connect that can be perverted or imprisoned but never truly dies - that's sexy.<BR/><BR/>Doug: You sure need to see <I>There Will Be Blood</I>.Andrew Bemishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06097037829531087694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18377389.post-48234239061631899682008-01-18T21:25:00.000-05:002008-01-18T21:25:00.000-05:00As I think said before: I have yet to see a PTA fi...As I think said before: I have yet to see a PTA film I haven't liked.Nigoki:https://www.blogger.com/profile/18444472201378394189noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18377389.post-21936486297348452542008-01-18T10:41:00.000-05:002008-01-18T10:41:00.000-05:00This is a good list, but I'm not down with "Crash....This is a good list, but I'm not down with "Crash." I agree that it was a pretty compelling and original film, but ultimately, what did it say? And it wasn't sexy <B>at all</B> in my opinion, a fatal flaw.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18377389.post-73608260021412852632008-01-17T22:53:00.000-05:002008-01-17T22:53:00.000-05:00Hell yes, I'm with you on Boogie Nights, Jackie Br...Hell yes, I'm with you on Boogie Nights, Jackie Brown and Waiting for Guffman. I still gotta check out Ice Storm however: I ocassionally like a bit of coming of age family melodramaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com