Favorite Director

[kannannn]

Thilak, Children of Heaven was sweet. I don't say this often, but I liked the optimistic tone of the movie. Another movie I liked was Colours of Paradise - about the struggles of a blind boy and his father trying to unload him from his back and get remarried. Beautiful movie.

As for Makhmalbaf, these are my favouries: The Bicyclist (the endeavour of the human spirit to survive), Hello Cinema (his love for movies is contagious) and Time of Love (something like Run Lola Run).

[kannannn]

Few other directors with distinctive style:

Fellini, Antonioni, Godard and Peckinpah.

Fellini konjam bore adipparu.. Pona vaaram, 'Scorsese presents' lable paarthu yemandhu poi, 'The Interview (Intervista)'-nnu oru movie vaangittu vandhen. Seriyaana aruvai . Apparently, it was one of Scorsese's favourite Fellini movie.

[thilak4life]

Few other directors with distinctive style:

Fellini, Antonioni, Godard and Peckinpah.

Fellini konjam bore adipparu.. Pona vaaram, 'Scorsese presents' lable paarthu yemandhu poi, 'The Interview (Intervista)'-nnu oru movie vaangittu vandhen. Seriyaana aruvai . Apparently, it was one of Scorsese's favourite Fellini movie.

YES unmaiye daan.. But I haven't seen "The interview". I have seen his high prolific films like 81/2 , 'I Vitelloni' (I think this was one of the inspiration for Marty), La dolce vita, Amarcord.

Even in these films, some parts of the film would be boring but then again even Tarkovsky and Bergman are called a 'borefest'. I guess, it depends on the viewer. Whether they can get through the snail-paced screenplay although the length may not be longer.

[lancelot]

BTW preparing that list of movies in divX.

did you just say DivX?? hmmm thats like my fav word...
i got all the Stanly Kubrick Movies on Divx.. now downloading Martin Scorsese movies...

the last i watched was Casino... enna oru padam.. enna acting... De Nero rocks....

hehe

[kannannn]

YES unmaiye daan.. But I haven't seen "The interview". I have seen his high prolific films like 81/2 , 'I Vitelloni' (I think this was one of the inspiration for Marty), La dolce vita, Amarcord.

Even in these films, some parts of the film would be boring but then again even Tarkovsky and Bergman are called a 'borefest'.

Ahaa, something to chew upon!! I have seen 8 1/2 and La Dolce Vita too. Let us take all three: Tarkovsky, Bergman and Fellini. When characters in Tarkovsky and Bergman have nothing to say, the director has something. Be it the midway stops of the doctor in 'Wild Strawberries' or the bright red crimson that pervades 'Cries and Whispers', Bergman keeps us engaged. The same goes for Tarkovsky. When our hero is walking by the riverside in 'Solyaris' or when Ivan is dreaming about his mother drawing water from the well (Ivan's Childhood), or when the group of pagans are running naked into the river in 'Andrei Ryublev', we are transfixed by the scenes. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said about Fellini. I was almost falling asleep during the 'lunch scene' in 8 1/2. Luckily the girls in 8 1/2 were too beautiful for that to happen.

[thilak4life]

YES unmaiye daan.. But I haven't seen "The interview". I have seen his high prolific films like 81/2 , 'I Vitelloni' (I think this was one of the inspiration for Marty), La dolce vita, Amarcord.

Even in these films, some parts of the film would be boring but then again even Tarkovsky and Bergman are called a 'borefest'.

Ahaa, something to chew upon!! I have seen 8 1/2 and La Dolce Vita too. Let us take all three: Tarkovsky, Bergman and Fellini. When characters in Tarkovsky and Bergman have nothing to say, the director has something. Be it the midway stops of the doctor in 'Wild Strawberries' or the bright red crimson that pervades 'Cries and Whispers', Bergman keeps us engaged. The same goes for Tarkovsky. When our hero is walking by the riverside in 'Solyaris' or when Ivan is dreaming about his mother drawing water from the well (Ivan's Childhood), or when the group of pagans are running naked into the river in 'Andrei Ryublev', we are transfixed by the scenes. Unfortunately, the same cannot be said about Fellini. I was almost falling asleep during the 'lunch scene' in 8 1/2. Luckily the girls in 8 1/2 were too beautiful for that to happen.

I agree that AT and IB are far better and I loved those particular scenes that you mentioned.

8 1/2 -

Is that the scene where Mastroianni's wife cuss the other lady in the opposite table, goes on to call her a 'whore or bitch'. Then she curses Mastroianni, who ignores it and puts his coolers on and directs them in his mind - a surreal sequence where they both join together and dance - I liked the sequence because of the irony and in fact being a biography about Fellini himself - shows how a director like him interprets that situation. I liked it in fact. Or which scene you're referring to?

[kannannn]

Yup, that's the scene . Padame oru maadhiri surreal'la dhaan irundhudhu.. May be I have to watch it again to appreciate it better. I remember liking some scenes though.

[thilak4life]

Yup, that's the scene . Padame oru maadhiri surreal'la dhaan irundhudhu.. May be I have to watch it again to appreciate it better. I remember liking some scenes though.

Yes. I think you would like it more the second time - I saw it twice anyway.

Kannann sir,

Important question : Iranian films (or) Italian neo-realistic films?

Wat do you prefer? I mean which culture fazes you(this could be part of the reason) and strikes you hard. Not necessarily Poignancy but it could be for other reasons too Name the reasons.

And few other questions:

I liked Haneke's "The piano teacher" but I couldn't get "Funny games" and I didn't finish "Cache" - Should I revisit them?

How realistic are "Der untergang", "The lives of Others", and "Goodbye Lenin" -

How do the germans rate it?
How do you rate them?

Name the top 10 films from Germany.

[lancelot]

I liked Haneke's "The piano teacher" but I couldn't get "Funny games" and I didn't finish "Cache" - Should I revisit them?

The Piano Teacher was a good movie. i saw it awhile back but i remember that i enjoyed it. it was out in 2000 i think...
sorry i dont know about the other 2 movies

Name the top 10 films from Germany.

i dont think i can give u 10 German movies. but i can defiantly say that Lives Of Others was an amazing movie. one of the best movies iv seen in recent times

hehe

[shobana_in]

What abt BRIAN DE PALMA

scarface,carlito's way and the untouchables.

his movies are racy and interesting