Will try to write something substantive when I get back. Here were my faves:
1. Lorna's Silence
2. Happy-Go-Lucky
3. Revanche
4. Synecdoche, New York
5. Treeless Mountain
6. Acne
7. All Around Us
8. A Christmas Tale
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Sunday, September 7, 2008
Day 4
PRO:
Lorna's Silence (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne)
pro:
Treeless Mountain (So Yong Kim)
All Around Us (Ryosuke Hashiguchi)
con:
Daytime Drinking (Noh Young-seok)
Lorna's Silence (Jean-Pierre and Luc Dardenne)
pro:
Treeless Mountain (So Yong Kim)
All Around Us (Ryosuke Hashiguchi)
con:
Daytime Drinking (Noh Young-seok)
Days 1-3
What I've made it to so far:
PRO:
Revanche (Gotz Spielmann) [I've heard Spielmann compared to Haneke and Seidl, but he's clearly more interested in thriller conventions than either. He's also an expert at undermining them.]
pro:
Acne (Federico Veiroj) [Light and nostalgic, but there's something willfully unconventional about the protag's coming of age, and Veiroj's approach to characterization.]
mixed:
It's Not Me, I Swear! (Philippe Falardeau) [Sort of "Hal Ashby does Home Alone," but not quite as subversive as one would like.]
Le Dernier Maquis (Rabah Ameur-Zaimeche) [I'm a bit baffled by this one.]
con:
Me and Orson Welles (Richard Linklater) [I'm a bit non-plussed by this one.]
Wendy and Lucy (Kelly Reichardt) [De Sica-esque. Some people will think that's a good thing.]
Delta (Kornel Mundruczo) [Mundruczo has a good eye, but is terminally adverse to humor.]
PRO:
Revanche (Gotz Spielmann) [I've heard Spielmann compared to Haneke and Seidl, but he's clearly more interested in thriller conventions than either. He's also an expert at undermining them.]
pro:
Acne (Federico Veiroj) [Light and nostalgic, but there's something willfully unconventional about the protag's coming of age, and Veiroj's approach to characterization.]
mixed:
It's Not Me, I Swear! (Philippe Falardeau) [Sort of "Hal Ashby does Home Alone," but not quite as subversive as one would like.]
Le Dernier Maquis (Rabah Ameur-Zaimeche) [I'm a bit baffled by this one.]
con:
Me and Orson Welles (Richard Linklater) [I'm a bit non-plussed by this one.]
Wendy and Lucy (Kelly Reichardt) [De Sica-esque. Some people will think that's a good thing.]
Delta (Kornel Mundruczo) [Mundruczo has a good eye, but is terminally adverse to humor.]
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)