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Toni (1935)
Renoir Is A Grizzly Bear, And Boss Of His Cinema.
Renoir Is A Grizzly Bear, And Boss Of His Cinema.
The Foremost Jean, of all jeans, the toni, the boss, of a rather crowded table. Where this grizzly bear of a director, sets the story for later European Cinema. In Toni, one of the most enjoyable of Renoir's repertoire. He tells a story of a gang of characters he introduces to the public and audience. From my perspective, Renoir, has a very interesting and personalization to crafting his characters, that resonate through out most of his works.
Renoir is, I think, the most special Director in early Cinema, and I believe his works will continue to inspire young artists and cinemaphiles, movie makers, and a new direction. This film, defined European Cinema, and that is why it's a very warm welcome to anyone's film collection. Nothing short of a masterpiece.
Enjoy.
Midnight in Paris (2011)
Are You Disillusioned Yet By Romance?? Woody Delivers A+ Output.
Woody Allen, hmmm, what is there to say about this clown, this writer, this I guess non-actor, or voice and heart of sleeze and wine. I think it's wonderful, that Woody started his career writing comedy, that eventually lead to standup and then into the movies and with it, his version of Hollywood.
He brings a Nerdtopia to his films. If a joke can make you feel more attracted to the balding man, the elder fool, the goofball and intellectual. Eclectism reigns king with Mr. Allen, a newyork aristocrat.
As, much as I like Woody, I don't like his films! With the exception of this romantic comedy. Midnight In Paris, is a excellent movie in English. Some of these scenes look like paintings with camera framing and coloring. I, do think Woody has reached his best work here, and, I am sure more to come from the aging star.
Invincible (2001)
Epic. Cult-like. Germany and a Shiny Nazi Theatre.
Herzog, is not a Director I admire much, but I enjoy his epic stories. Boredom, comes to mind when I watch a Herzog movie. For money, in recent years, he's done a lot of trash, I mean, if you ever see any of his novelties, you'll wonder, what went wrong when Herzog went to Hollywood. You would've expected, better quality output, but you get a Herzog who robs the rich with his name.
Production wise though, Herzog is interesting in that he's directed massive uncivilized crowds in some of his films, which takes skill. Herzog is very primitive in that regards, and in it's most basic form, Herzog is King of his cult fame.
This film, is good output, in that it's about Nazi Germany, and the little theatre based on a real life story, that demonstrates a interesting drama, with a heart of heroism.
If you like cult films, and if you like production. This is good viewing. Could be disappointing to you though as it's a niche film.
Le mystère Picasso (1956)
Operation, The Apex And History Of Cinema
Clouzot directs this unbelievable production, of a aging Picasso, to draw on his notoriety and fame, and teach painting on your VHS, on your DVD, on your Blu-Ray, in the Cinema, on TV, on your Computer! It's in the fine details, the process of painting is translated on camera to get a closer look into the brush that is Pablo Picasso. Cinema reaches it's highest output and result in this A+ visual experiment. I call it, "The Apex And History of Cinema."
You get a behind the scene look in the filming, with some dialogue added to the fluid operations taking place using the, I think silk'ish canvas that would be transparent to capture on celluloid.
One of the only films that you can never stop enjoying. To infinity, and then some. It's Picasso and Clouzot who validate cinema as fine art, or as close as you get to fine art, anyhow.
F for Fake (1973)
A Truly Genuine And Breathtaking Story Told By A Genius.
In the words of Jean Cocteau, "Crushing Automatism" is what I'd say about this film and the iconic hand gesture displaying size or margin.
This is one of those absolute movies, no one could make, and has made since, only a Orson Welles could have pulled this intricate cutting and pacing, that enveloped modern day editing techniques, and with such a cutting edge story, nothing goes wrong, except you are just fascinated by the narrative told by the man who played himself.
I re-watch F For Fake when I want to get away from garbage of today. It has inspired me to write my own screenplay, inspired by this film. Although, this has nothing to do with art forgery and the millions of millions of fraudulent dollars heisted by these con man.
This movie has tremendous inspirational value to a young modern audience looking to get into making something different in movie making processes, that if, you love film, and only ever watch just one. This, would be it, at least for me.
A wonderful story, great pacing, it is truly a shame that Orson Welles, lost much of his glamour and glory, before his death, and marking his career with, this diamond. You can not dismiss Orson Welles, because of the fact he has this movie in distribution. I think I first saw it, when I rented it back in 2004. And since, been something I can, feel, like there's hope for cinema yet.
Enjoy.
Le testament d'Orphée ou ne me demandez pas pourquoi (1960)
"The Secret" Reality Unseen By The Public.
This motion picture is remarkable, in it's grandest statement. I won't say much, although if you look into a particular character in the opening sequence, "Professor Langevin" he is a real person in history. A French Physicist, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Langevin
Monsieur Langevin is what I name, the French "Einstein". But, in my opinion far more complex and advanced lifeform. If you, do a google search for "Langevin & Einstein" in google images, you can find a famous photo where the two minds collided.
So, what is the mystery behind this character? Or rather the secret? It is very groundbreaking, Jean Cocteau's genuine testament on distorting reality, not here in the present day, but rather since in the movie he is a time traveler, the Future, where the Professor awakens from his dream. He calls it a magic bullet. And that is what it is...
This is one of cinema's finest magical pieces, in that there's a mysterious distortion in reality, in the Future. Look into it, you may think that, all this are just assumptions, but, remember Langevin is a real human like you and me.
So, what we believe as surreal, may not be actually surreal at all, rather the opposite, a genuine reality that happened to be in a theatrical production, a fantasy. Being that, is why we call it surreal.
I would say, Cocteau's surrealism is heightened best in this masterpiece.
Enjoy.