tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post921608571561950896..comments2023-11-05T02:01:53.847-06:00Comments on Antagony & Ecstasy: 1939: THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIETimhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09491952893581644049noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-62926821639499641362009-07-27T16:26:49.512-05:002009-07-27T16:26:49.512-05:00Don't apologise for "breathless slavering...Don't apologise for "breathless slavering" - not when it's in the service of a bona fide masterpiece, the most perfectly turned artistic statement by arguably France's key director, and not when it's as beautifully written, intelligent and insightful as this piece. In the two years I've been following Antagony & Ecstasy (including some epic tranches of the firm's time in which I caught up on the archives), this is one of your finest articles.<br /><br />Not wishing to draw any parallels, but what are your thoughts on Bunuel's 'Diary of a Chambermaid'. I'd be fascinated to read your thoughts on it.Neil Fulwoodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14686296295535235988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-68139339539330444742009-07-27T15:30:02.500-05:002009-07-27T15:30:02.500-05:00I've only seen this film twice, but I love it ...I've only seen this film twice, but I love it as much as I do Seven Samurai or 2001: A Space Odyssey (the two films that broke me into the world of "real" cinema). Everything about it -- the plotting, the acting, the mise-en-scene, the direction -- is so head and shoulders above everything I've seen. And Jesus is it funny. I obviously have no idea how funny it may have seemed at the time (though considering the protest, I'd wager that it's easier to sit back and laugh today now that the Nazis aren't on the horizon), but I laughed so hard when I first watched it, and I don't think it's aged a day.Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078001374402400232noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14812333.post-49949914439790879542009-07-27T07:07:09.360-05:002009-07-27T07:07:09.360-05:00I just caught Rules of the Game for the first time...I just caught Rules of the Game for the first time a couple of years ago and instantly fell in love. It's a curious thing: Rules is not really the sort of film I usually end up effusively praising, nor are its themes particularly close to my heart. However, the film is just so damn perfect in every way in bowled me over, infatuated me, really. There's nothing out of place in it. Like Casablanca, but to a much greater degree, it positively sings as work of cinema.The Caustic Ignostichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08573539801150336099noreply@blogger.com