None of the Hollywood IMBD top 250 movies, I've watched it all. None of that mainstream Quentin Tarintino, Christopher Nolan, Coen Brothers, Paul Thomas Anderson, Wes Anderson, Martin Scorsese, Steven Spielberg, David Lynch, David Fincher. None of that Hollywood jazz like All that Jazz.
Nah Nah Nah Nah- I've watched them all.
I'm looking for a real golden underappreciated movie. A movie that can remind me of the utter beauty of cinema.
Reason why 'French preferably' is cos I have yet to venture into the French territory of movies so just chuck me someofthat best of the best french movies that are entertaining and I'll probably binge through 'em all
Art is a meta-language, with the help of which people try to communicate with one another; to impart information about themselves and assimilate the experience of others. Again, this has not to do with practical advantage but with realising the idea of love, the meaning of which is in sacrifice: the very antithesis of pragmatism. I simply cannot believe that an artist can ever work only for the sake of 'self-expression.' Self-expression if meaningless unless it meets with a response. For the sake of creating a spiritual bond with others it can only be an agonising process, one that involves no practical gain: ultimately it is an act of sacrifice. But surely it cannot be worth the effort merely for the sake of hearing one's own echo?
Thought I would offer some advice after seeing another advice thread. Someone said to cut down on long paragraphs of camera direction and of course someone else commented βwHaT AboUt aNdRei tArKovSky???β
To everyone here:
YOU ARE NOT ANDREI TARKOVSKY. Maybe one day, but not today. You donβt get the luxury of having a landscape shot for 15 minutes while a character smokes a cigarette in your screenplay. Maybe one day. But not today. Today YOU ARE NOT ANDREI TARKOVSKY.
A friend of mine had long paragraphs throughout their screenplay and I asked him βare these draft notes or something?β And he said βno, that's just camera direction for the crew. Antonioni did it in the screenplay for Red Desertβ.
You are not Antonioni. You are not Tarkovsky. You are not whoever elseβs screenplay you read (who all directed them themselves and people seem to forget about that).
You are an unrepped writer fighting for your place in an industry that requires you to follow certain rules and have one ounce of humility before you have 20 pages of unnecessary camera direction.
Sorry. Love you all.
Superb depiction of Medieval Russia, in eight sections and an epilogue, based on the life of the icon painter Andrei Rublev. The black and white tones are sublime, Tarkovsky's imagery makes me feel as if virtually every frame could be shown in a photo exhibition.
The final section, the casting of the church bell, the monumental climax and the crying breakdown of the bellmaker boy, is IMHO the most astonishing and emotionally draining depiction of the agony and ecstasy of an artist's act of creation ever put on the screen in world cinema.
It just gets me every time as the old Rublev is comforting the sobbing collapsed boy in an ocean of mud: "You've created such a feast, such a joy for people... why crying? "
And then we suddenly switch to colour... as the epilogue shows the details of Rublev's masterworks.
So heard about Andrei Tarkovsky and his popular experimental art films, Their's Stalker, Solaris, Mirror , Andrei Rublev, The Sacrifice, Ivan's Childhood, and Nostalghia, I saw Mirror first a couple months ago, I liked the movie, the visuals and the interesting moments but I was left super confused as fuck, saw Solaris as the next film, movie was good but so weird and confusing again! Their great films but I def need to re-watch them again, I plan to watch Stalker next, how about the others, in what order should I watch them?
Just saw Stalker (1979) for the first time and was totally blown away. It was like seeing 2001 or Apocalypse Now for the first time in my teens. Any recommendations on other movies of his to watch?
Is the standard Blu-ray box set worth it in terms of picture quality and extras?
For anyone whoβs watched it, is it a good film for Christians to watch? Does it accurately depict Orthodox teachings and beliefs?
