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Re: side-tracked, again

yes, there certainly are trendy movies to like and dislike amongst the 
'intelligent' class.  (and the usual criticism for a film is usually 'it's 
so pretentious!'  *smirk)  i guess my personal worry is that my opinion 
seems to lie in whether or not a film was pretty.  ;)

you're seeing good movies, mr. uk-boydell!!  i guess we americans must wait. 
  and speaking of juliette and johnny, is 'chocolat' really worth seeing?


>From: "Mark Boydell" <m.m.boydell at stir_ac.uk>
>Reply-To: "Mark Boydell" <m.m.boydell at stir_ac.uk>
>To: <Over-the-Rhine at actwin_com>
>Subject: Re: side-tracked, again
>Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 12:54:10 +0100
>
> > you see, city of the lost children is certainly in my top ten favorite
> > films.  and this is why i asked the question- i keep running into rather
> > intelligent people, (including my artistic mentors) who agree with you
> > concerning delicatessen and cotlc.  and yeah, they also generally agree
>that
> > barton fink is one of the coen brother's finest films, if not the best.
> > now, see...
>
>mmm.... even thought thay are intelligent people doesn't mean they have
>impeccable taste.
>I still don't know which one i prefer between the two but I think they both
>are wonderful
>to watch.
>Don't you sometimes get the impression that some people say they prefer one
>film
>over another just because it seems "intelligent" to like it?
>In the early uni years, it used to be trendy to say you preferred "Resevoir
>Dogs" over
>"Pulp Fiction" (becasue of the ear scene?) - then when Jackie Brown came 
>out
>(and it flopped at the US box office) that was the one to prefer!
>
>Anyway, taste is a rather ambiguous thing. I know some pretty intelligent
>people
>who adored Independance Day....does that make them dumb?
>
>On the subject of films, I got to see "The Man who cried" yesterday night
>(yet to be released in
>the US) with Christina Ricci, Cate Blanchett and Johnny Depp...It's a 
>deeply
>moving film set
>before and during WW2 about this jewish girl and her travels looking for 
>her
>lost father...
>
>Another excellent film I was recently (not sure if it's released in the US
>yet) is la Veuve de
>St Pierre (with Juliette Binoche). It's a very interesting drama around the
>subject
>of Death penalty and redemption... Another must see....
>
>M
>
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