tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20326335.post3385656428300047123..comments2023-06-16T11:04:04.845-04:00Comments on Cinemasparagus: Correspondences, and Other Notescraig keller.http://www.blogger.com/profile/04633188566264641743noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20326335.post-85539648973490415972008-09-13T03:05:00.000-04:002008-09-13T03:05:00.000-04:00Ah, well, Adrian, y'know, as for the Dardennes, my...Ah, well, Adrian, y'know, as for the Dardennes, my jury's still out (and that lunch sure has lasted a while...), but I've certainly been taking into consideration a lot written by you, and Dan, and still others (Frodon, and more), such that the ambivalence is resolutely... "open". I don't -not- want to like them, after all. I'm interested to see what Aronofsky has done with <B><I>The Wrestler</I></B> as a "response" to the Dardennes, at least from a little I've read (I can't remember if it was in the NY Times, or Eugenio Renzi's Venice blog... how's that for mélangisme?) — but I can't hide how much I hate his earlier films (haven't seen <B><I>The Fountain</I></B>), and, unfairly, subjectively, I've always been jealous that the author of <B><I>Requiem for a Dream</I></B> wakes up to Rachel Weisz — an <I>envelopment</I> of a being, just <I>cf.</I> the insanely underrated <B><I>My Blueberry Nights</I></B>...<BR/><BR/>With regard to Petit... yes, I agree with his criticisms, but at the same time, a lot of it mirrors BK's piece a little too much for me to feel very good or even neutral about — I mean, repeats it minus the crackle, the briquet exhausted or lost. And, additionally, was "the real reason" for the bust-up between Godard and Truffaut as Petit states it...? I lean towards 'not really (at all)'... That's a complicated business.<BR/><BR/>I look forward to reading your review very much — please let me know if it's going up somewhere online...<BR/><BR/>craig.craig keller.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04633188566264641743noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20326335.post-56993047117590563352008-09-12T14:58:00.000-04:002008-09-12T14:58:00.000-04:00Craig, I appreciate the Markerian compliment and l...Craig, I appreciate the Markerian compliment and laughed a lot at your JLG responses to the questionnaire, but - first you're down on the Dardennes, now Chris Petit?? I liked his GUARDIAN review, he says some very critical things about the Brody book that I would think you agree with! The bit you quote about JLG and the digital age is not the best moment of his piece, agreed; but it's one of the better and sharper responses that baleful book has received, in my opinion.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com