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Victor Khomenko

In Reply to: Re: Well said mate, but try not to be too hard on ol' Victor, ... posted by Sattler in Melbourne on May 06, 2002 at 23:31:16:

Hey, Sattler, I guess you missed most of the jest. My problem here is perhaps that I see most of the gang as old buddies, and we all know each other, so many discussions are the continuations of the previous ones. I agree that might not be the most fair to someone new. So when I address AuPh, for instance, I don't his for his name, I simply smack him on the back real hard. He does the same to me. So don't hold it back.
So I am not sure what generalization you mean, as we were only discussing the M, and if you are curious - remember, you can always do a search on "M" and get many reactions that were posted here before... including my basically almost overboard ones. I think I must have praised it like ten times before.
But seriously, if we had discusisons of Bergman, Fellini, Bunuel, Fassbinder, Tarkovsky, Herzog, Kubrick, Visconti, Wenders, Goddard, and many others who AuPh consider "obscure" (here we go!) with anything approaching the frequency of M I would feel somewhat better - wouldn't you?

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Re: Well said mate, but try not to be too hard on ol' Victor, ... - Sattler in Melbourne 07:52:21 05/07/02 (2)
Fair enough - I am new to the board, didn't know M had been the subject of ad nauseum discussion. As you say, we all probably have different ideas about what constitutes 'obscure' movies - I'll bet you could probably site some REAL unknowns if required. Some 70's Russian cinema? Some good films from Iran latley.
The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser is probably my favorite Herzog, Fitzcaraldo a close second. Saw a good program on the life of Rainer Werner Fassbinder last Sunday night - he didn't make particularly good films (IMHO) but man, the guy sure could binge.
Cheers,
Sattler
- The obscure charm of obscurity - Victor Khomenko 08:04:49 05/07/02 (1)
  The truth is - most of good classical or just good films are only "obscure" because someone has no inclination to find them. They are out there in force, even the mainstream places like the Amazon are swarming with them. One doesn't even have to pay much - the Used items on Amazon can be had for $7 to $12 or so. There are other places for used tapes too.
  Don't recall seeing ANY Iranian films, sorry.
  Have not seen the Enigma either, not a great fan of Herzog in general. Perhaps should revisit him.
  Fassbinder is more to my taste, and also the ones he has written: for instance "Water Drops on Burning Rocks" is one of my all-time favorites.
  - Used "M" on Amazon for ten bucks. - Victor Khomenko 08:08:42 05/07/02 (0)
    OK, OK, plus shipping...

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