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In Reply to: "Pearl Harbor" Reconsidered posted by mikenyc on August 11, 2002 at 11:45:24:
I agree with you that the cinematography (just) redeems "Pearl" to the extent where it is (just) watchable, but considering the budget thrown at this and what is obviously a very grandious attempt; I think it misses by miles.
That seems to be par for the course with Hollywood war film offerings; others even more appalling:
"U-571": just awful. Most 2 dimensional Harvey Keitel has ever been, must have taken some extra effort by the director to achieve that.
"Stalingrad" apalling unredeemable drivel.
Some that aren't bad:
1st 20 minutes of "Private Ryan", drivel for dialog thankfully drowned out by explosions;
Vietnam sequences in "Forrest Gump"
Edward Zwicks "Glory", and that only because of Denzel Washington (he won an Oscar), oh, and the exceptional musical score.
Eric
Tokyo*
Follow Ups:
You are " very " kind with your comments.
The rhetoric will tone down considerably when the current batch of lousy films fades into deserved obscurity. There's got to be a renaissance of cinema sometime, but I guess I'd better not hold my breath.
No doubt there are new Directors out there somewhere who will follow in the steps of Antonioni, Peckinpah, Malle, Tarkovski, Greenaway, Kurosawa, et. al. even a Blake Edwards clone would be nice.
Directors with a fresh outlook, unconstricted by formulaic "advertising Agency" reverse engineered plots, with something to say; not obviously aiming to please the "great dumbed down" or worshipping at the Shrine of the Great Bland Eye. Please, new Directors, and lots of them.
Fellini never had the digital tools, or the budget of a "Pearl", but if you want top see a really great film, watch "La Strada" or "La Dolce Vita". They're Black and White BTW. I'm sorry, but I have a knee jerk reaction to garbage
Eric
Tokyo
"There's got to be a renaissance of cinema sometime, but I guess I'd better not hold my breath."Directors today, are the products of mega Hours of Television viewing and education in Film Schools. Tv teaches derivitive, inexpensive, cookie-cutter forms of entertainment. Film Schools teach you how to make The Deal. What else could one expect in our cinema, today, other than hours and hours of already been seen, cud ?
All of those directors that you mentioned were/are craftsmen.
What makes these people different, from those who aspire to create something special, is that they dared to reach into their personal soul and life experience, and expose it for all to see...take it or leave it. They wanted to say something, within the confines of a commercial business.
Everyone today wants to play it safe. Because it's easier to get The Deal.
Yep. Why should film makers be any different from politicians? Or most other businesses for that matter.Wonder what Joderowski is doing these days?
Garbage- The only word for- Garbage- Tons & Tons of & I do not share your optimimism, that the future may bring us better days & nights, to go after this sublime passion, that is ...voyeurism.
But for me, it will not change my interior mood as we have, all the Lubitsch, Ford, Hitchcock, Chaplin, Truffaud among the one and others we did not cite....
One of the few hopes of mine is Aldomovar, we will see.
If he had ( the tools ) he will have ruine his films, nothing more I distaste than this less than perfect digital world, that put pieces together who does not belong together ( sic ) AND in an offuscating way for the eyes.
The Rose,
Germany
The Two Directors extant that are both extremely unlikely to sign Hollywood contracts anytime soon, and whose next films I eagerly await
They have yet to disappoint me; I thought Leighs "Secrets and Lies" was a masterpiece, and Almodovars "About my Mother" showed a maturity of craftsmanship that went beyond his usual over-the-top style, it's a thin line, but they are out there.
Eric
Tokyo*
Secrets and Lies is one of my favorite films.
I LOVE all Leighs films ( S & L )maybe the less.Waite till Pedro new film is showing-the critics says-the best- till now.
Patrick
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