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• Re: Is Tom DiCillo your favorite indie director? - Mr. Gridlock 10:56:31 07/29/03 (1)
  In Reply to: Is Tom DiCillo your favorite indie director? posted by Victor Khomenko on July 28, 2003 at 16:27:51:

  Yep, Di Cillo is great. Living in Oblivion is in my all-time top 10.

  I like Hal Hartley, too. He doesn't always hit the mark, but he tries, and just for staying outside of the Hollywood machine, he gets a definite nod from me.
  
  

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  • Re: Is Tom DiCillo your favorite indie director? - Victor Khomenko 11:57:49 07/29/03 (0)
    In Reply to: Re: Is Tom DiCillo your favorite indie director? posted by mr. gridlock on July 29, 2003 at 10:56:31:

    I don't know Hal... The Oblivion is one of my favorite small scale movies - that and The Real Blonde that I saw again on the IFC a couple of days ago.

    Thank heavens for IFC... did you see their logo? "Escape from Hollywood".
    

    
    
    
    

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• Re: Is Tom DiCillo your favorite indie director? - TA 21:53:22 07/28/03 (2)
  In Reply to: Is Tom DiCillo your favorite indie director? posted by Victor Khomenko on July 28, 2003 at 16:27:51:

  I'm fond of Lars von Trier, Harmony Korine, David Cronenberg and Wong Kar Wai's films
  
  

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  • I am very cool on Lars... the Dancer killed all my respect for him - Victor Khomenko 06:51:53 07/29/03 (1)
    In Reply to: Re: Is Tom DiCillo your favorite indie director? posted by TA on July 28, 2003 at 21:53:22:

    Korine - haven't seen any films. Cronenberg? Very cool.

    And I know you are *supposed* to love Wong, but I just can't bring myself to.

    Would you consider Mike van Diem in that category? His Karakter was special.
    

    
    
    
    

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    • Re: I am very cool on Lars... the Dancer killed all my respect for him - TA 08:23:44 07/29/03 (0)
      In Reply to: I am very cool on Lars... the Dancer killed all my respect for him posted by Victor Khomenko on July 29, 2003 at 06:51:53:

      i haven't seen any of mike van diem's films. will put him on my list. too many films, too little time.

      what i like about wong kar wai, lars von trier and cronenberg - and going back in time, filmmakers like herzog and fassbinder - is that their movies are about characters whom i wouldn't imagine i'd want to see a film about. (hollywood films tend to feature characters the little kid in me wants to see - aliens, robots, detectives, rock stars, cool people.) sometimes their films are little tough to sit through or get into, but i like the emotional punch at the end that these directors can deliver out of the material. i guess for me, movies are about hitting that emotional oomph in me.

      what i liked about dancer in the dark is how lars presents to the viewer the inanely unbelievable that still got me emotionally. most stories, once you start disbelieveing the premise, lock you out of the emotional content. in dancer, i think he was trying to push this limit as far as he could and then some, while juicing up the cues that tell an audience, this is when you should cry. i kept thinking, "why am i moved by this? it is so stupid. i should be laughing." so i enjoyed the movie for how it maintains that tension.
      
      

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