In Reply to: Re: i have an completly different approche to them... posted by njjohn on November 11, 2002 at 16:16:05:
...how good can a film be?Unless it's intended purely entertainment, I can't imagine not wanting to see a good film more than once. Great films are like the best music and literature: you appreciate and discover more upon subsequent viewings - if not, I question if there was enough content to start with.
The films don't change, but *you* do - what you bring to it i.e. knowledge, experience etc. I've seen Renoir's "Rules of the Game" probably 15-20 times - I get much more out of it now than I did when I was 18, but believe me, even as a teenager I knew I was watching a masterpiece...I simply didn't understand cinematic language or history or life as well as I do now.
The great films don't diminish with repeat viewings. That's why they're masterpieces.
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- If you get everything at one viewing... - Harmonia 20:46:39 11/11/02 (45)
- Thank you...I was ready to send an very rude post.... - patrickU 06:44:05 11/12/02 (44)
- masterpieces? - njjohn 14:27:50 11/12/02 (43)
- Then, I think at heart... - Harmonia 15:29:52 11/12/02 (42)
- More masterpieces... - Harmonia 23:17:08 11/12/02 (6)
- No problem... :-)) - Victor Khomenko 06:36:29 11/13/02 (1)
- Re: No problem... :-)) - patrickU 09:21:12 11/13/02 (0)
- Three Colours.... - patrickU 04:05:14 11/13/02 (2)
- Yeah... but... - Victor Khomenko 06:40:58 11/13/02 (1)
- Re: Yeah... but... - patrickU 06:57:55 11/13/02 (0)
- The Dead... - patrickU 03:38:35 11/13/02 (0)
- people are too sensitive! - njjohn 21:02:36 11/12/02 (1)
- Goody! - Harmonia 22:16:41 11/12/02 (0)
- Good list Harmonia, I,m going to email it to myself.... - Mrs. Piggy 19:36:14 11/12/02 (28)
- NO..NO..no - patrickU 03:59:47 11/13/02 (27)
- You really can't - Mrs. Piggy 04:23:23 11/13/02 (26)
- Re: You really can... - patrickU 05:48:47 11/13/02 (25)
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- Wonder may always happen.... - patrickU 09:41:00 11/15/02 (1)
- Deal! - orejones 10:02:17 11/15/02 (0)
- Make it a full case and I'm game. - Victor Khomenko 15:59:06 11/14/02 (8)
- Re: Make it a full case and I'm game. - patrickU 06:29:23 11/15/02 (1)
- Re: Make it a full case and I'm game. - Victor Khomenko 07:00:02 11/15/02 (0)
- If you find a way to have them through US customs... - orejones 02:23:06 11/15/02 (5)
- Re: If you find a way to have them through US customs... - Victor Khomenko 08:14:12 11/15/02 (4)
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- An real " ivrogne " always find his way home... - patrickU 08:56:41 11/15/02 (0)
- Yes, to me some things are in bad taste..... - Mrs. Piggy 08:57:14 11/13/02 (4)
- That was not the point - Victor Khomenko 09:07:26 11/13/02 (3)
- My original point was that.... - Mrs. Piggy 13:39:30 11/13/02 (1)
- Re: My original point was that.... - Victor Khomenko 14:08:24 11/13/02 (0)
- Mrs piggy is gonna end.... - patrickU 09:23:58 11/13/02 (0)
- Absolument - Victor Khomenko 06:46:01 11/13/02 (3)
- Re: Absolument - patrickU 07:01:54 11/13/02 (2)
- He-he... no good, huh? - Victor Khomenko 07:16:10 11/13/02 (1)
- F..K.... - patrickU 07:21:32 11/13/02 (0)
- L'atalante... one of my favorites! - Victor Khomenko 17:03:57 11/12/02 (3)
- Sorry... - Harmonia 22:24:53 11/12/02 (1)
- Did you intentionally leave out another Vigo's work... - Victor Khomenko 06:28:53 11/13/02 (0)
- There is a scene in Goodfellas that is as close to..... - Mrs. Piggy 19:42:52 11/12/02 (0)