In Reply to: Re: One million films sold = Good film. posted by patrickU on March 20, 2004 at 07:37:42:
Hard to argue with personal judgements, of course, but I had the fortune to see both just a few days ago, a couple of days apart, and I would still maintain that the 8 1/2 is more perfect. Like you I simply love those tiny sub-plots, each one offering food for thoughts, and in the 8 1/2 they were joined a bit more perfectly together.But all that minor criticism is of course at the already fantastic level - let's not forget we are comparing Fellini to Fellini, so the stakes are astronomical.
The only film by him that irritated me was the Satiricon, and it has been perhaps fifteen years, so maybe time to revisit it?
Did you like it?
Anyway, Fellini is all about poetry, he is not Dumas and not Dreiser - he is much more in the Pushkin vain. And if someone doesn't appreciate poetry then Fellini might not resonate.
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- Re: One million films sold = Good film. - Victor Khomenko 07:46:20 03/20/04 (10)
- Satyricon was too contrived for me. I'll take Cabiria...nt - clarkjohnsen 10:59:04 03/20/04 (1)
- Jesus, talk about a no brainer! - Victor Khomenko 11:00:46 03/20/04 (0)
- Re: One million films sold = Good film. - patrickU 08:23:18 03/20/04 (7)
- Done - Victor Khomenko 08:36:20 03/20/04 (6)
- Re: Done - patrickU 08:40:37 03/20/04 (5)
- You know... I somehow prefer RDA not talking to me. - Victor Khomenko 08:50:38 03/20/04 (4)
- Re: You know... I somehow prefer RDA not talking to me. - RGA 12:55:23 03/28/04 (0)
- Make that RGA... sorry. (nt) - Victor Khomenko 08:53:58 03/20/04 (2)
- Re: Make that RGA... sorry. (nt) - patrickU 08:59:58 03/20/04 (1)
- Only the weak - RGA 12:59:55 03/28/04 (0)