Board,By aesthetic, I mean where beauty all comes together: music, technique, photography, story, and 'humanity' (actors'/actresses' portrayal of the 'human condition').
I'm not a real movie-goer, but I'm going to nominate "Days of Heaven"
Respect,
Guy* Verbatem and not Verboten *
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Topic - What work qualifies as the most *aesthetic* film? - Guy 22:01:21 12/06/05 (69)
- The Vertical Ray of the Sun - Bulkington 18:11:45 12/16/05 (1)
- Re: Can you provide an explanation? * - Guy 05:35:23 12/18/05 (0)
- The Russian Ark (nt) - Jeff Lessard 09:43:24 12/09/05 (0)
- Kubrick's Barry Lyndon ... - halfnote 21:46:00 12/08/05 (4)
- Agree with Barry Lyndon...Ryan O'Neal was the downfall of that film... - TWB 05:35:08 12/10/05 (1)
- Re: Agree with Barry Lyndon...Ryan O'Neal was the downfall of that film... - halfnote 20:56:03 12/13/05 (0)
- Yep... one of my five films of the century... two centuries... (nt) - Victor Khomenko 06:38:07 12/09/05 (0)
- Re: Kubrick's Barry Lyndon ...fine choice. - Guy 00:06:51 12/09/05 (0)
- Re: What work qualifies as the most *aesthetic* film? - 4season 20:57:12 12/08/05 (1)
- Whoops, "My Neighbors The Yamadas" (Tonari No Yamada Kun) - 4season 20:58:38 12/08/05 (0)
- From the Horror Genre....Rob Zombie's "House Of A Thousand Corpses & Devil's Rejects..".. - Audio Pharaoh 18:59:49 12/08/05 (3)
- Re: From the Horror Genre....Rob Zombie's "House Of A Thousand Corpses & Devil's Rejects..".. - brainwater 09:49:31 12/11/05 (2)
- Re: From the Horror Genre....Rob Zombie's "House Of A Thousand Corpses & Devil's Rejects..".. - Audio Pharaoh 11:05:29 12/11/05 (1)
- Re: From the Horror Genre....Rob Zombie's "House Of A Thousand Corpses & Devil's Rejects..".. - brainwater 18:30:14 12/12/05 (0)
- Someone so intellectually lazy as yourself wouldn't know aesthetic merit if it bit you on the eyeballs. -nt- - Donald 22:19:37 12/07/05 (9)
- Re: Thanks Donald for the uplifting comment. Where do you hail from? (Hell?) [NT] - Guy 00:40:31 12/08/05 (8)
- That witless, uninspired bon mot rather proves my point. -nt- - Donald 02:20:30 12/08/05 (7)
- Perhaps it should be called a "non mot" instead? (nt) - EBerlin 07:01:51 12/08/05 (0)
- Re: Whoa. You know a foreign wording like "bon mot"... - Guy 04:46:37 12/08/05 (5)
- here's some foreign words for you - tunenut 08:42:56 12/08/05 (0)
- It's heartwarming to see someone so amused with himself, like a baboon playing with its feces. -nt- - Donald 05:20:26 12/08/05 (3)
- You find it "heartwarming" to see a baboon play with feces? There are doctors for that.nt - jamesgarvin 10:42:06 12/08/05 (2)
- Re: I'm sure he's looking into it right now. He'll post his next career accordingly * - Guy 03:21:30 12/09/05 (0)
- There are doctors that like to play with baboons that like to... oh, forget it. nt - tinear 10:53:01 12/08/05 (0)
- The Thin Red line - photoguy 21:02:48 12/07/05 (5)
- Re: The Thin Red line / Thanks for the news. I'll look out for it... - Guy 00:41:18 12/08/05 (4)
- Re: The Thin Red line / Thanks for the news. I'll look out for it... - photoguy 04:29:06 12/08/05 (3)
- Re:Quite curious: how was D.of H. reviewed/received?... - Guy 04:43:26 12/08/05 (2)
- Re:Quite curious: how was D.of H. reviewed/received?... - photoguy 05:16:38 12/08/05 (1)
- Re:Thanks. I was unimpressed with Badlands... - Guy 04:30:58 12/14/05 (0)
- Sand Pebbles - Troutbum 18:31:53 12/07/05 (0)
- 1. The Texas Chain Massacre. 2. Behind The Green Door. 3. Oceans 12. nt - sjb 15:43:57 12/07/05 (1)
- Re: Actually... - Jeff Starrs 14:02:51 12/08/05 (0)
- Where it all comes together... - mkuller 14:42:00 12/07/05 (0)
- "The Bear" (aka, "L'Ours") - dwill123 13:09:24 12/07/05 (1)
- Re: "The Bear" (aka, "L'Ours") - rico 14:39:52 12/07/05 (0)
- "Million Dollar Mermaid" -1952...aka.... - AudioHead 11:56:34 12/07/05 (0)
- 2001 - jbmcb 10:57:26 12/07/05 (8)
- Re: 2001/ Hmm. Mostly agree. [NT] - Guy 04:55:19 12/08/05 (7)
- If U Crossed 2001&Million Dollar Mermaid, Then U Might.... - AudioHead 05:50:56 12/13/05 (6)
- Re: Never saw M.D.M., so can't relate * - Guy 05:54:59 12/13/05 (5)
- Re: Never saw M.D.M., so can't relate * - AudioHead 13:39:57 12/13/05 (4)
- Re:Ha, ha. Take care. * - Guy 04:32:08 12/14/05 (3)
- Re:Ha, ha. Take care. * - AudioHead 05:38:55 12/14/05 (2)
- Re: Got a link for "Pal Talk"? and I wonder if they've got a wit... - Guy 22:08:44 12/14/05 (1)
- The Lord Merciful Voo! nt - AudioHead 11:55:14 12/15/05 (0)
- Er..umm...do you mean...(quiet you smart-asses)... - Harmonia 10:14:28 12/07/05 (3)
- Re: Yeah, it is hard to quiet the smart asses out there... - Guy 04:53:07 12/08/05 (2)
- Nope, I'm not confused really... - Harmonia 20:03:07 12/09/05 (1)
- Re: I don't believe my reply was the least but "snippy"... - Guy 05:58:38 12/13/05 (0)
- Re: There is only one, as far I knows: Warhol´s Empire State Building.... - patrickU 07:39:15 12/07/05 (7)
- Re: Nothing shows up when I click the link. Can you give a summary? [NT] - Guy 00:43:23 12/08/05 (4)
- Re: Nothing shows up when I click the link. Can you give a summary? [NT] - patrickU 06:45:28 12/08/05 (3)
- Re:Get a blank screen only. Maybe my terminal. Thanks, anyway * - Guy 06:00:37 12/13/05 (2)
- Re:Get a blank screen only. Maybe my terminal. Thanks, anyway * - patrickU 08:15:11 12/13/05 (1)
- Re: Got that link, thanks. Thanks for summary, too. * - Guy 04:33:12 12/14/05 (0)
- totally agree - tunenut 08:59:15 12/07/05 (1)
- Re: totally agree - patrickU 09:46:33 12/07/05 (0)
- Eraserhead * - mr grits 06:52:14 12/07/05 (0)
- Remember that most irritating date that, in lieu of saying anything interesting - tinear 05:06:12 12/07/05 (1)
- Re: Care to make a modicum of sense, here? * - Guy 00:44:38 12/08/05 (0)
- Hey, right! - EBerlin 04:30:47 12/07/05 (7)
- this is not a serious answer - tunenut 14:20:00 12/07/05 (4)
- Re: I'd say that's his best. When one can't, one doesn't * - Guy 04:54:28 12/08/05 (2)
- ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US (NT) - tunenut 08:41:03 12/08/05 (0)
- Huh? (nt) - EBerlin 05:45:42 12/08/05 (0)
- How Embarassing! - EBerlin 14:52:51 12/07/05 (0)
- I am sure you have seen Passion in the Desert. - Victor Khomenko 06:14:50 12/07/05 (0)
- Re: LOL! Exellent, thanks (nt) - Jeff Starrs 05:52:28 12/07/05 (0)