What's the beef between them?"He's done two masterpieces, you don't have to bother with the rest. One is Blow-Up, which I've seen many times, and the other is La Notte, also a wonderful film, although that's mostly because of the young Jeanne Moreau. In my collection I have a copy of Il Grido, and damn what a boring movie it is. So devilishly sad, I mean. You know, Antonioni never really learned the trade. He concentrated on single images, never realising that film is a rhythmic flow of images, a movement. Sure, there are brilliant moments in his films. But I don't feel anything for L'Avventura, for example. Only indifference. I never understood why Antonioni was so incredibly applauded. And I thought his muse Monica Vitti was a terrible actress."
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Topic - Ingmar Bergman on Michelangelo Antonioni and Monica Vitti - La Dolce Vita 22:36:17 03/20/06 (22)
- Is Monica Vitti a lousy actress? (nt) - La Dolce Vita 11:39:07 03/21/06 (1)
- Mostly, but she's easy on the eyes. -nt- - Donald 01:07:50 03/22/06 (0)
- Bergman's too generous. L'Eclisse is the only worthwhile Antonioni film. - Donald 07:34:53 03/21/06 (2)
- Please list your favorite Bergman's, in order? Gracias. nt - tinear 13:28:27 03/21/06 (1)
- A tough task! - Donald 01:07:10 03/22/06 (0)
- Bergman is a blowhard who never differentiated between - tinear 06:25:38 03/21/06 (16)
- Berggie is a bore fest who, somehow, got the favor of film intelligentsia . . . - mr grits 07:18:55 03/22/06 (7)
- I'm gonna go out on a limb and say the film intelligentsia know the most about film. - Donald 19:28:24 03/22/06 (1)
- Art is always opinion. * - mr grits 15:57:12 03/23/06 (0)
- Re: No you are dead wrong. He is passionating, spirituel and can be very funny in a Shakespearian way! nt - patrickU 09:49:56 03/22/06 (4)
- Comparing Shakespeare to Bergman... are you mad? As I - tinear 16:49:17 03/22/06 (1)
- Re: Comparing Shakespeare to Bergman... are you mad? As I - patrickU 03:16:20 03/23/06 (0)
- Let's agree to disagree on this one. * - mr grits 16:13:15 03/22/06 (1)
- Re: Try to re-see " Wild Strawberries" and then let´s disagree to agree. nt - patrickU 03:26:37 03/23/06 (0)
- And here I sense a little green fern dissing a redwood... nt - EBerlin 18:24:24 03/21/06 (7)
- I said he was a "titan." Now, ask yourself this about his art: - tinear 04:25:48 03/22/06 (6)
- Even when bleak, great art is ultimately uplifting and inspiring. -nt- - Donald 19:34:18 03/22/06 (0)
- I have "asked myself" about his art... - EBerlin 19:10:25 03/22/06 (4)
- Of course you're not the Pope! - tinear 10:07:38 03/23/06 (3)
- Do you actually mean to suggest... - EBerlin 11:48:28 03/23/06 (2)
- Nope. - tinear 16:14:42 03/23/06 (1)
- And thank you for the ad hominem attack! - EBerlin 18:39:19 03/23/06 (0)