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In Reply to: A great post. There's more diplomacy there than I'm capable of! -nt- posted by Donald on July 17, 2005 at 04:38:49:
Thank you! One of the reasons I enjoy this board so much is the different perspectives on film I can get. I've heard of "Tokyo Story" dozens of times, even seen it in the "Sight and Sound" poll. Never seriously thought about seeing it until it came up here a couple of weeks ago. Things like that.In my post you will notice a definite absence of German, Russian, Italian, Japanese, etc. film critics. There is still much, much more I can find on these perspectives, given time. But it is sure fun finding out more!
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This is not the place where any of us is playing a professional reviewers, and most of us have our careers, jobs, families, etc. And yet I dare say so many interesting movies get mentioned here, that if one was to spend his life just following these recommendation - in American, European, Asian, who knows that else movies - one would walk away much enriched. Probably not agreeing with all the recommentations, but certainly much better off than simply visiting his muliplex every Sunday.I like the fact that after almost forty years of viewing good movies I can still come here and ask for a list of recommendations and get a long one - as was in the case of the Australian films recently. This is not a New Yorker, this is your neighborhood pub, where you meet people you like.
And of course after a while you know whose recommendations you want to trust.
I enjoy sharing what I do know with others, and I enjoy picking up information about things I do not know from everyone. It isn't that hard to read Roger Ebert, even in Shreveport! But just try to find some information on the latest Russian or French or German films! If it's not in "Film Comment", forget it! And the more personal view of films expressed here, the, as you put it "neighborhood pub, where you meet people you like"...yes, I enjoy that aspect very much.Even after a recent dustup with another inmate, I still read his posts...who knows what I can get out of them? He posted comments about a film today that makes me want to take my wife to see it!
You just never know what you can share in this asylum and from whom...if you give yourself the chance!
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