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Forum: Movie Reviews 1 day ago
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Thinking About Film
Posted By Tyler1
Looking back at my reworked review of Last Year...

Looking back at my reworked review of Last Year at Marienbad, I've spent an inordinate amount of energy attempting to answer the question "What is the Image?". I've previously said that I do not...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 2 weeks ago
Replies: 82
Poll: Favorite Decade For Cinema?
Posted By Tyler1
Post-war cinema was less about breaking free from...

Post-war cinema was less about breaking free from "traditional" cliche(s) and exploring new ideas/techniques in filmmaking, but all of a sudden there was this sense of immense...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 3 weeks ago
Replies: 27
Ranking the best films of the (20)10s
Posted By Tyler1
10 for the 21st century 1. Werckmeister...

10 for the 21st century

1. Werckmeister Harmonies (Béla Tarr, 2000)
2. Right Now, Wrong Then (Hong Sang-Soo, 2015)
3. Drive My Car (Ryūsuke Hamaguchi, 2021)
4. Winter Sleep (Nuri Bilge Ceylan,...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 09-10-24
Replies: 89
Top 5 films each decade
Posted By Tyler1
Re: Top 5 films each decade

Well, seems like those who are obsessed over lists tend to flock to RYM. I dont do lists anymore (it's exhausting trying to justify preferring one masterpiece over another in so-and-so specific...
Forum: Movie Reviews 09-10-24
Replies: 18
Thinking About Film
Posted By Tyler1
Re: Thinking About Film

Interesting that you got Terrorizers the first time. It's one of the most cryptic films which I do not feel capable writing of (as yet) and I'm inclined to believe, following Fredric Jameson, that...
Forum: Movie Reviews 09-10-24
Replies: 18
Thinking About Film
Posted By Tyler1
Re: Thinking About Film

Film #14: Why Has Bodhi-Dharma Left for the East? (Bae, 1989)
...
Forum: Movie Reviews 09-10-24
Replies: 18
Thinking About Film
Posted By Tyler1
Thanks, I enjoy viewing film as an art-form, and...

Thanks, I enjoy viewing film as an art-form, and as other forms of art like literature, that is an expression of Ideas. This clash of ideas and their resolution is what enables me to write what I...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 07-17-24
Replies: 132
Slow Cinema
Posted By Tyler1
I think that style is a good counterpoint to...

I think that style is a good counterpoint to contemporary contemplative cinema (CCC) or "slow cinema". You marvel at how directors like Tsui Hark can navigate so deftly between themes and tropes. The...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 07-17-24
Replies: 17
New documentary comes in 52 *quintillion* different versions
Posted By Tyler1
Re: New documentary comes in 52 *quintillion* different versions

It's like watching a Hong Sang-Soo film, where the one = multiple, and watching the "same" thing leads to a different outcome except that everything is already there and doesn't require the effort on...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 07-13-24
Replies: 132
Slow Cinema
Posted By Tyler1
1. It's simply a loose term that is coined by...

1. It's simply a loose term that is coined by cinephiles/critics to label a select group of filmmakers whom "share" certain characteristics. Furthermore, I think it reached its zenith in the 2000s...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 06-22-24
Replies: 43
They Shoot Pictures, Don't They - 2013
Posted By Tyler1
Do check out my updated review of it:...

Do check out my updated review of it: https://www.movieforums.com/community/showthread.php?anchor=1&p=2399433#post2399433

Sleepwalking is certainly the apt term used to describe this film, as it...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 06-21-24
Replies: 43
They Shoot Pictures, Don't They - 2013
Posted By Tyler1
Honestly I'm very intrigued and baffled by your...

Honestly I'm very intrigued and baffled by your choices to replace the aforementioned films with the ones you are suggesting. Because right off the bat, I'm not seeing how Ran is a more significant...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 06-21-24
Replies: 43
They Shoot Pictures, Don't They - 2013
Posted By Tyler1
With all due respect, I don't consider narrative...

With all due respect, I don't consider narrative and storytelling to be necessary for a film to be called film. These are, alongside cinematography and performance, elements that are sufficient to...
Forum: Movie Forums Site Stuff 06-20-24
Replies: 307
Users you miss
Posted By Tyler1
I still drop by from time to time, even though I...

I still drop by from time to time, even though I rarely watch anything new these days. Also, I realize I was most actively posting on this forum pre-2015. Mostly rewatching films I've seen many years...
Forum: Movie Reviews 06-19-24
Replies: 18
Thinking About Film
Posted By Tyler1
Re: Thinking About Film

Also posting an older review of one of my favorite films because it deserves a more in-depth appraisal than usual.

Film #13: Werckmeister Harmonies (Tarr, 2000)
...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 06-19-24
Replies: 43
They Shoot Pictures, Don't They - 2013
Posted By Tyler1
Re: They Shoot Pictures, Don't They - 2013

Latest edition: https://letterboxd.com/thisisdrew/list/they-shoot-pictures-dont-they-1000-greatest-5/

Generally, not too much shake-up in the rankings. Gosh, time flies... (why am i still lurking...
Forum: Movie Reviews 06-19-24
Replies: 18
Thinking About Film
Posted By Tyler1
Film #12: Last Year at Marienbad (Resnais, 1961) ...

Film #12: Last Year at Marienbad (Resnais, 1961)

https://cdn.posteritati.com/posters/000/000/064/234/last-year-at-marienbad-md-web.jpg

"We never really know if the scenes are occurring in the...
Forum: Actors, Awards, & Directors 06-13-24
Replies: 87
Yasujiro Ozu
Posted By Tyler1
What makes Ozu unique, which directors from...

What makes Ozu unique, which directors from Koreeda to Yang are indebted to, is that his films aren't just slice-of-life, quotidian observations. Quite the contrary, theres always something dramatic...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 06-08-24
Replies: 61
List your favorite Westerns of all time (and why they are)
Posted By Tyler1
Re: List your favorite Westerns of all time (and why they are)

Not a fan of the genre. My current favourite is The Gunfighter (1950). Kind of reminds me a noir-ish Out of the Past (1947). Something about fate, and a profound sense of melancholy, appeals to me as...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 06-01-24
Replies: 321
Minio's Ramblings on Cinema
Posted By Tyler1
Re: Minio's Ramblings on Cinema

Every word has a multiplicity of senses. That's how they can spark debate - when people disagree as to how its used and its context. Claiming that words have a strict one-to-one...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 06-01-24
Replies: 321
Minio's Ramblings on Cinema
Posted By Tyler1
Exactly. You couldn't have phrased it better. By...

Exactly. You couldn't have phrased it better. By claiming that cinema is, and should be, apolitical is in itself the attempt to turn people into passive consumers with little regard for the material...
Replies: 44
Favorite Songs Of Your Favorite Bands
Posted By Tyler1
I always refer to the duo as sound artists, who...

I always refer to the duo as sound artists, who carve out sonic landscapes which are texturally resonant using electronic tools like a professional craftsman. Music is about the combination of tones...
Forum: General Movie Discussion 05-25-24
Replies: 321
Minio's Ramblings on Cinema
Posted By Tyler1
Re: Minio's Ramblings on Cinema

Conventional art is un-problematic. I understand the critique that Ridley Scott's brand of cinema is fascism, when I look at films whose core revolves around the good and the bad - as in Alien or...
Replies: 44
Favorite Songs Of Your Favorite Bands
Posted By Tyler1
Re: Favorite Songs Of Your Favorite Bands

Autechre

Bike
Eggshell
Slip
Nine
Garbagemx
Bronchusevenmx
Clipper
Eutow
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Favorite Songs Of Your Favorite Bands
Posted By Tyler1
Re: Favorite Songs Of Your Favorite Bands

Dead Can Dance

In Power We Entrust the Love Advocated
Advent
Anywhere Out of the World
Summoning of the Muse
Persephone (The Gathering of Flowers)
Severance
Fortune Presents Gifts Not...

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