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Post by moviemouth on Jul 3, 2018 2:53:32 GMT
I don't want to start with Blow-Up, because I have already seen Blow Out.
I know they are quite different, but I want to start with something else.
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Post by marth on Jul 3, 2018 3:01:51 GMT
I still haven´t watched LÉclisse, but I´ve heard is one of his best.
I copy here what Fox in the Snow replied to me in the DarkSide thread "Best films by Michelangelo Antonioni":
L'Eclisse would be my #3. It forms a loose trilogy with L'Avventura and La Notte. It's very similar stylistically and thematically, so if you like them you'll probably like L'Eclisse as well.
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Jul 3, 2018 3:37:24 GMT
His debut Story of A Love Affair (1950) is a relatively straightforward drama.
1975's The Passenger is reasonably conventional, though it's still quite slow moving by (even 1970s) Hollywood standards. Jack Nicholson in the lead adds a degree of familiarity also.
The above mentioned trilogy is his quintessential work though.
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Post by moviemouth on Jul 3, 2018 3:47:34 GMT
His debut Story of A Love Affair (1950) is a relatively straightforward drama. 1975's The Passenger is reasonably conventional, though it's still quite slow moving by (even 1970s) Hollywood standards. Jack Nicholson in the lead adds a degree of familiarity also. The above mentioned trilogy is his quintessential work though. I found The Passenger to be very boring, which is the reason I haven't watched any of his other movies. |
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Jul 3, 2018 4:00:15 GMT
His debut Story of A Love Affair (1950) is a relatively straightforward drama. 1975's The Passenger is reasonably conventional, though it's still quite slow moving by (even 1970s) Hollywood standards. Jack Nicholson in the lead adds a degree of familiarity also. The above mentioned trilogy is his quintessential work though. I found The Passenger to be very boring, which is the reason I haven't watched any of his other movies. Sorry, I assumed you hadn't seen anything yet as you said "start with Blow-Up". I'd check out one from the essential trilogy, probably the first one, L'Avventura. If you don't like that (it's more slow moving than The Passenger, so don't get up your hopes), he may not be for you. The earlier films are more conventional, but not really what's he's known for. Solid romantic melodramas/dramas, with above average (for the time) production values and the beginnings of his unique visual style. |
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Post by moviemouth on Jul 3, 2018 4:02:42 GMT
I found The Passenger to be very boring, which is the reason I haven't watched any of his other movies. Sorry, I assumed you hadn't seen anything yet as you said "start with Blow-Up". I'd check out one from the essential trilogy, probably the first one, L'Avventura. If you don't like that (it's more slow moving than The Passenger, so don't get up your hopes), he may not be for you. The earlier films are more conventional, but not really what's he's known for. Solid romantic melodramas/dramas, with above average (for the time) production values and the beginnings of his unique visual style. I only watched half of The Passenger, so I wasn't really counting it. |
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Jul 3, 2018 4:15:15 GMT
Sorry, I assumed you hadn't seen anything yet as you said "start with Blow-Up". I'd check out one from the essential trilogy, probably the first one, L'Avventura. If you don't like that (it's more slow moving than The Passenger, so don't get up your hopes), he may not be for you. The earlier films are more conventional, but not really what's he's known for. Solid romantic melodramas/dramas, with above average (for the time) production values and the beginnings of his unique visual style. I only watched half of The Passenger, so I wasn't really counting it. No problem. Blow-Up might be your best bet, but even that isn't that dissimilar to The Passenger. |
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Post by moviemouth on Jul 3, 2018 4:20:24 GMT
I only watched half of The Passenger, so I wasn't really counting it. No problem. Blow-Up might be your best bet, but even that isn't that dissimilar to The Passenger. Thanks. |
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Post by moviemouth on Jul 3, 2018 4:22:55 GMT
I only watched half of The Passenger, so I wasn't really counting it. No problem. Blow-Up might be your best bet, but even that isn't that dissimilar to The Passenger. I just looked at Blow-Up. I had no idea that it is an English language movie. |
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Jul 3, 2018 4:32:30 GMT
No problem. Blow-Up might be your best bet, but even that isn't that dissimilar to The Passenger. I just looked at Blow-Up. I had no idea that it is an English language movie. Yep, filmed and set in the UK. He did 2 more English language films in the US. Zabriskie Point between Blow-Up and The Passenger, is easily the least conventional of the 3, arguably his least conventional, period. Infamous Yardbirds scene from Blow-Up |
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Post by moviemouth on Jul 3, 2018 4:39:44 GMT
I just looked at Blow-Up. I had no idea that it is an English language movie. Yep, filmed and set in the UK. He did 2 more English language films in the US. Zabriskie Point between Blow-Up and The Passenger, is easily the least conventional of the 3, arguably his least conventional, period. Infamous Yardbirds scene from Blow-Up |
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Post by moviemouth on Jul 4, 2018 5:32:22 GMT
I just looked at Blow-Up. I had no idea that it is an English language movie. Yep, filmed and set in the UK. He did 2 more English language films in the US. Zabriskie Point between Blow-Up and The Passenger, is easily the least conventional of the 3, arguably his least conventional, period. Infamous Yardbirds scene from Blow-UpI liked Blow-Up. |
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Post by hi224 on Jul 4, 2018 6:11:39 GMT
I saw Zabriskies Point, a prime example which I feel illustrates my big problem with him as a director, His character development at times could be very middling.
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Jul 4, 2018 10:19:56 GMT
Yep, filmed and set in the UK. He did 2 more English language films in the US. Zabriskie Point between Blow-Up and The Passenger, is easily the least conventional of the 3, arguably his least conventional, period. Infamous Yardbirds scene from Blow-UpI liked Blow-Up. Cool. Maybe give L'Avventura a try. |
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Jul 4, 2018 10:27:47 GMT
I saw Zabriskies Point, a prime example which I feel illustrates my big problem with him as a director, His character development at times could be very middling. is one of his weaker films, though it does have it's fans. It's certainly his most abstract and least concerned with character, though character motivations are pretty elusive in all his work. I also think the two leads were non-professionals also. It's been quite a while since I've seen it though. Personally I love most of his work but he is very much about creating mood and atmosphere and keeping a level of mystique around his characters. They're supposed to be bored and alienated, unfortunately he can sometimes bore and alienate his audience. Have you liked any of his films? |
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