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Post by Fox in the Snow on Aug 31, 2021 22:39:35 GMT
I liked Fellini's best b/c how cinematic it is. Some of the others on this list made good films but they feel like theatre plays with a camera in front of them. Fellini feels like real cinema. Fellini is definitely the most cinematic of the five mentioned. Like fellow Italians of the era, Antonioni and Visconti he really knew how to use the medium.
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Post by hi224 on Aug 31, 2021 23:25:55 GMT
Well 0 votes for Bunuels a disgrace. Guessing the single vote he has now is yours. They're all very worthy filmmakers. Considering only 12 people have voted and you can only vote for one, I don't think it's that insane. I voted for Godard, who currently also only has a single vote (as does Fellini). Voting for your favorite (of the options) doesn't negate any respect or admiration you might have for any of the others. |
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Post by hi224 on Aug 31, 2021 23:28:24 GMT
Well 0 votes for Bunuels a disgrace. Guessing the single vote he has now is yours. They're all very worthy filmmakers. Considering only 12 people have voted and you can only vote for one, I don't think it's that insane. I voted for Godard, who currently also only has a single vote (as does Fellini). Voting for your favorite (of the options) doesn't negate any respect or admiration you might have for any of the others. I'm not surprised at the fact Goddard has so few considering his rather polarizing nature as a director. But Bunuel arguably has so many technical qualities which might usurp the others such as his ability to really illustrate absurdist nature and hypocrisies, as well as other aspects, I am surprised he doesn't have more votes at all. Also my vote wasn't for Bunuel. |
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Post by hi224 on Aug 31, 2021 23:31:21 GMT
Well 0 votes for Bunuels a disgrace. Guessing the single vote he has now is yours. They're all very worthy filmmakers. Considering only 12 people have voted and you can only vote for one, I don't think it's that insane. I voted for Godard, who currently also only has a single vote (as does Fellini). Voting for your favorite (of the options) doesn't negate any respect or admiration you might have for any of the others. I'll give you a hint who I voted for, he directed a movie about a director daydreaming. |
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Aug 31, 2021 23:38:06 GMT
Guessing the single vote he has now is yours. They're all very worthy filmmakers. Considering only 12 people have voted and you can only vote for one, I don't think it's that insane. I voted for Godard, who currently also only has a single vote (as does Fellini). Voting for your favorite (of the options) doesn't negate any respect or admiration you might have for any of the others. I'll give you a hint who I voted for, he directed a movie about a director daydreaming. Yes, Godard still only has my vote, and he almost didn't get that. It almost went to Bergman. I love Bunuel (at least the films I've seen), and he's done some amazing stuff...but so have the others. I just love Godard's audacity, bravura, and iconoclasm, but I understand his style could easily grate. You voted for 
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Post by hi224 on Aug 31, 2021 23:39:15 GMT
I'll give you a hint who I voted for, he directed a movie about a director daydreaming. Well Godard still only has my vote, and he almost didn't get that. It almost went to Bergman. I love Bunuel (at least the films I've seen), and he's done some amazing stuff...but so have the others. I just love Godard's audacity, bravura, and iconoclasm, but I understand his style could easily grate. You voted for At least someone on this board has Bunuel. |
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Post by hi224 on Aug 31, 2021 23:40:29 GMT
I'll give you a hint who I voted for, he directed a movie about a director daydreaming. Well Godard still only has my vote, and he almost didn't get that. It almost went to Bergman. I love Bunuel (at least the films I've seen), and he's done some amazing stuff...but so have the others. I just love Godard's audacity, bravura, and iconoclasm, but I understand his style could easily grate. You voted for Although I wish more directors were included within the poll, Tarkovsky,Chabrol, Fassbinder, Ray etc. |
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Post by vegalyra on Sept 3, 2021 20:27:41 GMT
I've actually never seen any Bergman. Everyone mentions that his films are great but they want to commit suicide after watching them.
I'm going with Godard. I like his early films, I haven't tried to watch anything in his filmography past the early 1970's. I'm in the same boat with Fellini. I like his early work but he loses it for me in the late '60s outside of Roma which I thought was a nice time capsule.
I've watched all of Godard's output from the 1960's and early 1970's. I like everything from Breathless to La Chinoise. I think one of my favorites is Alphaville.
Truffaut is good, just not one of my favorites.
I think the only Bunuel I've seen is Belle de Jour.
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Post by petrolino on Sept 3, 2021 21:36:05 GMT
Well Godard still only has my vote, and he almost didn't get that. It almost went to Bergman. I love Bunuel (at least the films I've seen), and he's done some amazing stuff...but so have the others. I just love Godard's audacity, bravura, and iconoclasm, but I understand his style could easily grate. You voted for At least someone on this board has Bunuel.
That would be me!
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Post by london777 on Sept 3, 2021 23:49:30 GMT
I've actually never seen any Bergman. Everyone mentions that his films are great but they want to commit suicide after watching them. My favourite film of all time is Wild Strawberries (1957). I have been through some tough times in recent decades (health, divorce, unemployment, and being a Charlton Athletic supporter - though my problems were often stupidly self-inflicted), and Wild Strawberries has helped me through them. It is the most life-affirming movie I know, and I do not mean in the saccharine American way. Suggest you give it a try. 
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Post by lune7000 on Sept 4, 2021 1:36:23 GMT
Everybody experiences movies differently based on their unique personality. I am always amazed at how much people argue over whether a certain film, director, actor or even performance was "great". Similar to London's post above, I have learned to speak of a movie in the subjective tone of "I liked" vs. the objective "It is".
I think this goes even further: the same person may have a very different experience of watching the same film at a later time in life. I know several films which I felt got better or worse as I aged (?!) I once hated a film but re-watched it a day later and loved it. I don't think we really know why we feel the way we do. I know I am "supposed" to dislike certain genres but sometimes this rule is broken (for me, I cringe at "home invasion" movies where the family is held hostage by thugs).
When people see a film they also bring their expectations so if a film or director is supposed to be "great" it can really mess things up with such a high bar to clear.
I think it would be better if people just watched a movie without learning about who made it or what the reviews were. I always watch movies like this ("blind"). I even fast forward through the opening credits so I am totally ignorant. This doesn't help me with some of the actors since I recognize them but it does wonders for clearing the deck on the rest of the contributors.
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Post by petrolino on Sept 4, 2021 1:58:59 GMT
I've actually never seen any Bergman. Everyone mentions that his films are great but they want to commit suicide after watching them. My favourite film of all time is Wild Strawberries (1957). I have been through some tough times in recent decades (health, divorce, unemployment, and being a Charlton Athletic supporter), (though often stupidly self-inflicted), and Wild Strawberries has helped me through them. It is the most life-affirming movie I know, and I do not mean in the saccharine American way. Suggest you give it a try.
I had no idea. Hope you weren't stuck between Jim Davidson and Alan Curbishley the last 20 years.
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Post by Fox in the Snow on Sept 4, 2021 8:42:18 GMT
Everybody experiences movies differently based on their unique personality. I am always amazed at how much people argue over whether a certain film, director, actor or even performance was "great". Similar to London's post above, I have learned to speak of a movie in the subjective tone of "I liked" vs. the objective "It is". Agree and I try to speak subjectively myself. If any of my posts here or elsewhere have come off as otherwise, I apologize.
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Post by timshelboy on Sept 4, 2021 10:58:25 GMT
I have been through some tough times in recent decades (health, divorce, unemployment, and being a Charlton Athletic supporter -I thought I ploughed a lonely furrow with my interest in Vera Hruba Ralston, but I think you have trumped us all measuring by that barometer. I salute you Sir!  
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Post by Jep Gambardella on Sept 4, 2021 11:20:46 GMT
I guess if I were to put them in order of preference it would be:
Fellini
Truffaut
Buñuel
Bergman
Godard
Other than possibly rewatching “À bout de souffle” some day, it is unlikely I will ever give Godard any of my time.
I haven’t seen all that many Bergman films. “The Seventh Seal” not so long ago, which I liked but did not love, and two or three others ages ago that I didn’t appreciate at the time. I do intend to see more in the future (although it is not a priority for me).
I am a bit more familiar with the other three, and Fellini comes out on top. Not a huge fan of “La Dolce Vita” which is often considered his masterpiece, but “8 1/2”, “E La Nave Va” and “Amarcord” I remember liking a lot.
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Post by lune7000 on Sept 4, 2021 13:33:40 GMT
I cannot wrap my head around soccer. I watch it on the field but it just seems like people running in circles. Other then the clever way one player passes another while controlling a ball I can't discern any athletic skill in the players. It's all-directional (like hockey) and unstable- this makes it hard for me to sense strategy. In fairness, I have mainly watched it on TV where all the players are not visible and this may be cutting off important elements of the game. At least you can see the ball. It's hard to see a hockey puck and I have no idea why anyone watches that sport. I am assuming that watching Charlton is even more difficult than this.
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Post by lune7000 on Sept 4, 2021 13:39:10 GMT
I guess if I were to put them in order of preference it would be: Fellini Truffaut Buñuel Bergman Godard Other than possibly rewatching “À bout de souffle” some day, it is unlikely I will ever give Godard any of my time. I haven’t seen all that many Bergman films. “The Seventh Seal” not so long ago, which I liked but did not love, and two or three others ages ago that I didn’t appreciate at the time. I do intend to see more in the future (although it is not a priority for me). I am a bit more familiar with the other three, and Fellini comes out on top. Not a huge fan of “La Dolce Vita” which is often considered his masterpiece, but “8 1/2”, “E La Nave Va” and “Amarcord” I remember liking a lot. was my top Fellini film. I thought the mid sixties fashions were wild but Italian sixties fashion is a madhouse- the soundtrack is the oddest I have ever heard. I kept wondering what each new scene would bring. It was like watching 100 movies in one.
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