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| Joe Vitus |
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There are elements of her review that I think are really perceptive. It's the over-all "this is the movie that has had the greatest impact on me in all my years of reviewing" that I don't get. And I don't think this was Kael hyperbole, either. I think she meant it, and I don't think any movie ever got to her quite the same way.
But then, I guess the movie is describing a kind of relationship that was already going out of style (notice the number of times she mentions Mailer), so maybe it really connected to her experiences. It certainly doesn't connect to mine.
Speaking of Kael, do you have any idea what was she referring to when she said Nashville contains a tribute to Last Tango? (Certainly she didn't mean Barbra Jean's assassination?) |
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| Marc |
| Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 4:32 am |
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| Last Tango blew me away. One of the most moving experiences I've ever had in the cinema. I saw it the day it was released. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 6:07 am |
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Marc wrote: Last Tango blew me away. One of the most moving experiences I've ever had in the cinema. I saw it the day it was released.
Me too, and I remember being impressed by Brando's profile and his performance, in that order, and little else. Maria Schneider did zilch for me. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 7:22 am |
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Marc wrote: Last Tango blew me away. One of the most moving experiences I've ever had in the cinema. I saw it the day it was released.
I knew you liked it. I'd be interested if you'd define how it blew you away. What do you like about it? |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 8:10 am |
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Joe Vitus wrote: Marc wrote: Last Tango blew me away. One of the most moving experiences I've ever had in the cinema. I saw it the day it was released.
I knew you liked it. I'd be interested if you'd define how it blew you away. What do you like about it?
I'll second that interest. |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 10:06 am |
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| I wish I saw Last Tango in the theater ... so I could throw things at the screen. What a self-indulgent snoozefest. |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 10:10 am |
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| I vaguely remember having Gromit's reaction, then vowing not to see it again, a vow I've kept. But now I'm curious, and several decades older. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Tue Nov 15, 2011 6:32 pm |
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| I'm much closer to Marc's comment than the others, Powerful stuff. |
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| Ghulam |
| Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 12:38 am |
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The buzz was about frontal nudity (a first), but I remember enjoying the movie.
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 5:11 pm |
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| I guess Marc's not gonna respond... |
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| gromit |
| Posted: Wed Nov 16, 2011 5:50 pm |
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Marc wrote: Last Tango blew... |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 9:32 am |
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gromit wrote: I wish I saw Last Tango in the theater ... |
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| shannon |
| Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 12:55 pm |
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| I don't think I really "get" Last Tango, but I love Last Tango, just like don't think I really "get" The Dreamers, although I love it, too. The only Bertolucci that I really "get" is probably The Conformist, which I think is probably his "best" movie, although it's not my favorite by any means. |
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| Joe Vitus |
| Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 2:00 pm |
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| Well, I despised The Dreamers. Yes, yes. Les Infants Terribles, the Nouvelle Vague, etc, etc. I get it. But what does Bertolucci make of it? Not much. And neutered looking, baby-faced Michael Pitt insisting "Don't shave my pubes. I'm a man!" Meh. |
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| Syd |
| Posted: Thu Nov 17, 2011 10:26 pm |
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Leigh's come up with a movie called Blow Dry, starring Alan Rickman as a barber who competes along with his ex-wife and her lesbian lover in a national hairdressing contest. I wonder what movies Netflix will be recommending from that?
Edit: I bet they recommend The Big Tease. |
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