Random 10: Random Films for Comment

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1653. Forbidden Love, 1940 (dir. Jacques de Baroncelli)
1346. Down by Law, 1986 (dir. Jim Jarmusch)
408. Les Aventures de Till L'Espiegle, 1956 (dir. Gerard Philipe and Joris Ivens)
673. Blood and Sand, 1922 (dir. Fred Niblo)
1319. Dodge City, 1939 (dir. Michael Curtiz)
907. Cesar, 1936 (dir. Marcel Pagnol)
4335. Track of the Cat, 1954 (dir. William A. Wellman)
393. Austerlitz, 1960 (dir. Abel Gance)
2319. Junior Bonner, 1972 (dir. Sam Peckinpah)
995. Cleo from 5 to 7, 1962 (dir. Agnes Varda)

― Girolamo Savonarola, Sunday, 15 August 2004 20:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Down by Law - somewhat overrated (let's face it, a lot of Jarmusch is...), but still great. A nice tale that doesn't seem to bog itself down too much in the typical "needs" of plot devices, and perhaps the best cinematography of the decade.

Cleo from 5 to 7 - a nice film I can look back at and smile with, even if I barely remember it two or three years later. Light but still filling.

― Girolamo Savonarola, Monday, 16 August 2004 12:35 (twenty-one years ago)

"Cleo" struck me in college, and when I saw it again about 2 years ago, as anything but light. I prefer it to most '60s Godard features.

DBL is my favorite Jarmusch, and maybe the last time Benigni was transcendent. Robby Muller has DP'd lotsa great stuff, from Fassbinder to Hollywood.

Junior Bonner is nice, understated Peckinpah and McQueen (and Ida Lupino).

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 16 August 2004 13:22 (twenty-one years ago)

DBL is probably my favorite Jarmusch. I especially like how the introduction of Benigni's character switches the movie at the halfway point from gritty drama to bizarre comedy.

― na (Nick A.), Monday, 16 August 2004 17:53 (twenty-one years ago)

uhhh... I get the switch.. but Tom Waits and John Lurie doing deadpan riffs is gritty drama? I seem to recall it was like Beckett meets Laurel & Hardy... or Laurel & Laurel. Then Benigni changes is to commedia dell'arte.

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Monday, 16 August 2004 19:01 (twenty-one years ago)

Whatever. I am no film buff, I am the drunken populace.

― na (Nick A.), Monday, 16 August 2004 19:03 (twenty-one years ago)

I love "Down By Law". It's one of the few films that can have a rock star actor, cameo or lead, that doesn't seem ridiculous (i.e. Jack White in Cold Mountain).

I'm terrified to see "Coffee and Cigarettes," though. The trailer looks frighteningly bad.

Anyone who hasn't seen "Fishing With John" needs to run out to the video store right now--it's hillarious.

― jay blanchard (jay blanchard), Monday, 16 August 2004 22:39 (twenty-one years ago)

Cleo is it for me, and then only in a film class in college! i remember liking it. moderately interesting.

― ryan (ryan), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 02:38 (twenty-one years ago)

i am a sucker for the french new wave, and cleo from 5 to 7 is in my top 10 favorites of all time. i just loved it.

down by law left me cold. jarmusch is hit and miss.

― todd swiss (eliti), Tuesday, 17 August 2004 04:49 (twenty-one years ago)

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