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Charles Laughton La Morte Corre Sul Fiume

24 mar 07

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Certo! Inviami il testo che desideri tradurre e provvederò a farlo.

Charles Laughton La Morte Corre Sul Fiume

24 mar 07

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One of the greatest films of the 50s, wonderful.

Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sanchez The Blair Witch Project

24 mar 07

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Ah Poletti: I snubbed this film for years precisely because everyone was going to see it. So much for media hype.

Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sanchez The Blair Witch Project

24 mar 07

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Poletti, as if to say: you haven't said anything yet. Come on, I was curious to hear a decent critique. If you didn't like it, at least say why. If you've passed (at least not long ago) your twelve years, you should be able to articulate your own thoughts. @occulto: the fact that a film does not appear formally original doesn't mean anything anyway: do we want to say that, for example, Full Metal Jacket is just a mediocre film because it’s yet another war movie that doesn’t invent anything directionally? That's a fact too.

Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sanchez The Blair Witch Project

24 mar 07

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definitely not. Not at all to say that Blair Witch Project heavily copies Cannibal, which is instead one of the most stubborn criticisms thrown at BWP. It's like saying, "it's not that original": but no, damn it, it is original for a ton of reasons, and if it takes the subjective camera from Cannibal Holocaust, it uses it in a completely different way. Otherwise, we end up saying that, I don't know, Down by Law takes from Nosferatu by Murnau just because both are in black and white. If there are elements that are taken, they are also completely reinterpreted from a very different perspective.

Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sanchez The Blair Witch Project

24 mar 07

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well, poletti, if you're going to criticize, criticize. It's too easy to parrot what you read around. Clearly, it’s not something that keeps me up at night, it's just that I would be curious to hear a reasoned critique of this film; I've never heard a decent one. So far, just two standard criticisms, easily debunked: 1. absurd dialogues 2. a copy of Cannibal. I suggest adding the third standard critique (the kids do things for no reason) and the fourth (why is it already edited if it wants to look real/it makes you feel seasick).

Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sanchez The Blair Witch Project

24 mar 07

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definitely not. Not at all to say that Blair Witch Project heavily copies Cannibal, which is instead one of the most stubborn criticisms thrown at BWP. It's like saying, "it's not that original": but no, damn it, it is original for a ton of reasons, and if it takes the subjective camera from Cannibal Holocaust, it uses it in a completely different way. Otherwise, we end up saying that, I don't know, Down by Law takes from Nosferatu by Murnau just because both are in black and white. If there are elements that are taken, they are also completely reinterpreted from a very different perspective.

Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sanchez The Blair Witch Project

24 mar 07

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But copied from Cannibal Holocaust where? The ending is the same? Come on, just because of the subjective camera doesn’t make two films similar, one is full of liters of blood and talks about cannibals, the other has blood and splattery effects but has practically nothing else. Aesthetics that are diametrically opposed, one focuses on gruesome spectacle and pushes that to the extreme, the other unsettles by leveraging what isn’t seen (with much better results). They are different films in every way: any serious critique? :)

Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sanchez The Blair Witch Project

24 mar 07

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Your criticism is absurd (standard): the dialogues are meaningless. I've heard it millions of times from detractors and you keep repeating it: excuse me, a film trying to find a sense of reality, with a documentary style, should have the theatrical dialogues of a Bergman? Do you think three young guys getting lost in a forest should discuss the highest systems or have an elaborate vocabulary or necessarily make memorable jokes?

Daniel Myrick, Eduardo Sanchez The Blair Witch Project

24 mar 07

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Think N.I.B.II.O, that instead for me Suspiria (which I like) didn't scare me at all, not even a little, to the point that I'm not sure it can even be considered horror. On the other hand, Blair Witch was one of the films that really made me shit my pants. In my opinion, despite its flaws, it has something genius about it. Poletti's comment this time is the most stereotypical thing I've heard. Poletti, aside from the talks about cleverness, can you provide a more articulated reason why you didn't like it?