tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post2880706309663942727..comments2023-11-03T11:37:13.579-04:00Comments on Something Old, Nothing New: Or Maybe God Was RightJaime J. Weinmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15128500411119962998noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-51327712269683263062010-04-16T11:53:09.461-04:002010-04-16T11:53:09.461-04:00Great essay, but dead wrong on "The Wrong Man...Great essay, but dead wrong on "The Wrong Man":<br /><br />http://ejkred.blogspot.com/2010/03/passion-of-rose-balestrero.html<br /><br />And what exactly is the plot point in "Vertigo" that is never resolved?EJKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08057325915784712643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-86374694307432811972010-04-16T11:50:17.980-04:002010-04-16T11:50:17.980-04:00This comment has been removed by the author.EJKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08057325915784712643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-39671516381161738562010-04-05T04:45:23.650-04:002010-04-05T04:45:23.650-04:00Just wanted the ending to seem strange? I thought ...Just wanted the ending to seem strange? I thought it was evident that the slight creepiness of the final shot ("Come closer!") underlined how, despite the family's optimism, there was really no certainty at all that they could manage the drugs or that Mason's character would live beyond the year. I don't think we're supposed to completely buy into their redemption as much as the family itself has, after the film was over they could easily just have fallen apart once again once he was back on the cortisone.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-68444254263559136792010-04-04T18:21:04.178-04:002010-04-04T18:21:04.178-04:00Post-Godardian directors who landed major studio g...Post-Godardian directors who landed major studio gigs continued to try to subvert their material in much the same way as Ray or Sirk. I'm thinking most obviously of Brian DePalma, who devotes the entire running time of The Fury alternately mocking the script or pushing it to reveal some sort of dark significance it can't possibly achieve. A more recent example would be Roman Polanski with The Ghost Writer, where a mood of autumnal despair occasionally intrudes onto a pretty dumb storyline.Edward Hegstromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07664617657765541939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6956070.post-84755545877948975592010-04-02T03:43:47.565-04:002010-04-02T03:43:47.565-04:00Great post, Jaime. I know I'm in the minority ...Great post, Jaime. I know I'm in the minority on <i>Bigger Than Life</i>, but that's a good place to be from time to time. I'm a fan of plenty of films in the Ray/Sirk mode you describe. That approach tends to work best in genre films, where there are entire accepted structures the filmmakers are free to subvert. <i>Bigger Than Life</i>'s story, for me, is fundamentally too earnest for that gambit to pay off. But it's interesting to watch Ray try.Vincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11473441336451528462noreply@blogger.com