"A movie is not good because it arrives at conclusions you share, or bad because it does not. A movie is not about what it is about. It is about how it is about it: about the way it considers its subject matter, and about how its real subject may be quite different from the one it seems to provide." - Roger Ebert, from the introduction to "Awake in the Dark" (2006)
Added The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (A-) and I Just Didn't Do It (C-) to my increasingly complicated list, LOL.
"A movie is not good because it arrives at conclusions you share, or bad because it does not. A movie is not about what it is about. It is about how it is about it: about the way it considers its subject matter, and about how its real subject may be quite different from the one it seems to provide." - Roger Ebert, from the introduction to "Awake in the Dark" (2006)
Added two more New York Film Festival selections: Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (B+/A-) and The Romance of Astree and Celadon (D-).
"A movie is not good because it arrives at conclusions you share, or bad because it does not. A movie is not about what it is about. It is about how it is about it: about the way it considers its subject matter, and about how its real subject may be quite different from the one it seems to provide." - Roger Ebert, from the introduction to "Awake in the Dark" (2006)
Teenage Goodfellas with preachy narrative; best performance from Jerry Ferrara, who gave it heart, and Alec Baldwin. From some of the writers for the Sopranos, but it doesnt really show. B-
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Married Life (B+) - Due out in 2008, but there's no 2008 thread yet, LOL Stellet Licht (Silent Light) (C-) Go Go Tales (C) Redacted (D)
"A movie is not good because it arrives at conclusions you share, or bad because it does not. A movie is not about what it is about. It is about how it is about it: about the way it considers its subject matter, and about how its real subject may be quite different from the one it seems to provide." - Roger Ebert, from the introduction to "Awake in the Dark" (2006)
4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days (A-) The Axe in the Attic (C+)
"A movie is not good because it arrives at conclusions you share, or bad because it does not. A movie is not about what it is about. It is about how it is about it: about the way it considers its subject matter, and about how its real subject may be quite different from the one it seems to provide." - Roger Ebert, from the introduction to "Awake in the Dark" (2006)
Secret Sunshine (A) The Darjeeling Limited (B+/A-)
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"A movie is not good because it arrives at conclusions you share, or bad because it does not. A movie is not about what it is about. It is about how it is about it: about the way it considers its subject matter, and about how its real subject may be quite different from the one it seems to provide." - Roger Ebert, from the introduction to "Awake in the Dark" (2006)
