JL21 wrote:I wrapped up the three movies from Hiroshi Teshigahara that Criterion released last year. This one was The Face of Another. The synopsis:
A businessman facially scarred in a laboratory fire receives psychotherapy from a psychiatrist, and obtains an amazingly lifelike mask from the doctor. Soon after being fitted for the mask, he seduces his wife and succeeds. But his wife claims she was aware all along who he was and believed that both were just masquerading together as most couples usually do in different ways. Strangely enough, his personality seemingly begins to change after he puts on the mask as if the mask has influenced his personality. His new identity does not enable him to reintegrate into society after all. A subplot is inserted in fragments. A good-natured young woman, the right side of whose face is disfigured, has been hurt by others' inquisitive eyes and insults, and has been shunned by men. She asks her older brother, the only man who understands her pain and solitude, to make love to her, hiding from him the intent of killing herself after then.
Some pics from this one, which was visually stunning:
i liked "woman in the dunes" best.. "pitfall" second best.. and "face of another" third best..
but these three movies.. and teshigahara in general is amazing.. check out his documentary
on antonio gaudi.. the sagrada familia is something that i can't believe i've never heard of
before..
Jocephus wrote:i finally watched "there will be blood"
And?
i liked it but didn't think it was "great!!" and "wonderful!!" as most people/reviews did. daniel day lewis does put on a great performance, but thats about it for me...the story was good and all, but i found myself really only interested in what mr.plainview/DDL was doing/acting...i didn't care(wasn't interested story-wise) about his son, didn't care about that preacher (even though he was annoying)...and then it just ended abruptly..
i liked "no country for old men" better (it seemed like there was competition between those two movies)
Jocephus wrote:i finally watched "there will be blood"
And?
i liked it but didn't think it was "great!!" and "wonderful!!" as most people/reviews did. daniel day lewis does put on a great performance, but thats about it for me...the story was good and all, but i found myself really only interested in what mr.plainview/DDL was doing/acting...i didn't care(wasn't interested story-wise) about his son, didn't care about that preacher (even though he was annoying)...and then it just ended abruptly..
i liked "no country for old men" better (it seemed like there was competition between those two movies)
i am no fancy pants movie buff though
Bah, no worries there. I thought f'sho you'd dig the religion vs. business allegory, what with your sociology background.
heyzeus wrote:I think there's a reason No Country won best picture over Blood. But I did enjoy them both.
Yeah, I liken it to the year that both Chinatown and Godfather II were nominated. Sometimes, you get those awesome years where you have two very worthy candidates (IMO, anyway). And other years, [expletive] Crash wins.
