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Top Twenty Pirate Movies
I list my picks for top twenty pirate movies of all time.
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Видео

Deadpool & Wolverine Review
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My review for Deadpool & Wolverine (2024).
"will"と"be going to"
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僕は"will"と"be going to"の違いことについてを話す。
10 Best Movies of 2023
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My picks for the best ten movies of 2023.
10 Worst Movies of 2023
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These are the 10 worst movies I saw in 2023
How Do You Live/The Boy and the Heron (君たちはどう生きるか) review
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My review of Miyazaki Hayao's 2023 film, The Boy and the Heron/How Do You Live (君たちはどう生きるか).
Another Dial of Destiny Review: Don't Touch That Dial
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My review of 2023's Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny.
Guardians of the Galaxy, vol. 3 Review: Still Guarding It
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My review of Guardians of the Galaxy, vol. 3 (2023)
Dizzy Identity: A Vertigo Analysis
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My analysis of Alfred Hitchcock's 1958 masterpiece, Vertigo.
Jeanne Dielman: Watching Paint Dry Voted Greatest Film
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A film slightly more exciting than a Yule Log is voted Greatest of All Time by Sight and Sound magazine.
The Machiavelli of Disney Princesses: A Cinderella Analysis
Просмотров 3522 года назад
I chart Cinderella's path to ruling her kingdom.
Let What Go? A Frozen Analysis
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My analysis of Disney's 2013 film Frozen.
Ichabod and Mister Toad (1949) Analysis
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My analysis of The Adventures of Ichabod and Mister Toad.
Dark City (1998) and Memory Movies
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My review for Dark City and its place in the great river of cinema.
Raya and the Last Dragon Review
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My review for Disney's Raya and the Last Dragon (2021).
Snow White Review
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Snow White Review
Acorn Deer
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Acorn Deer
Kashiharajingu Cormorants
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Kashiharajingu Cormorants
Cicadas in Asuka, Japan
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Cicadas in Asuka, Japan
NASA and JPL Comic Con 2019 Panel Clips
Просмотров 1235 лет назад
NASA and JPL Comic Con 2019 Panel Clips
The Expanse Panel; 2019 Comic Con Clips
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The Expanse Panel; 2019 Comic Con Clips
Farscape 2019 Comic Con Panel Clips
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Farscape 2019 Comic Con Panel Clips
Exotic Animal Rescue Sanctuary; Lions, Tigers, and Bears
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Exotic Animal Rescue Sanctuary; Lions, Tigers, and Bears
Twin Peaks 2018 Comic Con Panel Clips
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Twin Peaks 2018 Comic Con Panel Clips
The Expanse Comic Con 2017 Panel Clips
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The Expanse Comic Con 2017 Panel Clips
Poem at Comic Con Twin Peaks Screening
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Poem at Comic Con Twin Peaks Screening
Peter Davison, Sophie Aldred, and Colin Baker React to Casting of Jodie Whittaker
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Peter Davison, Sophie Aldred, and Colin Baker React to Casting of Jodie Whittaker
Twitter Sonnet #1000
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Twitter Sonnet #1000
San Diego S Gaugers at Grossmont Centre 2016
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San Diego S Gaugers at Grossmont Centre 2016
William Gibson at Comic Con 2016
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William Gibson at Comic Con 2016

Комментарии

  • @StéphaneDesrochers-n9q
    @StéphaneDesrochers-n9q Месяц назад

    Rob zombie

  • @carmengrant6527
    @carmengrant6527 Месяц назад

    Wow, I always admired her for her great acting, had no idea she was a Talented pianist😮

    • @carmengrant6527
      @carmengrant6527 Месяц назад

      I guess I was wrong but she had spunk!!!😂

  • @dosmundos3830
    @dosmundos3830 Месяц назад

    you must be high as a kite to think 20,000 leagues under the sea is a pirate movie. I wonder how many other of the movies are b.s.as well ;)

    • @Setsuled
      @Setsuled Месяц назад

      It's clearer in the novel but Captain Nemo regularly sank warships and considers himself above the law. So the movie fits my criteria of criminality at sea and is set before 1900.

    • @dosmundos3830
      @dosmundos3830 Месяц назад

      @@Setsuled pirates steal and loot, Nero was a terrorist. You're as high as a kite lol besides, the vid is 20 pirate movies, not pirate 'books'. Get a grip.

  • @N_Loco_Parenthesis
    @N_Loco_Parenthesis Месяц назад

    That clip of Maureen O'Hara more than makes up for the first ten on the list. 🤠

  • @sajmeister
    @sajmeister Месяц назад

    Excellent 😅 thanks for the list 👍 some great stuff here

  • @nick56677
    @nick56677 2 месяца назад

    0:28

  • @N_Loco_Parenthesis
    @N_Loco_Parenthesis 2 месяца назад

    Morena Baccarin! Ahh. It's been so long since I saw her in anything.

  • @N_Loco_Parenthesis
    @N_Loco_Parenthesis 3 месяца назад

    Absolutely fascinating analysis, especially as regards Judy's pretence of wanting to drown and everything that follows.

  • @N_Loco_Parenthesis
    @N_Loco_Parenthesis 3 месяца назад

    "slightly more exciting than a Yule Log", hahaha! Good one. It's a log alright, but the kind you flush.

  • @redrick8900
    @redrick8900 3 месяца назад

    Whoever brought their kid to the panel is the scum of the Earth.

  • @Raadadnanadnan
    @Raadadnanadnan 4 месяца назад

    No

  • @N_Loco_Parenthesis
    @N_Loco_Parenthesis 5 месяцев назад

    I love the expression 'soulless dollop of crap'.

  • @challenger9520
    @challenger9520 7 месяцев назад

    Maitland:"Dig that crazy beat" Rob Zombie: "Dig through the ditches and burn through the witches"

  • @haydenwalton2766
    @haydenwalton2766 8 месяцев назад

    self-indulgent, didactic feminism does not make good cinema. certainly, not here anyway.

  • @haydenwalton2766
    @haydenwalton2766 8 месяцев назад

    self-indulgent, didactic feminism does not make good cinema. certainly, not here anyway.

  • @AnthonyMonaghan
    @AnthonyMonaghan 8 месяцев назад

    "Mindless chores" are the beating heart of all our lives...they are the things that keep us grounded and unite us in this existence. But, watching Jeanne carrying out the everyday tasks of her existence, it struck how mindful and involved she is in every action. The film is a fascinating insight into not just her existence but all our existences. There is real beauty in the way she carries herself through her seemingly meaningless existence. It is a wonderful film. I love that people hate it, mock it and pour scorn on it. The criticisms I hear about this beautiful film say more about the viewers than the film. It is a triumph.

  • @nicolejones63
    @nicolejones63 8 месяцев назад

    awwww❤❤❤❤❤

  • @womplad9864
    @womplad9864 9 месяцев назад

    You look like Oppenheimer

    • @Setsuled
      @Setsuled 9 месяцев назад

      I am become Cillian Murphy.

  • @jefflehman5278
    @jefflehman5278 9 месяцев назад

    How is Godzilla Minus One not even on this list??? Super Mario Bros was better????

    • @Setsuled
      @Setsuled 9 месяцев назад

      Yes. I hated Godzilla Minus One. Admittedly, I dislike the kaiju movie conventions employed in the film so the very things that kaiju fans may have liked were the things I actively disliked. Super Mario Brothers, for all its flaws (like a terrible screenplay), had a few qualities I liked.

  • @TaoStein
    @TaoStein 9 месяцев назад

    Yes. Agree on pretty much all of those. Great to see Napolean, Leave the World Behind, and Wonka being called out for what they are ... bad movies.

  • @gaming-doggo
    @gaming-doggo 9 месяцев назад

    man the barbie movie and the wonka movie were so good

  • @PK-ql5en
    @PK-ql5en 9 месяцев назад

    But Himi was not the Creator’s daughter…

    • @Setsuled
      @Setsuled 9 месяцев назад

      Yeah, obviously, since she was Mahito's mother, she's really the Creator's niece. I don't remember why I referred to her as his daughter except I was thinking of the Prospero/Miranda angle and how he's basically a father figure. She may have called him father at one point in the Japanese version in the sense that, as the Creator, he's the world's father. In Japanese, people tend to refer to others by the apparent family position, even if they don't belong to their own family. Old men and old women tend to be referred to as "uncle" and "aunt".

  • @Michaela1942
    @Michaela1942 9 месяцев назад

    Just a note: Many, many actors were multi-talented. Some were artists in painting or sculpting. Many could play musical instruments. It is obvious that Mz. Hepburn had some familiarity with the piano as she played the piano in several films. If she was dubbed in this one, there was a reason, but it is obvious from the camera angles that she could play well.

  • @Gregorius24
    @Gregorius24 10 месяцев назад

    A film reviewer after my own heart: Vertigo has always been my absolute favorite. It was released the year I was born and I revel in the dream aspect of Hitchcock’s masterpiece; every shot is a work of art. I show this my Film Studies class and it never fails to get the students thinking deeply about the art of filmmaking. Have you even seen an original 35mm dye-transfer Technicolor print of Vertigo? I have, several times. The experience is breathtaking. I also programmed sections from Bernard Herrmann’s evocative score for the Orchestra I direct. It was a wonderful experience for both the orchestra and audience. 🎞️

    • @Setsuled
      @Setsuled 10 месяцев назад

      I haven't seen that original print, no. I'd certainly love to.

  • @user-Roopretelcham
    @user-Roopretelcham 11 месяцев назад

    이분이 영화 러브어페어에서 피아노치시던 숙모로 나온분맞죠? 영화배우인데 피아니스트이기도 하셨나보네요 ~👍

  • @alessandropelizzoli6613
    @alessandropelizzoli6613 Год назад

    Today, unfortunately, no one knows how to play faster octaves with the arms, and blocked wrist...there are no modern virtuosos....Hepburn makes the difference! Ah ah 😉🎼

  • @andrefernandez5431
    @andrefernandez5431 Год назад

    Jeanne Dielman more than any other film could be considered the starting point for the slow cinema movement. Filmmakers like Ozu and Tarkovsky are it´s precursors but none of them went radical as Akerman did with JD which is here this movies power comes from(no need for warmth). This movie influenced some of the best modern directors past the 70´s like Bela Tarr, Tsai ming liang, Lav Diaz and many more. Saying that this movie has no influence in cinema history is ludicrous.

    • @Setsuled
      @Setsuled Год назад

      I can think of a few things equally radical . . . ruclips.net/video/SMhwddNQSWQ/видео.htmlsi=SrqsKwtmMS3LGdUn

  • @ejtattersall156
    @ejtattersall156 Год назад

    Shhh...don't tell anyone: Tarantino is not a great filmmaker

    • @N_Loco_Parenthesis
      @N_Loco_Parenthesis 3 месяца назад

      True. He was good at first, then more and more a bore.

  • @kdg.2291
    @kdg.2291 Год назад

    Japanese audience are really upset that the main character is of mixed race 🙄?

    • @Setsuled
      @Setsuled Год назад

      I think the underlying philosophical argument is what outright upsets many people in Japan but I'm by no means suggesting it's everyone. Race, as a concept, is thought of differently in Japan to how it's thought of elsewhere. A mixed race person is simply not considered Japanese so to many, a movie making an argument about Japanese society with a mixed race protagonist would seem an odd or ridiculous choice.

  • @pbrandenburger7629
    @pbrandenburger7629 Год назад

    Thank you. You revealed many things I overlooked. I saw the film today in Kinshicho and my Japanese isn’t quite yet good enough to catch all the nuance, much less my Japanese cultural literacy. It is the darkest feeling Ghibli movie I seen since Grave of the fireflies, yet it is also, arguably, the most beautifully illustrated they’ve produced. I really enjoyed it even though I’m still unsure of it’s greater message. Yet this fact only makes me want to watch it again and again until I find some resolution. Again, thanks for your insightful review.

  • @jefdarcy
    @jefdarcy Год назад

    I sat through the entire ordeal, waiting for something to happen, waiting for the "unforgettable ending" I read about. But if there was ever a movie for which I wish someone would give me back the time I spent watching, then this is the one. One of the worst, most pointless movies I've ever seen. Absolutely nothing redeeming, nothing moving, I sat there as emotionless as the protagonist, even during the climax (I somehow saw it coming, although I don't see any point in it). I can watch 3 hour long silent movies without getting bored. I love low-key films about people and their little everyday problems, I could sit for ten hours through Kieslowski's entire Decalogue and enjoy every minute of it and be deeply touched by the stories. I have nothing against slow movies, one of my all-time faves is Once Upon a Time In America that many people find too slow and too long. But this thing is not a movie, it's some weird exercise, and this choice is an absolute shame and a joke, obviously politically motivated. As for your commentary, I only disagree about the inclusion of stuff like Star Wars. Please, I loved this as a kid, but as a grown up I just can't take it seriously, it's ridiculous. This should not be a pure popularity list. But Jeanne Dielman is on the other end of the spectrum and shouldn't be anywhere on this list either. (Sorry if something sounds awkward, English is not my native language.)

  • @davidcodes009
    @davidcodes009 Год назад

    lol americans really think they are the center of the universe

  • @frncscbtncrt
    @frncscbtncrt Год назад

    You speak beautifully. Great oratory skills. Thanks for this.

  • @Nicole-vc2gu
    @Nicole-vc2gu Год назад

    thank you for this succinct critical analysis. you have a talent for using literary devices.

  • @travelingwithyu98
    @travelingwithyu98 Год назад

    Finally a fantastic review! I watched the movie (also in Nara just like you!) and was frustrated at all the Japanese reviewers who missed the mark on so many points and missed so many metaphors and symbolism within. Great content, subbed to your channel!

  • @taotzu1339
    @taotzu1339 Год назад

    The Japanese title is asking his Japanese audiences how they are doing generations after the great war. The western great uncle is America who is now 'dead' but still has wizard-like powers over the Japanese people. The grey heron is a representation of the true spirit of the Japanese people. This is a nationalistic film telling Japanese people to get out from under America's yoke and influence. The Japanese can make their own decisions and control their own fate. Even the name of the main character - Mahito - is with deference to Emperor Harohito. I can see why Japanese audiences are uncomfortable with this film.

    • @Setsuled
      @Setsuled Год назад

      You should see the movie before you try interpreting it. The 1937 book is actually featured in the film, Mahito finds a copy of it with handwritten notes by his mother. The end of the film makes it clear that it's about self-determination rather than any kind of subscription to national identity. The heron may be the spirit of the Japanese people but it's not a nationalistic depiction by any means. It would be unflattering, to say the least, if it were.

    • @Setsuled
      @Setsuled Год назад

      @@theflipbook1280 I'm all for people having their own interpretations but saying How Do You Live is nationalistic is like saying The Godfather is about the value of trade unions. There are plenty of nationalistic Japanese films, popular ones, and their studios had no qualms about advertising them. If you want to see one, try The Eternal Zero, a movie that Miyazaki publicly denounced.

    • @toaster7002
      @toaster7002 Год назад

      I thought there really couldn’t be wrong ways to interpret this film, it’s so open ended and that’s what made the film good in my opinion. But man, this one is way out of the ball park, conspiracy level interpretation 😂 what a troll

  • @ribbitpng
    @ribbitpng Год назад

    This was really interesting, thanks.

  • @LordInvictus-yt
    @LordInvictus-yt Год назад

    Lol, you got what you deserved, Lucas basher

  • @theantinatalismzone392
    @theantinatalismzone392 Год назад

    I like that you like the movie but I strongly disagree with the way you present it. The thing is the movie is a HORROR movie from beginning to end. Ignoring that is dishonest

  • @iammraat3059
    @iammraat3059 Год назад

    Great analysis, thank God it was recommended to me

  • @sleuthentertainment5872
    @sleuthentertainment5872 Год назад

    Because nowadays the woman is THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE WORLD, Sight & Sound people want to make me believe a woman cutting potatoes for 40 minutes is better than all the movies of Kurosawa and Ford, better than Hitchcock and Eisenstein, than Kobayashi's Human Condition and Coppola's Godfather... DON'T TRY TO BRAINWASH US, bastards

  • @jokerstewiegriffin
    @jokerstewiegriffin Год назад

    why are you wearing a hat

    • @Setsuled
      @Setsuled Год назад

      I have no scalp.

    • @3kmek937
      @3kmek937 Год назад

      why does it concern you?

  • @AbrasiousProductions
    @AbrasiousProductions Год назад

    I despise this film as much as I despise pedophiles, nazis & communists, I legitimately wish it didn't exist

  • @AbrasiousProductions
    @AbrasiousProductions Год назад

    the people who think L'Avventura (1960) is boring have clearly never seen this.. at least L'Avventura deserves it's praise

  • @1998Cebola
    @1998Cebola Год назад

    A dude dressed like the parody of a noir P.I. lamenting that there is no Star Wars or Tarantino on the list is honestly so funny. This list has catered far too long to dudes with a complete lack of cinematic curiosity, hopefully it will go further down the path and truly transcend the shackles of boring genre flicks, as Parasite and Moonlight are more of the same rather than a break from the oppresive Hollywood form and style.

    • @neonatalpenguin
      @neonatalpenguin Год назад

      Obvious troll is obvious

    • @1998Cebola
      @1998Cebola Год назад

      @@neonatalpenguin i hope he is an elaborate troll, but the dude seems serious. F'cking Star Wars on a list of the 100 greatest movies of all time lmao, how old is he? 13?

    • @1998Cebola
      @1998Cebola Год назад

      @@neonatalpenguin talking about George Lucas movies in the same realm as someone like Tarkowski is the equivalent of bringing up Dostojevski and Stephen King in the same conversation about literature, one has made truly transcendental pieces of art, the other a commercial product, albeit of some form quality.

    • @astralnight3493
      @astralnight3493 Год назад

      @@1998Cebola tarkofsky sucks,jeanne dilman sucks, we all know the best film ever made is varsity blues

    • @jefdarcy
      @jefdarcy Год назад

      @@1998Cebola You're mocking the guy for his appearance, as if it had anything to do with anything? How old are YOU? You definitely sound like a textbook example of a pretentious wannabe snob.

  • @kafka0622
    @kafka0622 Год назад

    Man this was a load of drivel.

  • @wileyjdraws7594
    @wileyjdraws7594 Год назад

    Everyone knows the good the bad and the ugly is the best movie ever

    • @animatorfilmguy
      @animatorfilmguy Год назад

      ^ They know it, but it's not a tearjerker drama, so they try to forget it :) :P

  • @wertowpodcast
    @wertowpodcast Год назад

    One could make a serious argument for JD as the best film. (The movie makes something that I would never watch in reality (because of boredom) exciting.) The argument may lie in the fact that JD shows the essential effect of cinema most clearly. (In reality, I wouldn't watch paint dry. If you were to make a film about it, I would consider watching it. (I explain the reasons for this in a review about "13 lakes" on my channel.)) The problem is that woke ideologues have obstructed their possibility of serious argumentation.

    • @jefdarcy
      @jefdarcy Год назад

      "The movie makes something that I would never watch in reality (because of boredom) exciting." - Does it really?? I thought it was just as boring as you'd expect it to be to the point of being so annoying and tedious that I found myself fast-forwarding, because I knew e. g. when she started washing dishes, we would just see her for minutes putting one dish after another on the drainer, and nothing interesting would ever happen, not even a broken plate. And it was similar with every other chore or whatever she was doing. So the film not only shows things I would never watch in reality (because of boredom), it does so in the most dull way possible. Schopenhauer said: "The business of the novelist is not to relate great events, but to make small ones interesting." There are films and books that make small events interesting, and they deserve praise for it. JD does exactly the opposite, and I don't see why it should deserve praise.

    • @philippgoenitzer3976
      @philippgoenitzer3976 Год назад

      @@jefdarcy But time itself is an important factor of the plot and content. If you fast-forward a scene because the same thing always happens, I think you misunderstand not only the style, but also the plot and the content of the film (you can also fast-forward a piece by Philip Glass, of course, because the same melody is repeated for minutes, but... then you don't get involved with the music and you won't understand it).

    • @jefdarcy
      @jefdarcy Год назад

      ​@@philippgoenitzer3976 Yeah, of course everyone who was bored by the movie didn't "understand it". They're just too dimwitted to get it. They don't know anything about art. I watched her do things without fast-forwarding for about 1 1/2 hours, and I didn't get anything out of it. People praising JD always mention that it changes our perception of time as pretty much the biggest merit of the film, but they never explain this in detail, and I just didn't feel it when I was watching the movie. We see things happen in real time. How does this change our perception of time? At some point I said: "Okay, I get it, nothing will ever happen." I don't think I would listen to Philip Glass either (Do I have to? Does everyone who doesn't listen to PG not understand anything about music, or do they have a poor taste in music?), although music is different, I can get a kick out of repetitiveness and monotony in music, I can get "lost" in music (in fact I do this a lot at raves), and I can also get lost in an experimental film when it somehow mesmerizes me visually and aurally (e. g. Tetsuo). But JD doesn't, in fact it is one of the most visually pedestrian films I've ever seen. I also wouldn't read a book that would repeat the same boring things for hundreds of pages. JD is the film equivalent of such a book. It's also the film equivalent of a photo that, as a dabbler, I could take myself, as opposed to a photo by Fan Ho that just takes my breath away.

    • @wertowpodcast
      @wertowpodcast Год назад

      @@jefdarcy I never claimed, or implied, that people who are bored with JD don't understand the movie. What I'm saying is that you can't understand the movie if you fast-forward as soon as it starts to get boring (that doesn't mean you understand it if you don't). I have also never claimed or implied that the film changes the way its viewers perceive time. This may be the case for some viewers and not for others (I would also never say that a film is generally entertaining or scary...). Time is part of the plot. The plot is not: JD washes dishes, but: JD washes dishes for five minutes (e.g. to fill her day with work so effectively that she never gets into the unpleasant situation of having to self-reflect). There is a lot going on in the film: we see the distance between mother and son and when the son reveals himself to the mother, she doesn't know how to deal with it, says good night and goes to sleep... On the third day, she gets up and forgets to put a button on her coat (this was shocking for me because I was already so much in the rhythm of the movie)... And when the button, the burnt potatoes and the fallen spoon indirectly lead to a murder, I had to laugh about it... in that sense, I would call JD a psychological thriller, character drama and absurd comedy. I think that's impressive. (Funnily enough, it's extremely difficult for me to get lost in the rhythm of music at raves. So maybe you should just watch JD on E :)

    • @jefdarcy
      @jefdarcy Год назад

      ​@@wertowpodcast Okay, got ya. But please, I watched it without skipping anything for 90 minutes or longer, and it bored me to death. Do you seriously think I would have had some kind of revelation if I had not skipped forward a few scenes in the second half? I have the impression you're trying to take the few things that are going on and magnify them to make them somehow interesting. But hey, if you really enjoy this, suit yourself. I approached this film completely unbiased (I read as little as possible beforehand, as I always do) and was a little shocked to find this...nothingness. I also evaluate a movie by its rewatch value, and I can't possibly imagine sitting through this again. To be honest, I never understood why E is considered this ultimate dance drug. I do enjoy the feeling, but it doesn't really make me want to move, it just makes want to stand there and grin (and sometimes throw up). The best music enhancer for me is definitely acid, so maybe acid could save JD... a little. 😄

  • @Kraisedion
    @Kraisedion Год назад

    It is rather remarkable that you are so certain of your own subjective taste that you not only claim its position anywhere in the top 100 is a political choice. Even Paul Schrader, who called the positioning "distorted woke reappraisal", ensured to say it was one of his favourite films and a large number of those who share your opinion that the results might have been driven by politics have stated it deserves its place in the canon. You also speak about Ozu, but not Akerman's structuralist influences. All critiques voiced against JD here could also be voiced against Welles with CK, as he merely added together various techniques set up by other directors, from the shadows of Ford to the angles from German Silent Films, etc. etc. etc. I also think you may have made a rather excellent point it it's favour (without realizing it/having different views on art than I) with your observation that it allows readers to read into the work and be left with their mind in contemplation. This is how great contemplative cinema works, and surely a part of why many hold it dear. I won't do a big sales pitch for JD, but it is one of the most singular and impressive works in cinema history, with no true equals, distorting our perspective of time and making chores - yes, chores - the driving force of the action, and yes, suspense. Are you really surprised that a film like this, which in many ways is an antithesis to conventional cinema, would appeal to critics, archivists, programmers and especially academics? I do prefer Tokyo Story to Jeanne Dielman, but as a work, JD is far more impressive and even integral to understanding and discussing cinema, and that kind of reaction fuels love, appreciation and indeed feelings within those with similar views of yours in terms of "objectivity" within art. Personally, I hold JD to be a far more suited winner than Vertigo, and arguably even Citizen Kane, it shows the scope and possibilities of cinema better and makes incredible contrast to what so many, including you it seems, believe cinema should be. P.S. In terms of the choices being political - I'm not at all sure - though it depends on what you mean by political as well - I am quite certain many voters wished to highlight women directors, but what I'm not convinced of is whether this is more/less political and more/less valid than wishing to highlight silent films, Japanese films, westerns, or indeed influential films. P.P.S. Influence has never been suggested to be the criteria for this list or any previous iteration of the list, so I'm not at all certain why you speak of it. Each voter has always been free to decide what "greatest films of all time" means to them. "Most influential films of all time" sounds like a very different poll idea.

    • @Setsuled
      @Setsuled Год назад

      My intention was not to provide a comprehensive catalogue of Akerman's influences, merely to show that the movies that influenced her are more obvious than the movies that were influenced BY her. I certainly don't intend to suggest filmmakers shouldn't be influenced by other filmmakers. That's inevitable. I do not believe influence should be the only criterion for judging a film to be great, I only mention it as one of the few things about a work of art that is objectively measurable. The use of silence and empty space can be valuable ways to provoke certain feelings in a viewer. However, if taken to the extreme, then we really could consider watching paint dry. I might indeed have a valuable meditative experience looking at wet paint but I wouldn't necessarily call the painter a great artist. Jeanne Dielman's a valuable experience for certain academics because their minds are looking for spaces to busily fill with their interpretations. So, no, obviously I'm not surprised it would appeal to a certain subset of them.

    • @Kraisedion
      @Kraisedion Год назад

      @@Setsuled Thank you for your reply, Setsuled. I am happy that you can at least see why some critics may have placed the film on their lists/appreciate it without being driven by "politics", though I too think your reading of the film's power lies in a kind of empty vacuum filled by thoughts is completely wrong and not at all comparable to what the people who love the film actually speak about. There's a great overlap between what is appreciated, and the cinematic techniques, the long takes, the careful use of details, changing how we see time, seeing the full acts of her chores and of course the masterful use of suspense and a sense of doom with such limited tools all form part of it. As for messaging/"political" messaging this can of course be the icing on the cake or even a driving part of what makes a work powerful to someone, and should not be knocked. I'll just have to reiterate that I find it entirely believable that so many critics, academics, archivists and programmers would connect to the film to the extent that they would genuinely promote it as one of the greatest films of all time - and maybe you will see how much people genuinely love this film over time and appreciate their reasons without being suspicious of there being other motives involved.

  • @cillz-titoregniar367
    @cillz-titoregniar367 Год назад

    The problem with woke is that it puts identity politics above truth. Classic example of the road to hell being paved with good intentions. Woke is dishonest and manipulative and makes a virtue out of being single minded and devoted to "the cause" just like a cult. Jeanne Dielman may be a great movie, but it is not the best movie ever. Everybody knows that is the truth and everybody knows that the film winning the poll for the greatest movie ever made is woke manipulation and dishonesty.

    • @ignatiusjackson235
      @ignatiusjackson235 Год назад

      I have this sneaking suspicion that it only rose so highly in the ranks because something (directed by a female) needed to replace Chinatown... you know why... I think it's bullshit.

    • @benzo9059
      @benzo9059 Год назад

      The real trouble with "woke" is using the word as an insult just makes you sound like a sex offender.

    • @ignatiusjackson235
      @ignatiusjackson235 Год назад

      @@benzo9059 That's an incredibly odd point of view. At worst, it makes you sound like a cheap pundit. More often than not, it's justified.