tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50729036669454163.post1444519015887001157..comments2024-02-24T19:35:48.123-08:00Comments on Lost in the Frame: There Will Be BloodKasey Mohammadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13353259413006470925noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50729036669454163.post-4229591416169624752008-02-22T00:41:00.000-08:002008-02-22T00:41:00.000-08:00jasper: you hated the score? i thought it was a st...jasper: <BR/><BR/>you hated the score? i thought it was a strong effort by jonny greenwood. i actually downloaded it.<BR/><BR/>i thought the music was well executed and frighteningly minimalist.<BR/><BR/>i think this track in particular demonstrates greenwood's knack for developing a mood through the use of a few melancholy notes:<BR/><BR/>http://hypem.com/track/465735<BR/><BR/>then again, i am a radiohead nut.Bryan Coffelthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13359105032248441307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50729036669454163.post-14715016927187339242008-02-07T00:56:00.000-08:002008-02-07T00:56:00.000-08:00You know, I found the score to this film profoundl...You know, I found the score to this film profoundly irritating (although I did like how HW, after his accident, seemed to mimic that weird chord--not sure if this is the correct term, I'm musically illiterate--that opens the film. <BR/><BR/>It's an excellent film, for sure. Is it really a better film than No Country? I'm not sure; it seemed flawed in similar ways, and I found the biblico-allegorical overlay fairly patronizing. This seems to be Anderson's blind spot. The best thing about it was the middle, those tracking shots with multiple moving elements. . .<BR/><BR/>Funny thing is: it's much closer to Cormac McCarthy's sensibility than the offering from the Coen Brothers.UCOP Killerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15593713553275884570noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50729036669454163.post-59301700677759206962008-02-04T13:44:00.000-08:002008-02-04T13:44:00.000-08:00in lieu of actual commentary on this movie, which ...in lieu of actual commentary on this movie, which i saw saturday, just let me say:<BR/><BR/>1) There Will Be Blood<BR/>2) No Country For Old Men<BR/>3) Before the Devil Knows You're Dead<BR/><BR/>although i too have yet to see The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, although it is at the top of my own queue. <BR/><BR/>the music (actually, the sound as a whole) was fantastic, especially when contrasted with the silences after HW goes deaf.kyle simonsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10404768381285333961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50729036669454163.post-11890318663526983322008-02-02T18:20:00.000-08:002008-02-02T18:20:00.000-08:00I'm interested in how Netflix has changed the view...I'm interested in how Netflix has changed the viewing habits of erstwhile cinephiles. <BR/><BR/>I will add it to queue as well.Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04475648622462253163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50729036669454163.post-46642171287524330692008-02-01T17:58:00.000-08:002008-02-01T17:58:00.000-08:00Patrick, I just put Panic in Needle Park at the to...Patrick, I just put <I>Panic in Needle Park</I> at the top of my Netflix queue. Or second from top, because <I>Assassination of Jesse James</I> is now available, it seems.Kasey Mohammadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13353259413006470925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50729036669454163.post-66700337378426982682008-02-01T08:14:00.000-08:002008-02-01T08:14:00.000-08:00Kasey,Do you take requests? I just watched "Panic...Kasey,<BR/><BR/>Do you take requests? I just watched "Panic in Needle Park" and thought it had an interesting affinity with this and No Country...but I'd value your take on it.<BR/><BR/>PatrickProvidencehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15109740673270128370noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50729036669454163.post-53293349985015490872008-01-27T21:44:00.000-08:002008-01-27T21:44:00.000-08:00True. I haven't seen either of those movies..er, e...True. I haven't seen either of those movies..er, either. <BR/><BR/>So i'll shut my trap. But it was damn good. <BR/><BR/>What did you think of the music?<BR/><BR/>On the note about the brothers, the alienation theme segues interestingly with the notion of twins, and even more chilling, the Borgesian "copy."Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04475648622462253163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50729036669454163.post-39906174335288093922008-01-27T17:35:00.000-08:002008-01-27T17:35:00.000-08:00Oh, Anderson has said in interviews that Paul and ...Oh, Anderson has said in interviews that Paul and Eli are supposed to be actual brothers. Originally there was a different actor playing Eli, and then he got fired after Dano had already shot his scene as Paul, and Anderson decided to have Dano play Eli as well.Kasey Mohammadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13353259413006470925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50729036669454163.post-11882451787401485932008-01-27T17:31:00.000-08:002008-01-27T17:31:00.000-08:00Too early still for me to decide whether I'd say i...Too early still for me to decide whether I'd say it was the best film of 2007. I will say that of all the new films I saw last year, the only one that could give it a run at the moment is <I>No Country for Old Men</I>. I haven't yet gotten to see either <I>The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford</I> or <I>Before the Devil Knows You're Dead</I> (my God, it's been a year for long titles), and I'm intrigued by both of them.<BR/><BR/>Ten years? I'm pretty sure I wouldn't go that far, but I do have to admit that an example of a film within that time I'd consider "obviously" better doesn't come immediately to mind. Maybe <I>Anchorman</I>. Just kidding. Sort of.Kasey Mohammadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13353259413006470925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50729036669454163.post-66613843754651208502008-01-27T17:00:00.000-08:002008-01-27T17:00:00.000-08:00Another question (and I think this has to do with ...Another question (and I think this has to do with what Kasey said about this film exceeding viewers' expectations): <BR/><BR/>Are there two brothers, Paul and Eli or just a case of two conflicting courses of what to do with your family's land?Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04475648622462253163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50729036669454163.post-14560281358083707202008-01-27T16:57:00.000-08:002008-01-27T16:57:00.000-08:00I'm wondering that as well. I saw it in NYC and th...I'm wondering that as well. I saw it in NYC and there were parts, though not as skewed as in Kasey's case, that were out of focus.<BR/><BR/>So, let me ask: best film of the year? Because I'd go so far as to say that this is the best film I've seen during the last 10 (granted, MADE during the last 10, too).Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04475648622462253163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-50729036669454163.post-6257452246939881652008-01-26T21:09:00.000-08:002008-01-26T21:09:00.000-08:00You know, this is weird, but when I saw the film i...You know, this is weird, but when I saw the film in Santa Monica it was out of focus too. Is there something about this film that causes it to be consistently projected out of focus?Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16268970343994844518noreply@blogger.com