tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838733.post7568690319949815968..comments2024-03-25T21:14:21.671-04:00Comments on Listen Eggroll: Viewing Journal: Week of 23-29 Aprmd'ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06055853987416332662noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838733.post-81081884288450653462012-05-01T14:38:49.986-04:002012-05-01T14:38:49.986-04:00Yeah, I wasn't sure what exactly you had in mi...Yeah, I wasn't sure what exactly you had in mind by "leading".<br /><br />If it's only/essentially knowledge by the general public, I'd argue then that Denis Villeneuve is probably the biggest name. (To me, he's a competent filmmaker, but not much beyond that.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838733.post-39905250651884470652012-05-01T13:37:22.394-04:002012-05-01T13:37:22.394-04:00By "leading" I didn't mean "gre...By "leading" I didn't mean "greatest." Somebody not widely known can't be his country's leading filmmaker by definition, no matter how good he is (I'm unfamiliar with Jean myself). Dolan's only made two films—we'll see how his latest fares at Cannes—and Lafleur hasn't yet made much of an international splash. You could make a case for Côté, but I think <i>Lazhar's</i> Oscar nomination trumps him.md'ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055853987416332662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838733.post-79207395549052887812012-05-01T13:19:54.634-04:002012-05-01T13:19:54.634-04:00I'm pretty much in agreement with your review ...I'm pretty much in agreement with your review of Monsieur Lazhar.<br /><br />I can't agree with this, however: "With Arcand's continuing relevance at best questionable, Falardeau seems to have become the leading French-Canadian filmmaker more or less by default [...]"<br /><br />I would suggest the following names: Rodrigue Jean ("Yellowknife", "Lost Song", etc.; terrific, terrific Acadian filmmaker who's sadly not widely known), Xavier Dolan, Denis Côté, Stéphane Lafleur.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com