tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838733.post7839494764519541788..comments2024-03-25T21:14:21.671-04:00Comments on Listen Eggroll: Viewing Journal: Hiatus roundupmd'ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06055853987416332662noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838733.post-58467298121240921632012-02-25T15:45:18.227-05:002012-02-25T15:45:18.227-05:00Was this your first time seeing "Sweet Smell ...<i>Was this your first time seeing "Sweet Smell of Success"?</i><br /><br />No. That's what the /slashes/ bracketing a title indicate.md'ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055853987416332662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838733.post-79813373975495592452012-02-25T01:04:31.083-05:002012-02-25T01:04:31.083-05:00Was this your first time seeing "Sweet Smell ...Was this your first time seeing "Sweet Smell of Success"? It's such a great movie because it's so ugly as you point out. All those characters live for the filth, even if they act like they reject it (The POV shot of Sidney starting at JJ and his sister, both showing the same cold hard look, always makes me giddy).Peter Labuzahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09057154332391743369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838733.post-41766929994631384002012-02-24T17:18:17.511-05:002012-02-24T17:18:17.511-05:00No, I didn't care for Peppermint Candy. Not a ...No, I didn't care for <i>Peppermint Candy</i>. Not a big fan of Lee's in general.md'ahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06055853987416332662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838733.post-50381563998618181822012-02-24T17:00:14.716-05:002012-02-24T17:00:14.716-05:00As for films that show decades of a character'...As for films that show decades of a character's life, was it you who wrote a glowing review of Lee Chang-dong's Peppermint Candy once upon a time? After I saw it I had sworn I'd seen a writeup in your back pages and looked for it to no avail.Slaytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03788927670985682471noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8838733.post-8254978315742406392012-02-24T16:58:06.391-05:002012-02-24T16:58:06.391-05:00I agree totally about Rebecca - I was absolutely s...I agree totally about Rebecca - I was absolutely sold on its painfully detailed depiction of a one-sided relationship until the third act provided a distraction. Fontaine and Olivier 'get' it as well - Olivier is especially good at showing that kind of magnetic aloofness that could draw a naif like Fontaine so easily, and the kind of self-absorption that fosters a sort of emotional abuse without necessarily being intently malicious.Slaytonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03788927670985682471noreply@blogger.com