tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post3576609751951268904..comments2024-03-28T08:36:57.190+00:00Comments on Yorkshire Pudding: FabelmansYorkshire Puddinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-64116035292126271542023-02-03T17:00:35.943+00:002023-02-03T17:00:35.943+00:00You may never. It was his first film shot when he ...You may never. It was his first film shot when he was 17 and shown only once, I believe. It cost $500 to make and netted him only $1.Catalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804837416104556928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-13604236227044704022023-02-03T16:37:56.248+00:002023-02-03T16:37:56.248+00:00Watching the trailer of The Ablemans on YouTube, ...Watching the trailer of The Ablemans on YouTube, I saved these gems of deep wisdom :<br />*Movies are dreams that you never forget.*<br />*You do what your heart says you have to.*<br /><br />Watch *The Day of the Locust* the 1975 film of Nathaniel West's dark masterpiece - the hell inside Hollywood's heaven.<br />Talk about the dirty business of dreams ...<br /><br />* Just do do what your heart says you have to, son ! *<br />Thanks, Mom. Haggertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03878998597580981583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-82968191500648570972023-02-03T14:39:57.893+00:002023-02-03T14:39:57.893+00:00*Sidney Lumet interviewed Making Movies (1995).*
Y...*Sidney Lumet interviewed Making Movies (1995).*<br />YouTube. Manufacturing Intellect.<br />*Omnibus - Sidney Lumet.* YouTube.<br /><br />Lumet's book *Making Movies* is available in paperback.<br /><br />*Journey to Italy* (1954) Full Movie. YouTube.<br />Roberto Rossellini's classic film w/ Ingrid Bergman & George Sanders.Haggertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03878998597580981583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-32600451522631972322023-02-03T13:15:32.459+00:002023-02-03T13:15:32.459+00:00I like Spielberg, though I think he is seen by man...I like Spielberg, though I think he is seen by many critics as cinematic comfort food -- his movies carefully engineered for maximum emotional effect and easy palatability. His formula usually works for me, even as I'm aware I'm being manipulated!Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-83784576545806084682023-02-03T00:09:12.566+00:002023-02-03T00:09:12.566+00:00I must confess that I have never seen that film Br...I must confess that I have never seen that film Bruce. Thanks for the heads up.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-2389736450979930222023-02-03T00:07:17.571+00:002023-02-03T00:07:17.571+00:00In creating "Schindler's List", Stev...In creating "Schindler's List", Steven Spielberg was not setting out to make a documentary. It was meant to educate, to honour, to entertain and to get bums on seats - such a hard balance to strike. He did it brilliantly - no matter what those whingers had to say about it. The salt tears that ran down my cheeks were real. **** Jean-Luc Godard and Stanley Kubrick! ****s!Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-55833204147002035482023-02-02T23:37:39.693+00:002023-02-02T23:37:39.693+00:00Claude Lanzmann director of Shoah (1985) the nine-...Claude Lanzmann director of Shoah (1985) the nine-hour documentary called Schindler's List *kitschy melodrama* and a *deformation* of the truth.<br /><br />Jean-Luc Godard and Stanley Kubrick had reservations too.<br /><br />My mother and father were haunted by the film like you, and the image of the little girl in the red coat remained in their minds permanently.<br /><br />Like many commercial films it left me unsure of what I thought and I do not know what I think about it till this day.<br />So much that we see on the large and small screen is a product of the entertainments industry.Haggertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03878998597580981583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-64412809493403423732023-02-02T23:07:47.127+00:002023-02-02T23:07:47.127+00:00How could you have overlooked Firelight?How could you have overlooked <i>Firelight</i>?Catalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804837416104556928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-64318374590655798182023-02-02T20:19:24.486+00:002023-02-02T20:19:24.486+00:00No one would dream of questioning your discernment...No one would dream of questioning your discernment, Neil.<br />7 Oscars & a record box-office cash flow drown out the grumbling dwarves.<br /><br />*A Dissent on Schindler's List & rdqu.*<br />Philip Gourevitch. Commentary.Haggertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03878998597580981583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-86353512447097248982023-02-02T20:10:06.560+00:002023-02-02T20:10:06.560+00:00I believe it is worth seeing on a big screen.I believe it is worth seeing on a big screen.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-54913040291359124082023-02-02T20:09:17.118+00:002023-02-02T20:09:17.118+00:00So be it.So be it.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-19225558348982264172023-02-02T20:08:42.837+00:002023-02-02T20:08:42.837+00:00In times of self-recrimination, America should be ...In times of self-recrimination, America should be proud of Steven Spielberg. A genius with a good heart.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-24695166985774834962023-02-02T20:06:53.297+00:002023-02-02T20:06:53.297+00:00It's not an earth-shattering film. It's ge...It's not an earth-shattering film. It's gentle and skilfully crafted. Nobody is murdered and there are no real guns.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-33173971843183759062023-02-02T19:31:32.840+00:002023-02-02T19:31:32.840+00:00He really has lived his dream.He really has lived his dream.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-76743966452480962952023-02-02T19:30:57.057+00:002023-02-02T19:30:57.057+00:00Well that's as maybe. In my opinion these peop...Well that's as maybe. In my opinion these people you mention were wrong. As a general and pretty discerning cinema goer I have watched and appreciated countless films over the years and "Schindler's List" was one of the best. To call it a "feel good movie about the Holocaust" is a disgraceful judgement made by grumbling dwarfs.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-44136778281199243772023-02-02T16:07:21.500+00:002023-02-02T16:07:21.500+00:00Imagine being so lucky to become a filmmaker inste...Imagine being so lucky to become a filmmaker instead of blog writers like ourselves.northsider https://www.blogger.com/profile/00716743611909673869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-29267758940522923742023-02-02T16:01:43.893+00:002023-02-02T16:01:43.893+00:00*Terry Gilliam criticizes Schindler's List.* ...*Terry Gilliam criticizes Schindler's List.* YouTube.<br /><br />Gilliam favours the complexity of Kubrick over Spielberg's comfort movies.<br />Kubrick did not admire Schindler's List.Haggertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03878998597580981583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-81630626234677115232023-02-02T15:53:29.549+00:002023-02-02T15:53:29.549+00:00*Schindler's List/ I Didn't Do Enough.*
Yo...*Schindler's List/ I Didn't Do Enough.*<br />YouTube. Universal Pictures.<br /><br />Sceptics said only Spielberg could have made a feel-good movie about the Holocaust.<br />The above scene struck a false note with some; the musical score teetered on cliche.<br /><br />David Mamet's Negative View of Schindler's List. reddit.<br />Is Schindler's List Fatally Flawed ? Jewish Chronicle.<br /><br />Liel Leibovitz compared it unfavourably to Claude Lanzmann's documentary about the Shoah and the film by Marcel Ophuls.Haggertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03878998597580981583noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-29854537886448633292023-02-02T14:28:21.169+00:002023-02-02T14:28:21.169+00:00This one is definitely on my radar and my Netflix ...This one is definitely on my radar and my Netflix queue. I've heard several interviews of Spielberg about it and I'm sure it will reap lots of awards.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13214319366049620074noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-51710679208567838272023-02-02T13:36:00.460+00:002023-02-02T13:36:00.460+00:00I recently saw a documentary on Spielberg which wa...I recently saw a documentary on Spielberg which was quite interesting. He sort of avoided the Jewish part of his life, though faced it head om in Schindler's List, and that opened him up to telling his story. It was interesting to hear him talk about how certain parts of his other films were taken from his life and family and parents.Bobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15302478126147924237noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-11119250960535997372023-02-02T11:50:03.973+00:002023-02-02T11:50:03.973+00:00I should go see that oneI should go see that oneTravelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07787024407420088973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-91709895220684981422023-02-02T11:08:08.295+00:002023-02-02T11:08:08.295+00:00I hope you like it. It has a light touch, not over...I hope you like it. It has a light touch, not over-sentimental.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-13000530743231280702023-02-02T11:06:53.549+00:002023-02-02T11:06:53.549+00:00At my afternoon viewing there were only around twe...At my afternoon viewing there were only around twenty five people in attendance. I like it that way - a whole row of seats to myself.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-59451645343200373372023-02-02T11:05:28.439+00:002023-02-02T11:05:28.439+00:00It is as effectively constructed as one would expe...It is as effectively constructed as one would expect from a director with such a wealth of experience and such passion for cinema.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13883584.post-47925502316560823052023-02-02T11:04:01.492+00:002023-02-02T11:04:01.492+00:00Yes - he directed it and brought it to life Red.Yes - he directed it and brought it to life Red.Yorkshire Puddinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06019673884543913089noreply@blogger.com