tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307678312217390020.comments2022-11-05T06:07:26.338-07:00Last Seat on the RightMichał Oleszczykhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11521760881710382872noreply@blogger.comBlogger167125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307678312217390020.post-34333712573260875082017-09-07T23:17:33.248-07:002017-09-07T23:17:33.248-07:00Contact me on my e-mail address: michal.oleszczyk@...Contact me on my e-mail address: michal.oleszczyk@gmail.com I will be happy to give you more information.Michał Oleszczykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11521760881710382872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307678312217390020.post-13590550281544983852017-09-07T13:56:09.740-07:002017-09-07T13:56:09.740-07:00do you have a copy of this film?? i have a rare fi...do you have a copy of this film?? i have a rare film blog called Hidden Films (http://hidden-films.com) and am dying to see it and anything else the late John Dorr had a hand in making...let me know, thanks!Sam Weisberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00563450357428235595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307678312217390020.post-43650787323185405352015-02-16T05:00:36.443-08:002015-02-16T05:00:36.443-08:00Martin, I am humbled and delighted to read this. C...Martin, I am humbled and delighted to read this. Coming from my "archenemy", it's even more satisfying ;-)Michał Oleszczykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11521760881710382872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307678312217390020.post-1735589910641568942015-02-16T04:35:46.402-08:002015-02-16T04:35:46.402-08:00Michal, just to prove how much I love reading your...Michal, just to prove how much I love reading your critiques no matter how much I may disagree with the content, let me say this. I picked this book up and put it down again on at least 3 occasions thinking it too 'insignificant' a book on movies to merit the price tag and my time. Now, however, on reading your comments I have to have it. You have the knack of turning most things you write about into pure pleasure.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11088912201473733106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307678312217390020.post-22328977093323598782013-03-28T01:20:25.357-07:002013-03-28T01:20:25.357-07:00Thanks for refreshing this great film. I remember...Thanks for refreshing this great film. I remember that when it first came out it made huge impression on my crowd. (matched later only by Bad Timing)<br /><br />Although thinly disguised in a diplomatic setting, Persona Non Grata seems to talk about the same things as Illumination. And A Serious Man indeed follows the diagnosis. Both equally devastating. Pawel Kuczynskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05560375946783948879noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307678312217390020.post-47004213974874368072013-01-09T10:50:06.602-08:002013-01-09T10:50:06.602-08:00He wrote the first Polish monograph of Terence Dav... He wrote the first Polish monograph of Terence Davies. Together with Kuba Mikurda. <a href="http://www.ashokadiamond.com/blog/a-symbol-of-eternal-love-my-ashoka-diamond-ring/" rel="nofollow">Ashoka Diamond Ring</a><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01813150344575149922noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307678312217390020.post-26916088241761009182012-11-22T04:00:01.418-08:002012-11-22T04:00:01.418-08:00This is such a great resource that you are providi...This is such a great resource that you are providing and you give it away free.I love seeing website that understands the value of providing a quality resource for free.<br />Regards<br /><a href="http://www.ashesintoglass.com/" rel="nofollow">Ashes and diamonds</a>Lisa Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11257395402214888202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307678312217390020.post-73045732492151043022012-09-25T12:49:41.302-07:002012-09-25T12:49:41.302-07:00So glad you liked it, buddy! It's a very divis...So glad you liked it, buddy! It's a very divisive movie, at least from what I gathered while talking to my fellow critics. I need to revisit it, but for me it's at the very least equal to A SEPARATION.Michał Oleszczykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11521760881710382872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307678312217390020.post-58240439381430267252012-09-25T07:57:44.596-07:002012-09-25T07:57:44.596-07:00I’m glad that Toronto was satisfactory on some cou...I’m glad that Toronto was satisfactory on some counts, at least. :-) Saw ELLY on Saturday. Wow. Absolutely stunning; superior even to A SEPARATION for me. Between that one and HOLY MOTORS and it’s been a pretty awesome week’s cinema-going this end... Alex Ramonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13563545792136227647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307678312217390020.post-36219901074439021812012-09-14T16:16:29.783-07:002012-09-14T16:16:29.783-07:00John Gray -- Thank you!John Gray -- Thank you!Michał Oleszczykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11521760881710382872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307678312217390020.post-61950576542056465892012-09-14T16:15:42.241-07:002012-09-14T16:15:42.241-07:00Dear Alex, thanks for you kind words (yet again!)....Dear Alex, thanks for you kind words (yet again!). Hope you're well. I apologize I didn't cover TIFF this year -- it's been a busy time for me at the festival ;-)Michał Oleszczykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11521760881710382872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307678312217390020.post-3301421422196240302012-09-07T08:51:53.021-07:002012-09-07T08:51:53.021-07:00Well, it’s taken years - and the success of A SEPA...Well, it’s taken years - and the success of A SEPARATION, no doubt - but ABOUT ELLY is *finally* getting a UK release next week. I love this review, and needless to say I’m very excited to see the movie (at long last). :-)Alex Ramonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13563545792136227647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307678312217390020.post-10644031166888369452012-08-01T10:06:34.521-07:002012-08-01T10:06:34.521-07:00I never heard of it! Will have to check it out; th...I never heard of it! Will have to check it out; thanks!Michał Oleszczykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11521760881710382872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307678312217390020.post-49170643135564543532012-07-29T00:24:55.143-07:002012-07-29T00:24:55.143-07:00Never saw Dynasty, Dallas, etc. But lately I did ...Never saw Dynasty, Dallas, etc. But lately I did see Noble House, and it's wonderful fun.<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_63CZoyoYJcSeismic Puppyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17935462412957725540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307678312217390020.post-71342672481015404402012-07-25T13:56:40.766-07:002012-07-25T13:56:40.766-07:00Hi,
while the link to Christianity is very import...Hi,<br /><br />while the link to Christianity is very important in Malick, and you're right to point it out, it's not like Christianity is the soole religion being evoked in LINE (Buddhism is another and some sequences have a pantheistic feel to them). I agree that one could successfuly pursue all those tropes, however I needed to limit myself due to my aim of writing a relatively short piece.Michał Oleszczykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11521760881710382872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307678312217390020.post-13563968335924365962012-07-24T09:49:02.999-07:002012-07-24T09:49:02.999-07:00The end of your article arrives at the ultimate le...The end of your article arrives at the ultimate lens through which this film demands assessment: Christianity. (It's not an amorphous spirituality, or just religion as a generic term, but the very specific combination of grace and redemption that is uniquely at the heart of the Christian faith.) The extent to which critics (including Roger Ebert, who promoted your article) dread this fact is nearly comical by now -- or anyway, inconsistent with the swarm of "spiritual" platitudes. The auteur's P.O.V. is deeply relevant as it's notoriously built upon a singular vision, and no one disputes that Malick is a professing Christian.<br /><br />Your concluding comment, that the film offers something deeper than any organized religion possibly could, is an empty generalization, though. Pitting these two disparate things against each other is expedient and nonsensical.FocusPulling (.com)https://www.blogger.com/profile/05478772812061557539noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307678312217390020.post-1914799834488575922012-07-23T13:57:02.697-07:002012-07-23T13:57:02.697-07:00Thank you for your comment!
I personally find Mal...Thank you for your comment!<br /><br />I personally find Malick's approach to his characters very varied and respectful. I don't think war is merely incidental to the movie -- it's a crucial element of it, even though Malick doesn't follow the time-worn conventions of war movies. I think TTRL is somehow similar to APOCALYPSE NOW in that it takes a highly personal look at war and transforms it into a state of mind, all the while keeping it "real" enough to inspire genuine horror.Michał Oleszczykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11521760881710382872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307678312217390020.post-58692934344694110302012-07-23T11:30:07.835-07:002012-07-23T11:30:07.835-07:00Didn't like it the first time. Sort of appreci...Didn't like it the first time. Sort of appreciated it the second time. Because of BADLANDS and DAYS OF HEAVEN, the mostly excellent reviews, --and the great anticipation after a long hiatus on the part of Malick--, I was willing to give it a second chance. Can't say I like it, but it was an usual kind of film. But then NEW WORLD came next and I simply couldn't sit through it. As for TREE OF LIFE, it should be called TREE HUGGING OF LIFE. What a ridiculous movie. <br /><br />The cinematography of THIN RED LINE is excellent but is it appropriate for a war film? Maybe, maybe not. It all depends on how one categorizes this movie. Maybe it's not so much a war film as philosophical/spiritual film where war just happens to be the subject. Thus, instead of focusing directly on war itself, it's about how war intrudes into the souls of man and the harmony of nature. Thus, war could be seen as just an element--even if a major one--than the primary subject of this film. <br /><br />My main problem is with Malick's treatment of characters. It seems as though the only real star is Malick's ego. None of the characters have any real individuality. Instead, they come across as aspects of Malick's inner-conflicted multi-faceted soul. They are shadow puppets of the soul-struggle within Malick's mind... just like most of the characters in Woody Allen's movies are just variations of Allen's neurosis, or better-looking people through whom Allen makes mostly silly statements about life, art, society, etc. <br /><br />Maybe THIN RED LINE would have worked better as a silent movie.Andrea Ostrov Letaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13478113002321077670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307678312217390020.post-90265114575377499442012-07-19T04:53:14.356-07:002012-07-19T04:53:14.356-07:00Thank you!Thank you!Michał Oleszczykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11521760881710382872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307678312217390020.post-87006096322550652872012-07-11T22:32:49.494-07:002012-07-11T22:32:49.494-07:00Thank you! I disagree, of course :)Thank you! I disagree, of course :)Michał Oleszczykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11521760881710382872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307678312217390020.post-52271641263364118652012-07-11T22:23:51.919-07:002012-07-11T22:23:51.919-07:00Interesting list except for the pompous THIN RED L...Interesting list except for the pompous THIN RED LINE and silly WR: MYSTERIES.Andrea Ostrov Letaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13478113002321077670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307678312217390020.post-81675528488711962022012-06-22T02:07:00.426-07:002012-06-22T02:07:00.426-07:00Gorgeous. Especially thrilled to see TOPSY-TURVY a...Gorgeous. Especially thrilled to see TOPSY-TURVY amongst your selection; a stunning movie and I love and admire it a little bit more every time I see it. (How I hope that Leigh makes something on that scale once again!) Also second REAR WINDOW, TLDC, MWAMC, and L’ATALANTE. So, can you reveal which films *almost* made your ballot? :)Alex Ramonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13563545792136227647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307678312217390020.post-53720709104441893052012-06-15T03:41:47.479-07:002012-06-15T03:41:47.479-07:00Prawda (zaczynałem to oglądać kiedyś, ale wyłączył...Prawda (zaczynałem to oglądać kiedyś, ale wyłączyłem po czasie). Z kolei w takim Village Voice miał trochę inną listę na koniec stulecia, więc to zawsze mały event jest :) Rosenbaum też zmieniał - w '92 a '02 były zauważalne różnice. Ciekawi mnie jak zawsze Amy Taubin, nie wiem czy Lim będzie, no i ktoś się tam jeszcze nawinie pewnie.Kamil Dachnijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10110469765923952993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307678312217390020.post-70151067098051563122012-06-15T01:42:34.937-07:002012-06-15T01:42:34.937-07:00Dziękuję! Sam czekam na rezultaty i oczywiście jes...Dziękuję! Sam czekam na rezultaty i oczywiście jestem ciekaw dziesiątki Hobermana, który ostatnio numerem pierwszym wyróżnił PŁONĄCE ISTOTY Jacka Smitha :-)Michał Oleszczykhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11521760881710382872noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8307678312217390020.post-74698741436462667432012-06-14T15:34:33.045-07:002012-06-14T15:34:33.045-07:00Pierwsza trójka robi wrażenie i jestem bardzo pozy...Pierwsza trójka robi wrażenie i jestem bardzo pozytywnie zaskoczony, że w końcu ktoś wymienia tak wysoko Daviesa i Malicka, w szczególności te tytuły (jestem fanem obu reżyserów). Osobiście stawiam wyżej "Vertigo", ale twój typ jest tuż za nim w mojej Hitchockowksiej hierarchii. Czekam w takim razie aż opublikują wyniki (ciekawe czy będzie świta moich ulubionych krytyków też) :)Kamil Dachnijhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10110469765923952993noreply@blogger.com