On American TV ( by a god filmmaker)

[Mark Thibodeau]

On the Silver Globe is available for free on Youtube. I watched it last
night. Tho I'm a fan of Possession, I cannot recommend it - and boy, is it
gruesome in parts (a mass impalement scene sticks with me). Wish he'd been
able to finish it.

Jerky


On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 6:45 PM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:

> from my p-list post 2011:  very weird Polish film sci-fi religious
> political allegory (tho
> technically never finished due to censors in Poland)
>
> http://www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/review/on-the-silver-globe/1194
>
> hard to follow but one of those flicks that you'll say "i've never
> seen anything like that before"
>
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> On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 5:35 PM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Possession really just gets progressively weirder as it unfolds.  A bit
>> absurd theater, and the actors make credible acting out in bizarre wats.  I
>> borrowed it from the public library, and the cover was all Korean, no
>> English.  I wonder about availability of his others on DVD.
>>
>> David Morris
>>
>>
>> On Tuesday, July 15, 2014, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> have u seen his On the Silver Globe or my personal favorite The Devil?
>>> Like Posession, The Devil is a very weird film and with a wtf ending.
>>> manuscript at zarosgoaa gets mentioned alot but one should really check out
>>> the Devil
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 12:20 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Possession is much better than most of Bertolicci in his good days.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1016589-possession/
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Monday, July 14, 2014, Tara Brady <madame.brady at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Agreed. But The Last Emperor (or even Little Buddha) was a masterpiece
>>>>> compared to Me and You, Beseiged, Stealing Beauty, The Dreamers...
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On 14 July 2014 21:40, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Don't know pretty thin picking after 1900 no? Compare the conformist
>>>>>> to last emperor. Maybe it's just me
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Rich
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Monday, July 14, 2014, Mark Kohut <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> *Ted Gioia (@tedgioia <https://twitter.com/tedgioia>)*
>>>>>>> 7/14/14, 7:11 AM
>>>>>>> <https://twitter.com/tedgioia/status/488656975631499264>
>>>>>>> Bernardo Bertolucci: American TV is now more interesting than
>>>>>>> current American cinema. dld.bz/dud6G <http://t.co/5QYIgLkzLM>
>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>>
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>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>
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