Borgman
Elisabeth Romberg
eromberg at mac.com
Thu Mar 12 15:34:42 CDT 2015
Fully. The beach scene was really gripping.
Will deffo check Borgman out. Thanks
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> Den 12. mar. 2015 kl. 18.40 skrev rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com>:
>
> it's beautifully shot--would've liked to have seen on big screen. americans films in general tend to want to explain the mysterious in some way, whereas in movies like Under the Skin and Borgman that isnt the case which lends itself to appreciating when audiences are trusted by the filmmaker. Of course, you need to give viewers something to conenct to, to hang their impressions on. it's not easy to do. if you miss you came across as pretentious or god forbid laughable. no artist wants to get laughed at.
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> for me the beach scene in Under the Skin was up there with the woods
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> rich
>
>> On Thu, Mar 12, 2015 at 3:51 AM, Elisabeth Romberg <eromberg at mac.com> wrote:
>> Thought Under the Skin was good, watched it after it got mentioned/recommended here on P-list. Agree about Johansson, thought she did well. Definitely a film that «got under my skin», I still think about it sometimes, specially the woods.
>>
>>> 12. mar. 2015 kl. 02.47 skrev David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>:
>>>
>>> Under the Skin was, appropriately, otherworldly, and subtly also appropriate to its title.
>>> I reccomend it.
>>>
>>>> On Wednesday, March 11, 2015, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>> Under the Skin was pretty good too. Read the novel though didn't remember many details. Usually dubious when Hollywood stars are featured but Scarlett johanssen passed test. Liked director choices and vision
>>>>
>>>> rich
>>>>
>>>>> On Wednesday, March 11, 2015, Charles Albert <cfalbert at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>> Saw a preview several months ago and made a mental note to check it out.....and mental notes while hurtling headlong into dotage....well, you know how that goes.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks for the reminder.
>>>>>
>>>>> love,
>>>>> cfa
>>>>>
>>>>>> On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 1:42 PM, rich <richard.romeo at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>> someone mention this movie?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> grim parable but very well done, even funny at times
>>>>>>
>>>>>> think of Henry Fuseli's Nightmare
>>>>>>
>>>>>> rich
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