NP - OMFG, I HATE Terrence Malick Films!

[Mark Thibodeau]

I'm almost afraid to dive into ROMA.

On Sun, Dec 23, 2018 at 6:47 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
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> From: John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com>
> Date: Sun, Dec 23, 2018 at 5:02 PM
> Subject: Re: NP - OMFG, I HATE Terrence Malick Films!
> To: David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
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> Yeah, I was going to describe it as verite documentary-like then thought
> WTF, it's incredibly, immaculately styled. I don't know how it can feel
> both at once.
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> On Mon, 24 Dec 2018, 9:59 AM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com wrote:
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> > The cinematography is stunning.  The tone is hard to describe, almost
> > "real," like a documentary, but too beautiful for reality.
> >
> > David Morris
> >
> > On Sun, Dec 23, 2018 at 4:45 PM John Bailey <sundayjb at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Roma broke me a bit. There are currents within it that build up such
> >> force and you only later realise how powerful they are. If it's playing in
> >> a local cinema go the extra distance.
> >>
> >> On Mon, 24 Dec 2018, 9:28 AM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com wrote:
> >>
> >>> You want sublime?  Try Roma on Netflix.
> >>>
> >>> On Sun, Dec 23, 2018 at 12:34 AM <jbloocher at gmail.com> wrote:
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> >>> > I once had a first date going to to see The Thin Red Line. I actually
> >>> > enjoyed the movie. The date didn’t. He kept sighing very loudly
> >>> throughout
> >>> > and asking when someone was going to die (also very loudly). Now that I
> >>> > think about it, it would be wise not to use Mallick films as a
> >>> relationship
> >>> > ink blot test. His films are a tad pretentious to say the least, but
> >>> then
> >>> > so is Tarkovsky (just the first that comes to mind) in a similar vein.
> >>> >
> >>> > Sent from my iPhone
> >>> >
> >>> > > On 23 Dec 2018, at 03:55, Rob Miller <robcmiller at gmail.com> wrote:
> >>> > >
> >>> > > Have you seen days of heaven? That one is pretty watchable. I agree
> >>> with
> >>> > > you in general, but am glad that someone can get films like his made.
> >>> > >> On Sat, Dec 22, 2018 at 8:20 PM David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com>
> >>> > wrote:
> >>> > >>
> >>> > >> Tried watching Knight of Cups.  Drove me crazy in 30 minutes.  The
> >>> most
> >>> > >> pretentious film making ever!  Droning inane narrator is not
> >>> sublime.
> >>> > >> Flickering memory visions get old really fast.  I don't think I will
> >>> > ever
> >>> > >> be tempted to give TM another try, and I've given him many tries.
> >>> > >>
> >>> > >> David Morris
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