Just watched The Childhood of a Leader on Netflix, and...

[Tara Brady]

Shout out for Scott Walker''s tremendous score, too.

On Sun, 20 May 2018, 11:15 Mark Kohut, <mark.kohut at gmail.com> wrote:

> I, too,will have to catch it AND I suggest you'd all never fully forget the
> Sartre story,
> conceptually thinner and therefore maybe too schematic rather than detailed
> compared to the movie.
> (just hearing about this movie reminds me of what some critic or auteur
> once said: The best movies
> can be made from short stories, seldom novels, since the movie-from-novel
> MUST reduce. )
>
> But,
> I think I haven't quite forgotten it and it has helped shaped my notion(s)
> of fascism,
> such as they are.
>
> On Sun, May 20, 2018 at 4:24 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Thanks, Jerky.  I will give it a watch.
> >
> > David Morris
> >
> > On Sun, May 20, 2018 at 2:46 AM Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > ...WOW. What a potent debut film by director, something Corbet. KILLER
> > > flick, in every respect. Stylistically, thematically, with some minor
> > > Pynchon resonance re: the sexual dysfunction (or is it?) at the heart
> of
> > > fascism. Set in the aftermath of World War I, in the French
> countryside,
> > as
> > > an American diplomat works on helping to shepherd the Treaty of
> > Versailles
> > > to completion.
> > >
> > > It's a must-see, in my opinion. Can't believe I missed it until now.
> > >
> > > Jerky
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