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

[David Morris]

I haven't steeled myself through the first episode.  So much brooding
music.  Feels like one of those Damien movies.  I often shortchange at
first, so don't mind me.

David Morris

On Wed, May 23, 2018 at 10:47 PM Mark Thibodeau <jerkyleboeuf at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Absolutely! Haunting and frantic.
>
> On Sun, May 20, 2018 at 8:07 AM, Tara Brady <madame.brady at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > 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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