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

[Mark Thibodeau]

It's a movie!

On Thu, May 24, 2018 at 12:27 AM, David Morris <fqmorris at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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