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Let's take it easy on our friend, matt. This is not a matter of retail outlets offering their own version of the film. I checked it out, and this is the only version for sale. It's a different matter.

Yeah, I'll say that if I'm going to call anyone an a**ho**, Tim isn't even on the list. We don't thank him enough.

We're not allowed to have a rational discussion on this website because eventually some fascist hawk has to chime in with the ballad of the common man. This situation nonetheless angers me, and I am saddened by such disrespect for an artist's work. I cannot see how anyone can honestly justify preventing one from bringing their child to see a film. This is just as bad. I'm a proud conservative who opposes all forms of censorship. All real conservatives are rather against any forms of it. people have got to get that correct.

The Sopranos is S16? Are you kidding me?

All the elements of this film seemed to be in perfect harmony, but the cinematography, the selection of the stocks and the framing of the composition did distract me sometimes, but that happens to everyone who works in a technical aspect. Shot in 16mm, it would have been just incorrect. What was the budget? I was shocked that Del Toro didn't win the oscar.

Great. Can my wife come, too? :huh:

LOL, Ingmar. Got to love that Bill O'Reilly. He's like John Wayne, if John Wayne were a psychotic right-wing hawk and repressed homosexual. Well, one out of two ain't bad. Back on the topic, I hadn't realized that The Village had earned so much. I think it deserves to, although the film did have very recognizable plot-holes.

Maybe Landon is EddieFruchter? True, it is best to know what one is talking about. One might suggest our dear friend type slower, with deference to clarity and, gasp....correct spelling.

Damn, that was a funny film. It's very odd to think that Bergman made Cries and Whispers for the same price. Can't wait for the sequel.

Filmstock is like prescription drugs: Inflated price due to R&D, but, eventually, a higher quality at a lower price. There has yet to exist a generic alternative, so, save the dubious business of selecting from pre-sold stocks, there is no deference to price-breaks. It is possible for Kodak or Fuji to sell a good stock at a heavily discounted price, but, alas, there would be no point. See, the price fresh Kodak has turned me into a film-stock socialist.

My daughter watches Gilmore Girls, and it looks very good for S16. Are you certain?

I, too, watched this film again, and I was still completely taken by those handheld shots, most notably the aformentioned address that Hurt delivers to the elders. I have to respectfully disagree with Matt.

In terms of overall production and subsequent critical approval on both accounts, is it not possible to choose between these two Auteurs. Perhaps we extend the question to cover cinematography, as well?

Of the versions I have seen over various regions, as I recall the Region 4 looked the best, and the american DVD's do look like Bootlegs, don' they? Should you want to check out the best version of Twin Peaks- and I mean the entire series with the Pilot included- then get your hands on the Spanish Box Set. It has loads of special features and better quality than the american stuff, so far. I got mine for $85 from EBAY.

I find Nykvist to be the greatest living Cinematographer. Willis is second. To address the matter of Willis claming the title of Auteur, I consider that to be a correct assumption. His work, as the works of all great cinematographers had, revolved around an iconoclast director whose work was strengthened by a concise visual style. Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters is a masterpeice because Di Palma knew how to work the magic of an urban setting. He also knew to paint the grass yellow when Antonioni made the progressives look as formalists do. To watch Coppola's films before Willis is to see a noisy image, later refined and quieted by Willis, and serving of the drama. One would, in the most respectful and historical sense, call cinematographers Co-Auteurs.

Thanks Jonas. My life just got a lot better.

The bottom line was $134,815. Of that figure, $25,571 was spent for a blow-up. But, if he opted for 35mm, I wonder what the difference would have come to.

Top 3 best shot films: 1.) Cries and Whispers 2.) Citizen Kane 3.) Barry Lyndon

The battle sequences in Full Metal Jacket were filmed nearly always at Magic Hour. It is that perfect time when everyone is exhasted and the lighting is perfect.

Shoreh Agdashloo deserved that Oscar. Of course, who wants to award a Jacobian tragedy when we've got Hobbits and Trolls.

The film that was overshadowed by Lost in Translation was, to my great horror, the master film The Barbarian Invasions. That was the best screenplay of the year, and there was no excuse for it not winning. The Screenplay award belongs to Denys Arcand, dammit. Coppola, Lucas and Scorsese have learned all that they know from Kurosawa. Coppola's daughter moves along the same lines. I found LIT to be a mediocre film, and I was quite pissed that Remy Gerard from Barbarian Invasions was passed up by Depp and Murray for an Actor nod. What is the artistic value to seeing a shot of a woman's ass? Who cares about the faxes from his wife about the carpet? Who wants to see minutes of shots of Tokyo? I liked the shots better when Tarkovsky did them nearly forty years ago in Solaris. Overall, this film was overrated, and, if we go by critical concensus alone, Barbarian Invasions is the superior film. I think this was nepitism, plain and simple. For this film to outdistance the best French-Canadian film ever made is a travesty.

If one regards Shyamalan as a humanist director, I would call this film his best yet. I found this film to be profound, but, should I have come for a horror film (which is what this was misleadingly marketed as), I would have been let down only by the ending. Also, the stabbing scene was nothing short of brilliant. Of course, the MPAA was going to give the film an R rating because of a nasty flesh-ripping sound in the scene, so, to keep the PG-13, he made it silent. For once, the MPAA had a good idea. It works better silent. I feel that this film will be regarded more as an astounding allegory about our times and politics, but, the beauty is that, by attempting to prevent the "world" from spoiling these people, the elders (government) have comitted perversness and willfulness of attitude. One can easily draw parallels about terror alerts and their color coding, and I think that it a relevant interpertation. The original ending was going to be Shyamalan (in his cameo) saying "Crazy fu**ing White People" when he came across the villagers, but, instead of going for the cheap laugh, he wrote that heartbreaking voice-over where the characters tell their story, but in a slightly different way that speaks to everyone who has suffered a tragedy. It's only correct that one has mixed feelings about this film, but I blame that on the marketing, not the director. Getting back to the cinematography, that scene where William Hurt is making an argument to the other elders would have been garbage should they have used a still camera. The handheld shots were few, but very effective. Which, in a way, brings me to Barry Lyndon. Nearly the entire film is polished and still, but the shot where Lady Lyndon posions herself, and the camera goes to handheld and begins to spin around is, IMHO, the best in the film. I have always loved handheld shots, but I force myself to use them sparingly. The dialouge was forced at times, except for Hurt, who is just astonishing. I don't think the oscars are worth anything, but I would love to see this film get a Cinematography and Actor nomination. Going onto yet another subject, why in the hell did Elephant and Irreversible not get Cinematography nods? Two of the best shot films in probably 15 years, and nothing? If you take the dead people out of The Sixth Sense, and the monsters out of The Village, what one finds is a beautiful portrait of people coping with tragedy. I only hope the public doesn't view him as a suspense/horror guy forever. Otherwise, we'll be missing a good deal.

A good introductory text would suit you well. See Eddiefruchter regarding that. :P

I would give it a shot.

I had a good laugh about sticking one of my cameras next to the Sam Adams, but, aside from a shocked wife, I doubt it would accomplish much. Perhaps reviewing the tape would be a most effective weight-loss method. Take that, Dr. Atkins.