tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017832040275963428.post4979460997062185380..comments2023-10-28T11:09:18.671+05:30Comments on Cinemascope: Broken Flowers [2005]Shubhajithttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02040495040897333606noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017832040275963428.post-12996419558474498582009-06-27T00:51:40.659+05:302009-06-27T00:51:40.659+05:30A very eclectic list, and impressive too I must sa...A very eclectic list, and impressive too I must say!!! I believe our favourites are a vital defining parameter of who we are - they change at the same rate as we do. And well, as the old platitude goes, the only thing constant in this world is change...Shubhajithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02040495040897333606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017832040275963428.post-63137618740803058972009-06-27T00:36:47.140+05:302009-06-27T00:36:47.140+05:30Ah, My holy pentagon so far consists of:
Abbas Ki...Ah, My holy pentagon so far consists of:<br /><br />Abbas Kiarostami, Bela Tarr, Stanley Kubrick, Jim Jarmusch and Luis Bunuel<br /><br />I am yet to explore so many many directors, so this may change with the years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017832040275963428.post-32832796645658897202009-06-26T22:15:31.273+05:302009-06-26T22:15:31.273+05:30this is a great performance by Bill Murray, indeed...this is a great performance by Bill Murray, indeedAndrew K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01104647944747041277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017832040275963428.post-59544581052107942452009-06-26T21:32:35.572+05:302009-06-26T21:32:35.572+05:30@Kartikey: Yep, as the movie shows, there's be...@Kartikey: Yep, as the movie shows, there's beauty even in the mundane...<br /><br />@Sitenoise: Yeah, despite the common link between most of Bill Murray's famous roles, he still can startle you everytime. His performance in Groundhog Day was one the best, and not just of Murray! Comparisons aside, this is indeed a very well made movie.<br /><br />@Seventh Art: More than the quality of the work, this is also an usual film - unusual not just in its depiction of the "non-dramatic moments in life", but also, as you mentioned, in being able to rise beyond a conventional character study. By the way, who are your other 4 movie gods?Shubhajithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02040495040897333606noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017832040275963428.post-11926613976746969442009-06-26T19:59:48.301+05:302009-06-26T19:59:48.301+05:30Oh man, what an amazing film this one is. Especial...Oh man, what an amazing film this one is. Especially if you have been following Jarmusch chronologically. Funny that my favorite Jarmusch films are the two most trashed ones - Broken Flowers and C&C.<br /><br />Jarmusch is one of my 5 movie gods and he deserves more exposure for sure. The final shot of Broken Flowers seems like kind of a boundary between his kind of filmmaking and the "other world". A moment of intense drama with conventional character motivations seeping in. Brilliant film.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017832040275963428.post-63919495505515908962009-06-26T00:41:50.028+05:302009-06-26T00:41:50.028+05:30Moving over here now :)
Yes ..."the uncrowne...Moving over here now :)<br /><br />Yes ..."the uncrowned king of deadpan emoting"<br /><br />I think he honed this trademark in his association with Anderson and that gang. I don't care much for the ghostbuster in him, but since "Groundhog Day" and onward, his stuff with Anderson, and "Lost in Translation" and this film, I think he's fabulous.<br /><br />I'm going to have to watch "Life Aquatic" again real soon--my fave Anderson film (but NOT everyone else's!) It's such a beautifully weird meandering glop of 'quirky'! I can't get enough.<br /><br />I like "Broken Flowers" very much, btw. More than "Darjeeling" to be sure. ;) And I'm not really a Jarmusch fan.sitenoisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14026224029440247436noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2017832040275963428.post-17451558877050034392009-06-26T00:41:40.219+05:302009-06-26T00:41:40.219+05:30enjoyed the 'travel' scenes.
maybe that...enjoyed the 'travel' scenes.<br />maybe that's what the director believes to be mundane.<br />but they stay in my memory.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16727196954608850804noreply@blogger.com