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gelinas
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response 125 of 144:
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Jul 5 20:21 UTC 2004 |
"If you want to send a messasge, use Western Union!"
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tod
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response 126 of 144:
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Jul 6 16:37 UTC 2004 |
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jvmv
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response 127 of 144:
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Jul 7 06:47 UTC 2004 |
#re 125
Joe, say that to John "Truck Farmer" Carpenter.
I think this is the only way that
John "Truck Farmer" Carpenter knows to send
messages.
#re 126
It doesn't matter what that sounds. The fact
is that we're here to talk about films...criticizing
or not criticizing. That only depends on your knowledge.
The one just matter is we discuss points of views,
peacefully.
"Taxi driver":
That's a nonsense, VIP. You mentioned a film
in which is replete of messages and honestly
I believe that you didn't understand anything
about "Taxi Driver".
Paul Schrader is, first of all, a good writer. Didn't
you learn literature at school, VIP?
Look, I'm sorry if you're offended about John "Truck
Farmer" Carpenter.
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remmers
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response 128 of 144:
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Jul 7 15:45 UTC 2004 |
#127: "The one just matter is we discuss points of views, peacefully."
I wish you'd apply that principle to your own posts. You seem to be
mainly into stating your own views and insulting anyone who challenges
them. I don't call that "discussion".
On the topic of this item (which is "Underappreciated Movies", in case
you forgot), I'll mention last year's "Northfork", a fictional account
of the evacuation of a small Montana town in the 1950s that is being
evacuated to make way for a new dam, given an epic quality by its
stunning photography and larger-than-life characters.
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tod
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response 129 of 144:
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Jul 7 19:07 UTC 2004 |
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jvmv
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response 130 of 144:
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Jul 8 06:44 UTC 2004 |
#re 128
Are you lawyer of tod?
Well, about peacefully: I didn't mean that someone was not being
peaceful. I think that you didn't understand the point.
About insulting: where are you reading some insult?
Look,I recommend that you pay attention where our discussion began
exactly. My discussion concentrated in John "Truck farmer" Carpenter
when then tod provoked me with ironies.
Did you think I'd be quiet? Ah no way mr. lawyer, I'm not afraid of
discussing point of view because I have how justifying my arguments.
But that doesn't seem common here. Some people don't have enough
arguments to debate an idea then they use ironies or something like
that.
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jvmv
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response 131 of 144:
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Jul 8 07:07 UTC 2004 |
#re 129
Iris? What it means? Insult or praise?
And how I'll call you from now on? I'll think it soon.
Say or think or do whatever you want but that won't change
the fact that John Truck Farmer Carpenter is a terrible director
and his films was made for people that don't think.
p.s. Look, how much did your defense cost to remmers?
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mary
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response 132 of 144:
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Jul 8 11:23 UTC 2004 |
Hi, Vito. Welcome to Grex, where we do, in fact, say and think
whatever we want, and your opinion is just that.
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remmers
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response 133 of 144:
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Jul 8 14:10 UTC 2004 |
Re #130: I rest my case. :)
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tod
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response 134 of 144:
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Jul 8 15:38 UTC 2004 |
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albaugh
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response 135 of 144:
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Jul 8 19:05 UTC 2004 |
I do try to iron all my comments before posting...
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jvmv
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response 136 of 144:
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Jul 9 06:16 UTC 2004 |
#re 134
Dear tod, I know that Iris is a character of the film. I also
know what she represents in the film and represents for
Travis Bickle. We can discuss the plot if you maybe want that one.
But in the context of our debate I didn't understand why you'll
call me Iris. Metaphorically I could understand the meaning
however I don't really know what you want to achieve.
So that you didn't prove your point.
Listen tod, I don't have anything against you. I'm not your enemy
and just consider you my opponent in a kind of game. So I
shake hands with you.
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jvmv
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response 137 of 144:
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Jul 9 06:30 UTC 2004 |
re# 132
Thank you Mary.
re# 133
Although you haven't won the cause, don't forget
to send the charging of the defense to tod.
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remmers
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response 138 of 144:
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Jul 9 20:53 UTC 2004 |
I wasn't speaking of Tod specifically, just making an observation about
your posts.
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jvmv
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response 139 of 144:
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Jul 11 08:35 UTC 2004 |
I'll see you in court. LOL
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tod
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response 140 of 144:
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Jul 12 16:15 UTC 2004 |
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jvmv
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response 141 of 144:
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Jul 19 01:38 UTC 2004 |
I notice that you're obtaining positive results
in studying movies. Dont stop doing it.
Let's clear this up. I suppose that there's nothing
much one can do about the debate here except to accept
it philosophically.
Well, I thought that we were speaking about messages
in Taxi Driver & now you mention an underlying message.
Wish it were that simple. Listen, I haven't counted the
exact number of messages, but I would say that at least "many".
I don't get someone to agree with me but it's no wonder
that you will have it that you is right. Okay, I'm prepared
to improvise if necessary.
You know Scorsese films has psychotic characters living
in closed worlds where their lunatic behavior seems
the norm then Taxi Driver underscores Travis' outsider status
by giving us a realistic world that he is isolated from,
is the story of a man living the proverbial life of
quite desperation. Travis, like Norman Bates hides his
insanity behind a facade of banality & nurses it with
his loneliness.
Jodie Foster, playing the child prostitute to whom
Travis hopes to play savior, still has the youthful
freshness and wise innocence that made her a shape of
hope in the world. Travis wants to save her & Iris is
saved from the clutches of evil & Travis has become a hero.
Well, Scorsese at least suggests anyway that in the
end Travis Bickle is still insane, & armed & dangerous.
But Scorsese provides us with at least two great
scenes. It was when as a passenger graphically
boasting of his plans to murder his wife seems to
be Scorsese's way of showing that there are people
who are even crazier than Travis. Why? To suggest that
Travis is justified in his paranoia?
Also the final climatic bloodbath provided only a
cheap shock at the time. Such over the top mayhem
doesn't underscore the brutality of the violence, it
trivializes the rest of the fim.
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tod
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response 142 of 144:
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Jul 19 18:30 UTC 2004 |
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jvmv
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response 143 of 144:
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Jul 22 08:35 UTC 2004 |
Way Out -- playtime
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remmers
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response 144 of 144:
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Aug 6 11:10 UTC 2004 |
A restored 70mm print of Playtime is making the rounds in the US.
I hope that it comes to Ann Arbor at some point.
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