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His criticisms of contemporary American cinema are apt. But on an individual level, he just needs to watch more old movies and more foreign cinema. In my experi
by keiferski 5y ago
His criticisms of contemporary American cinema are apt. But on an individual level, he just needs to watch more old movies and more foreign cinema. In my experience, many people can’t name more than one or two movies from Eastern Europe, USSR/Russia, Japan, Yugoslavia, Mexico, etc. Especially older movies from these places, which developed almost independently from Hollywood. Something like Solaris (Tarkovsky version) doesn’t quite have an equivalent Western sci-fi analogue.
A couple sites I recommend are EasternEuropeanMovies.com and CriterionChannel.com. Tons of excellent old films.
- yellow_lead 5y agoOne of my favorite movies[1] is Chinese and I loved some of Tarkovsky's movies so I wholeheartedly agree. We are fortunate to have so much media available today. It's hard to believe someone can't find anymore good content. [1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Day%27s_Journey_into_Night_(2018_film) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Day%27s_Journey_into_Ni... Has a 59 minute long cut at the end if anyone's into that kind of thing.
- shannifin 5y agoAnd in 3D! A dying fad, but I enjoyed seeing how filmmakers utilized it. I thought it worked great for the long take.
- mrob 5y agoAgreed. One of the best movies I've seen is "Tokyo Story" (1953, Yasujirō Ozu). I'd never seen anything else with cinematography like it (almost entirely static cameras, with actors looking directly at them), and the storytelling fits the Kishōtenketsu structure rather than the standard Western three-act structure. It's slow paced, with no action, but the novelty was enough to hold my attention until I engaged with the story, and then I wasn't bored at all. Film critics rate it very highly, and I can see why.
- mabub24 5y agoI agree, it sounds like this person either 1) hasn't looked very hard and is relying on streaming services to feed him a selection of movies, or 2) has no interest or experience with "world" cinema. Stuff like Aleksei German's Hard to be A God, Edward Yang's A Better Summer's Day, Maren Ade's Toni Erdman, or Luca Guadagnino's I Am Love, are recent movies that are incredible and very different from Hollywood style movies. They're long, not in English, and situate the viewer in a different cultural context that requires some effort for understanding, but the payoff is immense. They are movies you can get lost in. Also Toni Erdman is the last comedy movie I watched where I truly came close to pissing myself from laughing so hard.
- jjgreen 5y agoToni Erdman is fabulous and hilarious