Kieslowski, Kubrick and Kakoos
Kakoos in colloq Tamizh means shit and toilet. I use it to describe something that stinks. I'm half way through Kryztof Kieslowski's (sp?) "Decalogue". These are 10 1hr movies loosely based on the ten commandments. Atleast they are supposed to be - I don't know the ten commandments, so I cannot comment. But what I can say is that I'm missing the point in these movies, if there is one. They dont really stink, but they don't seem to be great by any yardstick. If I hadn't read the critics reviews before I picked up this movie(s?), I probably would have quit half way through. But now I have to see all 10 of them. Just to make sure I'm not missing something. At the end of watching "2001 A Space Odyssey" by Stanley Kubrick I had similar sentiments, except my frustration was a little more pronounced. Now, 2001 was probably fantastic when it came out in 1960 something. Again thats purely from a visual/sound effects standpoint. But calling it one of the best movies ever made - I'm sorry, I can't disagree more.
posted by Arvind at 00:29
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If you havent seen it yet,watch children of heaven , Majid Majidi , turkish movie. Great movie to watch when you are sorely in need of some smiles .
Its iranian I think. I did watch two of majidi's movies, one being this one. Found the stories a little too simplistic.
I suppose it is but that is why it is beautiful. a simple tale of a pair of kids and a pair of shoes that leaves one, me atleast, beaming endlessly through the movie. It does not require one to ponder or analye or dissect the layers and stuff. A "feeling" movie, not to be expected to perform to the standards of a "thinking" movie. I suppose you find films of people like JP Jeunet ( amelie , another feeling movie, to be similarly simplistic ?
I've seen amelie and thought it was beautiful. Somehow majid majidi doesnt have the same effect on me. and yes, I dont know if you are the same anonymous as the one who posted comments on the rock bands post. Either way, would be nicer to associate a name/alias with the comment.
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