Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 10:45:47 -0800 Subject: Re: lost dawg From: Michael Moretti <moretti-AT-mac.com> Is this inciteful...? I saw Crouching Tiger last week and I have to go against the crowd on this one - I was less than moved. I think the subtitles were a marketing ploy to get us to think we were going to see some exotic/esoteric flick. My sense was that Crouching Tiger was made for a Western audience. That in itself depreciates the cultural possibilities. (More criticisim: the acting was well-performed but predictable; the ending was too abrupt - even seemed a bit David Carradine-ish; if the filmmaker had just let us see the wires I might have enjoyed this more as an outlandish b-flick; etc., etc.) So where does the theory come in to play here? Anyone...? Michael on 1/23/01 8:16 PM, BUDGRANT-AT-aol.com at BUDGRANT-AT-aol.com wrote: > It seems that I missed the responses to lost dog that were embedded in hugh's > e-mail, where'd they go? But I wanted to respond, so I will. There is > something to what this guy is saying, even if it comes off a bit caustic, > because it is a film theory list and not a movie discussion list (or is it?) > Certainly I don't want to impose some sort of fascistic order, and luckily I > can't as this is something akin to an egalitarian format. In defense of the > general opinion style discussion, I add: when it comes to simply talking > about stars and opinions I tend to hide out, as I know that at some point a > film will be thrown into the discussion that stirs up some fast, furious and > biting theoretical dialogue. A few months ago we went on a couple of weeks in > response to a posting that began with: anyone see eyes wide shut? The thread > died somewhere between the kantian noumenal and the lacanian real. So be > patient there are some intense minds on this list, and perhaps it is up to > you to incite the theoretical debate you were hoping to find. > Waiting patiently in cyberbia, > Paul > > > --- from list film-theory-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- --- from list film-theory-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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