Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2003 18:04:20 +1000 From: hbone <hbone-AT-optonline.net> Subject: Re: [film] Re: American Gigolo - 1980 Yes, its a pity. Haven't see "Gangs of New York". I think historical and religious content have little effect on the artistic value of a good movie. IMHO, itt's what it movie does to the audience, not what it does to religion, history and politics that should matter. > yes, Days of Heaven is one of the greatest films since 1970, but isn't it a > pity there have been so few of that calibre? > any ideas on scorcese's Gangs? My thought is that it is too laden with > italo-Catholicism, too many corny images of gang killings juxtaposed with > crucifixes. However, it is a very good history lesson, a pity the > characters seem to have stepped out of a Victorian melodrama. Or is this > telling us how the other half are supposed to have lived? > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "hbone" <hbone-AT-optonline.net> > To: <film-theory-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu> > Sent: Friday, January 24, 2003 6:37 AM > Subject: Re: [film] Re: American Gigolo - 1980 > > > > Roger Ebert saw "Days of Heaven", which came out in 1978, once more while > > Terence Malick was making "The Thin Red Line", See Ebert's comprehensive > > review at: > > > > http://www.suntimes.com/ebert/greatmovies/heaven.html > > > > Hugh > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > > In a message dated 1/24/2003 12:33:55 PM Central Standard Time, > > > sheldan-AT-erols.com writes: > > > > > > > > > > Wasn't Gere the guy who killed Diane Keaton in the terrible "Looking > > > > for Mr. Goodbar?" > > > > > > > > > > Yes, although I didn't think "Goodbar" was all that bad. Three years > > before > > > "Gigolo," however, Gere appeared in Terrance Malick's masterpiece "Days > of > > > Heaven," which, even with this year's magnificent "Chicago," ranks as > > Gere's > > > all-time best film. > > > ===============================================> > > "In Italy for thirty years under the Borgias they had warfare, > terror, > > > murder, bloodshed - but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, > and > > > the Renaissance. In Switzerland they had brotherly love, 500 years of > > > democracy and peace, and what did that produce? The cuckoo clock." > > > --Harry Lime (Orson Welles), "The Third Man" > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > > > > Visit our group's Movie Polls page and vote if you haven't done so > > already! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/film/polls > > > > > > Find our group's list of Film websites at: > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/film/links > > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- from list film-theory-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- > > > > --- from list film-theory-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu --- --- from list film-theory-AT-lists.village.virginia.edu ---
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