tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post2857994358098002122..comments2024-03-15T04:08:16.172-04:00Comments on Only the Cinema: Days of HeavenEd Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-64398013565982149822010-03-25T14:26:55.870-04:002010-03-25T14:26:55.870-04:00superb anaylsis ,your analysis along with the one ...superb anaylsis ,your analysis along with the one in slant magazine is one of best reviews of "days of heaven" i have read,i love the movie u sort of helped in understanding why i love it so muchrahul mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08950805987812880334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-18330900684957506702008-07-26T22:12:00.000-04:002008-07-26T22:12:00.000-04:00This is my favorite film. I haven't dared an attem...This is my favorite film. I haven't dared an attempt at reviewing it or commiting an analysis to writing other than with acknowledged brevity. Your work is clearly objective...I don't think I could be re. Days. Anything I wrote would be gushing, and that's not criticism.<BR/><BR/>Regards,<BR/>ChetChet Mellemahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17547986971813920497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-8700126272562129892008-07-25T08:16:00.000-04:002008-07-25T08:16:00.000-04:00Thanks Jason, I'm glad I found your blog as well. ...Thanks Jason, I'm glad I found your blog as well. <BR/><BR/>The voiceover is definitely interesting. It grated on me at first, to the point where I was convinced I was going to hate it, but I soon fell into its rhythms. I like that it's delivered by an unreliable narrator who either doesn't fully understand the events or decides to only hint at them obliquely -- there are times when she seems to Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-64114248991775935312008-07-24T22:26:00.000-04:002008-07-24T22:26:00.000-04:00Ed: Nice appreciation. (And great blog. I'm glad I...Ed: Nice appreciation. (And great blog. I'm glad I discovered it via the Batman debate.)<BR/><BR/>Another interesting aspect of the film is the voice-over narration -- in part because of the choice to have it be delivered by the young girl, whose speech is sometimes difficult to understand, and who doesn't fully understand the complexity of the situation around her. Quite unusual in that respect.Jason Bellamyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18150199580478147196noreply@blogger.com