tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post5333214635360310090..comments2024-03-15T04:08:16.172-04:00Comments on Only the Cinema: Wind From the EastEd Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-44884060491110392502011-01-25T19:36:10.691-05:002011-01-25T19:36:10.691-05:00Is this a roast that Gorin wasn't invited to o...Is this a roast that Gorin wasn't invited to or something?<br /><br />You do bring up a good point, though - is not the word 'womanizer' a hilariously chauvinistic term? Does a woman 'manize' a man? Is it saying that the woman is not a woman with out a man, or that the man took advantage of the woman, even though she was just as willing a participant? Who says things like thatJeanRZEJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04530242176130470336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-7703409713316874182011-01-25T09:25:58.479-05:002011-01-25T09:25:58.479-05:00And an execcedinly louche womanizer.And an execcedinly <i>louche</i> womanizer.DavidEhrensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11016905507543736049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-39359755702822756532011-01-24T22:23:15.135-05:002011-01-24T22:23:15.135-05:00Ahh, I see, it must have been wishful thinking on ...Ahh, I see, it must have been wishful thinking on my part to hope that Godard threw out his early work. I haven't seen his later work, and I didn't find his early work interesting in the slightest, so I was hoping for a dramatic Parajanov-esque reinvention. I guess I'll find out eventually.<br /><br />Thanks for the info about Tout va bien. I may check that one out to see how it all JeanRZEJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04530242176130470336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-38271939850502300142011-01-24T20:47:05.364-05:002011-01-24T20:47:05.364-05:00Godard's first experimental/political film Bri...Godard's first experimental/political film <i>British Sounds</i> (aka. <i>See You at Mao</i> was a collaboration with Jean-Henri Roger in which Gorin wasn't involved at all. Roger went on to wok as co-ddirector with Juliet Berto on one of the two films she made <i>Cap Canaille</i> and <i>Neige</i>. Her other co-director was Raul Gimenez.DavidEhrensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11016905507543736049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-55590471193397282992011-01-24T19:57:22.271-05:002011-01-24T19:57:22.271-05:00Jean, thanks for commenting. Gorin certainly had s...Jean, thanks for commenting. Gorin certainly had some influence on all the DVG films that he was a collaborator on, but <i>Tout va bien</i> was an exceptional case: Godard was in a motorcycle accident just before filming began, and was partially incapacitated for much of the shoot, so Gorin was presumably much more involved than usual in that film. Even Godard gave Gorin a lot of credit for it. Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-33471479896228269482011-01-24T19:37:38.607-05:002011-01-24T19:37:38.607-05:00Do you know or can you tell with your Godard exper...Do you know or can you tell with your Godard experience to what extent these films are influenced by JP Gorin? I read one place that Tout va bien was mostly the result of Gorin's influence, although I don't recall how they would have justified that claim or that they did. I did take a class with Gorin as the professor, and I can tell you that his influence is infectious, so it is not hardJeanRZEJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04530242176130470336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-1946609206676139422011-01-24T13:33:40.362-05:002011-01-24T13:33:40.362-05:00Thanks for the info, David. Interesting that this ...Thanks for the info, David. Interesting that this film is tangentially connected to Warhol, there's definitely some surprising aesthetic (if not thematic) overlap between Warhol and the DVG films.Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-35086719686185486652011-01-24T08:46:44.555-05:002011-01-24T08:46:44.555-05:00That's Alan Midgette with paint all over his f...That's Alan Midgette with paint all over his face at the top. Midgette also appeared in Andy Warhol's western <i>Lonesome Cowboys</i> and gained infamy for pretendign to be Andy at a speakign engagement in Warhol's stead. He also had roles in severla Bernardo Bertolucci films -- the most memorable as Agostino in <i>Before the Revolution</i>.<br />Midgette's best Warhol role was inDavidEhrensteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11016905507543736049noreply@blogger.com