tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post5329996682261395841..comments2024-03-15T04:08:16.172-04:00Comments on Only the Cinema: DamnationEd Howardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-40907748538523154262010-01-07T04:17:02.552-05:002010-01-07T04:17:02.552-05:00Directed here by MovieMan's 'Blog 09' ...Directed here by MovieMan's 'Blog 09' round up, I found this brilliantly written.<br /><br />Personally I don't see the parallels with Tarkovsky or Antonioni. There are distant cosmetic similarities but no more.<br /><br />I wrote my thoughts (brief and generalised) on Damnation at my own blog:<br /><br />http://checkingonmysausages.blogspot.com/2009/11/Stephenhttp://checkingonmysausages.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-85416660071687683802009-02-08T13:31:00.000-05:002009-02-08T13:31:00.000-05:00You are in for a treat with SATANTANGO. It's drain...You are in for a treat with SATANTANGO. It's draining as fuck, but absolutely ravishing to look at and utterly amazing from start to finish. Kind of like WERCKMEISTER, except a lot longer...James Hansenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09650436008918093617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-25820394630170037412009-02-08T02:29:00.000-05:002009-02-08T02:29:00.000-05:00Thanks for the comments, everyone.Carson, I feel I...Thanks for the comments, everyone.<BR/><BR/>Carson, I feel I must point out I actually <I>did</I> describe the town as a character. Hopefully it makes it a little better that I acknowledged it was a cliche. <BR/><BR/>Sam, thanks for the kind words.<BR/><BR/>James, I need to be more versed in Tarr myself. I have only seen this film and the sublime <I>Werckmeister</I> myself. Looking forward to Ed Howardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18014222247676090467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-63783031038737814132009-02-08T01:13:00.000-05:002009-02-08T01:13:00.000-05:00Wonderful piece here. I'm a big fan of Tarr (as yo...Wonderful piece here. I'm a big fan of Tarr (as you probably could have guessed) and enjoyed this film quite a lot. I've been meaning to revisit it once I became more "versed" in Tarr (granted, I had seen the earlier ones and Werckmeister when I saw this the first time). This certainly makes me want to take a look at it again though. Really...great stuff here.<BR/><BR/>Did you have a chance to James Hansenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09650436008918093617noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-33990722622021988442009-02-05T19:36:00.000-05:002009-02-05T19:36:00.000-05:00"Forsaking his fellow humans and the shabby but no..."Forsaking his fellow humans and the shabby but nonetheless sincere solidarity they offer him, Karrer chooses to isolate himself for good, becoming in the process less than human, an animal fighting only for itself. This ending suggests Tarr's overriding philosophy of humanity, his belief that what truly separates us as a species is not any of the ordinary signifiers of human uniqueness, as Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3296479421292377391.post-86909062528252096652009-02-05T15:38:00.000-05:002009-02-05T15:38:00.000-05:00Tarr's one of my favorite directors and you have s...Tarr's one of my favorite directors and you have some incredible points to make about this film. I worried for a moment that you may have run with that tired comparison of Tarkovsky and Tarr, but before I knew it you raised their distinction flawlessly. And thank you for refusing to describe the town as a character; I feel like that's all some critics can say about Tarr's films. Great review.Carson Lundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10164962777812861110noreply@blogger.com