French FIlm Festival 2009

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French FIlm Festival 2009
Topic Started: Jun 5 2009, 07:24 AM (153 Views)
Laughing Gravy	Jun 5 2009, 07:24 AM Post #1
Revered in the UK Posts: 11,059 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: August 31, 2005	Here in Sacramento, always a highlight of our filmgoing year. Lotsa classics this year, including Z (127 min) 1969 - Costa-Gavras Saturday June 20th - 3:55pm & Sunday 21st - 11am An Evening of Fashion & Cinema Fashion Show Le Cirque de la Mode, live on the stage of the Crest Theatre! Presented by Joni Jacobs of Opaline's Closet at the Atelier & Tina Romo of Canvas Salon Saturday June 20th - 9pm An Evening of Fashion & Cinéma Lola Montès (110 min) 1955 - Max Ophüls Saturday June 20th - film starts around 9:40pm, immediately following the Fashion Show (one screening only) La Belle et la bête (Beauty and the Beast, 96 min) 1946 - Jean Cocteau Saturday 27th - 11:30am & Sunday 28th - 1:30pm La Règle du jeu (The Rules of the Games, 110 min) 1939 - Jean Renoir Saturday June 27th - 4:25pm & Sunday 28th - 11am



panzer the great & terrible	Jun 5 2009, 07:37 AM Post #2
Mouth Breather Posts: 10,299 Group: Members Member #13 Joined: September 3, 2005	My advice is, skip Z, don't miss Lola, and you know about the other two.
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panzer the great & terrible	Jun 5 2009, 07:38 AM Post #3
Mouth Breather Posts: 10,299 Group: Members Member #13 Joined: September 3, 2005	My advice is, skip Z, don't miss Lola, and you know about the other two.
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panzer the great & terrible	Jun 5 2009, 07:38 AM Post #4
Mouth Breather Posts: 10,299 Group: Members Member #13 Joined: September 3, 2005	Didn't mean to nag -- sorry.
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Laughing Gravy	Jun 5 2009, 12:54 PM Post #5
Revered in the UK Posts: 11,059 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: August 31, 2005	Well, just in case anybody DOESN'T know about the "other two" - Beauty and the Beast is one of my fave films, and arguably the best live-action fairy tale ever filmed that doesn't have a Kansas schoolgirl going over the rainbow in it. Rules of the Game is one of the 3 or 4 greatest films I've ever seen, period.



panzer the great & terrible	Jun 6 2009, 07:03 PM Post #6
Mouth Breather Posts: 10,299 Group: Members Member #13 Joined: September 3, 2005	Lola Montez is also a fairy tale, sorta, and did you know, Mr. G, the actual Lola really and truly ended up in Nevada City, less than 60 miles from your front door? Small world, hey? It's a movie I mean to write about someday -- kind of a schoolbook on movie techniques by one of the masters. It's as if Hitchcock made a movie that was meaningless but showed everybody how to make a good movie. Oh wait, he did: North By Northwest. I certainly agree about Rules of the Game. The funny thing is, there are people who hate it. Don't praise it on the Classics board at IMDb or you'll get hecked on by slimy yobs who will say they saw it on a plane and everybody on the plane hated it. Now is that even possible? When's the last time you saw a black & white French flick on a plane, even a French plane? I don't know what their problem is, but I'm glad it ain"t mine.
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Frank Hale	Jun 7 2009, 07:50 PM Post #7
Balcony Gang, Foist Class Posts: 828 Group: Members Member #59 Joined: October 6, 2005	I’m fairly neutral on Rules of the Game, but I don’t find it surprising that some people would be put off by a slow-moving portrait of a decadent, long-gone society, no matter how well crafted.



Laughing Gravy	Jun 7 2009, 08:56 PM Post #8
Revered in the UK Posts: 11,059 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: August 31, 2005	See, my feeling on Rules of the Game are that the people who would "hate" it are the hoity-toities of the world.



Stony Brooke da Mesquiteer	Jun 10 2009, 12:31 AM Post #9
Balconeer Creeper Posts: 14,166 Group: Members Member #244 Joined: July 6, 2007	Frank Hale Jun 7 2009, 07:50 PM I’m fairly neutral on Rules of the Game, but I don’t find it surprising that some people would be put off by a slow-moving portrait of a decadent, long-gone society, no matter how well crafted. I gotta agree with Frank. I liked Rules, but I can see how some people wouldn't, probably because of the character-study aspects of the film. Laughing Gravy See, my feeling on Rules of the Game are that the people who would "hate" it are the hoity-toities of the world. When I consider that the film is a mock of the Bourgeoisie (although Renoir denies it), I could see how the "hoity-toities of the world" would hate it.
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panzer the great & terrible	Jun 10 2009, 09:05 AM Post #10
Mouth Breather Posts: 10,299 Group: Members Member #13 Joined: September 3, 2005	The movie mocks everybody but the servants.
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The Batman	Jun 10 2009, 10:11 AM Post #11
Charter Member Posts: 5,569 Group: Members Member #17 Joined: September 4, 2005	panzer the great & terrible Jun 6 2009, 07:03 PM The funny thing is, there are people who hate RULES OF THE GAME. Don't praise it on the Classics board at IMDb or you'll get hecked on by slimy yobs who will say they saw it on a plane and everybody on the plane hated it. Now is that even possible? When's the last time you saw a black & white French flick on a plane, even a French plane? I don't know what their problem is, but I'm glad it ain"t mine. Perhaps they are confusing the French film with one of the many English language films with the exact same name, Mr. P. Either way, it does sound like it's worth a look.



panzer the great & terrible	Jun 10 2009, 10:16 AM Post #12
Mouth Breather Posts: 10,299 Group: Members Member #13 Joined: September 3, 2005	It is, and the Criterion release is something special. It was Mr. G's disc of the year when it came out, and for once we agreed.
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The Batman	Jun 10 2009, 10:19 AM Post #13
Charter Member Posts: 5,569 Group: Members Member #17 Joined: September 4, 2005	Thanks, Mr P! Criterion has rarely let me down.



Stony Brooke da Mesquiteer	Jun 10 2009, 11:57 AM Post #14
Balconeer Creeper Posts: 14,166 Group: Members Member #244 Joined: July 6, 2007	The Batman Jun 10 2009, 10:19 AM Criterion has rarely let me down. If you want your track record to remain intact, DO NOT purchase Salo or 120 Days of Sodom!
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The Batman	Jun 10 2009, 12:12 PM Post #15
Charter Member Posts: 5,569 Group: Members Member #17 Joined: September 4, 2005	Stony Brooke da Mesquiteer Jun 10 2009, 11:57 AM The Batman Jun 10 2009, 10:19 AM Criterion has rarely let me down. If you want your track record to remain intact, DO NOT purchase Salo or 120 Days of Sodom! Sorry, Stony. Bought it, watched it, didn't hate it. 120 Days of Sodom is definitely not for everyone, but it was...interesting. The Criterion film I have been most disappointed with, up to this point, is TWO-LANE BLACKTOP. That is a piece of shite, through-and-through. Edited by The Batman, Jun 10 2009, 12:13 PM.


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