gator
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Post by gator on Mar 22, 2008 15:48:05 GMT 10
There you go -I didnt interpret that as Tim protesting .I thought it was a graphic way of proving a point that was emerging in the discussion. However, probably goes to show how piss-weak most of the reviewing that goes on around Australia really is, if Tim's review of "Grace" is the only one we can think of with any controversy in it. By the way Tim -you give up too easily..  |
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Post by timothystevens on Mar 22, 2008 17:23:59 GMT 10
Sorry – just caught up in rhetoric there for a moment.
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Post by punter on Mar 23, 2008 0:16:48 GMT 10
I wasn't actually trying to get at you Tim... my apologies
Anyway interesting discussion.
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Post by timothystevens on Mar 23, 2008 16:21:06 GMT 10
Apology accepted, Punt (since apparently we're on first-name terms)
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Post by isaacs on Mar 23, 2008 17:46:07 GMT 10
That reminds me of one of Noel Coward's letters published recently in a large tome. An army chap wrote to Noel and his letterhead rather pretentiously featured his serial number prominently. Noel replied: "Dear 1267-67945, or may I call you 1267?"
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Post by timothystevens on Mar 23, 2008 18:44:33 GMT 10
And further, Dame Edna: 'Yes, Mr Loaf. Or may I call you Meat?'
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Post by aka on Mar 24, 2008 18:48:28 GMT 10
Sometimes though Tim, with respect, isn't the kind of technical criticism you give as an example a bit like if an art critic started discussing the inner details of a painting..eg: a little too much magenta against the cyan.....?
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Post by timothystevens on Mar 24, 2008 22:04:11 GMT 10
I can't see any great problem with that, though. I just saw a really dumb movie called Girl with a pearl earring. The painting around which this story revolves is distinctive to a great degree on account of its colours. Capote, which I saw a little while ago, maintains its own particular mood at least partly through the controlled use of colour. It looks consistent and again, distinctive as a result. Painters and filmmakers use colour to put across their artistic ideas. Musicians use harmony, melody, rhythm, timbre and so on. I could write about these musical elements and whether or not I feel (personally) that they've been successfully employed. On the other hand, of course, I could say 'it's reminiscent of Miles Davis!' (therefore it's good, and I'm hip for picking it) and chuck around phrases like 'the most important [drummer/composer/ensemble etc.] this country has produced'.
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Post by vickibonet on Mar 25, 2008 3:29:14 GMT 10
I can't see any great problem with that, though. I just saw a really dumb movie called Girl with a pearl earring. The painting around which this story revolves is distinctive to a great degree on account of its colours. Capote, which I saw a little while ago, maintains its own particular mood at least partly through the controlled use of colour. It looks consistent and again, distinctive as a result. Painters and filmmakers use colour to put across their artistic ideas. Musicians use harmony, melody, rhythm, timbre and so on. I could write about these musical elements and whether or not I feel (personally) that they've been successfully employed. On the other hand, of course, I could say 'it's reminiscent of Miles Davis!' (therefore it's good, and I'm hip for picking it) and chuck around phrases like 'the most important [drummer/composer/ensemble etc.] this country has produced'. When I first heard 'they' were making a version of Girl with a Pearl Earring on film I was mortified thinking they could never do the book justice. The results proved me right. Same with 'Perfume I suspect - although I couldn't make myself watch that one. Trusted others confirmed my suspicions. I love that line "the most important" wtf does that mean? Important to whom? His/her family of course, is that what they mean? But now it is time for the most important bed in the whole of my house. |
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Post by isaacs on Mar 25, 2008 7:33:32 GMT 10
All respect to Tim and Vicki but I love the film Girl with a Pearl Earring. It's a touchingly simple story simply told, but I found the atmosphere and pace of its unfolding glorious, and the film is beautifully shot. I also bought the CD of the haunting soundtrack music, which I really like, as there was something in the string orchestration I wanted to think about further.
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Post by vickibonet on Mar 25, 2008 21:44:34 GMT 10
All respect to Tim and Vicki but I love the film Girl with a Pearl Earring. It's a touchingly simple story simply told, but I found the atmosphere and pace of its unfolding glorious, and the film is beautifully shot. I also bought the CD of the haunting soundtrack music, which I really like, as there was something in the string orchestration I wanted to think about further. Curious to know if you read the book first, Mark? I found it astounding that one of the essential parts of the book (for me) was cut from the film (although it is in the out takes on the DVD), where the girl first meets the artist she has arranged chopped vegetables for soup on a plate. He asks her why and she responds that it was so the colours don't shout at each other. |
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Post by isaacs on Mar 26, 2008 5:55:18 GMT 10
No Vicki, I haven't read the book. I remember that scene in the DVD outtakes.
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