list http://www.spout.com/ Recent community activity around The Dying Swan on Spout Copyright 2005-9 Spout, LLC Spout RSS http://www.spout.com/images/SpoutLogoRSS.jpg http://www.spout.com/ 136 30 http://www.spout.com/films/The_Dying_Swan/264032/default.aspx Title: The Dying Swan
Year: 1916
Director: Yevgeni Bauer
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]]>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:46:17 GMTThe Dying Swan1916Yevgeni Bauer7Taggedy Taggged (6-10)142http://www.spout.com/images/no_image.jpghttp://www.spout.com/films/The_Dying_Swan/264032/default.aspxFilm http://www.spout.com/blogs/risselada/archive/2009/7/10/42989.aspxPost By: Risselada
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Post Date: 7/10/2009 4:39:26 PM
Body: This blog entry is part of my "movie year countdown round #2". Read more about that here. Umirayushchii Lebed (The Dying Swan) You can read my other little blogs about other Yevgeni Bauer films below: Sumerki zhenskoi dushi (Twilight of a Woman's Soul) Posle smerti (After Death) This one isn't too different from the themes in that one, except that Bauer's obsession with some kind of beauty and love found through death is now blatantly expressed in a main character that seems to be his own surrogate. Again, some interesting themes, but overall the pacing is a little boring. And after seeing these other films it feels a bit repetitive. Rating: 4/10
]]>Fri, 10 Jul 2009 20:39:26 GMTRisseladaRisselada Blog7/10/2009 4:39:26 PMThis blog entry is part of my "movie year countdown round #2". Read more about that here. Umirayushchii Lebed (The Dying Swan) You can read my other little blogs about other Yevgeni Bauer films below: Sumerki zhenskoi dushi (Twilight of a Woman's Soul) Posle smerti (After Death) This one isn't too different from the themes in that one, except that Bauer's obsession with some kind of beauty and love found through death is now blatantly expressed in a main character that seems to be his own surrogate. Again, some interesting themes, but overall the pacing is a little boring. And after seeing these other films it feels a bit repetitive. Rating: 4/10 http://www.spout.com/blogs/risselada/archive/2009/7/8/42956.aspxPost By: Risselada
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Post Date: 7/8/2009 4:49:55 PM
Body: Posle smerti (After Death) Another one of three films contained on the DVD "Mad Love: The Films of Evgenii Bauer" that also contains the film The Dying Swan which is on my movie year countdown round #2. You can read my blog about Twilight of a Woman's Soul to get some of my ideas about these films. After Death is actually probably my favorite one, although choosing a favorite may have been a bit of an arbitrary choice. All of these films deal with similar themes and structures. One person falls in love with a second person. That second person rejects the love of the first person. Then that second person realizes later that they actually do love the first person. Then they try to connect back with the first person in any way they can. In After Death, the first person has actually died. So the second person is actually fighting the boundaries of this world and the spiritual world to reconnect. Of course he must die himself to enter that world. Sorry if I gave away the plot, but it's more the imagery that's interesting than the plot. And only some of it. Rating: 5/10
]]>Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:49:55 GMTRisseladaRisselada Blog7/8/2009 4:49:55 PMPosle smerti (After Death) Another one of three films contained on the DVD "Mad Love: The Films of Evgenii Bauer" that also contains the film The Dying Swan which is on my movie year countdown round #2. You can read my blog about Twilight of a Woman's Soul to get some of my ideas about these films. After Death is actually probably my favorite one, although choosing a favorite may have been a bit of an arbitrary choice. All of these films deal with similar themes and structures. One person falls in love with a second person. That second person rejects the love of the first person. Then that second person realizes later that they actually do love the first person. Then they try to connect back with the first person in any way they can. In After Death, the first person has actually died. So the second person is actually fighting the boundaries of this world and the spiritual world to reconnect. Of course he must die himself to enter that world. Sorry if I gave away the plot, but it's more the imagery that's interesting than the plot. And only some of it. Rating: 5/10 http://www.spout.com/blogs/risselada/archive/2009/7/2/42898.aspxPost By: Risselada
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Post Date: 7/2/2009 11:45:15 AM
Body: Sumerki zhenskoi dushi (Twilight of a Woman's Soul) I saw this because it was one of three films contained on the DVD "Mad Love: The Films of Evgeni Bauer" that also contains the film The Dying Swan which is on my movie year countdown round #2. I feel a bit bad giving these films such low ratings. I was really hoping to like them a lot more. When I come across a name of a filmmaker who is more obscure to the public and made their own innovative style of films to certain critical success, I hope to like their films. I want to be able to flaunt their name as someone whose style appealed to me that other people don't hear about as much. Maybe there are egotistical motives there. To make me sound more learned about the world of film? Well I can sense a certain difference in these films from others that might have been created at the time. But speaking strictly from the way they affected me while watching them, I found them very boring and not very engaging, even though it has a rape and murder scene in it which was the most jarring part. Maybe some of the camera movements were impressive or the framing was unusual for the day. But there is nothing too striking about them by today's standards. The character's motivations and actions were kind of odd and hard to grasp or believe at times as well. Rating: 4/10
]]>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:45:15 GMTRisseladaRisselada Blog7/2/2009 11:45:15 AMSumerki zhenskoi dushi (Twilight of a Woman's Soul) I saw this because it was one of three films contained on the DVD "Mad Love: The Films of Evgeni Bauer" that also contains the film The Dying Swan which is on my movie year countdown round #2. I feel a bit bad giving these films such low ratings. I was really hoping to like them a lot more. When I come across a name of a filmmaker who is more obscure to the public and made their own innovative style of films to certain critical success, I hope to like their films. I want to be able to flaunt their name as someone whose style appealed to me that other people don't hear about as much. Maybe there are egotistical motives there. To make me sound more learned about the world of film? Well I can sense a certain difference in these films from others that might have been created at the time. But speaking strictly from the way they affected me while watching them, I found them very boring and not very engaging, even though it has a rape and murder scene in it which was the most jarring part. Maybe some of the camera movements were impressive or the framing was unusual for the day. But there is nothing too striking about them by today's standards. The character's motivations and actions were kind of odd and hard to grasp or believe at times as well. Rating: 4/10 http://www.spout.com/blogs/risselada/archive/2007/11/19/21772.aspxPost By: Risselada
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Post Date: 11/19/2007 11:10:22 AM
Body: This is a list for Round 2 of my movie year countdown viewing project as first described here. If by any strange chance whoever is reading this is actually following along you may notice that I'm still less than two thirds of the way through my original one. Well I'm starting this new one because as much as I love old movies it can get a little tedious watching just older movies. So I'm going to be blending my watching of the two lists together. Still focusing on the original one, but every once in a while sliding in the next entry from this new list.Again these new movies are limited to full length movies that are available on Netflix. And for this new round instead of picking a movie from every year, I will be picking a movie from every two years. For example the first movie must have come out during 2006 or 2007. The second movie must have come out in 2004 or 2005. The next in 2002 or 2003. You see.The list is not finished yet, but here is what I have decided so far. I will update this post later with the new flicks.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. Children of Men (2006)2. The New World (2005)3. Mou gaan dou (Infernal Affairs) (2002)4. Riri Shushu no subete (All About Lily Chou-Chou) (2001)5. Party Monster (1998)6. Hard Eight (1996)7. Smoke (1995)8. Jennifer Eight (1992)9. The Fisher King (1991)10. Tetsuo (Tetsuo, the Iron Man) (1989)11. Angel Heart (1987)12. Runaway Train (1985)13. Burden of Dreams (1982)14. The Big Red One (1980)15. Stalker (1979)16. Network (1976)17. Angst essen Seele auf (Ali: Fear Eats the Soul) (1974)18. The Wicker Man (1973)19. Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit (Land of Silence and Darkness) (1971)20. Z (1969)21. In Cold Blood (1967)22. Suna no onna (Woman in the Dunes) (1964)23. The Intruder (1962)24. Jungfrukällan (The Virgin Spring) (1960)25. Pickpocket (1959)26. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)27. Kiss Me Deadly (1955)28. Shane (1953)29. Winchester '73 (1950)30. The Big Clock (1948)31. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)32. The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France (1944)33. Hi Diddle Diddle (1943)34. The Philadelphia Story (1940)35. Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)36. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)37. Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935)38. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)39. Zemlya (Earth) (1930)40. Die Büchse der Pandora (Pandora's Box) (1929)41. The Unknown (1927)42. Seven Chances (1925)43. Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler - Ein Bild der Zeit (Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler) (1922)44. The Kid (1921)45. Male and Female (1919)46. Umirayushchii Lebed (The Dying Swan) (1917)47. The Birth of a Nation (1915)
]]>Mon, 19 Nov 2007 16:10:22 GMTRisseladaRisselada Blog11/19/2007 11:10:22 AMThis is a list for Round 2 of my movie year countdown viewing project as first described here. If by any strange chance whoever is reading this is actually following along you may notice that I'm still less than two thirds of the way through my original one. Well I'm starting this new one because as much as I love old movies it can get a little tedious watching just older movies. So I'm going to be blending my watching of the two lists together. Still focusing on the original one, but every once in a while sliding in the next entry from this new list.Again these new movies are limited to full length movies that are available on Netflix. And for this new round instead of picking a movie from every year, I will be picking a movie from every two years. For example the first movie must have come out during 2006 or 2007. The second movie must have come out in 2004 or 2005. The next in 2002 or 2003. You see.The list is not finished yet, but here is what I have decided so far. I will update this post later with the new flicks.-------------------------------------------------------------------------------1. Children of Men (2006)2. The New World (2005)3. Mou gaan dou (Infernal Affairs) (2002)4. Riri Shushu no subete (All About Lily Chou-Chou) (2001)5. Party Monster (1998)6. Hard Eight (1996)7. Smoke (1995)8. Jennifer Eight (1992)9. The Fisher King (1991)10. Tetsuo (Tetsuo, the Iron Man) (1989)11. Angel Heart (1987)12. Runaway Train (1985)13. Burden of Dreams (1982)14. The Big Red One (1980)15. Stalker (1979)16. Network (1976)17. Angst essen Seele auf (Ali: Fear Eats the Soul) (1974)18. The Wicker Man (1973)19. Land des Schweigens und der Dunkelheit (Land of Silence and Darkness) (1971)20. Z (1969)21. In Cold Blood (1967)22. Suna no onna (Woman in the Dunes) (1964)23. The Intruder (1962)24. Jungfrukällan (The Virgin Spring) (1960)25. Pickpocket (1959)26. Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956)27. Kiss Me Deadly (1955)28. Shane (1953)29. Winchester '73 (1950)30. The Big Clock (1948)31. The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)32. The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fift with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France (1944)33. Hi Diddle Diddle (1943)34. The Philadelphia Story (1940)35. Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)36. Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936)37. Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935)38. I Am a Fugitive from a Chain Gang (1932)39. Zemlya (Earth) (1930)40. Die Büchse der Pandora (Pandora's Box) (1929)41. The Unknown (1927)42. Seven Chances (1925)43. Dr. Mabuse, der Spieler - Ein Bild der Zeit (Dr. Mabuse: The Gambler) (1922)44. The Kid (1921)45. Male and Female (1919)46. Umirayushchii Lebed (The Dying Swan) (1917)47. The Birth of a Nation (1915) http://www.spout.com/members/0/tags/death/MemberTagFilms.aspxdeath
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