vidiocy

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"I'm pretty good-natured, for a misanthrope"

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Re: FilmCouch 18: Sympathy for ...
By vidiocy in FilmCouch
"My dad and I actually had a big argument about this when American Beauty came out. At the time, my dad was undergoing a major transformation in his social and political beliefs, almost entirely spawned by the Clinton/Lewinsky thing--he went from being a semi-liberal guy to being really socialy conservative overnight. He hated the film, because it hinged on the audience being able to sympathise with, as I think he put it, "the bad behavior of the morally bankrupt." Meanwhile, I was a 19-year-old college kid, and I really didn't see what the problem was with a character who dropped a suffocating lifestyle which served primarily to support his selfish, o focus on vanity and pleasure. Actually, to this day, I think the major problem with that film is that everyone has to suffer in the end because of a chain reaction that happens when the one nice guy in the neighborhood reduces himself to the rest of the community's level. So, I don't think Lester is a villain as much as h ... " [More]

Red Desert

Re: Color in film
By vidiocy in Graphic Desire
"I read a great book in film school called "Cinema and Painting", which explored the influence of 20th century fine art on filmmakers mid-century filmmakers. The chapter on Red Desert is responsible for my life-long obsession with Antonioni. Definitely a must-read for anyone thinking about composition. There's more info here. " [More]