tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2648426783032403612.post2206898429381241281..comments2023-12-26T10:31:29.655-08:00Comments on 1st Thursday: A Guide to TIFF: Masters (2009)Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11456377117711062375noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2648426783032403612.post-35829317638313742842009-08-21T21:48:31.478-07:002009-08-21T21:48:31.478-07:00Ah! Thanks, Darren! I wondered where it went.Ah! Thanks, Darren! I wondered where it went.Michael Guillenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464792353062386579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2648426783032403612.post-84547027086915148962009-08-21T12:08:06.792-07:002009-08-21T12:08:06.792-07:00Michael, the Oliveira IS still on the schedule, an...Michael, the Oliveira IS still on the schedule, and it's being paired with his 1931 film, Working on the Douro River, which played in Wavelengths in '05.<br /><br /><a href="http://bit.ly/J39OF" rel="nofollow">http://bit.ly/J39OF</a>Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11456377117711062375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2648426783032403612.post-88282288581290929782009-08-21T12:05:15.822-07:002009-08-21T12:05:15.822-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11456377117711062375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2648426783032403612.post-90167009584372439082009-08-20T13:56:57.525-07:002009-08-20T13:56:57.525-07:00I offer some critical synopses at The Evening Clas...I offer some critical synopses at <a href="http://theeveningclass.blogspot.com/2009/08/tiff09masters.html" rel="nofollow"><i>The Evening Class</i></a>.<br /><br />It appears <i><b>Eccentricities</b></i> is off the final list? I was looking to see if it was shifted to another program; but, haven't been able to determine anything.Michael Guillenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464792353062386579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2648426783032403612.post-2077927621054419102009-08-19T05:23:32.576-07:002009-08-19T05:23:32.576-07:00Apparently the NYFF rule has changed. Cameron Bail...Apparently the NYFF rule has changed. Cameron Bailey tweeted the other day that the Resnais film <em>will</em> be at TIFF.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11456377117711062375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2648426783032403612.post-7509533448379281502009-08-18T19:29:25.685-07:002009-08-18T19:29:25.685-07:00Has there been an official announcement to that ef...Has there been an official announcement to that effect?Michael Guillenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15464792353062386579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2648426783032403612.post-29432622951205306282009-08-11T19:57:59.150-07:002009-08-11T19:57:59.150-07:00Looks like the Resnais is out, since it's open...Looks like the Resnais is out, since it's opening the NYFF. Seriously bummed-out, since it sounds amazing...Crunchy Squirrelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04434806455673418612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2648426783032403612.post-9484800785879463452009-06-23T16:32:52.471-07:002009-06-23T16:32:52.471-07:00I've never quite understood what qualifies a d...I've never quite understood what qualifies a director as a "master." Looking over the lists of the <a href="http://1stthursday.blogspot.com/search/label/Films%3A%20Masters" rel="nofollow">past few years</a>, you'll find an odd collection, including several names I'd never heard before.Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11456377117711062375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2648426783032403612.post-37754508648634957222009-06-23T15:06:07.347-07:002009-06-23T15:06:07.347-07:00I think it's less about the relative worth of ...I think it's less about the relative worth of <i>Air Doll</i>, and elevating Koreeda's stature overall. What it is is he should have been in Masters a while ago, and certainly last year with <i>Still Walking</i>.msichttp://academichack.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2648426783032403612.post-87697848003700012512009-06-23T09:24:09.475-07:002009-06-23T09:24:09.475-07:00Not to by snarky, but including the Kore-eda in th...Not to by snarky, but including the Kore-eda in this is an insult to a masterpiece (Resnais) and a great ditty (Oliveira). That being said, there is a lot of very unresolved issues in the Kore-eda that makes it an object of curiosity. Also, it is shot by Mark Lee Pin-bing.Danielhttp://notebook.theauteurs.comnoreply@blogger.com