tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2648426783032403612.post4458700702459830667..comments2023-12-26T10:31:29.655-08:00Comments on 1st Thursday: A Guide to TIFF: Michel Brault (2007)Darrenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11456377117711062375noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2648426783032403612.post-31602346602451684102014-10-30T21:23:03.693-07:002014-10-30T21:23:03.693-07:00I read the article and decide this post is compete...I read the article and decide this post is competent for this site. This post provide its main option and sharing with all.Where to buy steroidshttp://hulkbody.biznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2648426783032403612.post-28217405396558047362007-07-31T19:54:00.000-07:002007-07-31T19:54:00.000-07:00I hope they are showing prints of all these. I was...I hope they are showing prints of all these. I was disheartened when most of the Perraults were shown on beta. I've seen all of Lipsett-unquestionably a genius.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07057033494831661394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2648426783032403612.post-3358322408369475792007-07-30T17:57:00.000-07:002007-07-30T17:57:00.000-07:00Doug, it's too bad the DVDs are not widely availab...Doug, it's too bad the DVDs are not widely available for rental in the US. (They're not at Netflix or Greencine, for instance.) So they're still pretty inaccessible to most people unless they're willing to purchase them.<BR/><BR/>But I agree with you: I'd certainly have preferred Lipsett since I've seen none of his films!girishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05079328617099035797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2648426783032403612.post-20561876751468426042007-07-30T14:54:00.000-07:002007-07-30T14:54:00.000-07:00Arthur Lipsett, for starters!Arthur Lipsett, for starters!Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05093833962432679258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2648426783032403612.post-74399464467488625902007-07-30T14:13:00.000-07:002007-07-30T14:13:00.000-07:00Like who, for instance, Doug? Here in Italia, it's...Like who, for instance, Doug? Here in Italia, it's all Cronenberg and Egoyan. I want to see the shorts by Claude Jutras.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07057033494831661394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2648426783032403612.post-63632436692016084592007-07-30T14:01:00.000-07:002007-07-30T14:01:00.000-07:00The problem is that most of the Brault films are a...The problem is that most of the Brault films are already readily available in the excellent DVD box set the NFB put out last year...I would've rather seen a retrospective of work that was hard to see.Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05093833962432679258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2648426783032403612.post-47633594601350975482007-07-29T22:03:00.000-07:002007-07-29T22:03:00.000-07:00Chronique d'un été is 'incontournable' as they say...Chronique d'un été is 'incontournable' as they say.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07057033494831661394noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2648426783032403612.post-10621278865747177042007-07-28T10:02:00.000-07:002007-07-28T10:02:00.000-07:00I second Girish's emotion re: the discontinuance o...I second Girish's emotion re: the discontinuance of Director's Spotlight (which was pretty much on the way out by the time I started TIFFing). It's hard not to see this (along with the increased disposability of Dialogues with Pictures) as an overall symptom of TIFF's increased confidence, desire for glitz, sucking up to Hollywood power, etc. <BR/><BR/>How great would it be, for instance, if there was a cluster of recent Romanian films, like the Turkey X3 series from '03? A number of key films, such as "The Paper Will Be Blue," "Stuff and Dough," "Occident," and "Niki and Flo," didn't play TIFF, and had few North American festival stops.<BR/><BR/>Also, maybe everyone's already noticed this, but the online catalog description for "The Substitute" lets slip that Paprika Steen's second directorial effort, "With Your Permission," will be in the festival. Should be worth a look.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2648426783032403612.post-81462210380856591192007-07-28T07:16:00.000-07:002007-07-28T07:16:00.000-07:00I second the recommendation for Les Bons Debarras ...I second the recommendation for <B>Les Bons Debarras</B> - it's quite good, and I haven't noticed a US screening since its 1980 run.<BR/><BR/>I'm not a huge Brault fan. Michael Kerpan adores him, and has written in detail about several of his films at rozmon.blogspot.com.Dan Sallitthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13136066978329749513noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2648426783032403612.post-43069183152846248642007-07-27T18:40:00.000-07:002007-07-27T18:40:00.000-07:00Oh, also: TIFF-geek that I am, a few years ago, I ...Oh, also: TIFF-geek that I am, a few years ago, I scoured several Toronto used-book shops with the help of my Toronto cinephile pal Andrew and picked up old TIFF programme books dating back to the 80s. They make for fun reading. <BR/><BR/>The director spotlight that they've discontinued recently is especially revealing: past years featured Almodovar, Loach, Kieslowski, Taiwanese cinema, the Kaurismaki brothers, etc, all not-very-well-known here at the time they were 'discovered' in Toronto (at least for the North American audience).girishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05079328617099035797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2648426783032403612.post-11237473600682594322007-07-27T18:27:00.000-07:002007-07-27T18:27:00.000-07:00"Seriously, they could stop announcing titles righ..."Seriously, they could stop announcing titles right now, and we'd still easily see 30-40 good films."<BR/><BR/>Darren, I agree 100%. <BR/>I end up seeing about 30 or so films at TIFF each year, and I'm already shuddering at the agonizing overabundance of temptations lying in wait when the filmlist and schedule are announced in their entirety. I'll easily take what they've announced so far and no more (except perhaps a surprise, brand-new Claire Denis film!).<BR/><BR/>"how often have you taken advantage of the retrospectives they occasionally do. It's always a tough call."<BR/><BR/>Rob, yes it certainly is.<BR/>Well, it depends on the year. In the early days, the retro was a bit of a priority for me. My first year there ('99), I saw seven films by Kiyoshi Kurosawa (then quite unknown in North America--it was this series that 'broke' him here) and it was the highlight of the fest for me. In '03, I caught Nuri Bilge Ceylan's four films as part of a Turkish retro. The year before, I saw everything they programmed by Ulrich Seidl. But lately (since '04), they've sadly replaced (instead of supplementing) the international director spotlight with the Canadian retro.<BR/><BR/>My ideal festival would show a mix of old and new stuff. Probably because I don't live in a large metropolis, I yearn to see a wide variety of quality non-current world cinema on the big screen but all too often have to settle for DVD.girishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05079328617099035797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2648426783032403612.post-27099450606855309102007-07-27T16:27:00.000-07:002007-07-27T16:27:00.000-07:00I tend to gloss over the Canadian program too, alt...I tend to gloss over the Canadian program too, although when I look back over recent years, I guess the Arthur Lipsett stuff, <I>Manufactured Landscapes</I>, <I>Away From Her</I>, <I>History of Violence</I>, and <I>Brand Upon the Brain!</I> are all Canadian, too, but somehow they seem more worldly.<BR/><BR/>I'd like to see that Mettler doc again one day. I was kind of tired, but it has some great stuff.<BR/><BR/>Girish, as a veteran of the fest, how often have you taken advantage of the retrospectives they occasionally do. It's always a tough call.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2648426783032403612.post-61713515991331284352007-07-27T16:02:00.000-07:002007-07-27T16:02:00.000-07:00Cool post, Girish. I hadn't made the connection w...Cool post, Girish. I hadn't made the connection with your earlier Quebecois cinema notes when Brault was named the subject of this year's retrospective. Frankly, except for Peter Mettler's <STRONG>Gambling, Gods, and LSD</STRONG>, which Rob and I saw last year, I've never paid too much attention to the Canadian programs.<BR/><BR/>The problem this year is that the TIFF lineup is already so strong, I'm not sure how many of the Brault films I'll be able to catch. Seriously, they could stop announcing titles right now, and we'd still easily see 30-40 good films.<BR/><BR/>Less than six weeks!Darrenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11456377117711062375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2648426783032403612.post-77877025613827763562007-07-27T13:44:00.000-07:002007-07-27T13:44:00.000-07:00Rob, I've only seen clips from The Snowshoers (Les...Rob, I've only seen clips from <I>The Snowshoers</I> (<I>Les Raquetters</I>, playing in this retro), in an informative Canadian doc called <I>Cinema Verite: Defining the Moment</I> by Peter Wintonick (who also made the Noam Chomsky <I>Manufacturing Consent</I> doc). A whole slew of verite history figures (like Brault, Rouch, Leacock, Kopple etc) pop up as enlightening talking heads.<BR/><BR/>I remembered reading <A HREF="http://www.erratamag.com/archives/2004/05/particulars_of.html" REL="nofollow">your post on Rouch's <I>Chronicle of a Summer</I></A> at Errata a long time ago (before I even met you!).<BR/><BR/>I should also point out that none of these films exists on DVD in the US, save <I>Paper Wedding</I> (with Bujold), which is netflixable.girishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05079328617099035797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2648426783032403612.post-44602952978485449232007-07-27T12:52:00.000-07:002007-07-27T12:52:00.000-07:00Very nice. I caught his short "The Snowshoers" at ...Very nice. I caught his short "The Snowshoers" at the PFA last year, which is lots of fun. He also had some good anecdotes about working with Rouch on <I>Chronicle of a Summer</I> (one of my faves), so if he's appearing at any of the TIFF screenings -- which I'm sure he is -- they'll be extra entertaining.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com