This is my comment in Girish Shambu’s blog:
http://www.girishshambu.com/blog/2007/12/defining-moments-in-moviesrosenbaums.html
–Girish, thank you very much for the link to Sight and Sound poll. I’m glad to see some critics choose SAVIOR’S SQUARE and AUTOHYSTORIA in this poll.
–I think I’m in the early stage of getting tired of seeing some commercial films, especially romantic and action films. I still love horror films a lot.
However, I still believe in what jmac wrote in her INVISIBLE CINEMA’s blog in September: ” You know how the sun rises each morning? That’s how I feel about cinema. It is always new.”
–”The stages of a cinephile” posted by Anonymous reminds me of the main character in LOVE THAT BOY (2003, Andrea Dorfman). This main character is a college student, so she may be in the ages group of 20-26, and she tries to see every film by the French New Wave directors.
–I love these Mexican films:
1.VIOLET PERFUME: NOBODY HEARS YOU (2001, Maryse Sistach).
The DVD of this film was released in September by TLA. Strongly recommended for those who love films about troubled female teenagers such as LOVELY RITA, HI TERESKA, STRONG SHOULDERS, I ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A SAINT, and OR.
2.CRONICAS (2004, Sebastian Cordero)
This film is available as DVD.
3.PACHITO REX: I’M LEAVING BUT NOT FOR GOOD (2001, Fabian Hoffmann)
4.DANZON (1991, Maria Novaro)
5.Films by Alejandro Jodorowsky—SANTA SANGRE (1989), EL TOPO (1970), FANDO AND LIS (1968). His films are available as DVDs and they are MUST-SEE.
I also think EL EVANGELIO DE LAS MARAVILLAS, mentioned by Noel Vera above, is truly stunning.
Someone told me I should watch some Mexican vampire films, but they are hardly available here.
There are so many ashtonishing mexican films that i dont even know where to start.
Santa sangre is for sure a perfect one. From Ripstein: A place without limits, Such is life, Love lies, the fortune empire, nobody writes to the colonel, deep crimson, Woman of the port, the black widow. Novaro´s Lola and blue sky. Dana Rottberg angel of fire. Busi Cortez Romelias Secret. Cazal´s Canoa, citrillos turns.
Leduc´s frida, reds. Zuñiga, The devil and the lady. Hermosillo´s Berenice passion, doña herlinda and her son, intimacies of a bathroom. Sneider´s two crimes. Rulfo´s i forgot i dont remember, the pit. Athie´s Lolo. Fon´s the bricklayers, red down and midaq alley. Cuan´s love in histery times, Del toro Cronos etc etc; and this mostly from the 90s
Comment by John — March 28, 2008 @ 1:58 am
Thank you very much, John, for your very useful comments.
–I like Arturo Ripstein very much. These are his films that I saw in my preferential order:
1.DIVINE (1998)
2.THE PLACE WITHOUT LIMITS (1978)
3.SUCH IS LIFE (2000)
4.NO ONE WRITES TO THE COLONEL (1999)
5.THE RUINATION OF MEN (2000)
–I haven’t seen LOLA (1989) and SKY BLUE (1988), but I’m interested in Maria Novaro. I have seen only two of her films: DANZON (1991, A+/A) and THE GARDEN OF EDEN (1994, B+)
–I have seen only two films by Jaime Humberto Hermosillo: DONA HERLINDA AND HER SON (1985, A) and WRITTEN ON THE BODY OF THE NIGHT (2001, A-/B+).
–I haven’t seen any films by Paul Leduc, but I want to see DOLLAR MAMBO (1993) very much.
http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117907921.html?categoryid=31&cs=1&p=0
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