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I never knew

posted 17 years ago by mver
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that Foster Freeze gave away ice cream! It must be great to just say you'd like 2 ice creams,have them brought right to you,and never have to pay for them. Guess they weren't really going for the "realism angle".
Yeah,the movie wasn't really my cup of tea.It's my personal opinion(so please don't blow a gasket,you know who)but I don't like having a shot where I can't see what the h*ll is happening.I like to know right away,not several minutes later,after staring intently at the screen,desperatly trying to see what's going on.Seems kind of unnecessarily cruel and pointless to me.

[–] lamensterms 17 years ago

what scenes are you talking about that you cannot see properly?

[–] mver 17 years ago

The scene that stands out the most that really unnerved me,is a shot of the street,the whole street,and I believe it occurs shortly before they get the free ice cream.It's just a shot of the street,that must go on for 2 or 3 minutes.There's nothing to see on the street except these far away figures walking down the sidewalk. What the ?? I want to see the characters, and what they're doing not stare at a shot of an empty street. I just found it annoying,that's all.

[–] puteurz 17 years ago

In Twentynine Palms, Dumont plays with the codes and clichés of "american cinema" (classical, mainstream, hollywoodian, western for instance). Heroes never take a piss, pay whenever then want, never eat, etc (think about James Bond, Luke Skywalker, or Clarice Starling).
His approach ain't realism, it's naturalism.
Dumont twist classical american playwrighting and his use of time and ellipses. Instead of speeding the action, he slows it to give the viewer a new, fresh and more sensitive look at the film. So, he can loose the intellectual level tiring the attention of the viewer to touch him deeper, directly to his first degree of perception.
Obviously, you had difficulties to let you go during the film,you maybe thought too much (I'm not criticizing, everyone has his own look).
But you're right, this film is cruel and pointless; this is a horror movie, a pur violente, downing and sensitive experience...

[–] poizen-ivy 16 years ago

I also thought that the fact that European and American cars are driven on opposite sides of the road, should have been made clear, hence she was learning to drive on the left side and scratched up the paint.

The long endless scenes of this movie just grate on me. Like, how many times do shots of cars driving past - that doesn't actually mean anything appear in this film? TOO MANY TIMES!
Or the shots that linger on the shops or the roads.... it's ridiculous.

The red tape on the wheel of the car? Again, no explanation.

This film is like a half told story where you have to make up your own plots!

It's craptacular!

[–] k-risc 16 years ago

Sorry, but...

"the fact that European and American cars are driven on opposite sides of the road"

...isn't a fact at all, because it is wrong.

[–] poizen-ivy 13 years ago

I drive on the left in Australia. American's drive on the right.. Fact.

~ Seeing is believing, but feeling is the truth ~

[–] william_p 13 years ago

What part of Europe is Australia in? Has it moved recently?

[–] poizen-ivy 13 years ago

Yep it has, didn't you know!? Douche

~ Seeing is believing, but feeling is the truth ~

[–] depeche_portugal 9 years ago

All Europeans drive on the right side of the road(LHD) except England.

[–] Strazdamonas 9 years ago

It took 4 years for someone to come and say this, dear GabeN are people ignorant.

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[–] PoppyTransfusion 11 years ago

The French drive on the same side of the road as Americans.

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