tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post3988618817568782880..comments2024-03-17T10:11:46.952-04:00Comments on Film Experience Blog: Giant "100 Times Better Than I Remembered"NATHANIEL Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-51417195111507181842008-09-17T05:59:00.000-04:002008-09-17T05:59:00.000-04:00This is what I think: Paul Thomas AndersonThis is what I think: <A HREF="http://mostpopularinusa.blogspot.com/2008/09/paul-thomas-anderson.html" REL="nofollow">Paul Thomas Anderson</A>Chushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13669218468698857210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-28338612159569202992008-03-15T15:45:00.000-04:002008-03-15T15:45:00.000-04:00Oh my god, Scorsese and PTA together, talking abou...Oh my god, Scorsese and PTA together, talking about TWBB and their influences and experiences - did anyone ever find video of this???Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-79185597286088973862008-01-07T19:51:00.000-05:002008-01-07T19:51:00.000-05:00To daveylow: If you're willing to purchase the 3-D...To daveylow: If you're willing to purchase the 3-DVD James Dean collection, the quality of the Giant's DVD-transfer is strangely better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-64363150238252267212008-01-07T11:57:00.000-05:002008-01-07T11:57:00.000-05:00is there a video of this... i would loove to see i...is there a video of this... i would loove to see it :PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-58130045894967607612008-01-07T02:12:00.000-05:002008-01-07T02:12:00.000-05:00kubrick was mentioned yet but to my recollection i...kubrick was mentioned yet but to my recollection it was only in passing... they didn't dwell on him<BR/><BR/>oh and arabella... i'd never imagined the titanic connection but i see it now. i know it's a really poor cliche that they don't make them like they use to but ROCK HUDSON, LIZ, and DEAN all in the same film: you almost have to wear sunglasses it's so blazing with starlight.NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-81910163312295062962008-01-07T01:47:00.000-05:002008-01-07T01:47:00.000-05:00I can't say I loved Giant but it was well acted (g...I can't say I loved Giant but it was well acted (generally) and just a stunning looking film. Gorgeous scenery and beautiful leads, until the third act. Was old age makeup just the way that movies handled large shifts of time in the story back then? Maybe that's the price you pay for casting James Dean, Liz Taylor and Rock Hudson in the same movie: even if they could have found older lookalike actors, the star power is just diminished too greatly for the audience not to cry foul. <BR/><BR/>This might sound weird, but the relationship between the Dean/Taylor/Hudson characters reminded me of the Jack/Rose/Cal triangle in Titanic, but more with nuanced writing and better chemistry among the players. It's the rebellious poor guy, the beautiful, refined yet progressive society girl and the handsome wealthy businessman prone to bouts of cruelty. If that movie version of the doomed oceanliner had been made back then (or if a youthful Liz and the rest could have somehow been transported to the late 1990s), they are exactly who would have cast in those roles and the movie would have been an even bigger sensation, I'm convinced. We'll never know, of course, but don't you love fantasy casting?Arabellahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04978515424747617358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-84104049098345653652008-01-07T01:09:00.000-05:002008-01-07T01:09:00.000-05:00Did PTA talk about Kubrick at all as an influence ...Did PTA talk about Kubrick at all as an influence on THERE WILL BE BLOOD?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-3174029503131620122008-01-06T20:44:00.000-05:002008-01-06T20:44:00.000-05:00yeah, i miss those conversations too. i wish i'd c...yeah, i miss those conversations too. i wish i'd copied and pasted them.<BR/><BR/>i used to find them so useful in writing my reviews. i'd be arguing about something with someone and then i'd be like um.... what i just said is going in my review! i'm brilliant! (kidding)<BR/><BR/>oh and as to the podcast. i missed being part of it too but i <A HREF="http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=271429612" REL="nofollow">LAUNCHED MY OWN!</A> i'll still guest with radio allegro but i was busy chatting up Marisa Tomei (xoxoxo -she's awesome)NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-72055832138671056162008-01-06T20:35:00.000-05:002008-01-06T20:35:00.000-05:00I really loved Giant's first two acts, but when Ja...I really loved <I>Giant</I>'s first two acts, but when James Dean becomes an alcoholic and the three main cast members start wearing ridiculous old age make-up it got a bit silly.<BR/><BR/>Taylor and Hudson <I>are</I> amazing though.Glenn Dunkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05424659636310160482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-33200022576070963822008-01-06T19:54:00.000-05:002008-01-06T19:54:00.000-05:00Don't remind me! I'm still sad about the disappea...Don't remind me! I'm still sad about the disappearance of all that terrific writing and discussion. Before the place shut up shop I rescued the texts of my own posts but not the images or the comments. I keep thinking I might republish some of them somewhere for archival purposes, but I never find the motivation. <BR/><BR/>to digress from topic even further, I finally listened to that week-old Radio Allegro podcast on the year in movies, and though I missed Nathaniel's presence in the discussion, I enjoyed hearing your take on the year, Nick.Brian Darrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17693169310367670898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-52743656721757473082008-01-06T19:03:00.000-05:002008-01-06T19:03:00.000-05:00I lucked out and saw Giant for the first time in 3...I lucked out and saw <I>Giant</I> for the first time in 35mm about two years ago, and I thought it was great. I posted about it at Cinemarati, but like all the other posts in that much-missed venue, it went the way of the... uh... California tumbleweed? Rolled away? Into some kind of oblivion? (I shouldn't build toward metaphors that I don't even understand, about places I've barely visited.)NicksFlickPickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04607501848596529493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-11930336883546347222008-01-06T18:29:00.000-05:002008-01-06T18:29:00.000-05:00Did Anderson mention Jean-Pierre Melville at all? ...Did Anderson mention Jean-Pierre Melville at all? <I>Blood</I> reminded me a lot of his work.Aaron C. Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02696459385623802961noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-52538950635801042292008-01-06T18:15:00.000-05:002008-01-06T18:15:00.000-05:00PTA and Scorsese in the same room! Now you must kn...PTA and Scorsese in the same room! Now you must know what heaven feels like Nat ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-23594248996190592732008-01-06T17:13:00.000-05:002008-01-06T17:13:00.000-05:00hey nathaniel, on a completely different note, wha...hey nathaniel, on a completely different note, what do you think this 'Juno' surge at the box office means for its Oscar chances??E Dothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16092167817913017197noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-20042737729940492772008-01-06T16:56:00.000-05:002008-01-06T16:56:00.000-05:00I added that to my netflix queI added that to my netflix queAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-65405252579152394132008-01-06T16:43:00.000-05:002008-01-06T16:43:00.000-05:00they did have cameras there at the event but i'm n...they did have cameras there at the event but i'm not sure if the footage is available anywhere yet.NATHANIEL Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11597109147678235399noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8256060.post-53811663052912644602008-01-06T16:34:00.000-05:002008-01-06T16:34:00.000-05:00Unfortunately, Warner Bros. botched the DVD transf...Unfortunately, Warner Bros. botched the DVD transfer for Giant. It's not awful but it should be much better. I can totally see how a movie like Giant would influence Anderson's work on There Will Be Blood.<BR/><BR/>I wish someone had recorded this interview between Scorsese and Anderson. Does this mean Scorsese is campaigning for Anderson?gabrieloakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00460263240309976652noreply@blogger.com