tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361395648458719073.post3354469698354682363..comments2023-07-23T09:45:33.199-05:00Comments on the last lullaby (and) peril: 1969: The Wild Bunch (Sam Peckinpah)Jeffrey Goodmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06464544798603030406noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361395648458719073.post-36306230056161392472015-07-19T08:42:08.471-05:002015-07-19T08:42:08.471-05:00completely agree. midnight cowboy should receive ...completely agree. midnight cowboy should receive a mention above. i am adjusting accordingly. Jeffrey Goodmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464544798603030406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361395648458719073.post-16719184726594859002015-07-17T10:06:24.161-05:002015-07-17T10:06:24.161-05:00Midnight Cowboy is a sure contender for 1969.
Som...Midnight Cowboy is a sure contender for 1969.<br /><br />Some WB stuff:<br /><br />http://ostrovletania.blogspot.com/2015/05/walon-green-sam-peckinpahs-wild-bunch.htmlOthonishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10831619617473217192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361395648458719073.post-3323393301435535812010-03-22T09:12:08.078-05:002010-03-22T09:12:08.078-05:00Thanks, Dave! I absolutely share your admiration ...Thanks, Dave! I absolutely share your admiration for ARMY OF SHADOWS. It's a terrific film.<br /><br />Always great to have you here and welcome back! Thanks, Dave.Jeffrey Goodmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464544798603030406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361395648458719073.post-13146356152448415032010-03-22T08:59:38.397-05:002010-03-22T08:59:38.397-05:00I'm catching up here after getting back from m...I'm catching up here after getting back from my mini-vacation. So, I'll make this one short and sweet and just say that Melville's ARMY OF SHADOWS is maybe the best French film that I have ever seen. I love it.Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07134196370913749544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361395648458719073.post-77377311472304178272010-03-20T07:14:48.543-05:002010-03-20T07:14:48.543-05:00Adam, great to hear from you! Yes, it was almost ...Adam, great to hear from you! Yes, it was almost fifteen years ago now, but it was really wonderful to see it at the Tivoli. It was a brand new print. Absoultely gorgeous. <br /><br />I have seen MIDNIGHT COWBOY, but it's been a realy long time. It's one I'll need to revisit at some point.<br /><br />Thanks, Adam. Always a treat to have you here!Jeffrey Goodmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464544798603030406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361395648458719073.post-77233220350796856712010-03-19T15:45:34.720-05:002010-03-19T15:45:34.720-05:00You've seen The Wild Bunch at the Tivoli!?? I&...You've seen <i>The Wild Bunch</i> at the Tivoli!?? I'm jealous. For as long as I've been going to the Tivoli (the past two years), it hasn't been here. To be sure, I own this masterpiece on DVD, but I'd give anything to see it on the big screen. Huge Peckinpah fan.<br /><br />Have you seen <i>Midnight Cowboy</i>, Jeffrey? It's not my #1 pick for 1969, but I adore it nevertheless. Schlesinger had a pretty good run in the 60's and 70's, I must say.Adam Zanziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14524618281515322239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361395648458719073.post-354973848014003232010-03-18T14:40:22.456-05:002010-03-18T14:40:22.456-05:00Samuel, very well said:
"Praise is due to th...Samuel, very well said:<br /><br />"Praise is due to the entire acting ensemble for their collective portrait of a certain style of manhood at the end of its tether."<br /><br />Thanks so much. Always great to have you here!Jeffrey Goodmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464544798603030406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361395648458719073.post-11649531234129961922010-03-18T12:35:21.453-05:002010-03-18T12:35:21.453-05:00Jeffrey, I'd seen The Wild Bunch on TV but dur...Jeffrey, I'd seen The Wild Bunch on TV but during the Nineties re-release I saw it at the Harvard Square, and I suspect any big screen will have the same effect on anyone. Praise is due to the entire acting ensemble for their collective portrait of a certain style of manhood at the end of its tether. It has to be a mighty film to top Army of Shadows on my 1969 list.Samuel Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934870299522899944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361395648458719073.post-89676882008076143952010-03-18T12:28:22.102-05:002010-03-18T12:28:22.102-05:00John, I couldn't agree more about what you say...John, I couldn't agree more about what you say in reference to THE WILD BUNCH! I like MIDNIGHT COWBOY and MEDIUM COOL although a little less than the ones I mention above. I still need to see ALICE'S RESTAURANT and TELL THEM WILLIE BOY IS HERE.<br /><br />Thanks, John. Always wonderful to have your perspective here!Jeffrey Goodmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464544798603030406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361395648458719073.post-51883881491790141602010-03-18T11:30:56.876-05:002010-03-18T11:30:56.876-05:00Jeffrey,
The Wild Bunch is a great film, the acti...Jeffrey,<br /> The Wild Bunch is a great film, the action scenes are shot as a violent slow motion ballet. <br /> I consider this film, The Ballad of Cable Hogue and Straw Dogs his most significant works. <br /><br />#1 Army of Shadows<br /><br />Runner ups<br /><br />The Wild Bunch<br />Z<br />Midnight Cowboy<br />They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?<br />Last Summer<br />Women in Love<br />Medium Cool<br />Alice’s Restaurant<br />Le Femme Infidele<br />Tell Them Willie Boy is HereJohnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01808503055317962289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361395648458719073.post-64405269996582055882010-03-18T10:08:08.123-05:002010-03-18T10:08:08.123-05:00JD, great to hear from you! Well put, and I could...JD, great to hear from you! Well put, and I couldn't agree more.<br /><br />Thanks so much, JD. Always wonderful to have you here!Jeffrey Goodmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464544798603030406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361395648458719073.post-63960334688398091322010-03-18T10:07:20.588-05:002010-03-18T10:07:20.588-05:00Doniphon, great to hear from you! I still need to...Doniphon, great to hear from you! I still need to see that Rivette.<br /><br />Great to hear that you love the Tivoli, as well. Always a treat to have you here!Jeffrey Goodmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464544798603030406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361395648458719073.post-22069303821621176302010-03-18T10:03:34.522-05:002010-03-18T10:03:34.522-05:00Sam, I am a HUGE fan of KES! As you can see I cho...Sam, I am a HUGE fan of KES! As you can see I chose it as my #1 runner-up. I completely understand how certain films just don't connect and appreciate that position. <br /><br />I look forward to seeing some of your other picks. Thanks so much, Sam!Jeffrey Goodmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464544798603030406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361395648458719073.post-20213481472394979622010-03-18T09:55:41.967-05:002010-03-18T09:55:41.967-05:00Yeah, this film was definitely a game changer for ...Yeah, this film was definitely a game changer for the western genre as Peckinpah shattered genre expectations with his depiction of violence. geez, how many films and filmmakers have imitated this film since? Too numerous to mention but it just goes to show what a long shadow this film casts.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164105442273577128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361395648458719073.post-71688005705396751642010-03-18T09:42:11.175-05:002010-03-18T09:42:11.175-05:00The Tivoli is one of my favorite theaters. It'...The Tivoli is one of my favorite theaters. It's great you saw The Wild Bunch there, it's one of my favorites as well, and features two of my all-time favorite actors (Warren Oates and Robert Ryan). With Peckinpah it's always the little things, those microscopic poetic gestures that elevate all the action. My choice for '69 would be L'amour fou.Doniphonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02407443845368110678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2361395648458719073.post-9487253541988227572010-03-18T09:17:35.774-05:002010-03-18T09:17:35.774-05:00My Own #1 Film of 1969:
Kes (Loach; UK)
Runners...My Own #1 Film of 1969:<br /><br />Kes (Loach; UK)<br /><br /><br />Runners-Up:<br /><br />The Colour of Pomegranates (Paradjanov; USSR)<br />Days and Nights in the Foreset (Ray; India)<br />Boy (Oshima; Japan)<br />High School (Wiseman; USA)<br />Un Femme Douce (Bresson; France)<br />Army of Shadows (Melville; France)<br />Blind Beast (Massumoto; Japan)<br />Eros + Massacre (Yoshida; Japan)<br />Le Boucher (Chabrol; France)<br />Funeral Parade of Roses (Matsumoto; Japan)<br />Witches Hammer (Vavra; Czechoslovakia)<br />Prime of Miss Jean Brodie (Neame; UK)<br />My Night at Maud's (Rohmer; France)<br />Salesman (Masyles; USA)<br />Midnight Cowboy (Schesinger; USA)<br />Women in Love (Russell; UK)<br />Satyricon (Fellini; Italy)<br />The Passion of Anna (Bergman; Sweden)<br />The Sorrow and the Pity (Ophuls; France)<br />Z (Costa Gavres; Greece/France)<br />Adelheid (Vlacil; Czechoslovakia)<br /><br />Jeffrey, I have never warmed to nor have ever been engaged with THE WILD BUNCH, which I find epidodic, scattered and emotionally distancing. it's violent of course, but that's not what bothers me, as I like Peckipah's STRAW DOGS. But you are among a sizable favorable majority who think this a classic, and I respect that.<br /><br />My won #1 film, KES by Ken Loach is still only available on Region 2 DVD, which for the moment I can't copy. But I'm expecting soon I have this issue resolved as I just paid for Region Free DVD capabilities, but they have not yet released the go ahead. KES is a painful, shattering realistic coming-of-age tale of loss and confinement, set in a coal mining town in the UK. It's one of the greatest films ever made in Britain, it is a film that will move you as deeply as any film ever made, and it's one that will stay with you for the rest of your life. Ken Loach is a master, perhaps the greatest British director, edging out Davies and Leigh.<br /><br />The Paradjanov and the S. Ray as well as the others here are very great films.Sam Julianonoreply@blogger.com