tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post816562500839440473..comments2024-03-22T12:11:58.453-06:00Comments on Michael Offutt: Palme d'Or 2011 at CannesMichael Offutt, Phantom Readerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-18722950648812302852011-05-31T06:59:29.951-06:002011-05-31T06:59:29.951-06:00Interesting. I'd like to see it too, if only t...Interesting. I'd like to see it too, if only to make up my own mind about it. <br /><br />:-)Misha Gerrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06364173848456424521noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-4143049152332230402011-05-31T00:42:25.688-06:002011-05-31T00:42:25.688-06:00I'll be in Idaho for the SCA thing I do in the...I'll be in Idaho for the SCA thing I do in the summer - Uprising... Won't be able to go see it opening night. I'd enjoy going to see with you after I return if you love it and want to go a second or third time. :DAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01644181736452678376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-54296089621480632932011-05-30T18:37:14.951-06:002011-05-30T18:37:14.951-06:00We live within walking distance from a movie theat...We live within walking distance from a movie theater. I am going to keep an eye out for this one. Seems like it touches human sore points and may be provide some soothing balm, ( the best I could do translating idioms froms my langauage, so don't laugh) I don't mean to sound cheesy.<br />As for meaning of life, I may have found it to some extent. Well if you say that we either do or don't,(like my husband says), then I haven't.MunirGhiasuddinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05232362559666320301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-45499074639373586812011-05-30T16:43:17.333-06:002011-05-30T16:43:17.333-06:00I'm looking forward to this movie. I love ambi...I'm looking forward to this movie. I love ambition and a strong personal voice in film. In my opinion we need more people making more challenging films like Malick and Coppola, and less stuff about Mall Cops and transforming robots.Neil Voglerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15306928741501293782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-34596371639587189062011-05-30T12:00:32.958-06:002011-05-30T12:00:32.958-06:00To me, navel gazing means self-important, self-inv...To me, navel gazing means self-important, self-involved, self-ish maybe. But it's a way of describing something that seems really deep but many people don't really understand what the point is. I think Malick's movies have been accused of that before.Brent Wescotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08313269993916969201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-41678732038691353662011-05-30T11:40:53.559-06:002011-05-30T11:40:53.559-06:00Thanks for the summary. I will have to check it ou...Thanks for the summary. I will have to check it out.Munkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04921320770712443773noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-63903942508191934562011-05-30T11:08:20.186-06:002011-05-30T11:08:20.186-06:00Navel gazing means staring at your navel, which is...Navel gazing means staring at your navel, which is about as much fun as some of these art films.<br /><br />Not that I need every film to be an action fest or laugh riot, but if we're talking about the images and symbolism then that's a short way of saying it doesn't really have a plot and I'd probably need someone to poke me with a stick every fifteen minutes to make sure I stay awake.PT Dillowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09394481476862013009noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-12800466496008017522011-05-30T10:29:23.726-06:002011-05-30T10:29:23.726-06:00Okay...I have no idea what navel gazing is but I a...Okay...I have no idea what navel gazing is but I assume it has nothing to do with navel oranges.<br /><br />Brent: it has received really polarizing reviews. Either people absolutely love it or they hate it. I think it looks really good.Michael Offutt, Phantom Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-4530196233825542742011-05-30T10:21:01.455-06:002011-05-30T10:21:01.455-06:00It looks like a beautiful movie.
I love film in a...It looks like a beautiful movie.<br /><br />I love film in and of itself, but as I've gotten older, my tolerance for "navel gazing," as Rogue Mutt says, is much lower than, say, when I was in college. And it seems like, from what the reviews you've quoted say, this is the kind of movie that might only make sense to the filmmaker. <br /><br />It's interesting that it won the Palme d'Or. Didn't it also get booed at the showing at Cannes?<br /><br />Still, I'll probably see it.Brent Wescotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08313269993916969201noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-3706551272327324672011-05-30T10:02:55.920-06:002011-05-30T10:02:55.920-06:00I think this sounds pretty good.I think this sounds pretty good.Alyson Burdettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16916059117572619004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2495499100279472520.post-5412766719058588502011-05-30T08:23:05.276-06:002011-05-30T08:23:05.276-06:00It sounds really boring like "The Fountain.&q...It sounds really boring like "The Fountain." A lot of navel gazing really.PT Dillowayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09394481476862013009noreply@blogger.com