(via Roger Ebert)
-(Blade Runner review by one of Ebert's far-flung correspondents)
http://blogs.suntimes.com/foreignc/2012/07/blade-runner.html
-for fans of Christopher Nolan or fans of film in general, here's a smart analysis that is definitely worth your time (it's not quite the what you think re Nolan). From David Bordwell's Website on Cinema
-(Blade Runner review by one of Ebert's far-flung correspondents)
http://blogs.suntimes.com/foreignc/2012/07/blade-runner.html
-for fans of Christopher Nolan or fans of film in general, here's a smart analysis that is definitely worth your time (it's not quite the what you think re Nolan). From David Bordwell's Website on Cinema
I agree with this as an assessment of Nolan's weaknesses; I do think it underestimates his strengths. Put simply, he combines the intellectual and the visceral better than anyone else. Perhaps there are stretches of his films that are merely workmanlike, but the scenes he really wants to count usually do an excellent job of counting.
ReplyDeleteHow many of them have you seen, anyway?
I've seen the two he spends the most time w/--Memento and Insomnia as well as the Batman films (save the Dark Knight). I've heard that The Prestige is really good, but could never find a copy to view (haha).
ReplyDeleteI like his work--really just appreciated the close reading, if you will, of Nolan's work; it's the kind of reading/analysis you don't always see/read. I also thought the author ended up at a respectful and appreciative place overall . . .
A fire truck just showed up at my new apartment, in response to the steam coming out of my ears from that Prestige comment.
ReplyDeleteI'd agree that the reading ended up in a respectful place, and clearly tried to chart a more positive middle ground between the extreme fan boys and the haters. As much as I enjoyed the first two Batman movies, I'm frankly relieved that he's moving on to something else after the third. He circled back a lot in Dark Knight Rises--by design, I should add, as the third chapters of trilogies often do--and while it was often good enough, it occasionally felt like a movie that was a little bored with itself.