tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post2388005636563846080..comments2023-05-22T10:42:54.046-04:00Comments on 6th or 7th: ArrghEthanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07498712279382078624noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post-5426046851045028412011-06-19T12:19:56.726-04:002011-06-19T12:19:56.726-04:00No, it wasn't the sepia--that came through nic...No, it wasn't the sepia--that came through nice and weird for us. We only made it about five minutes in before being like, this really probably shouldn't look like this, and stopping.<br /><br />Youtube, good idea! And yeah, checking <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gTnTNiGhzAA" rel="nofollow">there</a>, there's no sign of the weirdness I'm talking about. There must have been something up with it when we tried to watch it. Really hope it was the DVD, not our TV.<br /><br />Richard, I've thrown the Soderbergh back into my Netflix, I'll try again at some point...Ethanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07498712279382078624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post-64437294215522953332011-06-18T21:30:03.635-04:002011-06-18T21:30:03.635-04:00How far into Stalker did you get? The beginning lo...How far into <i>Stalker</i> did you get? The beginning looks very strange, almost like a saturated sepia-tone? but I think it's meant to contrast with the forbidden area the Stalker takes the others... almost like a <i>Wizard of Oz</i> BW-to-color sort of thing, only much more unsettling, obviously. <i>Stalker</i> was rough-sledding for us though. Aimee refuses to talk about it, it was so depressing.<br /><br />The Soderbergh film works better, I think, if you pretend there's no book or original movie (helpfully, I saw it before experiencing either, and I was riveted). I think it suffers by comparison, not because it's bad, but because it's not the others. But I'm not sure it's trying to be anything like them. I thought it was a fascinating meditation on love, how those we love are in some sense projections we imagine (or how they can't live up to our projections or fantasies of them). Something like that, anyway (I'm a little sleepy).Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08014014605639738887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post-12934653293276154772011-06-18T18:27:35.282-04:002011-06-18T18:27:35.282-04:00I haven't seen Stalker in a long while, but do...I haven't seen Stalker in a long while, but don't remember the picture pulsating or whatever. maybe there are some clips on youtube that might give you an idea of what it's supposed to look like?George Jonesnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post-27630994484914499152011-06-17T23:17:06.037-04:002011-06-17T23:17:06.037-04:00Other thing I was going to say about the Tarkovsky...Other thing I was going to say about the Tarkovsky is I remember thinking of it as a really good counterpoint to the novel, that there are some really neat tensions between the perspectives of the two (Tarkovsky's being the more human), but I also don't really remember enough to talk about that, either. Gotta watch that again.Ethanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07498712279382078624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post-20851023349627016102011-06-17T23:15:16.799-04:002011-06-17T23:15:16.799-04:00Love the Tarkovsky, but haven't watched it in ...<i>Love</i> the Tarkovsky, but haven't watched it in long enough that I don't really have any thoughts, unfortunately. My only really clear memory is the ten or fifteen minutes of bleak highway footage, and the seemingly random switches between color and black and white. I should rewatch that soon. Speaking of Tarkovsky, we tried watching <i>Stalker</i> recently but the picture was really odd--like, kind of pulsating and dragging all over the place. Not sure if it was the DVD or our TV or both, but I'm pretty sure it's not the way it's supposed to look. Anyone know if that movie looks really fucking weird? And if it does, how so?<br /><br />The Soderbergh, on the other hand, I absolutely hated, but maybe (maybe?) I should try again...you've been right where others were wrong before, Richard. Speaking of which, <i>Birth</i> is an utterly wonderful movie, people. Awful music, though. And speaking of film scores, the music in the Soderbergh <i>Solaris</i>, by Cliff Martinez, is gorgeous; considered as a an album it's fantastic.<br /><br />The last time I read <i>Solaris</i> I had some complex thoughts about the planet's creations as metaphors for consumer commodities, in terms also of David Bohm's ideas of the implicate and explicate orders, but unfortunately I don't remember much of that either.<br /><br />Apologies for the rambling; I'm tired.Ethanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07498712279382078624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post-1654297682069245232011-06-17T22:00:12.961-04:002011-06-17T22:00:12.961-04:00I read the bad translation a couple years back... ...I read the bad translation a couple years back... more or less liked it.<br /><br />I also thought the much-maligned Soderbergh/Clooney film version was damn good, as its own thing.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08014014605639738887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8981856246989013843.post-85522471051671829302011-06-17T20:17:15.321-04:002011-06-17T20:17:15.321-04:00I read whatever translation is out back in Decembe...I read whatever translation is out back in December, and at points found it clunky if not incomprehensible.<br /><br />The Tarkovsky film, now that was excellent. You must've seen it...thoughts?George Jonesnoreply@blogger.com