tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434879494642797092.post8780254504430699819..comments2024-02-19T23:42:15.797-05:00Comments on Dr. K's 100-Page Super Spectacular: Bergman and AntonioniDr. Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08792907846193017204noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434879494642797092.post-5444494986151802102007-08-21T08:39:00.000-04:002007-08-21T08:39:00.000-04:00i am a novice when it comes to movies of these gre...i am a novice when it comes to movies of these great movie-makers but have been reading about them for a long time now but I thought you summed up your thoughts so beautifully - esp. the last sentence 'Through these two directors, I not only learned about cinema as an artform, rather than as a purely escapist entertainment medium, but I also had my consciousness expanded to include other types of stories that I had never experienced before and a greater understanding of humanity in general.' - wonderfulSwathi Sambhani aka Chimerahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01847827658841829629noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434879494642797092.post-43563945059208885282007-08-03T12:01:00.000-04:002007-08-03T12:01:00.000-04:00I think you're right about L'Eclisse, though I don...I think you're right about L'Eclisse, though I don't have as much of a personal connection to it as I do to L'Avventura. I was focusing on the movies by these two directors that I experienced during my early development as a film viewer. I came to L'Eclisse very late--I think upon the release of the Criterion edition--and I haven't watched it the dozens of times that I've watched the other two movies.<BR/><BR/>I may have read something similar about Bergman's feelings regarding Shame, which probably led me to choose the movie for the film festival.<BR/><BR/>And I can imagine Dovzhenenko's Earth being tough for students.Dr. Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08792907846193017204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-434879494642797092.post-74344474030844229222007-08-03T11:40:00.000-04:002007-08-03T11:40:00.000-04:00You love L'Avventura and Blow-Up, but no mention o...You love L'Avventura and Blow-Up, but no mention of L'Eclisse? It always seemed to me that L'Avventura was a warm up for L'Eclisse, which is the real masterpiece of Antonionni's early trilogy. <BR/><BR/>Thanks for mentioning Shame, a great film, and one of Bergman's most overlooked. I think I read somewhere that it was one of his personal favorites as well. Not surprised the college audience of today couldn't stomach it though. I once showed Dovzhenko's Earth to a class. From their reaction, you would have thought I had force-fed them lima beans.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com