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17. Margaret34. The House of Mirth*
Nice.
Great list. Lot of surprising additions (The Yards!) and lots of stuff I need to watch (Campion and others).
Quote from: oldkid on August 08, 2014, 10:47:14 AMoad-- I love how your choices are more about the poetry of humanity, and not mostly focused on plot or thrills:The SonPoetryThere's Something Wrong With KevinIt's a wonderful LifeMorvern CallarMargaretSunriseNear the top of your list are more solid entertainments, but as I drift down there is more that communicates something unique about the human condition. I love that.Thanks, oldkid And I like your way of describing that. It's not that plot driven films aren't about our humanity - all film is, surely, at some level (I'm sure you agree) - but yes, many of my choices, you've made me realize, tend toward a more poetic, less-straightforward (plot-wise) approach. (Your alternate title here, "There's Something Wrong With Kevin," made me laugh, btw. Intentional re-wording or unconscious slip?)
oad-- I love how your choices are more about the poetry of humanity, and not mostly focused on plot or thrills:The SonPoetryThere's Something Wrong With KevinIt's a wonderful LifeMorvern CallarMargaretSunriseNear the top of your list are more solid entertainments, but as I drift down there is more that communicates something unique about the human condition. I love that.
Yes, exactly. I just happened to notice that you had a number of these alternatively-plotted films that insist upon us discovering about the characters that we otherwise could have ignored.And it was part slip and part realization it was wrong, but being too lazy to look it up. It's good to be laughed at once in a while.
Will you be posting an updated list this year?