tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4215151356083666218.post1855496135418868939..comments2023-11-23T01:17:42.499-08:00Comments on Ten Best Films: Ten Best Abbas Kiarostami Directed FilmsMichael J. Andersonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12333893240336518881noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4215151356083666218.post-14503583387183631812010-10-05T21:03:06.196-07:002010-10-05T21:03:06.196-07:00Fair enough, it just means you have more to look f...Fair enough, it just means you have more to look forward to.<br /><br />Hitchcock, indeed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4215151356083666218.post-22906051932175908052010-10-05T16:23:20.724-07:002010-10-05T16:23:20.724-07:00Well, tripzone, my dirty little secret is that (un...Well, tripzone, my dirty little secret is that (unlike Rohmer and Eastwood) I have not seen every Kiarostami. I won't go into detail, but there are a handful - though not *too* many. However, there are enough that did not make either list or my choices for runners-up to justify the project, in my view; it's sort of the same criteria for when I started the yearly lists: it wasn't until I had to exclude very good films for each year that I would compose the lists.<br /><br />Now, Ford, there's far too much that I haven't seen to justify that endeavor. I am a Hawks completist, but also an official Hawks scholar, so I won't go there. That leaves maybe Hitchcock for my next set?Michael J. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12333893240336518881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4215151356083666218.post-70058902265904206322010-10-05T07:31:15.224-07:002010-10-05T07:31:15.224-07:00Very lucky. I've not seen any of his pedagogic...Very lucky. I've not seen any of his pedagogical pictures other than Two Solutions, though I have one or two. I'm curious as to whether you've not seen A Suit for Wedding (1976) or Experience (1973) or if they just don't quite cut it.<br /><br />Well yes, Eastwood's and Rohmer's bodies of work are rather colossal compared to (what's available of) Kiarostami's, heh. Imagine doing Ford...which I hope you will at some point.<br /><br />Also, seeing earlier in the year that Copie Conforme wasn't the mere frivolous entertainment described by word out of Cannes was a relief. Superb film, and I agree with you an interesting progression for him.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4215151356083666218.post-34394201529831819142010-10-05T06:48:42.348-07:002010-10-05T06:48:42.348-07:00The Museum of Modern Art held a major retrospectiv...The Museum of Modern Art held a major retrospective a few years ago, and I managed to see a few that I hadn't before (including what was for me at the time the much anticipated "Orderly or Disorderly"; to me, it is quite clearly the best of his pedagogical films). <br /><br />And yes, it is quite the oeuvre - "Taste of Cherry" is at once a major masterpiece, no doubt, and halfway down the list! For whatever it's worth, I found these the easiest to rank of the three careers I've attempted. (Eastwood is the hardest, by far.)Michael J. Andersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12333893240336518881noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4215151356083666218.post-39317884172519829762010-10-05T06:13:41.270-07:002010-10-05T06:13:41.270-07:00Was wondering when this was coming!
Oh man, what a...Was wondering when this was coming!<br />Oh man, what an oeuvre. Until I rewatch a few of them, I'd find it very difficult to rank, but you've done a swell job. Taste of Cherry would possibly top mine. How did you see Orderly and Disorderly?!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com