Lately during my oh-so-vast expanses of free time, I've been gravitating toward films with some kind of experimental bent to them. Me being the free-spirited open-minded cinema student that I am, I've thoroughly enjoyed my recent imaginary travels through these 4 films--try one or more out and enjoy the "mind grapes"--bonus to you if you know where that's from:
1. Yes - with Joan Allen, a Sally Potter film, spoken entirely in the beautiful rhythm of iambic pentameter - I recommend subtitles to help celebrate the writing.
2, Nine Lives - with a plethora of great actresses (NOT the Paris Hilton B-movie), this one features nine different short stories, each filmed in one unbroken take, so that's about 10 to 15 minutes each.
3. Marie Antoinette - a film by the lovely soulful director Sofia Coppola (please forgive her acting moment in Godfather 3--she has more than redeemed herself in her 3 films), that uses a hedonistic 80s soundtrack and greatly decreased dialogue to tell the story through action and atmosphere
and last but not least:
4. Cloverfield - by JJ Abrams of "Lost" fame; WOW-this is one wild frentic postmodern "Blair Godzilla Project" fantasy. Not for the faint of heart, but stick with it, it's an amazing movie experiment. (We saw this at Billy Joes on 4-1-08, our 39 month anniversary present to ourselves--xoxoxo!)
Enjoy your feast of funky films!
peace, tina
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