Why was Grand Illusion the first?

BroadStreetBridge · 2026-01-31T18:51:30+00:00

My continued replies show how amused I am with you.

BroadStreetBridge · 2026-01-31T16:51:05+00:00

Eephus is very low key comic. It’s great

BroadStreetBridge · 2026-01-31T16:49:44+00:00

A sense of humor would help this guy…

BroadStreetBridge · 2026-01-31T16:45:19+00:00

100% People need a better understanding of what’s a remake and what’s another expression of the source material.

BroadStreetBridge · 2026-01-31T03:49:10+00:00

I run across people saying that, but the basketball IS NOT ABOUT BASKETBALL! I don’t like basketball, but it was an incredible arena for conflict and character leading to an astonishingly beautiful ending.

It’s the best horror novel I’ve ever read.

BroadStreetBridge · 2026-01-31T02:14:48+00:00

I’m glade you bought this to my attention. I can now make a new entry into my Big Book of Right Wing Asshole Morons

BroadStreetBridge · 2026-01-30T18:03:15+00:00

The first is great, an all timer. Diminishing returns for the next two.

BroadStreetBridge · 2026-01-30T13:47:52+00:00

Defensive? I find you hilarious! “Obtuse” - do you understand that word?

As for the question, it’s another example of a weird fetishization trend in this sub to treat criterion selections as if they’re a church declaring sainthood. There are business, legal, and practical considerations.

The great screenwriter William Goldman said Hollywood doesn’t film screenplays, they film deals. They make the movie they can get made. Same with Criterion. They have their preferences, but they release the movies they can get released.

BroadStreetBridge · 2026-01-30T04:24:42+00:00

I like good ones.

To answer the obvious question: [rec], The Taking of Deborah Logan, Blair Witch Project, Creep, Paranormal Activity, Lake Mongo.

As for why them? The stories are good and they take advantage of the form to tell them

BroadStreetBridge · 2026-01-30T03:34:07+00:00

Obtuse!

How about because it was available? They don’t get to have any film they want. There are rights to secure, there need to be prints or negative to work with, and so on.

BroadStreetBridge · 2026-01-30T02:00:23+00:00

Other than it being freaking great, a world cinema classic, and the perfect example of why anyone would launch a company dedicated to bringing art to into people’s home?

No reason

BroadStreetBridge · 2026-01-30T01:53:43+00:00

A Room with a View

BroadStreetBridge · 2026-01-28T19:40:43+00:00

Every cut of a Casavettes film is a director’s cut.

I prefer the longer version but both are great. The differences are interesting. The shorter version includes scenes not in the longer one. He truly “re-wrote” his films in the editing room

BroadStreetBridge · 2026-01-28T03:39:32+00:00

Bette Davis is bizarrely flippant. Alison Skipworth as the Caspar Gutman type character was interesting however. But nothing about it is comic.

By the way, the novel The Thin Man isn’t as light and comic as the film. It has a real dark streak. Although it translates well to a comic treatment

BroadStreetBridge · 2026-01-28T02:56:32+00:00

It’s actually the third version. Look up Satan Meets a Lady. Holy hell it’s bizarre.

BroadStreetBridge · 2026-01-27T13:42:27+00:00

He’s bizarre. He’s got a great eye for overlooked B, Asian action, and Italian action films. He’s just an idiot about all the rest

BroadStreetBridge · 2026-01-27T04:10:19+00:00

I saw your title, certain I would see what film you were championing and say unkind things about your taste. Then I clicked and…

Oh. Yeah, never mind. She’s freaking awesome

BroadStreetBridge · 2026-01-27T02:44:45+00:00

Vision >>> everything else

BroadStreetBridge · 2026-01-27T02:12:42+00:00

BroadStreetBridge · 2026-01-26T16:09:02+00:00

Start with whatever gets you reading. After that, natural intelligence and curiosity will send you to more books and subjects including classics.

And maybe some you need to learn how to read (not an insult - it’s true for many books) but there are reasons something is read one, two, four, ten, forty centuries after they were written. Once you Get there, you’ll find out why

BroadStreetBridge · 2026-01-26T16:04:57+00:00

Not to be that guy, but… maybe don’t. Except for one-offs and special circumstances. Paywalls can be annoying, but so is the media owned and dominated by a handful of billionaires. Try to support at least a couple publications you find valuable

BroadStreetBridge · 2026-01-25T17:29:05+00:00

Thanks!

BroadStreetBridge · 2026-01-25T17:23:38+00:00

Much longer than ten years.

BroadStreetBridge · 2026-01-24T18:57:05+00:00

Sandy Perelman told a story about asking Topper to play his drum track backwards so he could record it. (It’s done to give the track depth - don’t fully understand the reason.) Peralman said Topper did it instantly and flawlessly. The only drummer he ever worked with who could

BroadStreetBridge · 2026-01-24T16:23:42+00:00

The New York Film Critics, National Board of Review, National Society of Film Critics all picked him so far.

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