maybe compare Cindytalk to the films of Tarkovsky...

i dunno...seemed like a nice thread, thought I'd give it a little
push.

--- In cindytalk@yahoogroups.com, babylabyrinthian <no_reply@y...>
wrote:
>
> > ha! you're just saying that because TM has only made 3 films
> > during his fairly lengthy career.is maverick just a euphemism
> > for troubled,do you think? if so can i be labelled likwise,it
> > sounds so much more erm dignified.
>
> Ha ha ! No, I use maverick because it sounds much better (and it
can
> make a nice rhyme with Malick !) :p
>
> More seriously , I can't really answer your question. I would say
> that you might be right. BUT your version would be the pessimistic
> (realistic ?) one, while mine is a bit more... well... optimistic
> (naive ?).
>
> About Malick : leaving the little sick world of Hollywood at the
end
> of the 70's (what Malick did) was the smartest move a director
could
> make. A few years later Michael Cimino would make his ultimate
> masterpiece "Heaven's gate" and the american movies would never be
> the same : nobody in Hollywood would procuce maverick / troubled
> directors anymore. Spielberg and Lucas could become the kings. The
> real american genious would grow in the underground (Abel Ferrara,
> Vincent Gallo).
>
> After "Days of Heaven", Malick wanted to make something called "Q"
> about...hum... the origin of life. It was a crazy project. Who
would
> have produced it ? Nobody.
> In my opinion, Malick left because of that. The movies had changed
> and he felt he didn't have his place anymore. So yes I guess you
can
> say the once maverick director was now a troubled one - for your
> pleasure Cinder !
>
> Anyway, I don't compare Malick to Cindytalk because of the '3 films
> in 30 years' thing. Ha ha I certainly don't.
> Nah, it's more a matter of colours again.
> Oh and that childish voice-over in "Days of heaven" is pretty ...
> erm... how should I say now ? Oh well... Cindy-like ! ;-)
>
> Erzule, about TVS : I didn't express myself pretty well. I guess I
> should have said gender ambiguity instead of gender issue. Still
> confused ? let me know.
>
> Take care everyone
> BL