tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post3400093709944375394..comments2024-03-10T07:42:17.071-04:00Comments on The Film Doctor: "Not my first rodeo": notes on Terrence Malick's Song to Song trailerThe Film Doctor http://www.blogger.com/profile/03073505923746994988noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7704583061723470804.post-53019370856159502022017-03-12T01:56:15.181-05:002017-03-12T01:56:15.181-05:00I have been writing about movies since 1970 (and h...I have been writing about movies since 1970 (and have one book on 70s films, "It Came from the 70s: From The Godfather to Apocalypse Now." I stood in line here in Austin @ SXSW from 5 minutes to 5 until 6:30 p.m. on Friday, only to learn that 600 people (and me) were being turned away from the too-small Paramount Theater (capacity: 1100). Seems they've sold something like 90,000 badges, and it looked like MANY of that group were lined up, with me, to see Ryan Gosling, Michael Fassbender, et. al. I was a fervent admirer of "Badlands." I liked "The Thin Red Line." I found his Colin Farrell Pocahontas film so so and disliked "Tree of Life" when it wasn't dealing with the family drama. Preliminary report(s) from those who DID get in, told me at a showing of "The Hero" (which was pretty good, with Sam Elliott, Katharine Ross, Nick Offerman and Laura Prepon) was that "Song to Song" is a movie about the Austin movie scene that has no music to represent that but multiple locations, which just confused the audience, so much so that a couple who has been going to this for 4 years now left mid-film. Saw "The Ballad of Lefty Brown" tonight (Bill Pullman). Pretty slow going, but probably a better film than the one I missed. I hate to say it, but it's almost like when Kubrick put out "Eyes Wide Shut" and you just wanted him to go back to doing "Dr. Strangelove" or "Full Metal Jacket." (or something like that.)Connie Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16632508457569917902noreply@blogger.com