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Inlander:
Tarkovsky or Soderbergh?

Dimmukane:
Tarkovsky, correct.  I've read somewhere that the car ride scene was intentionally long because he wanted to justify going to Tokyo to film it.  I just think they could've lopped off half of it and it would've had the same effect.

I'm gonna watch Stalker either today or over the weekend...on the off chance you've seen it, is the pacing a little better?

Dimmukane:
I thought the pacing was perfect throughout except for the end of the scenes at the cabin and the car scene.  Basically, I'm wondering if there are any scenes that perhaps drag on for very long periods of time with little or no dialog/angle changing, like the car scene.  Not that it'll detract from my overall opinion, I just would like to know ahead of time.

Dimmukane:
That's a bit better than Solaris.  The car scene must've taken at least 10 minutes.  I'll still probably love the hell out of it, anyway.

Alright, so I put off Stalker again.  If I don't watch it tonight, it'll probably be sometime over the weekend.  I can, however, recommend Zombies Anonymous (aka The Last Rites of the Dead).  It's shot with what looks like a cheap camcorder, but it looks like every penny went to special effects (blood).  Seriously.  There's some laughably bad acting, but it's actually pretty good.  It's kinda like American History X, only with zombies.  Of course, it helps I was a bit fried, but for a movie that was shot with a camera that bad, it's pretty good.

I also watched Brazil again.

Brazil

jimbunny:

Life on a String

Here's the most in-depth English review I could find. It's an early film by Chinese directer Chen Kaige (see Farewell My Concubine).

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