Film Quiz

[Lilas Pastia]

As good as he could ever be, but still not nearly enough 

Have you seen the Siddharta movie? I was tempted to rent it a few times, but I love that novel so much that I'm almost sure the movie will be a dissappointment, so I've never seen it.

You're talking about Conrad Rooks' Siddharta? I haven't seen it, but read extensively on it. Reviews were mixed, but if I have a chance I'll certainly watch it.

[Kullervo]

No one has 5 yet? We need hints!

[Drasko]

The common thread between the films is spirituality - or religion if you prefer. Which should help you find the last shot. Obviously that young woman is from India, non? Hint, hint...

Ray's Devi?

[Drasko]

I'm currently in the act of leaving the house but just had to check my mail. I probably won't be back until Monday but I can offer a very small and easy (I think) quiz. All three films contain roughly the same scene somewhere in the middle - and these 3 shots are of that scene. The first film is sometimes called a classic in its genre though it has lost a lot of its charm over the years, the middle one is much more modern and was not well received by critics because it is basically a formally intricate art film disguised as a blockbuster, the third one has been completely ignored by serious film goers - it shouldn't have been, it's a piece of brilliant postmodern cinema.

Somehow I missed this but I've been digressing all day anyhow 

No.1 looks familiar but can't place it right now, No.2 Bogey already guessed (Mission Impossible) and No.3 is Charlie's Angels (Cameron Diaz doing the handstand).
And while I mostly agree re MI (De Palma did marvelous job creating quite something out of nothing and doing it inspite having Cruise for a lead) you'll have to talk me through 'postmodern brilliance' of Charlie's Angels   

[Lilas Pastia]

Ray's Devi?

Drasko got it!

Devi (The Goddess) is one of Satyajit Ray's best films, and as a consequence, one of the great films, period. It pictures the fate of an indian girl who is thought by her village folks to be the reincarnation of the goddess Kali.

This short article is an excellent description of the cultural context through which it should be seen. Although it was viewed by some as a criticism of Hinduism, Ray actually observes and does not take any stand. Extremely moviong and thought provoking. As in all of Ray's films I've seen, camera work and acting are just transcendent.

The reason I mentioned The River (Jean Renoir's film) was not too far from this one is first, the time and place (same epoch, same country), but also because Ray has acknowledged Renoir's influence on his own works as capital.

This closes my round. Who's next?

[Kullervo]

Thanks for the info. I've only seen Ray's Charulata in a woefully awful DVD transfer, but I will continue my exploration of him.

Let me do the next quiz!

[M forever]

While you work on that, let me just slip in three quick frames here:

A


B


C

[Kullervo]

Anyone have these yet? I don't want to post mine until someone gets M's to avoid cluttering up the thread.

[Drasko]

C - Those are Lex Barker and Pierre Brice as Old Shatterhand and Winettou but that was whole series of films, can't really tell from which one is this picture. 

[Kullervo]

I'm impatient. 

Mine are fairly predictable and probably fairly easy to guess.

[Kullervo]

more

[Kullervo]

... and finally...

[Bogey]

#4 Murder, My Sweet (1944)

That's Dick Powell as Philip Marlowe

[Kullervo]

1.
2.
3. Oops 
4. Murder, My Sweet (Bogey)
5. Colour of Pomegranates (Drasko)
6. That Obscure Object of Desire (Drasko)
7.

[Papy Oli]

While you work on that, let me just slip in three quick frames here:

B

Is that from the "Holy Land", the movie that you have mentionned in another thread ?

[Drasko]

No. 6 - Cet obscur objet du désir - Buñuel

No.5 - Color of Pomegranates - Parajanov (?)

No.3 is puzzling, I know that photograph but didn't know it had anything to do with any movie. It's by Henri Cartier-Bresson and it's of NewYork, I think.

[Bogey]

No.3 is puzzling, I know that photograph but didn't know it had anything to do with any movie. It's by Henri Cartier-Bresson and it's of NewYork, I think.

The Impassioned Eye: Henri Cartier Bresson (2006)?

[Kullervo]

No. 6 - Cet obscur objet du désir - Buñuel

No.5 - Color of Pomegranates - Parajanov (?)

No.3 is puzzling, I know that photograph but didn't know it had anything to do with any movie. It's by Henri Cartier-Bresson and it's of NewYork, I think.

Right on all three accounts. I meant to put a photo from Bob Le Flambeur on number three and mistook the image for something from the film. 

[sidoze]

No. 6 - Cet obscur objet du désir - Buñuel

straight to the rental list

[M forever]

C - Those are Lex Barker and Pierre Brice as Old Shatterhand and Winettou but that was whole series of films, can't really tell from which one is this picture. 

Come on man, it's from "Winnetou 2", isn't that obvious?

Is that from the "Holy Land", the movie that you have mentionned in another thread ?

Yes it is. One of Saul's favorite movies and one of only 3 Israeli movies (that I can think of) I know. Like I said, pretty good movie with a touching human quality and some interesting plotlines about life in Israel.