Comments on: NYFF: Serbis (2008) http://www.edrants.com/nyff-serbis-2008/ a cultural website in ever-shifting standing Wed, 08 Feb 2012 11:18:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: NYFF: The Northern Land (2008) : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits http://www.edrants.com/nyff-serbis-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-248017 NYFF: The Northern Land (2008) : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits Wed, 01 Oct 2008 02:27:22 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=8814#comment-248017 [...] This, I would contend, is a bad cinematic strategy. When the most compelling visual that a filmmaker presents is a smug and affluent man sitting naked in a large bathing dish, waiting for servants to douse him with water, I likewise must suggest that the filmmaker has failed in some sense. Let me put it this way. I longed to revisit Bullet in the Head and Serbis. [...] [...] This, I would contend, is a bad cinematic strategy. When the most compelling visual that a filmmaker presents is a smug and affluent man sitting naked in a large bathing dish, waiting for servants to douse him with water, I likewise must suggest that the filmmaker has failed in some sense. Let me put it this way. I longed to revisit Bullet in the Head and Serbis. [...]

]]> By: NYFF: Bullet in the Head (2008) : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits http://www.edrants.com/nyff-serbis-2008/comment-page-1/#comment-247943 NYFF: Bullet in the Head (2008) : Edward Champion’s Reluctant Habits Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:35:28 +0000 http://www.edrants.com/?p=8814#comment-247943 [...] words (!) I’ve generated here, you may recall that I expressed certain reservations with Serbis. I was fairly certain that I wouldn’t see a film that could be worse. Much to my regret, I [...] [...] words (!) I’ve generated here, you may recall that I expressed certain reservations with Serbis. I was fairly certain that I wouldn’t see a film that could be worse. Much to my regret, I [...]

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