tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post3009026318390815094..comments2024-01-24T15:33:58.720-05:00Comments on A<br> Mythical<br> Monkey<br> writes<br> about<br> the<br> movies: Orson Welles: What To See (And What Not To See)Mythical Monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-53375559188095577462013-07-22T10:18:38.659-04:002013-07-22T10:18:38.659-04:00I really like your assessment of Catch-22. I loved...I really like your assessment of Catch-22. I loved the book when I read it and thought it seemed unfilmable - then saw the movie and found out I was right. But some people seem to hold the movie in high regard. I think your suggestion that it makes too much sense is exactly right. Like the woman who randomly tries to knife Yossarian all the time. That worked in the book because you never knew when she was going to come up (because the timeline was all jumbled, for one thing). The movie explained it too much.<br /><br />re: Jane Eyre - I like Joan Fontaine, but she seemed under the mistaken impression that Jane is the same character as the narrator in Rebecca. Wrong. So wrong.<br /><br />I'm similarly stymied by F for Fake. I really wanted to like it, and I liked bits of it, but as a whole, I don't know. It just wasn't quite there for me. I think maybe a few rewatches would help, but I haven't felt motivated yet.<br /><br />Overall, I've still got a long way to go on Welles, but I've seen all of the Indispensable and Highly Recommended ones except Chimes at Midnight, so I guess I'm not TOO bad off. I just watched The Stranger a few weeks ago and really, really enjoyed it.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03288833179709873110noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-9115160385468455302013-07-20T18:28:36.195-04:002013-07-20T18:28:36.195-04:00Ah, here's the rub with such things. Clearly ...Ah, here's the rub with such things. Clearly you went with the films as a whole - a good idea. But there is the other question of Welles in the film. Case in point - Catch-22, which is a very uneven film. But, many of the high points are every time Welles appears - he's absolutely brilliant, especially "Have this man shot."Erik Beckhttp://nighthawknews.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-78830145361718283942013-07-20T13:58:56.394-04:002013-07-20T13:58:56.394-04:00Well, I admit I could see that in the right mood, ...Well, I admit I could see that in the right mood, I might have found it more compelling. I should sit down sometime with a Mary Pickford cocktail and nothing else to do and watch it, rather than grinding through it. Which is probably good advice when approaching <i>any</i> movie.Mythical Monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11330587602682498820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6924668268143757716.post-25660159763970260412013-07-19T22:46:51.874-04:002013-07-19T22:46:51.874-04:00"F for Fake" is the only film I love tha..."F for Fake" is the only film I love that I can *totally* understand someone not liking. I think that's because I sort of hate it too.KChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17587905976811500791noreply@blogger.com