tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182483060115271358.post964340536239579021..comments2023-12-12T00:35:28.646-08:00Comments on Too Many Projects Film Club: madnessjpbhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03733456276611940453noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182483060115271358.post-19174818368833388312008-01-28T12:23:00.000-08:002008-01-28T12:23:00.000-08:00Lynch has a pretty solid first five, but right in ...Lynch has a pretty solid first five, but right in the middle is <I>Dune</I>. Ugh.<BR/><BR/>You could make a good case for the Coen Bros.—the weakest link there probably being <I>The Hudsucker Proxy</I> (No. 5). I like it, but I'd be hard pressed to say it's as good as even the weakest of the Anderson films.<BR/><BR/>This whole line of inquiry makes me realize that there's a lot of foreign-language filmmakers whose early work I haven't seen, or at least can't rattle off in consecutive order in the same way I can do with many of the American Independents.jpbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03733456276611940453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9182483060115271358.post-40736402978950870922008-01-28T12:03:00.000-08:002008-01-28T12:03:00.000-08:00I'm probably a little more hesitant to call each o...I'm probably a little more hesitant to call each of Anderson's first four films great, but they are at least all very good and strive to be great, which is more than you can say for 95% of the domestic releases in the last 10 years. Ambition goes a long way with me, and Anderson has never lacked for that quality.<BR/><BR/>But addressing your question, I am finding it difficult to come up with another filmmaker who released 5 solid pictures in a row right out of the gates. Certainly Godard comes to mind, but <I>Les Carabiniers</I>, which I believe is his 5th film, is insufferable. If you count filmmakers like Malick and the Dardennes, who make so few films but they're all of such high quality, they would be in the mix. And Wong Kar-Wai's and Zhang-ke Jia's films since the late 90s and early parts of this decade are all brilliant. But you're right, it is really tough to keep turning out film after film that impresses and stays fresh, and especially for a self-taught filmmaker just now finding his true voice.Chet Mellemahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17547986971813920497noreply@blogger.com