tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031921900753703734.post2792402325965580564..comments2024-01-01T06:02:03.279-05:00Comments on From the MOON to the GRAIL: 41. La Passion de Jeanne D'Arc/The Passion of Joan of Arc (1928)Andrew D.http://www.blogger.com/profile/13875921908336809524noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031921900753703734.post-48472632371119065092012-03-11T16:08:52.089-04:002012-03-11T16:08:52.089-04:00I don't know where, but I saw a clip of this s...I don't know where, but I saw a clip of this somewhere recently and asked myself "Why didn't I like that more?" After re-reading my review, I realized just how slow and dull the film was. The Dreyer movies from the book have not been good to me.Andrew D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13875921908336809524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031921900753703734.post-68385592100257242772012-03-11T04:10:09.797-04:002012-03-11T04:10:09.797-04:00OK, here is one I saw sometime ago and forgot to g...OK, here is one I saw sometime ago and forgot to go back and add my ramblings..<br />I'm growing more and more to appreciate silents, and I have always had a a lot of patience with 'slow' films. I was looking forward to seeing this - it crops up in almost every list of great films.. and I know a reasonable amount about the history of that period...<br />(You can hear the 'but' hanging there carn't you?)<br />I found this painfully slow...and found the relgious imagery counter productive. Oh yes.. another long close up shot of her misery.. or her extacy in her convictions.. or her having doubts.. but no, here is another of her finding the strength again. So, ok, perhaps you need to share her faith - either in her nationalistic or relgious fervour to appreciate it. Good point.<br />(By the way, just in case anyone thinks this.... it is not the demonisation of the English that puts me off.. I happily agree that most of the 100 years war was brutish English military agression and the French cause was just)<br />No, it is the laying on with a trowel. the direct over use ofover emotional manipulation and the simplistic good/bad that I mean. <br />Sorry, that makes it sound like a Spielberg movie, and I have no desire to be that insulting...<br />RayAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9031921900753703734.post-7433734286986117602009-10-24T09:42:08.974-04:002009-10-24T09:42:08.974-04:00You are doing a great job, keep it up!You are doing a great job, keep it up!Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00064667264960655853noreply@blogger.com