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Re: Geez, Andrew... thanks... I guess...

Posted by Andrew T. (A) on January 25, 2002 at 20:33:29

In Reply to: Geez, Andrew... thanks... I guess... posted by Victor Khomenko on January 25, 2002 at 19:13:32:

Hello Victor,

I am very glad you saw Audition ! I don't think it is brilliant, but definitely
recommendable to film buffs, because it has a different flavour, and certainly
enough interesting things happening to merit watching. I believe I had
suggested it when I was reading you and Auph talk about characterization
of women on screen....that's what prompted me to mention it ! Now that's
_ proactive_! You're right about the story going off at a tangent at a certain point..
that was what I'd found interesting about it. Up to that point, it almost came across
as a light romantic story, and I thought it quite skillful that he ( the director )
could make one wonder what was going to happen to them. Interestingly
enough, there has also been much talk about HK films and their seeming
'mishmash of genres', often all in one film. There isn't necessarily that H'wood
convention wherein any deviation from the model of any particular genre,
or deviation in tone or mood from what is construed to be a contiguous whole,
threatens mass cognitive dissonance in the audience.

I'd told a couple of friends that it was a light romantic comedy in the vein of
Shall We Dance, and had taped them the film off the DVD so they couldn't
see the cover, which I felt was a giveaway. They enjoyed it as such..until
the bag in her livingroom tipped over! When it was making the festival circuit,
audiences in the cinema always leapt out of their seats at that moment.

What other movies did you rent?

Regards,
A.

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