tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32685968.post8560895065619067912..comments2024-03-25T10:47:42.656-07:00Comments on Can't Explain: Tie Xi Qu: West of the Tracks (2002)Jeff Pikehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17148737647138431543noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32685968.post-27525093185117005682017-02-02T16:12:56.682-08:002017-02-02T16:12:56.682-08:00Thanks for the heads-up on YouTube--downloading it...Thanks for the heads-up on YouTube--downloading it right now, which takes surprisingly little time (about 3-4 minutes for one two-hour section). Looked into a DVD copy, much too expensive.<br /><br />I may not start till summer, but I'll absolutely watch this.Philhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03401327409576832989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32685968.post-30667699373714576162017-01-27T22:28:18.820-08:002017-01-27T22:28:18.820-08:00It's the episodic element in the narrative tha...It's the episodic element in the narrative that makes the difference, I imagine. I don't know any of this stuff but I gather it operates on principles that turn conventional forms of film narrative on their head. I think of this comment from Wiseman I saw in a NYTimes story awhile back. Asked ab his work, he said he wasn't making a movie but waiting for a movie to happen, or something like that. Skip D. Expense:https://www.blogger.com/profile/14151899427742882544noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32685968.post-60483345766539004162017-01-27T10:11:36.324-08:002017-01-27T10:11:36.324-08:00Satantango comes in three parts? Heck, I might fin...Satantango comes in three parts? Heck, I might finally have to take Phil's advice and watch it! I love your whole discussion of long movies here, esp. relating to TV series. I'm currently watching the Oscar-nominated ESPN mini-series on OJ Simpson ... it's seven hours long, except it's really just five 90-minute segments.Mon-sewer Paul Regrethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04918972562626522624noreply@blogger.com