3/1/04

Still more Passion

John Green:

"he happens to be a guy with the wherewithal and talent to make a movie like this"

I agree with "wherewithal," but disagree with "talent." I don't think the man is a filmmaker and his grasp of violence isn't very sophisticated or complex, unlike say, a Kurosawa or Peckinpah. Or even a Kitano.

As for shock cinema, well, I'm not a big fan of Noe or Miike, but they operate on a level above him. I AM a fan of Kim Ki-Duk, and he's a far classier provocateur.

And none of them can touch Romero, or above all, Pasolini.

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