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Nov. 5th, 2006 01:44 amBORAT was utterly brilliant. There's really not much that I can or would want to add to that. It's the sort of thing that can only really be discussed with folks who've already seen it. My brother is cynical enough to think that intelligence and layers of this movie will be lost on the majority of people seeing this, but I am certainly more hopeful than that. I really hope this film provokes some discussion. One critic put it well by saying that CRASH and Michael Moore don't have shit on this.
Between this and JACKASS NUMBER TWO a month ago, this was one of the greatest cinematic one-two punches I've ever experienced. It bugs me that I know some people who loved BORAT but who claim to hate JACKASS, even though they've never seen it. Hey, lord knows that JACKASS ain't for everybody, oh hell no, no argument there. But I swear to god, people, it has to be seen to make a real judgment.
JACKASS and BORAT are similar in a great many ways, two sides of the same coin in some respects. What seperates them is that BORAT actually has a plot (!) and brilliant character work, while JACKASS, at its best, is... I dunno... like pure, pared down, bare-bones Dadaist performance art, or something that hits at the very gut of what's funny, whether we want to laugh or not.
No amount of cold description can do justice to BORAT and JACKASS. They need to be seen to be believed and understood, so says I.
I also finally saw Herzog's GRIZZLY MAN. Amazing film, due as much to the excellent, understated use of music and Herzog himself as the titular Mr. Treadwell. Funny thing was, he was totally nuts... but not in the way that many people thought he was. Fascinating man, fascinating movie.
I think I adore Werner Herzog more with each movie of his that I see. Along with Garrison Keillor, there is something so moving, calming, even zen about just listening to him. His use of English is poetically remarkable. And, let's not forget, he's a veritable diety. It's funny how he reactes to Treadwell, especially when Herzog mentions "I have seen this madness on a film set before," and Mom, Edd, and I (who were watching it with me), all went, "Ohhhhhhh, I bet you have." I can only speculate how much of Klaus Kinski Herzog is seeing in Treadwell.
Between this and JACKASS NUMBER TWO a month ago, this was one of the greatest cinematic one-two punches I've ever experienced. It bugs me that I know some people who loved BORAT but who claim to hate JACKASS, even though they've never seen it. Hey, lord knows that JACKASS ain't for everybody, oh hell no, no argument there. But I swear to god, people, it has to be seen to make a real judgment.
JACKASS and BORAT are similar in a great many ways, two sides of the same coin in some respects. What seperates them is that BORAT actually has a plot (!) and brilliant character work, while JACKASS, at its best, is... I dunno... like pure, pared down, bare-bones Dadaist performance art, or something that hits at the very gut of what's funny, whether we want to laugh or not.
No amount of cold description can do justice to BORAT and JACKASS. They need to be seen to be believed and understood, so says I.
I also finally saw Herzog's GRIZZLY MAN. Amazing film, due as much to the excellent, understated use of music and Herzog himself as the titular Mr. Treadwell. Funny thing was, he was totally nuts... but not in the way that many people thought he was. Fascinating man, fascinating movie.
I think I adore Werner Herzog more with each movie of his that I see. Along with Garrison Keillor, there is something so moving, calming, even zen about just listening to him. His use of English is poetically remarkable. And, let's not forget, he's a veritable diety. It's funny how he reactes to Treadwell, especially when Herzog mentions "I have seen this madness on a film set before," and Mom, Edd, and I (who were watching it with me), all went, "Ohhhhhhh, I bet you have." I can only speculate how much of Klaus Kinski Herzog is seeing in Treadwell.
