therealfuster Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 that is so atypical for the director, that most people would not attribute it to said person? I like when someone goes outside their usual frame of reference, and for that reason I really like Francis Ford Coppola's movie from the 1980's, called "Peggy Sue Got Married". It is funny, heartwarming, believably vintage in detail, and the has fine acting by the cast, and great bits by Maureen O'Sullivan and Leon Ames as Peggy Sue's "dead" grandparents. It's hard to believe it is by the same man who made "Apocalypse Now" or "The Godfather". Coppola is versatile though, and other off the beaten path films of his that I like are "The Rain People" and "The Conversation" but they still seem like his more normal style. What other director can you think of who has a film which seems unlike him, that you admire? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brackenhe Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 I'm a big fan of "The Age of Innocence" directed by Martin Scorcese for the exact same reason--the gentleness and attention to detail that washes all over the production. He does a lot of period pieces but nothing as quiet and elegant as "The Age of Innocence." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therealfuster Posted October 6, 2004 Author Share Posted October 6, 2004 If one has only seen Mean Streets or Taxi Driver, the more subdued tone, with no hint of improvised dialogue does seem surprising, yet the piece requires such. I wanted to kick Lewis for being such a dolt as to let Ryder guilt trip him. Yet that was what made the story, and it was a fine film adaption of the novel. Thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edgeciff Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 Sitting in the theatre and watching AGE OF INNOCENCE was agony for me. I found myself squiring in my seat and I was totally bored by this film. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vanjac14 Posted October 6, 2004 Share Posted October 6, 2004 I like the Age of Innocence. I have seen some complaints that "nothing happens" or that its too subdued and low key, e.g., no sex. But that is one of the things I like. It gives the feeling of the repression of sex that was felt before 1900, IMO. (Obviously I wan't alive, but I believe Victorian attitudes put a heavy hand on peoples behavior.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gwtwbooklover Posted October 7, 2004 Share Posted October 7, 2004 Sorry to post kind of off centered but a performer who knocked my socks off and was different than how we saw the actor/actress previously is Mary Tyler Moore in Ordinary Peolple-WOW Then there's the Flemming story how he directed some of the Wizard of Oz. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
therealfuster Posted October 7, 2004 Author Share Posted October 7, 2004 wsa chillingly, cold and perfectly impersonal in that film. Yes, that was an off the wall film for her and she executed it magnificently. Playing against type is good for some people's careers. Like Robert Montgomery in "Night Must Fall" or Dick Powell in "Murder My Sweet". Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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