Top stories published by I’ve Had It With Hollywood in 2007

I’m glad I didn’t listen to the tepid, unfair reviews for this perfectly satisfying film by Ang Lee, because I thoroughly enjoyed it. It is a beautifully sustained story about a love affair between a radical acting student and a collaborationist minister at the time of the Japanese invasion of China in…

Yehudit Mam in I’ve Had It With Hollywood

Dec 10, 2007

Atonement

As I read it, I thought Atonement, the novel by Ian McEwan, would make a great movie, for it is a great story; but I thought that it would be daunting, if not impossible, to translate the main gist of the novel to a film format, since it is a novel of memory and guilt and writing, with many fine, gorgeous…

Yehudit Mam in I’ve Had It With Hollywood

Mar 5, 2007

Satantango: The Seven Hour Movie

As penance for having watched the Oscars last week, our resident philosopher in the movie club suggested we all go atone by watching Satantango, a 7-hour black and white movie by Hungarian filmmaker Bela Tarr, at the Anthology Film Archives (them of the uncomfortable…

Yehudit Mam in I’ve Had It With Hollywood

Mar 6, 2007

Zodiac: The movie by the director of Seven

So in order to cleanse myself from so much high art, I went to see David Fincher’s Zodiac today, a movie that has gotten unfairly great reviews. It is not a bad movie. It is not a good movie. It is a waste of millions of dollars and hundreds of minutes. I…

Yehudit Mam in I’ve Had It With Hollywood

Jul 26, 2007

Dirk Bogarde en Plein Air

They have free open air cinema at the Parc de la Villette pretty much everyday in the summer. They rent comfy lounge chairs or you can sit sur l’herbe like the famous peeps in the Manet painting. People bring a picnic, which in France means a gourmet feast, not Fanta and Cheetos…

Yehudit Mam in I’ve Had It With Hollywood

Jan 26, 2007

Jagshemash!

I know I am the last person on Earth to have seen Borat, and now that I have finally seen it you will strike from the record everything I’ve said so far about movies and prizes. Borat rules!
I was afraid to watch Borat because I am not the biggest fan of humor that hinges on making fun of easy targets, or…

Yehudit Mam in I’ve Had It With Hollywood

Jan 18, 2007

Pan’s Labrynth

I’m not a huge fan of fantasy. In fact, I pretty much hate fantasy, a reason why extravaganzas like Lord of the Rings and Harry Potter simply do not interest me. I like my stories firmly rooted in reality, which tends to be messier and more complex than parables and fables and clean fights between…

Yehudit Mam in I’ve Had It With Hollywood

Aug 11, 2007

Gods of Cinema: Bergman and Antonioni

In today’s New York Times there are two tributes about Bergman and Antonioni, written respectively by Woody Allen and by Martin Scorsese. It is a lovely idea. But of the two, the Scorsese one is the real jewel. If Martin Scorsese were to give a Master Class in…

Yehudit Mam in I’ve Had It With Hollywood

May 15, 2007

Moviemaking 101

My friend and acting teacher Rob recommended that I read the book “A Film Director Prepares”. And I’m glad I did. It tells you the really basic stuff that you think you know, but not quite, and it’s been really useful.
Perhaps you already know this, smart readers, but through this process I have…

Yehudit Mam in I’ve Had It With Hollywood

Jun 14, 2007

Janet Maslin: Spoiler Alert

An ancient hatred of mine is back!
Lo and behold, the nefarious Janet Maslin, erstwhile film critic of the New York Times, is at it again.
She used to tell all the jokes in her reviews of funny movies. She wouldn’t leave one joke out of the page, if she could help it. Thus, she…

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