A walk by the brook 4-8

Family Movie Night is now called A walk by the brook

A walk by the brook #4: Maya

I really like these actors but the clear lack of trust in them/the scenario leaves the film w/o any big swing scenes. The locations and tempo brute force some quality. This actress was apparently not in anything else. I'm glad they grappled with current day issues. The director's previous work looks less interesting from bird's eye but I'm sure it'd be fine

A walk by the brook #5: Indian Summer

Zurlini's been on my radar for a long time, so I'm glad to finally see something. He's among the titans of Italian cinema. I'd seen Guendalina, one of his scripts. Little stands out now, many months past. I jumped for it mainly due to Sassard's role in Les Biches. It's one of those that is pleasant along the way but vanishes soon after. Back to the Delon film. This performance has real stature. He has an overwhelming apathy, but easily retains idealist DNA. It's interesting to see a film that looks like gialli but is a more classical Italian character study. I still struggle a little w/ the close-ups over torsoed and full-figured. The girl who is his student is fantastic as well. Lea Massari is great as always. I somehow have seen none of her films other than L'Avventura

A walk by the brook #6: The Experience

It's interesting to try to reconcile this B&W period with Kiarostami's latter work. One finds it easy to claim a certain immaturity--I guess I won't dispute that. But there are moments where one can feel him easing to the landmark eon

A walk by the brook #7: Boy on a Dolphin

Loren has an ease to great screen presence, and it's hard to imagine better locations for a shoot than these. There is a great early scene of Loren diving. Once Loren ends up in Clifton's web the movie labors more; there are too many conversations w/o any reactivity. The sequence when Loren first meets Ladd is fantastic. I'm glad Clifton got away

A walk by the brook #8: Amanda

The scenarios here are what I wished for in Maya. The scenes really explore and excavate, even if the viewer endures some harsh byproducts. You can't ignore the familiar weight of a life passed and the struggle to reorient a world without their connecting tissue