tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805660467400179742.post5391091206070472355..comments2024-03-26T20:31:26.349-04:00Comments on Simon St. Laurent, Squibber: Blu-ray: Aguirre, the Wrath of GodSimon St. Laurenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02948457860768548876noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805660467400179742.post-18554324845436239662020-09-29T20:01:49.754-04:002020-09-29T20:01:49.754-04:00Thanks for the notes of memories!
My story: I fir...Thanks for the notes of memories!<br /><br />My story: I first heard of the film through Danny Peary's seminal book, "Cult Movies". In 1992 or so I saw Aguirre at the Bloor Cinema and enjoyed it very much. ("Enjoyed" in the sense that I felt I had watched something special.)<br /><br />I got off the subway after a day at work, and as I took my seat I realized I might not make it through a movie given my (rare) headache. The picture starts; the camera is handheld; scenes on water. I won't make it.<br /><br />I did. And I loved it. (My headache disappeared downstream. It probably got caught in a whirlpool.)Simon St. Laurenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02948457860768548876noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6805660467400179742.post-55842380146875780312020-09-29T09:12:35.528-04:002020-09-29T09:12:35.528-04:00I've seen this film twice. The first, if you c...I've seen this film twice. The first, if you can believe it, was on my little B&W TV, on rabbit ears, broadcast from TVO. Only years later did I realize that this was part of an early edition of Jay Scott's Film International (when he was still hosting just six films every spring, until it become a full-time series in 1989-1990). Then ten years later I saw it at the Revue one summer evening. That screening had such a profound effect on me that I've feared seeing it in any other fashion would be reductive. (I'm sure seeing it on a big screen TV is fine, but after sitting in the third row of the Revue looking up to see them literally walking through clouds...)Greg Woodshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07781308526267978337noreply@blogger.com