tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-162493587714034495.post8402653431979112131..comments2023-08-19T09:53:50.396-04:00Comments on Shock Cinema Magazine: Review: A GLIMPSE INSIDE THE MIND OF CHARLES SWAN III (2013) by Mike SullivanShock Cinema (Steven Puchalski)http://www.blogger.com/profile/14287469799823368413noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-162493587714034495.post-55401361937302699312013-11-28T07:02:18.153-05:002013-11-28T07:02:18.153-05:00Another splendid press button on Patong, Baan ...Another splendid press button on Patong, Baan Yin Dee is an suited vantage point pertaining to feasting eyes at spectacular visas regarding Phuket.<br /><a href="http://phuketprivateparty.com/movie-phuket-cinema-phuket-jung-celyon-central-festival/" rel="nofollow">cinema phuket</a>Rubelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09910837022208899882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-162493587714034495.post-13165563278139621772013-10-30T10:45:11.121-04:002013-10-30T10:45:11.121-04:00Your comments are duly noted Mr. Coppola.
-Mike S...Your comments are duly noted Mr. Coppola.<br /><br />-Mike SullivanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-162493587714034495.post-50580970614964386652013-10-30T06:50:14.565-04:002013-10-30T06:50:14.565-04:00This is very hateful and spiteful piece of writing...This is very hateful and spiteful piece of writing that tries to use cultural poetic's as criticism as have been pointed to in the previous comments on this review. Not sure why Wes Anderson is used in comparison here. None of the themes or motifs/ideas in Anderson's films are utilized in SWAN III. Is it because Bill Murray is a cowboy? Is it because Coppola worked with Anderson on MOONRISE KINGDOM? For my money, I see SWAN as a homage to the great fantastical '60s British comedies of Dudley Moore, BEDAZZLED and 30 IS A DANGEROUS AGE CYNTHIA! Sheen doubles in a way as a of-our-time Duddy Moore. SWAN skates in and out of fantasy/dream sequences and there are moments when it's seemingly difficult to decide when we're in a moment of reality or if we're always in a fantasy. I will concede that Sheen can be annoying in SWAN, yet, why does that degrade the work of Roman Coppola here? Your personal feelings about a character or actor shouldn't effect how you examine a work of a filmmaker, who's given us two films now. You seem to have more of a problem with Charlie Sheen then you do the film itself? Aren't critics supposed to examine films as objectively as possible? I don't see that happening here. I see a critic who dislikes Charlie Sheen and has chosen to scribble down something nasty about him. It's fine that you dislike Sheen, but don't let your taste obscure your perception of the film itself. Taste shouldn't have any involvement in film criticism in my opinion. Have you ever considered the outright cinema aesthetics in SWAN III, or it's motifs, metaphors and allegories? It doesn't seem so. It seems as if you've only taken the film at face value, and clearly, it was intended to looked at a little more closely. There is something very clever going on in SWAN III, and it is much more clever than you, Mr. Sullivan.<br />SWAN, also plays with the convention of "Cinema Now" in that a filmmaker can make a film with Sheen as he is embedded in the hot seat of the American zeitgeist of pop culture. Coppola's first film, CQ, is an homage to the French New Wave, so it seems perfectly understandable that he'd step back into the role of the director and set out again doing some sort of homage for his sophomore effort. The fact that Roman Coppola, turns the camera on himself in the final frames of SWAN III, furthermore acknowledges that he's trying to pay respect to his influences. Perhaps, the only thing I can say nice here about Mr. Sullivan's review is that he has the wisdom to point out the greatest of the usage of songs by Liam Hayes and Plush. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-162493587714034495.post-61822115183633462842013-10-30T01:01:36.591-04:002013-10-30T01:01:36.591-04:00You know what? You're right. I kind of want to...You know what? You're right. I kind of want to see a Russ Meyer movie based on the works of Henry Darger too. That was a misstep on my part and I'm sorry.<br /><br />-Mike SullivanAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-162493587714034495.post-72841237516907951822013-10-30T00:06:12.150-04:002013-10-30T00:06:12.150-04:00I hate to say it but when you say that it's &q...I hate to say it but when you say that it's "a movie based on the art of Henry Darger directed by Russ Meyer" -- that actually sounds kind of cool...the rest of it sounds bloody awful though...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com