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christian,
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@William said:
concerning The Sixth Sense, the music score was excellent, but I am beginning to wonder if director Shyamalan is a One-Hit Wonder. That film was an excellent ghost story that had a very positive effect upon current cinema in general (witness all the subtle ghost stories that appeared after it), but his other films all seem to be somewhat lacking, and his reliance upon "twists" is getting to be desperate. I personally found "The Village" to be incredibly disappointing. It started out creating an alternate universe that was fascinating, and then simply played a shallow trick upon the audience. Very dishonest storytelling.
@William said:
Speaking respectfully and without obscenity (I'm trying so hard to be good!!! [:D] Though it is so difficult ... [:'(]
but as Herbert Lom in the later Pink Panthers put it as he smiled within the asylum and his eye began to twitch - "every day, in every way, I'm getting better") ---
concerning The Sixth Sense, the music score was excellent, but I am beginning to wonder if director Shyamalan is a One-Hit Wonder. That film was an excellent ghost story that had a very positive effect upon current cinema in general (witness all the subtle ghost stories that appeared after it), but his other films all seem to be somewhat lacking, and his reliance upon "twists" is getting to be desperate. I personally found "The Village" to be incredibly disappointing. It started out creating an alternate universe that was fascinating, and then simply played a shallow trick upon the audience. Very dishonest storytelling.
@William said:
Irascible, thanks for your always-devastating comments which, ironically, brought to mind something concerning the main virtue you point out concerning The Sixth Sense - the entire basic concept is lifted from a great, but obscure low-budget film called "Carnival of Souls," with changes made mainly in the characters.
Has anyone seen that? It is now available in a great DVD release from Criterion Collection. A black and white film from the early 60s that has a number of scenes that are more surreal than Bunuel, and extremely haunting. It also has a brilliant music score, played on pipe organ. A beautiful example of how low budget can be an inspiration for real creativity.
Angelo Clematide:
“The aim of music is not to express feelings but to express music. It is not a vessel into which the composer distills his soul drop by drop, but a labyrinth with no beginning and no end, full of new paths to discover, where mystery remains eternal.”
Could very well be, maybe straight out from his Charles Eliot Norton chair of poetics lectures at Harvard College in 1939/40