tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post2658146008669988590..comments2024-02-10T01:22:29.316-08:00Comments on Hugo Stiglitz Makes Movies: To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield...Kevin J. Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17275402809912728035noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post-45944758930228911812012-05-28T10:18:22.060-07:002012-05-28T10:18:22.060-07:00Yeah. I knew after doing Oliver Stone and Ken Russ...Yeah. I knew after doing Oliver Stone and Ken Russell for my last retrospectives, I wanted to go the complete opposite direction. Pollack is interesting to me because he didn't change much. He's a lot like Clint in that regard: simple aesthetic and classic way of telling his story. When I think about his later stuff, I kind of cringe (<i>Random Hearts</i>, specifically), but I'm curious to see if my feelings on his later work as a director (as an actor and producer few could touch him) change based on revisiting his earlier films. You really need to see <i>Three Days of the Condor</i>...probably my favorite Pollack film. I've actually never seen <i>Out of Africa</i>, so I'm looking forward to that one.Kevin J. Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17275402809912728035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post-88039140722140491072012-05-28T10:13:09.354-07:002012-05-28T10:13:09.354-07:00Thanks, Stacia! I've got some good, cheesy stu...Thanks, Stacia! I've got some good, cheesy stuff planned for Summer of Slash this year; it should be a lot of fun!Kevin J. Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17275402809912728035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post-30376548133598663302012-05-27T13:55:42.535-07:002012-05-27T13:55:42.535-07:00Pollack is an interesting choice for a retrospecti...Pollack is an interesting choice for a retrospective. The two movies of his I like the most are <i>Absence of Malice</i> and <i>Tootsie</i>, but I remember finding <i>Out of Africa</i> to be sometimes boring, sometimes exhilerating (it's been forever since I've seen it). I've actually heard that his best work was in the 70's, which is why I'm embarrassed to admit I still haven't seen <i>Jeremiah Johnson</i> *or* <i>Three Days of the Condor</i>.Adam Zanziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14524618281515322239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post-1519043019331786312012-05-26T17:35:40.072-07:002012-05-26T17:35:40.072-07:00Exciting stuff! I'm looking forward to the Su...Exciting stuff! I'm looking forward to the Summer of Slash and the Italian Horror 'Thon. Heck, I'm looking forward to all of it.<br /><br />Sydney Pollack as the antithesis of Ken Russell... OR SEPARATED AT BIRTH?Staciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05250238254417726987noreply@blogger.com