tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post114191345347361300..comments2024-01-06T05:34:00.027-06:00Comments on Blog Meridian: No post, really--just wanted to link to thisJohn B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-1142581125512776652006-03-17T01:38:00.000-06:002006-03-17T01:38:00.000-06:00It is indeed a terrific film. My enjoyment and app...It is indeed a terrific film. My enjoyment and appreciation of this was enhanced by listening to the BBC 3's Night Waves programme. It is archived <A HREF="http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio3/speechanddrama/landmarks.shtml" REL="nofollow">here</A>.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-1142167151364329442006-03-12T06:39:00.000-06:002006-03-12T06:39:00.000-06:00Grobie, I forgot to mention that I agree with you ...<B>Grobie</B>, I forgot to mention that I agree with you in part about the zither music. I like it for the most part, but there are a couple of moments when Rollo hears some sort of startling revelation and the music suddenly comes up in the mix and sounds a bit startled itself. I nearly laughed at one point, which I'm pretty sure was not the intended effect.John B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-1142133818150437352006-03-11T21:23:00.000-06:002006-03-11T21:23:00.000-06:00Nice comments, y'all.Ariel, yours and Lindsay's re...Nice comments, y'all.<BR/><B>Ariel</B>, yours and Lindsay's reaction was much the same as my class's: it's completely comprehensible as a scene, but because it's not filmed in the usual way and doesn't end as expected--indeed, it doesn't really SEEM to end--it ended up just sort of stopping them in their tracks.<BR/><B>Grobie</B>, in the review I linked to, the account is that Graham Greene had John B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06358811061653958120noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-1142132130555703302006-03-11T20:55:00.000-06:002006-03-11T20:55:00.000-06:00Just so you know, I'm channeling Moses Austin at t...Just so you know, I'm channeling Moses Austin at the moment.<BR/><BR/>Cheers.R. Shermanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01172333311066795089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-1142085473967157432006-03-11T07:57:00.000-06:002006-03-11T07:57:00.000-06:00I love the composition on the image you chose to p...I love the composition on the image you chose to post.JBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13354726510198274109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-1142039014134633602006-03-10T19:03:00.000-06:002006-03-10T19:03:00.000-06:00'Inane commentary'? Not a bit of it.I watched The ...'Inane commentary'? Not a bit of it.<BR/><BR/>I watched The Third Man again for the umpteenth time the other week when it was on TV. That scene really does pack an emotional wallop; it must be because it's held just that little bit <I>too long</I>, it lasts just a bit longer than you expect it to. That is a very rare thing in Hollywood films, as you say.<BR/><BR/>Didn't I read/hear somewhere thatAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7640521.post-1142003896053175012006-03-10T09:18:00.000-06:002006-03-10T09:18:00.000-06:00I love this film. And I agree with your assessment...I love this film. And I agree with your assessment of the last scene. When Lindsay and I watched it, having no inkling of how the film ended, we transitioned from puzzlement to astonishment to admiration. <BR/><BR/>That scene is brilliant.AJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16135729997685992811noreply@blogger.com