tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379353038189641208.post8356073404945162937..comments2024-01-03T02:22:23.394-05:00Comments on Cinephiliaque: if....MPhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08366182655374603950noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379353038189641208.post-48472328775925961022014-08-09T14:25:05.635-04:002014-08-09T14:25:05.635-04:00Yeah, I sensed the influence by Vigo's film an...Yeah, I sensed the influence by Vigo's film and also Truffaut's Les 400 coups. I don't know if I would sort If... as only a Marxist film but I think that your lecture is valauble.<br />Thank you for reading and commenting Roger.MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08366182655374603950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379353038189641208.post-22761373527938668962014-08-06T14:30:05.833-04:002014-08-06T14:30:05.833-04:00According to Anderson, the reason for the shifts b...According to Anderson, the reason for the shifts between black-and-white and colour film was simply that he couldn't afford to use nothing but colour film, and parts had to be in colour.<br />There's a French predecessor, Zéro de Conduite, made by Jean Vigo in 1933. A funnier, lighter film- you might say If is Anderson's Marxist remake of vigo's anarchist film.Roger Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11012987757094423896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379353038189641208.post-43608266310527881282014-08-06T11:43:20.293-04:002014-08-06T11:43:20.293-04:00Thanks and I loved being a part of it!Thanks and I loved being a part of it!MPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08366182655374603950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2379353038189641208.post-10201116471649322582014-08-04T13:03:13.369-04:002014-08-04T13:03:13.369-04:00if... really is a singular film and very hard to c...if... really is a singular film and very hard to classify. Is it part of the British New Wave? An exercise in surrealism? An attack on British institutions? All of the above? I think if... is hard to pigeonhole is one of its strengths, and certainly why it stands out from other British films of the late Sixties! Anyhow, I really enjoyed this post and thank you for participating in the blogathon!Terence Towles Canotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18397088843628331615noreply@blogger.com