--- In
rara-avis-l@yahoogroups.com, William Ahearn
<williamahearn@...> wrote:
>
>
> --- jacquesdebierue <jacquesdebierue@...>
wrote:
>
> >Given that I see
> > Truffaut's work as a
> > continuum, I have to judge it great, just
like
> > Allen's or Bergman's
> > work. A total auteur.
> >
> As in making the same movie over and over again?
I'm
> not a great fan of Bergman but I recognize
an
> intelligence at work that I don't appreciate as
much
> as others. As much as I don't like Truffaut,
putting
> him on a par with Woody Allen is insulting in
the
> extreme. Woody Allen is a fluffy joke, a charlatan,
a
> poser and a fraud. And that has nothing to do with
his
> personal life as I really like much of
Roman
> Polanski's work so let's not go there. Woody Allen,
to
> me, is like imitation banana flavoring: tinny,
sickly
> sweet, and nothing like the real thing.
>
OK, we disagree.
Best,
mrt
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