I fully expected Certified Copy to remain my favorite Kiarostami, but there's something so transcendent about the third act of Taste of Cherry that I've only experienced a handful of times in my movie-watching career. Ya know, authenticity, being-toward-death, demise, all that fluffy Heidegger shit brought to life on screen in the most organic way possible. I know you're really fond of Like Someone in Love, which I really liked, but it underwhelmed me quite a bit. I'm curious to hear your specific thoughts on it.
i wrote about it briefly
here, it's pretty non-specific but i'm too tired to add to it right now. i think it's a great loose continuation of the themes of CERTIFIED COPY, and it being less immediately gratifying may be part of the point. it seems to me an intentionally bleaker, more claustrophobic film. i haven't seen TASTE OF CHERRY in like ten years so i should probably revisit tbf. i highly recommend THE WIND WILL CARRY US. CLOSE-UP is widely considered his masterpiece by trustworthy folks and i've never seen that one!
Who are some of the people you follow on Criticker? Off the top of my head, the only kumpels I follow are you, DJRoss, JakeAesthete, Moribunny (who irritates me often with his dismissive tendencies but is a treasure trove for obscure foreign flicks), and a couple of others I can't think of.
i don't really like moribunny haha. djross is aight, jake is great, one of my favourites, but very leftfield.
i did a post about this on criticker way back so i'll paste/flesh it out. warning: there's tons.
undinum: probably my fav kump. doesn't write enough, but when he does he's arguably the best on the site. impeccable taste and knowledge, consistently top 5 tci.
theficionado: probs the person i agree with more than anybody else, especially on populist stuff. big walter chaw fan and it shows, but he's an excellent writer in his own right. very smart dude.
frg: my top TCI (it would be you but you're not in my minimum % of films seen lol). doesn't write, just has ace taste.
elixir: a proper cinephile's cinephile, doesn't write on criticker but writes lots
here.
sidehacker: pretty good for foreign stuff, does capsules on criticker but also has a blog
here and is jake savage on letterboxd.
Matt Burgess: specialist in trash cinema which might be more my bag than yours idk, but superlative taste anyways. has directed some interesting stuff on youtube too.
paulofilmo: we don't always see eye to eye but he's one of the more insightful and unpredictable voices on here, nice dude too.
karamazov: ditto. he's kirilov333 on rym.
The Way - mostly for the lols, but he offers unique perspectives i guess. i've had run ins with him on rateyourmusic but he always deletes his accounts. he's an ubermensch or something.
cloak: another bright/knowledgable dude who writes a bit but not enough.
kubricksucks: was ockham on here back in the day. aelsdioauio on RYM. a drug addict who i talk to way too much on the internet.
Vesupria: another long time buddy who you've probs come across on RYM or w/e. pretentious aussie, used to be thamuz on here and various other boards.
pompousass: one of the better writers, writes a lot. warning: may be a pompous ass.
SlantMag: capsules from one of the best online movie mags around. as far as pro critics go there's also Mike D'Angelo, chaw, wokelstein (alex jackson from filmfreakcentral). i have a feeling there's an armond white account as well but i can't remember now. there was a time when criticker was linked to metacritic and showed all the metacritic reviews so maybe i'm thinking of back then.
Mr. Mxyzptlk: stuart collier on letterboxd, terrific taste/writer but seems to have fucked his ratings now so maybe not worth adding anymore
roujin: roujin on letterboxd, ninjavvself on RYM. he writes more at those places but still worth adding.
Magmadiver: kishinev on RYM. writes
here for example. doesn't rate enough stuff he dislikes so his tiers are kinda skewed, very interesting taste and great knowledge though.
schnofel: my own personal moribunny i guess. hardly ever see eye to eye with him and he's a bit of a dick but he's admirably individual and has rated a shitload.
winds: i kinda stole his system.
theWizard: token 'vulgar auteurist' kump
annnnnd some other kumps with over 1000 ratings: Groooan, paah, Blevo, WBadger, m4th3u5, jethro, benrag, johnatanjj, Valenzetti (writes), fakesenator, lucbapt, LetsGoEatHuh, Seethruskin, ze_qualquer, negative, NilbogSavant, irrelephant, burmashave, B-Side, coutinho, gaucho, hehejaja (writes), biblioklept, catfacer, alive75, lumpnboy (writes), coltrane, Bandy, bernardobrum, Lobo_Lopez, I.L., hremanruss, Filipe, ari, Theodora, boxgod, mark83, Edson Abas (green_man), Seftref, Meowfresh, maborosi, onetwothree, Jos, jewellrunner, Octave (writes), AlleyLights2, Kerc (writes), JerryJ, felipelahm (writes), jsommersby8 (used to be a commenter on the FFC blog, token bad action movie guy), GrimsChild, ailm, LEAVES
