MY SIXTH POLL: "THE CENTER OF THE STAGE IS WHERE I AM"

I haven't been updating my blog lately, because I'm still suffering from a cold. I will try to write more when I get well.

My fifth poll got 11 votes and the result of this poll of hysterical heroines is:

WHO IS YOUR FAVORITE FEMALE CHARACTER OR PERFORMER?

1.Emily Watson in BREAKING THE WAVES (1996, Lars von Trier) +
Isabelle Adjani in POSSESSION (1981, Andrzej Zulawski) +
Bulle Ogier in THE SALAMANDER (1971, Alain Tanner)

Each of them got 2 votes or 18 %

4.Margit Carstensen in BREMEN FREEDOM (1972, Rainer Werner Fassbinder) +
Adrienne Barrett in DEMENTIA (1953, John Parker) +
Valeria Bruni-Tedeschi in FORGET ME (1994, Noemie Lvovsky) +
Marina de Van in IN MY SKIN (2002, Marina de Van) +
Monica Vitti in THE RED DESERT (1964, Michelangelo Antonioni)

Each of them got 1 vote or 9 %


9.Beatrice Dalle in BETTY BLUE (1986, Jean-Jacques Beineix) +
Jessica Lange in FRANCES (1982, Graeme Clifford)

Each of them got 0 vote.

Thank you very much for everyone who participated in the poll. :-)

I'm glad Bulle Ogier is one of the top three in this poll. I like her very much. Of course, you know from my name—Celinejulie—that I should love Bulle Ogier, who stars in CELINE AND JULIE GO BOATING. You can read a comment on Bulle Ogier here:
http://www.sensesofcinema.com/contents/02/23/symposium2.html#ogier


This is the list of Bulle Ogier's films that I saw:

1.CELINE AND JULIE GO BOATING (1974, Jacques Rivette)

2.AGATHA AND THE UNLIMITED READINGS (1981, Marguerite Duras, A+)

3.THE THIRD GENERATION (1979, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, A+)

4.THE DISCREET CHARM OF THE BOURGEOISIE (1972, Louis Bunuel, A+)

5.THE SALAMANDER (1971, Alain Tanner, A+)

6.THE COLOR OF LIES (1999, Claude Chabrol, A+)

7.VENUS BEAUTY INSTITUTE (1999, Tonie Marshall, A+)

8.SEE HOW THEY FALL (1994, Jacques Audiard, A+)

9.GANG OF FOUR (1988, Jacques Rivette, A+)

10.BELLE TOUJOURS (2006, Manoel de Oliveira, A+)

11.SHATTERED IMAGE (1998, Raoul Ruiz, A)

12.NOBODY LOVES ME (1994, Marion Vernoux, A-)

13.LE PONT DU NORD (1981, Jacques Rivette, no English subtitles)



This is the list of Bulle Ogier's films I wish I could see:

1. OUT 1 (1971, Jacques Rivette)

2. SURREAL ESTATE (1976, Eduardo de Gregorio)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075191/

3. ENTIRE DAYS AMONG THE TREES (1976, Marguerite Duras)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0205864/

4. MY CASE (1986, Manoel de Oliveira)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093531/

" Four versions of the same story, first in the perspective of a theatre play, second in the perspective of a silent film, third in the perspective of a film of the 50s and finally in a biblical philosophical perspective."


5. CANDY MOUNTAIN (1988, Robert Frank + Rudy Wurlitzer)


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As for my sixth poll, it is inspired by the film I saw last week – LA PURITAINE (1986, Jacques Doillon, A+), which uses theatre or stage performance in a very interesting way. So my sixth poll is about the list of my favorite films about stage performance.

THESE FILMS HAVE SOMETHING CONCERNING STAGE PERFORMANCE. WHICH FILM DO YOU LIKE?


1.ALL THAT JAZZ (1979, Bob Fosse)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51qaZKcYD8L._SS500_.jpg

2.THE BABY OF MACON (1993, Peter Greenaway)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51CVMDB4CML._SS500_.jpg

3.BEING JULIA (2004, Istvan Szabo)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51XMPATAKPL._SS500_.jpg

4.THE CHERRY ORCHARD (1990, Shun Nakahara)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0100540/

5.A CHORUS LINE (1985, Richard Attenborough)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51JA3C6937L._SS500_.jpg

6.DIVERTIMENTO (2000, Jose Garcia Hernandez)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0243858/

7.LES ENFANTS DU PARADIS (1946, Marcel Carne)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/517CJGTENFL._SS500_.jpg

8.ESTHER KAHN (2000, Arnaud Desplechin)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51EN28BQVML._SS500_.jpg

9.THE FALSE SERVANT (2000, Benoit Jacquot)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5126PN2HZTL._SS400_.jpg

10.GANG OF FOUR (1988, Jacques Rivette)

11.THE LIBERTINE (2006, Laurence Dunmore)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/518XRWSTFRL._SS500_.jpg

12.MY LIFE AND TIMES WITH ANTONIN ARTAUD (1993, Gerard Mordillat)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/5110G5VX3PL._SS500_.jpg

13.THE PEACH BLOSSOM LAND (1992, Stan Lai, Taiwan)
Starring Brigitte Lin
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0103699/

14.LA PURITAINE (1986, Jacques Doillon)

15.VANYA ON 42ND STREET (1994, Louis Malle)
http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41GFE4YKA1L._SS500_.jpg


--You can cast multiple votes.

--I love all these 15 films very much. Each of them is great in their own ways. It's hard to choose which film is my most favorite. So I choose to vote for DIVERTIMENTO, THE FALSE SERVANT, and THE PEACH BLOSSOM LAND, because I think each one uses stage performance in a very interesting way.


--The quote "The center of the stage is where I am" above comes from Martha Graham. You can read the DVD review of MARTHA GRAHAM: DANCE ON FILM by Jesse at:
http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/marthagrahamdance.php