Week 14: Hold Me While I'm Naked

I think that George Kuchar is very, very good at making his kind of movies. He is a solid actor and director and his film "Hold Me While I'm Naked" was one of the best films we have seen this semester. I especially liked the underlying humor in it. There is something about Kuchar's voice and demeanor that make his movies so interesting. On top of that, the way he puts together his material and edits them creates something that the viewer is stimulated or interested in. I also enjoyed his fascination with dramatic music which he incorporates throughout all of his films. The music that he chooses adds a whole new tone to the film that it would otherwise be without. However, I did not find Kuchar's film that was shown in the beginning of class very interesting (the one about the people who go to that ancient island and start having orgies). It seemed to be apart from his earlier films. 

Week 13: Duck Soup

I enjoyed the screening of Duck Soup last monday. It was a nice change of pace to have watched a more linear narrative feature. I thought that it was incredible that the entire movie was a string of jokes that never stopped. It's interesting to me that there must have been a huge thought process of coming up with and implementing all of these jokes and gags. I was also intrigued by the character's relationships with each other. I couldn't understand how the lead woman in the movie could be so infatuated with Firefly's character when all he did was make fun of her and be rude to her. However, the relationships are what keep the movie flowing. The chemistry between characters is vital when you are trying to be funny because that can add a lot to the jokes and make them even more powerful and even meaningful.