After seeing “Mala Noche”, I think that his version of Brokeback Mountain would have been very, very interesting, more than ever.

I’ll put Humpday onto my to-watch list

Ahhh, hating a Monolith film. I think there are a few things that I’m currently avoiding (like the Stroheim movie XD), and right now, I’m mostly watching the ones that I’m sure I will absolutely love.
There is something to be said about the age of films. I liked L’Atalante a lot and I love M to pieces, but those are exceptions. Normally, I would always feel a little distant towards films that feel old to me. Most of them are made before 1940, with the Hollywood screwball comedies being the exception to the rule. For those somewhat dated films, I feel like I can’t really like them but also can’t judge them. “Letter from an Unknown Woman” is one that comes to mind immediately, “La Règle du Jeu” is another. Also, I hated “La peau douce” by Truffaut back then when I watched it, and “Requiem for a Dream” (ahaha). In a nutshell, I tend to only love or hate somewhat modern (or at least timeless) films, whereas I’m mostly neutral towards older films. So I’m wondering if I’m going to hate any of the Monolith films, considering how old most of them are? XD

i love love this movie. i don’t know why, it’s basically a lot of ruminating men not getting what they want and just going along with the drift. but it is such damn stylish movie, in a way that can still be called “authentically indie”, just as Permanent Vacation was, before the mass of American “Indie”-flicks from today arrived, which have all but killed this aesthetic over and over again. (um, but Humpday is still awesome. watch it!)

already in this debut he uses those discrete signature sex-scene-montages!