I watched Jeanne Dielman after reading this and I completely concur with your analysis. I was a little confounded by the fact that I wasn’t bored and that the time actually passed quickly. Watching Jeanne peel potatoes was a lot more gratifying than most extended fight sequences I’ve had to sit through over the years and I agree, it’s the waiting that creates anticipation and tension. I thought it was great and, like you, it has stayed with me. I can’t stop thinking about it!
The Docklands backdrop of The Long Good Friday is brilliant: filming was completed in 1979 but it wasn't released until 1981, the year that the London Docklands Development Corporation was set up, so it *precisely* captures that final time of decline before regeneration.
Loved the first Four Seasons season, but the second one is such a grind. It’s got that tired plotting beloved of British sitcom movie spin-offs from On The Buses to The Inbetweeners, where “the gang go on holiday to Europe”.
I watched Jeanne Dielman after reading this and I completely concur with your analysis. I was a little confounded by the fact that I wasn’t bored and that the time actually passed quickly. Watching Jeanne peel potatoes was a lot more gratifying than most extended fight sequences I’ve had to sit through over the years and I agree, it’s the waiting that creates anticipation and tension. I thought it was great and, like you, it has stayed with me. I can’t stop thinking about it!
The Docklands backdrop of The Long Good Friday is brilliant: filming was completed in 1979 but it wasn't released until 1981, the year that the London Docklands Development Corporation was set up, so it *precisely* captures that final time of decline before regeneration.
Loved the first Four Seasons season, but the second one is such a grind. It’s got that tired plotting beloved of British sitcom movie spin-offs from On The Buses to The Inbetweeners, where “the gang go on holiday to Europe”.