tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9135701834929668413.post3527686498795799916..comments2024-03-28T07:20:58.419-04:00Comments on They live by night: Some Recycled Thoughts on Bertolucci's "Luna" (R.I.P. Jill Clayburgh)Bilge Ebirihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12483062082914593902noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9135701834929668413.post-17093947433632432862013-02-10T13:38:37.127-05:002013-02-10T13:38:37.127-05:00After just reading Roger Ebert's review of &qu...After just reading Roger Ebert's review of "Luna" I much prefer and agree with yours. I saw "Luna" when it was released decades ago as a college graduate and newly married man. It made my list of ten best films ever made, alongside such greats as "Chinatown", "Eraserhead", and "Days of Heaven". During all of those intervening years, I often wondered if I would ever see "Luna" again. My wife, older daughter, and I finally watched it again last night. The film makes much more sense to me thirty-two years later--artistically, stylistically, psychologically. I was surprised at some of the images I assumed so long ago that I would never forget, but I did. When I saw the barn where "1900" was filmed, my reaction was the same as Caterina's in the film and just as exuberant as when I recognized it during my first viewing. That image still serves in some way as one of Marcel Proust's "petite madeleines" for me. As for Jill Clayburgh, she will always be Caterina to me. As a man who never left his wife and two daughters and chose not to be consumed by his art, for whatever reasons, the Ward Cleaver in me wanted to jump into Joe and Caterina's world and make everything right for them. Thanks for this retrospective thumbs-up! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com