He’s a gifted surrealist, with a fantastic imagination full of rich minutiae and rapturous flights. Whether in black and white or in color, he has preternatural sense for constructing powerful visual impressions. Much like Ozu, my sense that we don’t connect comes from the discrepancy between my mild enthusiasm and the critical establishment’s thunderous praise.įellini has a lot going for him in my book. Even Fellini is a bit of a stretch, since I’ve only disliked one film by him (“Amarcord,” if you’re interested). ![]() ![]() I was slow to click with French poetic realism and I almost choose Jean Renoir (with Marcel Carne as the preferred candidate), but I’ve gradually converted during the last few years as I see some of his lesser work. ![]() Trying to give this series a little diversity, I knew that I wanted to write about a European art director, but that was by far the hardest category for me to find someone I didn’t adore.
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