Alas this is one instance where I have the opposite position on both films. Cardiff’s film is really a celebration of his art, as as such it hardly matters whether or not we’ve seen some of the material. I think the talking heads peeled away the gauze and brought the man and his art into astute focus, and the generous use of clips from his great films further delineated why Cardiff was the greatest color cameraman of all-time.

As far as the abomination A SERBIAN FILM, I’d say it’s anything but transgressive. It’s a purposely sickening and sensationalist work that tries to our-gross SALO (but it’s not one hundreth as artful as Pasolini’s film) but only succeeds in leaving us dazed and repulsed. I must cast my vote with the lot of bad reviews the film has received, and truthfully couldn’t imagine how anyone would want to put themselves through this act of debasement a second time. There comes a point where you just wanna say “Get lost asshole.” This is one such instance. There isn’t an once of redeeming worth or value, the film does nothing to enhance teh human condition, and stylistically it’s the work of a novice.

We’re still friends, right? Jon, buddy.