tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680622593910991248.post1259997830844714343..comments2023-11-03T03:45:54.322-04:00Comments on Fox Home: Retrospective Assessment of Flaherty's *Louisiana Story*Foxessahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06754083123669916994noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680622593910991248.post-33401906014676083212010-06-19T13:56:18.823-04:002010-06-19T13:56:18.823-04:00It's hard not to believe that Lamorisse was no...It's hard not to believe that Lamorisse was not influenced by the Flaherty film.Foxessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06754083123669916994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680622593910991248.post-43576336496570883412010-06-19T13:47:58.420-04:002010-06-19T13:47:58.420-04:00This one is pure propaganda for the oil companies ...This one is pure propaganda for the oil companies who were even then destroying the Gulf wetlands of Louisiana.<br /><br />In some ways the film that feels most like <i>Louisiana Story</i> is <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Mane" rel="nofollow">the Albert Lamorisse film</a> (1953), <i>White Mane</i>, shot in the coastal Camargue region of France. Though not propaganda for anything, it is unbearably sentimental tosh to our 21st century eyes, it is natural world poetry on film too.<br /><br />Love, C.Foxessahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06754083123669916994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1680622593910991248.post-75040254559226398482010-06-19T07:21:17.317-04:002010-06-19T07:21:17.317-04:00I've know this as a legend, but haven't se...I've know this as a legend, but haven't seen it. Flaherty made some great films -- you can still see <i>Men of Aran</i> on the Aran Islands.K.https://www.blogger.com/profile/10222703055177237209noreply@blogger.com