It's mostly the Euro-films which appeared post-Éric Rohmer, without having the story in place to make them bearable. I love his balance of art and story (film being essentially a visual medium, people seemed, for a little while, to concentrate on "teh pretty" rather than making sure that the films they were making were solid enough to carry the visual element), and the box sets manage to add even more to the experience. Oh and there's a particular British film - you'll know the one - which is basically food porn, which I have never been able to sit through entirely. It's obnoxious to a degree that even Helen Mirren (whose work I love) can't elevate it beyond the mediocre and visually offensive.
Eric Rohmer is one of my favourite directors. I've seen all of his films, bar the two (one made for French TV) which haven't had a UK release. It may show in my own writing - I can be a little too fond of dialogue sometimes. Rohmer can certainly be an acquired taste - I'm aware that the expression "like watching paint dry" was first used to describe one of his films.
Peter Greenaway I'm okay with - I've liked most of what I've seen, but haven't really an urge to rewatch them. In response to your later post, he does have a sense of humour, albeit a very black one. He can be a little cold, though one exception to that is
The Belly of an Architect, largely due to Brian Dennehy's performance. He's someone without honour in his home country these days - still making films, but with his financing from overseas (mainly the Netherlands, I believe) and with one exception in the last thirteen years his films haven't been distributed here.
This may be a geek thing, but I always sit through the credits. It isn't just that there might be a stinger at the end, but those people worked damn hard to make the film for my entertainment (or, in the case of some films, whatever the diametric opposite of entertainment is) and deserve credit (or blame). Stingers are added bonuses.
Me too. Also some good music to listen to (hopefully). And since I started sending in corrections to magazines and websites of records, I do take notice of copytight date, film processes and correct on-screen titles. But then I'm hardcore like that.
Yesterday was a shitty day and I couldn't see all day. So far, today has been better. I can see a little bit and now it is time to nap because they eye is fatigued.
How long does it take to heal from iritis?
Generally, the more severe it is before you start treatment, the longer it takes to go away. My first time (when I had to have a steroid injection in my eye) I was an outpatient at my local hospital's eye clinic for three months before I was discharged. More recently, since I know what's wrong and get to the eye clinc fairly early, I only had two or three hospital appointments and the iritis was gone within a month.
If you weren't able to see out of your afflicted eye, then it's fairly bad so it won't be completely gone quickly. But you will feel the benefits of the steroids soon - it sounds like you already are. The pain and general discomfort (if not the redness) should be gone within a few days.
again, as I know what you're going through.