What are You Watching Thread

[Il Medico]

So what films are you guys watching?


I'll back date a few weeks:
My Life as a Dog
Cinema Paradiso
Bella
Winter Solider
Once
Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas

[Fawkes]

Beginning in a few minutes: The Shining

[Pirate Utopian]

The last movie I saw was Sint. It was good.

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[Ele'ill]

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[Fulanito de Tal]

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It's my favorite book!

[Ele'ill]

I watched this three times a day when I was a kid.


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[praxis1966]

Errmmm... It's gonna sound, I dunno, either bizarre, esoteric or eclectic or some word like that but recently I've watched Koyaanisqatsi, Sunshine, Epidemic, Ken Burns: The Civil War, and Le combat dans l'ile. Before that it was a binge of Michael Haneke and the annals of the last decade of French horror.

[Ele'ill]

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[Tablo]

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[ellipsis]

Daria in general, Quantum leap right now.

[Melebeb]

Hector Olivera's "La Patagonia Rebelde"

[Stranger Than Paradise]

Rolling Kansas - very funny sideways-esque film with Thomas Haden Church directing.

I Am Cuba - Wonderful cinematography and mise-en-scene so far but I haven't finished watching.

[Ele'ill]

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[4 Leaf Clover]

watched movies machette and hole in one

they are just sad :(

[praxis1966]

watched movies machette and hole in one

they are just sad :(

A) It's Machete, and B) To quote Kevin Spacey's character John Doe in Se7en, "Wanting people to listen, you can't just tap them on the shoulder anymore. You have to hit them with a sledgehammer, and then you'll notice you've got their strict attention." Hence, Machete may not have been a work of high art, but it's intention was achieved.

[Tavarisch_Mike]

Like the last month i commed to like some animee (never liked it before) especially the works by Hayao Miyazaki, the man who directed Princess Mononoke and Spirited Away.

[Burn A Flag]

Porn. :rolleyes:

Really Though I last watched the new Harry Potter movie and it wasnt bad.

[Il Medico]

Unforgiven last night. It was alright.

[4 Leaf Clover]

last night i watched movie so bad , that next to it , wizard of oz looks like masterpiece

[Ele'ill]

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[Il Medico]

Rosewood

[Property Is Robbery]

Right now I'm watching WeAreReborn (http://www.revleft.com/vb/member.php?u=30770) play Fable 3.

The most recent movies I've watched are

Wristcutters
Fidel: The Untold Story
Sendero Luminoso documentary

[kitsune]

Scrooged
You Can't Take It With You
The Crazies
Sekai no Chushin de, Ai wo Sakebu (Crying Out Love, in the Center of the World)
Dororo
Funuke Domo, Kanashimi no Ai wo Misero (Funuke Show Some Love, You Losers!)
Gegege no Kitaro
Dare mo shiranai (Nobody Knows)

[Ele'ill]

watch all the way through to the end

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[Magón]

I'm waiting for a friend to bring over Predators. Not expecting it to be great by any means, but Predators are pretty badass. Plus, the movie does have Danny Trejo and I think he's a fun actor to watch.

[Il Medico]

I'm waiting for a friend to bring over Predators. Not expecting it to be great by any means, but Predators are pretty badass. Plus, the movie does have Danny Trejo and I think he's a fun actor to watch.
Predators has some nice eye candy, and some scenes (like the spetznaz and Yakuza's guys deaths) appeal to your inner love for chessy badassness. Otherwise not a great movie.

[Meridian]

HBO is making a television series out of the fantasy series 'A Song of Ice and Fire', and there is now a preview of it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EVKp5nYxyI

[Magón]

Predators has some nice eye candy, and some scenes (like the spetznaz and Yakuza's guys deaths) appeal to your inner love for chessy badassness. Otherwise not a great movie.

Yeah, it was a pretty horrible movie. The Yakuza guy was cool, didn't much care for the Spetznaz guy myself. I just kept on wonder why they put Topher Grace (That 70's Show) in it?

[Bad Grrrl Agro]

Floundering

I love that movie, so trippy and fucked up.

[Pirate Utopian]

The movie I saw at the cinema today:
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Movie of the year I tell you!

[Bad Grrrl Agro]

I'm watching Nick And Norah's Infinite Playlist for the second time today.

[MarxSchmarx]

Just saw Zvyagintsev's "The Return". Really powerful characters.

[kitsune]

Fish Story (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1244666/) - very cool little film

Chocolate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chocolate_%282008_film%29) - Jeeja kicks ass

[Antifa94]

This is Harlan County U.S.A- miners' struggles in the seventies
Brand upon the brain- guy maddin
the threepenny opera

[Admiral Swagmeister G-Funk]

Having a Martin Scorcese marathon. I started with Goodfellas, then Taxi Driver (possibly my favourite of his films). Tomorrow I will watch Raging Bull.

[Sean]

Watched Four Lions (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1341167/)the other night. I'm a big Chris Morris fan anyway, but it was brilliant and of course not as obscenely offensive as it was made out to be, Morris just knows how to cause controversy for giggles.

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[Stranger Than Paradise]

The best film of this century:

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[Os Cangaceiros]

The best film of this century:

http://www.chlotrudis.org/movies/reviews/2001/mulholland.jpg

That has one of the most erotic sex scenes I've ever seen in a film.

[Os Cangaceiros]

Anyway, I'm gonna watch Thundercrack! (1975), then maybe if I'm up for it later Lifeforce (hot space vampires!)

[Ele'ill]

HBO is making a television series out of the fantasy series 'A Song of Ice and Fire', and there is now a preview of it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EVKp5nYxyI

So I don't remember the time frame but I created a thread somewhere for this- I think in this section

[Stranger Than Paradise]

That has one of the most erotic sex scenes I've ever seen in a film.

Oh yeah that's quite something. It's a beautiful scene.

[Pretty Flaco]

I saw The Fighter yesterday at the theatre with my girlfriend and I'd have to say I really enjoyed it.
But I have a big liking to boxing and the movie grew on me because I felt it was more realistic feeling than Rocky, which I HATE!
There were parts which were really depressing (mostly dealing with Micky Ward's bro's addiction to crack) but the ending made up for it. :lol:

[Ele'ill]

I have a crush on the woman in green and have for a while. (like years)


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[Ele'ill]

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[Ele'ill]

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[apawllo]

i'm going to watch black swan tonight.

also recently saw enter the void (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1191111/)

...would be highly recommended. there's something for about everyone. the visuals are amazing, and the structure of film is unique as well. i found myself looking around for interpretations after i watched it, haha.

[Os Cangaceiros]

I could watch ETV online, as there are plenty of torrents out there for it, but I'd much rather see it in the theater. Unfortunately I'll probably never get that chance.

[Tavarisch_Mike]

I reasently watched "R" a danish prison movie, really raw and realistic. Down here im liking to a torrent with english subs.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1434443/

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http://extratorrent.com/torrent_download/2296932/R.2010.DANiSH.SCREENER.ENGSUBS..XViD.avi.torrent

[Ele'ill]

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And then everything went to shit...

[brigadista]

watched entre le murs (the class) yesterday... anyone else seen it?

[Os Cangaceiros]

I watched this last night:

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It's pretty rad. It features vampire aliens who invade Earth and cause a weird kind of zombie plague that takes out London. Mathilda May was one hot space succubus in this film.

[x359594]

I watched this last night [Lifeforce]...

It's based on Colin Wilson's philosophical sci-fi/horror novel The Space Vampires. This was a scope movie that made good use of that particular format, so it's best viewed in 2.2:1 aspect ratio. One of Tobe Hooper's post "Chainsaw" pictures, probably the best of them.

[Os Cangaceiros]

Yeah, but saying that it's one of Hooper's best post-Chainsaw works isn't saying much. Many would probably cite Poltergeist as having that title, though.

Anyway, recently I watched this:

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Suprisingly it was really good. I was very impressed by it.

[Ele'ill]

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[brigadista]

watched Gommorah last night about the Camorra in Napoli - very bleak but a good film - its on bbc iplayer at the moment if you can get that

[x359594]

...saying that it's one of Hooper's best post-Chainsaw works isn't saying much. Many would probably cite Poltergeist as having that title, though...

For me Poltergist suffers from the insufferable Spielberg touch (he took over direction half way through the movie.) Eaten Alive and The Funhouse were good movies though not as formally interesting as Lifeforce.

[Lyev]

I watched Bout de Souffle (think that's the proper French title) or Breathless by Jean-Luc Godard earlier today, I really enjoyed it. It was one of the first times that jump-cuts were used, but not really for artistic reasons; more because they just didn't have enough film.

[Ele'ill]

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[x359594]

...It was one of the first times that jump-cuts were used, but not really for artistic reasons; more because they just didn't have enough film.

As a matter of fact that's only folklore; it was a conscious artistic decision on Godard's part to use jump cuts. Rossellini used jump cuts in Roma, Citia Aperta (1945) and Godard was a big fan of Rossellini.

[psgchisolm]

Saw the Warriors Way, Oswald Mosley, and El Alamein: In the line of Fire

[apawllo]

I could watch ETV online, as there are plenty of torrents out there for it, but I'd much rather see it in the theater. Unfortunately I'll probably never get that chance.

yeah it would've been a good one for a theater i'm sure, but i downloaded it as well.

wish there were more theaters that played independent films around here. we have one in town, and it only plays two movies during a certain period, so obviously a good deal of quality movies don't come through. since it's not too tough to find almost any movie you want for free these days at nearly moments notice, i won't complain too much though.

anyway, i watched casino jack. kevin spacey was pretty good, but the political message was as subtle as a sledge hammer in the face...which can be good and bad i guess. in this era when everyone is so anti-lobbyist, it's pretty much a lay-up for several oscar nods.

[Ele'ill]

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[Ele'ill]

I don't know if it's just that I'm a bit blitz'd at the moment or what but I really like this woman's voice and accent.

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[Ele'ill]

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[Ele'ill]

What is this from? (and was it good?)

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[Ele'ill]

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[A.J.]

Three Men and a Little Lady.

[brigadista]

just watched the battle for seattle on tv -rubbish

[Sam_b]

Lots of degree stuff through the coming weeks.

As my dissertation is comparing the films of Forman between Czechoslovakia and the United States, I have been watching:
Konkurs
Black Peter
The Fireman's Ball
Taking Off
One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest
Amadeus
The People vs Larry Flynt

As i'm also taking a Hungarian cinema class this year (as well as Polish and Estonian) I've just finished watching István Szabó's film Apa (Father).

[Rudi]

Vladimir et Rosa

[Rudi]

Various Videos about Sartre on youtube:) Has anybody seen Sartre par lui meme? (Sartre by himself) Also, does anyone own the dvd or video with English subs?

Cheers

[Il Medico]

Black Swan. About an insane ballerina. Not a bad film actually.

[x359594]

Just saw Godard's latest Film Socialisme. Wonderful.

[Sam_b]

Black Swan. About an insane ballerina. Not a bad film actually.


Wasn't into it.

[Rudi]

The diving bell and the butterfly

L'argent by Bresson

The battle for Algiers

[Fawkes]

Just saw The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari and it was fucking awesome. I can't find who the art director was, but whoever it was did an absolutely amazing job. The influence of the expressionist staging can be seen in a lot of later films (Kane's mansion in Citizen Kane) and for a movie made in 1919-1920 it is surprisingly creepy. It's also supposedly the first movie ever to have a twist ending. Definitely worth seeing.

[Fawkes]

I also saw Enter the Void recently. Really good movie. For a move that is over two hours long, there is an incredibly little amount of dialogue, the major driving force is the intense cinematography and the overpowering audio. Much better to see in a theater than at home because of this. Also, it's always nice to have a shot from inside a woman's vagina showing the head of someone's dick as he cums.

[praxis1966]

Of all the films I've seen this Oscar season I have to say that True Grit and Biutiful were the best. Saw Black Swan as well and it was good, but it didn't blow me away. It was pretty transparent what was going on (even before the closing credits basically gave you the hamfisted explanation), plus I never entirely bought Natalie Portman or Mila Kunis as ballerinas. They both gave pretty good performances (Portman especially), but c'mon. They're both 5'3". Too damned short; they'd never make it as professional ballet dancers. It's like casting Tom Cruise as a football player, lol.

EDIT: Come to think of it I saw The Kids Are Alright recently and, despite the fact that everybody I've heard talking about it loved it, thought it kinda sucked. It was a bunch of melodramatic nonsense with a bunch of shit bags for characters that I couldn't sympathize with. Even the kids (who I assume I was supposed to side with) came off as a couple of spoiled little brats that I just wanted to smack the whole time.

[Tavarisch_Mike]

About 3 weeks ago i saw "Grave of the fireflies" (Anime) really beautyful story about a brother and his little sister during WW2 in Japan, also very sad nothing for small kids.

[praxis1966]

About 3 weeks ago i saw "Grave of the fireflies" (Anime) really beautyful story about a brother and his little sister during WW2 in Japan, also very sad nothing for small kids.

Been years since I've seen it, but as I recall you're right. One of those rare films that's stuck with me for over a decade.

[Ele'ill]

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[Il Medico]

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I fucking love Remi.

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

Babylon 5! (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Babylon_5)

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Thing is, these clips don't even begin to cover it. I like to think of the Babylon 5 main run as a live action novel divided into 5 books (seasons) each with 22 chapters (episodes).

I think I'll watch Farscape (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farscape) next.

[praxis1966]

^ Enter the Power Nerd. lulz

[Pirate Utopian]

Wonder Showzen
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This show goes hard.

[Proukunin]

Im about to watch Come and See.

[Fawkes]

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid and The 400 Blows


An interesting thing about myself was revealed in The 400 Blows. The movie ends with Antoine coming to the edge of the ocean after having run from the youth detention center he was at. After reaching the edge of the water and staring across it his face turns toward the camera and the image freezes, marking the end. What's interesting is that I took that to be his realization that you can try to run from these oppressive forces, yet even when you reach something that has seemingly beautiful potential, you are still restrained by the world you live in from fully attaining and realizing your desires. However, most of the reviews I read after seeing the movie seemed to share a common reaction to the final scene as being a consolation for Antoine that there was hope and something out there other than what he was subjected to on a daily basis as a misunderstood youth. Maybe I'm just a pessimist.

[praxis1966]

Maybe I'm just a pessimist.

First of all, :thumbup: for having great taste. For me, The 400 Blows is one of Truffaut's best works in my opinion, probably because thematically it's so timeless. Unfortunately, there are kids still up against the same odds (the gf is a social worker so I hear all about it on pretty much a daily basis).

Second of all, I'm kinda with you on the ending. It was bittersweet; even though Antoine finally gets to see the ocean, that last shot left me thinking, "Well, fucking now what?" In the words of an old Sikh yogi, "If you go to the mountaintop, where will you lay your head?" In this case, Antoine's mountaintop is the seaside, a place where he thinks he can escape. He goes there thinking he can remove himself from everything that troubles him, but the truth is that not only is he still stuck in this world, but that he's probably carried all of his troubles with him in his head.

[Os Cangaceiros]

I saw this Belgian movie last night called Rabid Grannies. It was pretty good. The plot of the film concerns two old ladies who get possessed by Satanic spirits, and proceed to devour and disembowel all of their family members, who had congregated in a large mansion for a birthday celebration. A lot of cheap but imaginative SFX in this one.

[Princess Luna]

The last 2 movies i have seen are
The wind the shakes the barley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Wind_That_Shakes_the_Barley_%28film%29)
and the founding of a republic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Founding_of_a_Republic)
i also bought the movie Quills (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quills)on VHS for 30 cents , but i don't really know were my VHS player is at the moment so it may be a while before i see it.

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

Brass Eye: Paedogeddon Special

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[Il Medico]

The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Though, saying that I was actually watching the 'movie' per-say is a bit of a stretch. The Performers and audience were far more interesting.

[Os Cangaceiros]

Fudoh: The New Generation (1996) - Typical yakuza thriller from Takashi Miike. Chock full of bloody revenge killings, eccentric characters and perversion.

Stranded (Djinn) (2010) - French "war horror" film set in Algeria in the 1960's. A small unit of French soldiers hike into the desert to find a downed plane, only to come under fire by the Algerian resistance. Taking cover in a near-by town, they find out that there's something far worse than enemy soldiers living in the surrounding sand dunes. It's not a bad film...there's some nice scenery (it was shot on location in the Sahara, in Morocco.)

The Witch Who Came From The Sea (1976) - Bizarre psycho-sexual film about an incest victim's gradual loss of sanity in a dreary coastal Californian community. Not particularly graphic, but that didn't prevent it from being classified as a "video nasty" back during the heavy censorship era in the UK. British critic Mark Kermode is reportedly a fan of this film.

[NGNM85]

My most recent preoccupation;
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It's fucking awesome, except for the final season.

[Os Cangaceiros]

The Fighter (2010) - Whoever nominated this for an Academy Award was trippin'.

[Magón]

Fudoh: The New Generation (1996) - Typical yakuza thriller from Takashi Miike. Chock full of bloody revenge killings, eccentric characters and perversion.

A friend and I just finished watching Takashi Miike's Ichi the Killer. It was pretty hardcore, and of course, bloody, revenge driven, and crazed characters.

[Os Cangaceiros]

I like Ichi the Killer a lot. It's 10/10 material for me.

My favorite part is when Karen and Kakihara are pulling in opposite directions on the hapless brothel owner's face, with Kakihara grinning like a mischievous schoolboy and Karen making sounds like she's in ecstasy. That is one strange film...

[Magón]

I think Kakihara blowing smoke out his sliced cheeks is just badass, and makes me wish I could kinda do that. (Though I'm not a fan of the method in which to achieve that. lol) It's definitely 10/10 for me too.

[praxis1966]

Watched In the Realm of the Senses (Oshima, 1976)... I'm not entirely sure what the big deal about it was, but for whatever reason people tend to make it one. Basically, it was an hour and 45 minute fetish tape. I suppose within its historical context it might have meant a little more, but to be perfectly honest I found it a little tiresome.

[Fawkes]

Watched Breathless a few days ago, can see why Godard is considered a master. Also watched the 2005 remake of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. It had amazing lighting and was filmed entirely in front of green screens so as to replicate the actual original set. The movie was good, the acting was kind of mediocre, but I definitely recommend the original. Also saw The Bridge which was an amazing documentary. Watching Jules and Jim, Shoot the Piano Player, and M next.

Is it pathetic that as an aspiring filmmaker the only film made remotely recently that I've seen in the last six months is Enter the Void?

[Pirate Utopian]

I've been watching lots of horror movies lately. The last movie I saw was The Devil's Rejects.

[brigadista]

recently watched the town which i thought was pretty good- however i have never been to Boston ...did the Town demonise Charlestown? Im not in the US

[praxis1966]

Watched Breathless a few days ago, can see why Godard is considered a master.

You're definitely gonna want to watch some of his later New Wave stuff as well then. I particularly liked Alphaville, which is like some kind of sci-fi, neo-noir, pop-art fucking nightmare. It's the movie Andy Warhol would have made if he'd had the skill and has the distinction of being the inspiration behind other genre greats, Blade Runner (Scott, 1982) in particular.

Might I also suggest some Melville as well? I personally think he's probably the most under appreciated directors of that era, mostly because he gets overshadowed by giants like Godard and Truffaut. He mostly made gangster flicks because he was obsessed with everything American (hence choosing the name Melville as his stage name), particularly the films of James Cagney. Le Doulos, Un flic and Le Samourai are especially good, but my personal favorite is Army of Shadows, an existentialist meditation on the French Resistance. As a side note, Melville can be seen lampooning himself in a cameo as the self-absorbed director in Breathless.


Also watched the 2005 remake of The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari. It had amazing lighting and was filmed entirely in front of green screens so as to replicate the actual original set. The movie was good, the acting was kind of mediocre, but I definitely recommend the original. Also saw The Bridge which was an amazing documentary. Watching Jules and Jim, Shoot the Piano Player, and M next.

Been meaning to watch the original The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari for ages now but I just don't dig silent films. I know there's a whole wealth of stuff out there from that era and I should just take my medicine and shut the fuck up, but I can't bring myself to do it, lol. Anyway, you're gonna love M. That's one of my all time favorites, light years ahead of its time in terms of both technical achievement and theme. It's also, incidentally, the first time leitmotif was used in film... Darth Vader wouldn't have been shit without it, lol...


Is it pathetic that as an aspiring filmmaker the only film made remotely recently that I've seen in the last six months is Enter the Void?

Not at all... I feel the same way a lot of the time. One last thing: You better start watching some Kurosawa and Bergman soon or I'm gonna be disappointed in you.:lol:

[brigadista]

Melville films are great! the army of the shadows although about the french resistance could be set any time anywhere and it also raises the particular difficulties faced by women in the resistance - has to be one of my all time favourite films. Melville was in the resistance...

I recently saw another resistance movie called Flame and Citroen [in english] about the Danish resistance, of which I know nothing, which was very interesting and like Melville's film raised some thought provoking issues.

[praxis1966]

Melville films are great! the army of the shadows although about the french resistance could be set any time anywhere and it also raises the particular difficulties faced by women in the resistance - has to be one of my all time favourite films. Melville was in the resistance...

Seconded. You're one of the first people I've ever encountered who gave him IMO the credit he's due.


I recently saw another resistance movie called Flame and Citroen [in english] about the Danish resistance, of which I know nothing, which was very interesting and like Melville's film raised some thought provoking issues.
I really liked Flame and Citroen as well. There's a definite reflection of Army of Shadows in the attitude of the resistance fighters toward their governments in exile as petty, clueless, and superfluous. Besides, as a history junkie who loves seeing Nazis get their comeuppance, Flame and Citroen was in ways more satisfying than that other ass kicking resistance movie *cough* Inglourious Basterds *cough* since it was actually true, lol. Incidentally, I wonder when or if we're actually going to get to see a modern film about the Yugoslav resistance. According to the military historians I've read, Tito and his Partizans were the only resistance force to achieve any kind of militarily significant success. Sounds like a project for Fawkes when he finally gets a financial backer, lol...

[brigadista]

well i am a big simone signoret fan as well....she is fantastic in room at the top- but the first scene in army of the shadows still is very difficult to watch- its timelessness is so powerful. the samurai is also a great film I havent seen any others so recommendations would be appreciated- I agree with you about inglorious basterds but i did like the scene to putting out the fire with gasoline ! but that was it i'm afraid...

[praxis1966]

well i am a big simone signoret fan as well....she is fantastic in room at the top- but the first scene in army of the shadows still is very difficult to watch- its timelessness is so powerful. the samurai is also a great film I havent seen any others so recommendations would be appreciated- I agree with you about inglorious basterds but i did like the scene to putting out the fire with gasoline ! but that was it i'm afraid...

Oh, Signoret has to be one of the all time greats. I do confess that I did get some cheap thrills from Inglourious Basterds, as with most of Tarantino's work. You kind of have to respect a guy who, in his own words, is "pretentious about being unpretentious," which is another way of saying, "Fuck it. It is what it is." Plus, I've been a Til Schweiger fan for as long as I can remember; he's hugely undervalued for his ability to play a crazy fuck (see Judas Kiss and SLC Punk for other examples). Never mind that Christoph Waltz delivers one of the best movie villains since Hannibal Lecter in Colonel Hans Landa... Flame and Citroen still trumps it by miles, though.

[brigadista]

i can also reccomend any of Ousmane Sembène's films and his books are also great -

Xala has humour as well as a powerful message but all the films are good. Here he is

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ousmane_Sembène

[praxis1966]

Just watched Un prophète (Eng: A Prophet, Audiard, 2009) today. Gotta say it was one of the better prison movies I've seen. Highly recommended.

[Os Cangaceiros]

Yeah, A Prophet was really good. I liked how the main character totally fucked that old Corsican bastard in the end.

I watched Capturing The Friedmans (2003) recently. Probably one of the more unsettling documentaries I've seen.

[Magón]

Army of Crime (french film) is really great, and about the French Resistance.

Got to add my recommendation for A Prophet, that was definitely a great prison film.

[Proukunin]

I just recently watched Terror Firmer.

A Troma film about a serial killer who stalks a low-budget film crew.

same people who made Class of nuke'em high and Toxic Avenger.

[praxis1966]

Just watched Dogtooth (Lanthimos, 2009)... And yes, before you ask, I am catching up on the Oscar nominated Best Foreign category. This one I don't know about. Films like it I generally have to let marinate for a couple of days before I can make a call one way or the other. Generally, though, when I'm really ambivalent about a movie I wind up deciding I love it later on.

[Os Cangaceiros]

I actually got to see Dogtooth in the theater. When that ending happened, everyone in the audience became pissed, LOL..."what the fucks" echoed throughout the theater. :thumbup1:

[praxis1966]

I actually got to see Dogtooth in the theater. When that ending happened, everyone in the audience became pissed, LOL..."what the fucks" echoed throughout the theater. :thumbup1:

Hahaha Love it. Same thing happened with The White Ribbon when I saw it. Personally, I think when directors do that sort of thing they're fucking with the people in the audience who are watching too passively and not "reading" the film... Getting caught up in the plot and not seeing the allegory. It's awesome when it happens, though. The Woman elbowed the crap out of me when we saw The White Ribbon because I was the only asshole laughing amidst a chorus of "What the fuck was that," "Are you kidding me," and just general moans and groans... Yeah, I'm that guy, lmao.

[brigadista]

Just watched Un prophète (Eng: A Prophet, Audiard, 2009) today. Gotta say it was one of the better prison movies I've seen. Highly recommended.

that is a great film - props to the main actor really good

[Il Medico]

Saw Kama Sutra and My bloody Valentine last night. Kama Sutra was a mediocre drama and love story based in India some time before European colonization. My Bloody Valentine was terrible horror flick, with rather bad acting and an incredibly predictable twist. I don't recommend either.

Thankfully I'm going to a Rocky Horror Picture show tonight, so I have some good stuff ahead.

[Os Cangaceiros]

the remake MBV or the original MBV

[Sam_b]

Just finished watching the Estonian film 'Meeletu'.

[Il Medico]

Saw Troll Hunter the other day. Pretty good film. Didn't understand a word of the dialogue, as it was in Finnish and I couldn't get the subtitles to work. It was certianly better than the B movie quality I thought it was gonna be.

[Ele'ill]

This, tomorrow

khjnU8tVQdM

[Magón]

I saw that movie, The Fifth Element with Milla Jovovich and Bruce Willis. Can't say it was all that bad, when not taken seriously for a good action/sci-fi movie. But then again, I don't think Luc Besson was shooting for all that serious of a film, besides the message it was meant to bring.

[Ele'ill]

Multi-pass?

[Magón]

Multi-pass?

You know, she is really kinda hot in orange hair.

[Os Cangaceiros]

Too lazy to describe all of the films I've seen recently, so...

Matthew Hopkins: Witchfinder General (1968, UK) - Good
Girly (1970, UK) - OK
Don't Deliver Us From Evil (1971, France) - Fantastic
Protocols Of Zion (2005, USA) - Entertaining enough
Daisies (1966, Czechoslovakia) - Not great

[ÑóẊîöʼn]

Farscape!

"Can anyone hear me? I'm trapped in some distant part of the galaxy, aboard a ship - a LIVING ship - full of escaped prisoners . . . " - John Crichton

http://ima.dada.net/image/878627.jpg

While the overall tone of Farscape is serious, the writers obviously have a great sense of humour - the series has some of funniest scenes I've had the pleasure to experience in televised science fiction. It's also obvious that the costume designers were very fond of leather and PVC on both sexes, to the point that some costumes wouldn't look out of place in a fetish club:

http://1.2.3.9/bmi/www.bbc.co.uk/cult/farscape/gallery/images/1024/bracascorp.jpg

The leashed individual is Scorpius, one of the series' main antagonists. Yes, he really does have a leash put on him in the series.

Thanks to the Jim Henson company, Farscape makes extensive use of puppets and prosthetics, even for characters/species that we see in only one episode. Combined with the most amazing makeup I've yet to see for a science fiction series, this means that Farscape has a greater amount of non-humanoid aliens than one might expect.

Star Trek, eat your heart out.

[praxis1966]

Can someone please give me some words of encouragement about Hausu (Eng title: House, Ôbayashi, 1977)? The damned thing is so heavy handed in its editing that I'm having trouble getting to the parts where the carnivorous firewood shows up. I've kept it so long at this point that I might as well scale back my Netflix subscription. Uggh...

[praxis1966]

Just finished watching This Revolution (Marshall, 2005)... Unlike the films on the Seattle WTO protests, which were either documentaries or fictional films shot afterward that included sprinklings of stock footage from the real protest, This Revolution was a fictional film actually shot during the '04 RNC protests.

It was done guerrilla style with no shooting license as the marches and what not took place, and Rosario Dawson was actually fuckin' arrested along with several other cast/crew because the pigs thought they were members of a real Black Bloc (which they left in the film). Some of the acting and dialogue is kinda spotty and the editing looks like a music video (cuts synced with the kick bass 'n' shit, lulz) in places, but it's worthwhile.

Oh, and Immortal Technique's in it, for what it's worth, lulz...

[Il Medico]

Watched that Battlefield: LA or what not yesterday. Predictably bad. The actions scenes were fairly well put together though.

[Fawkes]

Yall should watch this, it's only 5 minutes (and I made it :thumbup1:)
http://www.revleft.com/vb/movie-made-t151886/index.html

[Os Cangaceiros]

http://ladybelleoutlaw.homestead.com/files/tombstone_poster.gif

^awesome

[Il Medico]

MV5w262XvCU

[praxis1966]

This shit was dooooope! My only complaint was that it wasn't longer. I would've loved to have spent more time in this weird, dystopian world. The aesthetic was as incredible as it was surreal.

vLPD_9uFmVI

[Pirate Utopian]

Adventure Time. So good.

[Il Medico]

Watched Benjamin Button the other day and Big Man Japan a few weeks back. The former was alright, not great. The latter was fucking weird.

[Il Medico]

MV5w262XvCU

[castlebravo]

sucker punch. great movie. even greater soundtrack. watch it.

[praxis1966]

Watched Benjamin Button the other day... [It] was alright, not great.

See, I think you're being too kind. I thought that movie fuckin' sucked. Way too long, too much monotonous voice over, long stretches where not much happens, and for the most part schmaltzy romance and not much else. I honestly don't get what all the fuss was over... And it ain't just 'cause I'm a heteronormative male or something because the g/f was the one who picked up the remote and started fast forwarding the first time round. So he aged backwards. Whoop dee frackin' doo. It was a gimmick to cover the fact that there was a whole lotta smoke and not much fire.

[Meridian]

Saw Troll Hunter the other day. Pretty good film. Didn't understand a word of the dialogue, as it was in Finnish and I couldn't get the subtitles to work. It was certianly better than the B movie quality I thought it was gonna be.
Did you watch a translation of it? Because it is Norwegian.

[Il Medico]

Did you watch a translation of it? Because it is Norwegian.
My friend who gave it to me said was Finnish. I guess he could have been wrong. Not that I can really tell the difference anyways.

[Il Medico]

Amélie. A positively wonderful film.

[praxis1966]

Don't you just fucking hate it when, because you've seen so many movies, you rent something you've seen before without even realizing it? The Woman and I did that on Saturday with What have I done to deserve this? (Almodovar, 1984). We got all stoked to watch one of the few Almodovar films we thought we hadn't seen before only to discover we had... What a waste of $4, lol. So disappointing. Anyway, if you lot haven't seen it yet, do so. It's hilarious.


Amélie. A positively wonderful film.

Seconded.

[Il Medico]

Watch a few recently.

Saw IV-Bad
District 9- Alright
Bicentennial man- Alright

In short, I haven't really been pleased with the movies I've seen lately with the wonderful exception of Amélie. I should go scrounge up some Godard or something.

[praxis1966]

Dunno if you've ever seen his stuff, Ill Medic, but I've been gettin' back into Cassavetes lately. Just saw The Killing of a Chinese Bookie the other day. There's really not a likeable character anywhere in it and you'll either love or despise the camerawork, but I thought it was seriously dope.

[Fawkes]

Just watched Wristcutters. Thought it was a good movie, though I definitely want to see it again given that there is such a great amount of motifs and metaphors that it's not easy to identify and decipher them all in one viewing (think Synecdoche, New York).

[Il Medico]

Dunno if you've ever seen his stuff, Ill Medic, but I've been gettin' back into Cassavetes lately. Just saw The Killing of a Chinese Bookie the other day. There's really not a likeable character anywhere in it and you'll either love or despise the camerawork, but I thought it was seriously dope.
Nah, I haven't. I'm having a hard time finding the things I want to watch. None of them seem to be on demand or epix, so I gonna get my friend to download them. Trying to get la Haine and a few others right now, I'll add that movie to the list though.

[TheGodlessUtopian]

Futurama...such a great show!

[Fawkes]

Natural Born Killers. Immediately entered my top 3 (if I was forced to make one somehow).

[praxis1966]

Nah, I haven't. I'm having a hard time finding the things I want to watch. None of them seem to be on demand or epix, so I gonna get my friend to download them. Trying to get la Haine and a few others right now, I'll add that movie to the list though.

That is pretty limiting. Be forewarned: Chinese Bookie is real urban grit; evocative of all those pre-gentrification New York flicks like Serpico and Taxi Driver, only it's set in the LA area. You're gonna love La Haine, btw.


Just watched Wristcutters.


Natural Born Killers. Immediately entered my top 3 (if I was forced to make one somehow).

Both damned good films in my estimation...

Anywho. Saw Girlhood (Garbus, 2003), a fantastic and poignant documentary about two teenage girls moving through the juvenile justice system (watch it and notice how differential treatment by detention staff and varying home lives contribute to relative success and failure), Raspad (Belikov, 1990) which was a slightly less than hard hitting but nonetheless effective docudrama about the Chernobyl disaster as well as Nun va Goldoon (Makhmalbaf, 1996). The last one was well, interesting to this Westerner as it was the first Iranian flick I'd ever seen. On the one hand, it was a quiet, autobiographical reflection on the youth of the director and a policeman he stabbed as an angry, teenaged Islamic fundamentalist. On the other, just around every corner was some sort of cinematic culture shock. Craziness. Caught all those in the last 2 - 3 days.

[El Chuncho]

Well, I am currently watching films that match my political bent as a season, so that mostly included Italian films about the Mexican revolution and films about Marxism and other forms of socialism. I'll probably watch 'A Fistful of Dynamite', a film critical of the naive view that revolution do not have to be violent. Nice quote by Mao at the beginning, who I respect as a source of rhetoric if not as a leader I would personally want to follow:

:star2:'“A revolution is not a dinner party, an embroidery, writing an essay, or painting a picture. It cannot be done with elegance and courtesy. The revolution … is an act of violence…” :star2:

[Admiral Swagmeister G-Funk]

watched Strozcek recently - what a film. Also watched A Clockwork Orange for the first time, it was excellent.

[Rooster]

Just watched an American/British sci-fi horror film called Pandorum. It was good but a little confusing. It was kinda scary, I guess, with some good images.


watched Strozcek recently - what a film. Also watched A Clockwork Orange for the first time, it was excellent.

You should get the Herzog/Kinski box set. It's really worth the purchase, although I thought Nosferatu was kinda lacking in comparison to the original. But all of the other movies on it are class. The other Herzog boxset is also very good, especially if you like Bruno. And if you liked A Clockwork Orange then I strongly recommend you get the book. The book is a little hard to get into at first trying to get used to the slang used, but it's well worth it and you'll end up using the slang yourself.

[x359594]

...I'll probably watch 'A Fistful of Dynamite', a film critical of the naive view that revolution do not have to be violent. Nice quote by Mao at the beginning...

Sergio Leone (director of Duck You Sucker aka A Fistful of Dynamite) visually quotes Mao in Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) when he cuts from a close-up of the barrel of a gun about to be fired to a shot of a train rushing down the tracks, power coming out of the barrel of a gun.

By the way, Bernardo Bertolucci, a Marxist, was one of the screenwriters for Once Upon a Time in the West.

[Rooster]

I'll probably watch 'A Fistful of Dynamite'

Keep an eye out for "Mussolini" getting lined up against a wall and shot. :cool:

[praxis1966]

Sergio Leone (director of Duck You Sucker aka A Fistful of Dynamite) visually quotes Mao in Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) when he cuts from a close-up of the barrel of a gun about to be fired to a shot of a train rushing down the tracks, power coming out of the barrel of a gun.

By the way, Bernardo Bertolucci, a Marxist, was one of the screenwriters for Once Upon a Time in the West.

Dammit... Now I'm gonna have to start watching spaghetti westerns. I really don't like westerns in general, particularly not from that era, and now you've piqued my curiosity.

[Rooster]

Dammit... Now I'm gonna have to start watching spaghetti westerns. I really don't like westerns in general, particularly not from that era, and now you've piqued my curiosity.

They're actually very good and not your typical sort of western. I think you'd particularly like A Fistfull of Dynamite. There's some really magnificient scenes such as the bank robbery and the first time you see James Coburn. Fistfull of Dynamite to me is more of a revolutionary war film rather than a western.

[Pirate Utopian]

Sergio Leone (director of Duck You Sucker aka A Fistful of Dynamite) visually quotes Mao in Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) when he cuts from a close-up of the barrel of a gun about to be fired to a shot of a train rushing down the tracks, power coming out of the barrel of a gun.

By the way, Bernardo Bertolucci, a Marxist, was one of the screenwriters for Once Upon a Time in the West.

The Mao quote was in Duck You Sucker not Once Upon a Time In the West.

[praxis1966]

They're actually very good and not your typical sort of western. I think you'd particularly like A Fistfull of Dynamite. There's some really magnificient scenes such as the bank robbery and the first time you see James Coburn. Fistfull of Dynamite to me is more of a revolutionary war film rather than a western.

Oh, now you've really done it. They might have to wait a bit... I've been planning on revisiting the Italian neo-realist era and I can't have you guys screwing up my screening schedule. :lol: I'm thinking I might get to the westerns some time early next week. They ought to segue nicely, though.

[Rooster]

The Mao quote was in Duck You Sucker not Once Upon a Time In the West.

He was saying that the imagery in Once Upon a Time in the West is a reference to the Mao quote about power coming from the barrel of a gun.

[El Chuncho]

Sergio Leone (director of Duck You Sucker aka A Fistful of Dynamite) visually quotes Mao in Once Upon a Time in the West (1968) when he cuts from a close-up of the barrel of a gun about to be fired to a shot of a train rushing down the tracks, power coming out of the barrel of a gun.

A, a spaghetti western fan?:)

Well spotted with visual quote in 'Once Upon A Time In The West', I had forgotten about that and had not noticed it anyway, until you mentioned it.


By the way, Bernardo Bertolucci, a Marxist, was one of the screenwriters for Once Upon a Time in the West.

That is correct! You know your stuff. :D The director of 'Django', 'Vamos A Matar, Companeros' and 'The Great Silence', Sergio Corbucci was a Marxist too, as was the actor Gian Maria Volonte (who played the villain in Leone's first two westerns, and El Chuncho in 'Quien Sabe') was also a Communist, and was kicked out of the Communist Party of Italy for being too radical for them.

It is worth noting that almost everyone who worked on the SWs, from Italy, was left-wing; well, they had to suffer under Mussolini, so I am not at all surprised.

I watched 'White Sun of The Desert', a wonderful Russian ''Ostern'', about a comrade in Kazakhstan. Very funny but also serious and brutal at the same time.

[Rooster]

I just watched A Fistful of Dynamite and there's a bit I never noticed before. John and Juan are at camp, Juan walks over and lies down on a map asking what it was. John says it's his country, then Juan goes on about how he doesn't care about country. Country to him is his family, then how revolutions are started by the smart people with the books, preaching to the poor people who can't read and the futility of it. Then John sort of agrees and then, the bit I never noticed, he throws down a book by Bakunin called "The Patriotism" into the mud.

[Magón]

I recently watched that movie Choke. It was hit and miss with the comedy, and I thought the supporting actors didn't have a good enough screen time to grow along side the main actor.

[Tavarisch_Mike]

I just want to go back and agree with Il Medico that 'Amelie' is a wonderful film, recommended to be watched togheter with a partner youre in loved with.

And now to the exact opposite. I just finished watching 'City of Life and Death' which is about the historical event where japaneese imperial forces entered China and especially when they entered the city of Nankin and commited some disgusting stuff there. The whole event is also known as "the rape of Nankin". The film was actualy good, worth seeing.

[El Chuncho]

I just watched A Fistful of Dynamite and there's a bit I never noticed before. John and Juan are at camp, Juan walks over and lies down on a map asking what it was. John says it's his country, then Juan goes on about how he doesn't care about country. Country to him is his family, then how revolutions are started by the smart people with the books, preaching to the poor people who can't read and the futility of it. Then John sort of agrees and then, the bit I never noticed, he throws down a book by Bakunin called "The Patriotism" into the mud.

Yeah, watched it again last night, one of my favourite scenes, and also shows that John is not a perfect warrior for his cause, because the book is found by Gunter Ruiz who thus knew that the ''rebeldes'' were there previously.

[Rooster]

Yeah, watched it again last night, one of my favourite scenes, and also shows that John is not a perfect warrior for his cause, because the book is found by Gunter Ruiz who thus knew that the ''rebeldes'' were there previously.

You should check out The Battle of Algiers (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Battle_of_Algiers). I think the director, Gillo Pontecorv (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillo_Pontecorvo), made a whole bunch of leftist revolutionary movies through the late 60s and early 70s. But, you being a spaghetti western fan, would already know that :cool:

I might watch The Battle of Algiers right now actually.

[Rooster]

Speaking of Fistful of Dynamite

WARNING: MAJOR SPOILERS DO NOT READ IF NOT SEEN

I love the depth that Sergio gives the John character. Where he at the start says his name is Sean whilst day dreaming, then corrects himself as being John. Then it cuts to a flash back to Ireland with him and his friend Nolan and the girl. I think Nolan is actually Sean (yes, I know, Sean and John are the same names just in different languages, but John's name is clearly "John" in the newspaper clipping in his pocket. Then later on, during the firing squad scene and John see's that the Dr has betrayed him and the revolution, then it cuts back to Ireland to where Sean betrays John. I think the real relationships between John and Sean was that John sold out Sean to the cops, then lived with the guilt for that whole time, trying to escape his ghost by going to Mexico. I think this is why John emphasises with the Dr in the last scene on the train where they're talking about judging people. But the Dr makes the choice to die with the train, then later, John blows himself up after thinking it over and calling the Dr a true hero of the revolution.

[Arlekino]

Machuca is a 2004 Chilean film. Briliant film if you speak in Russian it can be found on "Krasnoje TV".

[praxis1966]

Got a couple more in recently... Saw Sucker Punch in the theatre yesterday. It's almost redundant to say to anyone who's payed any kind of attention to my posts in the Lit & Film forum that I hated it... I suppose some of the fight choreography was OK, but apart from that it was completely derivative drivel. I noticed at least a half dozen different films from which they pretty much stole directly. And that's all without even starting in on the latent sexism and racism. Chalk it up to being desperate to see a film in an actual theatre after weeks of withdrawal. This time of year fuckin' sucks for new releases.:thumbdown:

Apart from that, I just finished Butterfly (Cuerda, 1999), a poignant coming of age story set in the 8-10 months or so leading up to the Spanish Civil War about a young boy and the bond he forms with his leftist teacher. It was funny, I knew exactly what was coming so in the back of my mind I spent 90 minutes waiting for the other shoe to drop. But, the movie was so tender, so well acted, and so well written that I couldn't help but be affected by it. Great shit.

[Il Medico]

"What to do in case of fire."- Not the best movie in the world, but I enjoyed it.

"The People vs Larry Flint"- Meh.

[GallowsBird]

The last thing I watched was a great film, 'Johnny Got His Gun' by Dalton Trumbo, which I watched with El Chuncho. I highly recommend it. Shame it is now owned by Metallica... its easy enough to find it online and download it though. ;)

[Pirate Utopian]

I'm watching the Spongebob movie. :cool:

[GallowsBird]

I watched 'White Sun of The Desert', a wonderful Russian ''Ostern'', about a comrade in Kazakhstan. Very funny but also serious and brutal at the same time.

He was in Turkmenistan, comrade!

But yeah, it is a great film. Though I don't usually get dubbed films the version I have was dubbed and was actually dubbed well for once.

When he calls the women "Comrade Girls" always makes me smile! :D

[x359594]

A, a spaghetti western fan?...

Yes indeed. The Marxist film critic Tony Williams is also a spaghetti western fan.

And I'm sure you know that Volonte played Bartolomeo Vanzetti in Montaldo's Sacco e Vanzetti.

[Fawkes]

The Godfather Part II. I don't do favorites, but if I was forced to choose between that and the first, I would probably go with the second. Still haven't seen the third yet though.

[Il Medico]

The Godfather Part II. I don't do favorites, but if I was forced to choose between that and the first, I would probably go with the second. Still haven't seen the third yet though.
While the third can't hold a candle to the first two, it isn't as bad as everyone makes it out to be.

[Fieldmouse]

Though its not exactly a movie, I am currently watching "Jeffery Ross: No Offense". Since he's known mainly for Roasts, I was surprised to see that he had a stand up special.

[Fawkes]

While the third can't hold a candle to the first two, it isn't as bad as everyone makes it out to be.

Yeah, I'm really interested in making my own comparison cause I always hear people shitting all over the third. I think it's interesting that Coppola intended for it to be an epilogue and not the ending to a trilogy despite the title.

[Il Medico]

Repo! The Genetic Opera- A film that I've seen before and like quite a bit. Its not on the same level as Rocky Horror or anything, but still great cult film imo.

Exit Through the Gift Shop- Perhaps the best documentary I've ever seen and I'm not even joking about that. Positively wonderful. I'm over come with the urge to go make some street art.

[praxis1966]

Exit Through the Gift Shop- Perhaps the best documentary I've ever seen and I'm not even joking about that. Positively wonderful. I'm over come with the urge to go make some street art.

That movie made me fall into the spee-ruhl, lulz... Is it just me, or did you also come away with the conclusion that Thierry was a duplicitous shit-weasel that might just have plotted the whole thing from the get go?

Anyway, saw Year of the Dog (White, 2007)... Y'know, I really wanna like Mike White's work, but he's so hit or miss with me. This one was a real miss. I couldn't decide whether he is actually in favor of animal lib or was mocking it. I mean, the whole thing was either sort of naive or condescending and mocking. Also got about 30 minutes into Bolivia (Caetano, 2001). What I saw was fantastic and then the disc fucked up. I torrented the rest of it; hopefully the second and third acts live up to the first.

[Il Medico]

That movie made me fall into the spee-ruhl, lulz... Is it just me, or did you also come away with the conclusion that Thierry was a duplicitous shit-weasel that might just have plotted the whole thing from the get go?


I got that impression for a few minutes, then his incompetence during his own art show reinforced my original idea that he was an incredibly lucky shit-weasel that had no idea what he was doing. :lol:

Edit:
Also, what the fuck does 'spee-ruhl' mean?

[praxis1966]

Edit:
Also, what the fuck does 'spee-ruhl' mean?

Aw dude, that was the funniest fuckin' part of the whole movie, IMO. It's a reference to when Thierry's talking about creating his "art" like mad, "I fell into duh spee-ruhl of dee art." I was spelling his accent phonetically, lulz... The Woman and I must have rewound the vid like half a dozen times to hear him repeat it, cracking up each time.

[Il Medico]

Aw dude, that was the funniest fuckin' part of the whole movie, IMO. It's a reference to when Thierry's talking about creating his "art" like mad, "I fell into duh spee-ruhl of dee art." I was spelling his accent phonetically, lulz... The Woman and I must have rewound the vid like half a dozen times to hear him repeat it, cracking up each time.
Ah.


Also....

The Bicycle Thief. Excellent.

[Il Medico]

Tout va bien, Godard. Pretty dope. I enjoyed it.

[praxis1966]

Tout va bien, Godard. Pretty dope. I enjoyed it.

You might check out Alphaville by him as well if you haven't already. Judging by what I've seen of your tastes, you'd probably really like it. It's a weird blend of neo-noir and sci-fi dressed up in a pop art nightmare. It's the film Andy Warhol would've made if he had the film making talent Godard did. Absolutely brilliant.

[praxis1966]

[Hates double posting] Finished Bolivia and I have to say it's practically required viewing for all leftists... I'm planning on doing a full writeup at some point which I'll post in a thread of its own; the film was so good it deserves its own discussion.

Also, just watched Roma, città aperta (Eng: Rome, Open City, Rosselini, 1945) which was unbelievably good as well. When I get through enough of the other major films of the Italian neo-realist movement (already viewed Ladri di biceclette and have plans to see Umberto D. today) that I feel confident talking about it, I plan on starting a separate topic on them as well. Suffice to say at this point that it's some of the best leftist/antifascist cinema I've seen to date.

I stumbled across Jean-Michelle Basquiat: The Radiant Child (Davis, 2010) on PBS last night and while inherently tragic was a welcomed diversion from some decidedly heavier fare I've been viewing lately.

[Pirate Utopian]

I watched the Ed, Edd & Eddy movie. Nostalgia like a motherfucker.

[Il Medico]

I watched the Ed, Edd & Eddy movie. Nostalgia like a motherfucker.
I hated that show when I was a kid. Fucking hell.

Anyways, been watch some TV shows.

Spartacus: Blood and Sand, and its prequel, Gods of the Arena.

To sum them up, a fairly interesting, if not entirely historically accurate, story with lots of sex and gore. So basically good old family entertainment.


The second series is archer. Which, for whatever reason I find hilarious.

[Il Medico]

Firefly and its movie finale Serenity. -Great

Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog. - Also great.

[Magón]

I just finished watching Wristcutters: A Love Story, with some friends. Not a bad movie at all. Not great, but not bad either. I could probably watch it multiple times before getting sick of it.

I felt the ending was a bit rushed though, and some of the relationships, new and old, didn't pan out as well as they could have.

[Pirate Utopian]

I hated that show when I was a kid. Fucking hell.
:mad:
IGNORE LISTED

Do Courage the Cowardly Dog or Sheep in the Big City have movies?

Anyway, I'm watching Troma's War.

[Sadena Meti]

I just got done watching Che. Well made movie I think, though knowing the story spoils it. Still worth watching (downloaded on NetFlicks)

[Il Medico]

:mad:
IGNORE LISTED

In fairness I had a perfectly good reason to hate it. Just like my buddy Diego has a perfectly good reason to hate Dora the Explorer. Mainly the incessant jokes.

[SacRedMan]

watching Beavis and Butthead :laugh::D

[Pirate Utopian]

Your buddy Diego is Dora's nephew right?

What do you think of KaBlam!, Kenan & Kel, All That, Courage the Cowardly Dog, Sheep in the Big City, I am Weasel, Cow and Chicken and all that other good shit?

I might watch Scream 4 today. I saw the previous 3 movies, might as well watch this one.

[SacRedMan]

Just saw a scene of Metropolis:cool:

[GallowsBird]

Kenan & Kel

"Who loves orange soda?"

[Pirate Utopian]

"Who loves orange soda?"

Kel loves orange soda!

[praxis1966]

Just saw a scene of Metropolis:cool:

You're talking about the Lang silent flick, right? If so, :thumbup:. Dope flick. Which print did you get a hold of?


I hated that show when I was a kid. Fucking hell.

Anyways, been watch some TV shows.

Same here. I had been meaning to get around to watching von Trier's The Kingdom for ages now. What finally gave me the kick in the pants to go ahead and watch it (apart from the fact that it's on insta-view on Netflix atm) was a minor discovery. I remembered watching a couple of episodes of Kingdom Hospital years ago and thinking, "You know, this show's pretty awesome but I have no fucking idea what's going on." I'd caught it after it'd already started in first run and, to my recollection, that was before every TV show ever aired got released on DVD like 6 months after season's ending. Anyway, turns out Kingdom Hospital was an adaptation for the American market done by Steven King of von Trier's show. Shit's been pretty cool so far even if some of the special effects are a little dated and von Trier's postscript in every episode's closing credits is a little cheesy.

[Fawkes]

Scream 4

The definition of beating a dead horse.

I mean, the idea of satirizing and critiquing the impact of the internet and social networking on human activity is definitely an interesting one, but it was executed horribly here. I mean, generally, satire and parody can be done well two different ways: as implicit subtext that the audience is open to interpret or just as blatant, over-the-top parody. Scream 4 tried to do some shitty hybrid of that. If you're gonna go for explicit, blatant satire, it has do be completely over-the-top a la South Park if you want it to be effective, otherwise it just looks like a shitty half assed attempt at saying something relevant to add some legitimacy to a rehashed and boring script, which is exactly what Scream 4 was. The movie maybe could have saved itself if it had ended 15 minutes earlier instead of including one of the most predictable plot "twists" ever, but even that wouldn't have done much.


Then again, if you're gonna satirize slashers I guess the best way to do it is by making a bunch of progressively worse sequels.



To be fair, seeing David Arquette take a bedpan to the head was pretty fuckin awesome :lol:

[L.A.P.]

This may be only a tv show but The Mentalist seems like a trippy ass show to watch.

[Das war einmal]

I watched the Ed, Edd & Eddy movie. Nostalgia like a motherfucker.


They made a movie of that? Nice


Just watched Paul which was decent.

[Fawkes]

The Room

[Ele'ill]

C5wHMgTPF-s

[altnet]

Finishing Spartacus Blood and Sand season 1 and Spartacus Gods of the Arena

[Magón]

I watched Fight Club last night. Haven't watched that movie in a long time, but it never gets old.

[Robespierre Richard]

Watched 127 Hours. The part with him physically cutting off his arm was too gory I think.

[Spets]

Anthony Bourdain - Sweden
Anthony Bourdain - Turkey
NHL Hockey - 1st period of Washington vs Tampa Bay

[Il Medico]

Watching lots of "The Tudors" I can't wait till Anne Bolyen dies. This show really makes you hate her. Henry is a dick too. My fav character was William but then he died of Plauge. :(

[☭The Revolution☭]

My computer screen.

[Pirate Utopian]

Scream 4 was absolutely terrible. The ending felt rushed. Which is weird for a 2 hour movie which feels slow moving in the rest of the movie. Uninteresting characters, the whole "postmodern" critique thing barely works in this movie.

Movie spoilers below:
It could have slightly won me back in the ending if they let that unfabolous Addie Singer get away with it but they dont.

Sydney lives. Good guys win. Yawn.
If they really wanted to tackle some modern day rules, the bad guy should win. Havent they seen Saw or Hostel?

Seriously think about how cool it would've been if this unhinged character would have been the winner in this movie.

I like the first Scream, fine enough, but this movie no. Besides how are you gonna tackle modern day horror cliches in a slasher movie?
Slashers arent a prominent horror subgenre anymore. Zombies, torture porn, handheld camera stuff with the monster(s) not or barely seen, those are the big horror subgenres.

[Os Cangaceiros]

The entire Scream franchise represents everything that's bad in the genre, IMO. Death to ironic horror.

Anyway, I'm watching Death Race (2008) right now. My favorite part is in the beginning, when everyone in the steel plant is getting laid off from their jobs, and the riot cops get called in to "escort" them out. One of the workers runs out in front of the cops and says (paraphrasing) "What are doing? We're working people just like you!", and gets promptly shot with a riot gun.

Death Race has a more astute political analysis of the police and their role than some on this board, lol.

[Il Medico]

Anyway, I'm watching Death Race (2008) right now. My favorite part is in the beginning, when everyone in the steel plant is getting laid off from their jobs, and the riot cops get called in to "escort" them out. One of the workers runs out in front of the cops and says (paraphrasing) "What are doing? We're working people just like you!", and gets promptly shot with a riot gun.

Death Race has a more astute political analysis of the police and their role than some on this board, lol.
Is that on instant view on netflicks?

[Os Cangaceiros]

Not sure, but I imagine it would be. It's kind of a stupid movie, but there's some amusing performances in it from Joan Allen and Ian McShane.

[Il Medico]

Not sure, but I imagine it would be. It's kind of a stupid movie, but there's some amusing performances in it from Joan Allen and Ian McShane.
So it is not good then?

[Os Cangaceiros]

No, I think it's alright. It has a fairly decent rating on IMDb, for a film of it's caliber (6.6/10). Just don't expect "high-brow" entertainment.

[praxis1966]

Recently I saw Come Undone (Soldini, 2010), a sort of postmodern take on infidelity. I thought it only kind of average at first, but after thinking about it a bit more I found I despised it for the filmmaker's casual sexism. It seemed to make the point, whether intentionally or not, that women were the cause of most or all of men's suffering...

Beyond that, I caught Win Win (McCarthy, 2010) this weekend which turned out to be a return to the form of The Station Agent for the director. McCarthy really ought to stick to smaller, quirkier films like this one rather than the megabudget cinematic crimes of his recent past, a la 2012 and The Lovely Bones. To say it stuck to the well worn indie trope of "life is shitty but occasionally hilarious" would be a bit reductionist yet applicable. Nevertheless, it worked here. The casting was absolutely spot on; Paul Giamatti does as great a job playing a miserable fuck as Bobby Cannavale does playing a goofy alpha male, as per usual. Alex Shaffer does a really good turn as a troubled teen, playing his part with a completely flat affect (something the g/f, a clinical social worker, said reminded her exactly of one of the kids she counsels if that tells you anything). Jeffrey Tambor is pretty funny as well, my only gripe is that he didn't seem to have enough to do. Amy Ryan was pretty awesome, too, playing the no-nonsense Jersey mom. Pretty much all the characters suffer in quiet desperation to one extent or another and not one of them is perfect, giving the film a decidedly human feel.


I like the first Scream, fine enough, but this movie no.

Yeah, I hated the Scream franchise from day one. I blame that film for paving the way for subsequent gutless and tame/lame PG-13 "horror" flicks that would be the trend in the 90s... That film nearly killed the horror genre.

[Magón]

Oldboy, which is a S. Korean movie, is twisted as fuck. (Not really in the matter of in your face fucked like some movies, just psychologically fucked when things start coming together.) I finally saw it after a friend kept telling me for years to see it. It's good, and I recommend it for anyone interested in thrillers mixed with some martial arts, and a twisted mystery to bring it all together.

[Os Cangaceiros]

Oldboy summarized:

"Oh man, you had sex with your sister!"

"Well guess what buddy? YOU HAD SEX WITH YOUR DAUGHTER! WHO'S THE PERV NOW, HUH?

"Nooooooooooooo!"

[praxis1966]

Oldboy, which is a S. Korean movie, is twisted as fuck. (Not really in the matter of in your face fucked like some movies, just psychologically fucked when things start coming together.) I finally saw it after a friend kept telling me for years to see it. It's good, and I recommend it for anyone interested in thrillers mixed with some martial arts, and a twisted mystery to bring it all together.

Oldboy is pretty damned decent, but I personally think the third installment in the trilogy (Lady Vengeance) is arguably the best of the three. At any rate, anything by Park Chan-Wook is worth seeing, IMO. Thirst by him was fucking dooooope.


Oldboy summarized:

"Oh man, you had sex with your sister!"

"Well guess what buddy? YOU HAD SEX WITH YOUR DAUGHTER! WHO'S THE PERV NOW, HUH?

"Nooooooooooooo!"

:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh: Best. Shit. Ever.

[Arlekino]

Children of Huang Shi, good film base on truth story.

[Il Medico]

Oldboy, which is a S. Korean movie, is twisted as fuck. (Not really in the matter of in your face fucked like some movies, just psychologically fucked when things start coming together.) I finally saw it after a friend kept telling me for years to see it. It's good, and I recommend it for anyone interested in thrillers mixed with some martial arts, and a twisted mystery to bring it all together.
Yeah, I watched it recently too , really digged it.

@Explosive Situation: So true.:laugh:

[Magón]

Oldboy is pretty damned decent, but I personally think the third installment in the trilogy (Lady Vengeance) is arguably the best of the three. At any rate, anything by Park Chan-Wook is worth seeing, IMO. Thirst by him was fucking dooooope.



:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh: Best. Shit. Ever.

Yeah, I'm sort of seeing them out of order apparently. I've only seen Oldboy so far, but Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance is coming next, and then Lady Vengeance.

[praxis1966]

Yeah, I'm sort of seeing them out of order apparently. I've only seen Oldboy so far, but Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance is coming next, and then Lady Vengeance.

lulz For what it's worth, that's the order I saw them in... And I don't think it really matters as they're only a thematic trilogy anyway.

[Pirate Utopian]

I watched some Cartoon Network shows. Adventure Time, The Problem Solverz, Regular Show, etc.

[Fawkes]

Just watched The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari for the 435879345th time. Goddammit that movie is good.

[Metacomet]

Children of Huang Shi, good film base on truth story.


Good movie.

[Pirate Utopian]

Hobo With A Shotgun is fucking awesome.

[praxis1966]

Saw Hanna this weekend and it wasn't nearly as bad as I thought it was going to be. It convinced the g/f that Chemical Brothers should score every movie made from here on in, lulz... Personally, I thought it was a little derivative. The Little Red Riding Hood angle has been done before after all. But that didn't necessarily hurt it. The editing, lighting, and score did have it looking a bit like a music video in places, which generally I don't like, but in kind of a cool way. It was kinda funny (funny weird, not funny haha) how they slid in a Nazi eugenics angle... I don't wanna give too much away, but if you're looking for it you'll see it.

At the end of the day, I have to say it was sooooo refreshing to see a strong, female action hero type who wasn't half, or completely, naked the whole time. Finally...

EDIT: Also, the visual aesthetic, especially in the first and third acts, is absolutely incredible. That, to me, came pretty close to being worth the price of admission alone.

[Lyev]

Got about half an hour through La Chinoise (1967) but then I fell asleep (not because it's bad, I was just tired). I think it's an example of a clearly Brechtian influence on Godard's work, with clearly political themes, as opposed to just 'counter-cinema' stuff of jumpcuts and the like, but anyway, I'm not so sure. There's a scene about 20 mins through where Jean-Pierre Leaud's character is being interviewed and he actually mentions Brecht by name, and talks about a play of his that Althusser did a commentary or something. Other than that, Coutard's cinematography is wonderful. There are some beautifully framed shots; in terms of the use of bright primary colours (esp. red) etc. it is quite similar to Pierrot le Fou or something. I am about to finish watching it now.

Also, I was gonna watch Ladyhawke later with my dad, and he was convinced that Cissy Spacek was in it (loved her in Badlands), but it turns out from looking it up just now that it's Michelle Pfeiffer instead. :(

[lunedenuit]

i am watching black swan , natalie portman movie

[the last donut of the night]

Film Socialisme by Godard. It was pretty confusing, since I don't speak French and the theater didn't really offer good subtitles (but I think that was on purpose). A bit messy, but I liked it.

[Pirate Utopian]

CatDog and SpongeBob SquarePants earlier. Nicktoons gets really cool at about 20:11 till 6 in the morning. Only good shit then like Ren & Stimpy, Rocko's Modern Life and KaBlam!

[praxis1966]

Film Socialisme by Godard. It was pretty confusing, since I don't speak French and the theater didn't really offer good subtitles (but I think that was on purpose). A bit messy, but I liked it.

It was on purpose. Since the characters are only halfway understanding each other because they don't speak the same language, the same was done with the subtitling. Presumably, it was to enhance audience immersion.

More info here (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1438535/board/nest/162984957)

[praxis1966]

Last few days consolidated into one post:

Get Low (Schneider, 2009): A lot better than I thought it was going to be, it was actually a pretty funny darkish comedy. The ending felt a little rushed, though.

You Will Meet a Tall Dark Stranger (Allen, 2010): Basically, this was a retread of Woody's earlier works (particularly Hannah and Her Sisters), but quite funny in that classic Woody Allen style. I loved the repeated skewering of psychics, the occult, et al wrapped up in an overbearing in-law package. Had a nice, "live and let live" finish to it as well.

Terribly Happy (Genz, 2008): A pretty great neo-noir set in rural Denmark, this one had a feel of being somewhere between U Turn (Stone, 1997) and No Country for Old Men (Coen and Coen, 2007) yet decidedly more serious than either of those two. The mise en scène was wonderfully lit and framed by some excellent camera work, but the editing felt a little quick in places. In other words, there were some great shots that I wish had been held a little longer before cutting to another angle.

Dillinger is Dead (Ferreri, 1969): On it's surface, this is essentially a chamber play about the most annoying insomniac ever. I wasn't entirely enthused with it upon initial viewing as it struck me as vaguely sexist... Then I watched one of the special features which contained an interview with a film historian cohort of the late director. Having some of the symbolism explained, which I mightn't have otherwise got given that it was highly contemporaneous to Italy in the late 60s, I found out I was right. It was ironic since, at the time of the film's release, it was fairly universally acclaimed and described as being "Red." I could go into greater detail but that would require a minimum of about 1000 words (no shit)... Suffice it to say that I think this one would probably irritate most modern leftists.

[Fawkes]

Haven't watched any movies in a while cause I've been busy watching the first two season of Dexter. Definitely one of, if not the best shows ever on American t.v. In addition to the fact that the writing and acting is amazing, I really like that each episode has a different director with some recurring throughout (same with the principle writers) -- makes for a really interesting viewing experience when doing a formal analysis because each director has a very distinct style. For example, there was one episode that used a lot of really elaborate crane, tracking, and wide angle shots -- really Kubrickian, and the episode immediately following that looked like it could've been Godard with all the jump cuts, intense close ups, and non-eyeline editing. I'm not fully inline with auteur theory by any means, but by changing directors each episode it gives a really cool glimpse at how much impact the director truly has on the final product (though the producers are always the same, so...). But beyond just formal elements, the show is absolutely amazing and I can't wait to watch the rest of it.

[Os Cangaceiros]

http://www.dvdcorral.com/dvd/images/max/025192422621.jpg

This movie is so great. It's like some super bizarre mash-up of every medieval/dark ages stereotype you could ever think of.

The director's commentary with John Milius and Schwarzenegger is hilarious, too.

[praxis1966]

http://www.dvdcorral.com/dvd/images/max/025192422621.jpg

This movie is so great. It's like some super bizarre mash-up of every medieval/dark ages stereotype you could ever think of.

The director's commentary with John Milius and Schwarzenegger is hilarious, too.

Dude, what movie? :confused:

[Os Cangaceiros]

damn, not showing up?

It's Conan the Barbarian. :cool:

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[Il Medico]

Mr. Nobody

[-marx-]

Watched 1984 (1984 edition) and Metropia again the other day. I always enjoy these films.

[¿Que?]

xe4v7t_cronicas-de-archivo-montoneros-part_shortfilms

xe4w1y_cronicas-de-archivo-montoneros-part_shortfilms

Peron betrays los Montoneros.

[Le Libérer]

I Am Cuba - Wonderful cinematography and mise-en-scene so far but I haven't finished watching.
Started watching it this morning because of this post. Absolutely entralling. I'm not stopping until the end.

[PhoenixAsh]

I am currently watching House...all seven seasons....have been doing that for the last three weeks....alternating with Dexter all seasons....and True Blood. Currently at season 5 of House, finished Dexter and True Blood.

I sprinkle it with Game Of Thrones, Doctor Who and some movies here an there...

[Fawkes]

The Social Network. Awesome.

[praxis1966]

The Social Network. Awesome.

I guess I should go ahead and see that one then... I've been on a de facto boycott of it simply because of all the hype, but lately I've just been waiting to see if anybody whose taste I respect recommended it. That just happened, so I guess I'll have to see it now, lol.

Caught 13 Assassins over the weekend. I'm still kinda new to Miike so I couldn't say how it stacked up against his other work, but I thought it was fucking doooope. I would have liked a touch more gore, but it was still awesome. I absolutely loved the Koyata character. EDIT: Aaaarrrgggghhh!!!! Just flipped over to IMDb to discover that some jackenape at either Magnet or Magnolia cut 15 minutes out of the US version. America, fuck yeah! :glare:

[∞]

Silence Of the Lambs, over and over again.

Anyone here seen Source Code, it was a pretty good movie.

[praxis1966]

Just watched Amandla! A Revolution in Four Part Harmony (Hirsch, 2002) which is a documentary covering the history of the rebel songs of South Africa's anti-apartheid movement. I was moved near to tears in several places (music will do that to me depending on the subject)... I gotta say, though, my favorite form was the toyi-toyi, which comes with that famous half march half run dance I'm sure you've all seen in protest videos originating in SA. You gotta love a choral song that has the lyrics, "Arm the unit, HOOS, and fight! HOOS, HOOS!"

Full film @ Hulu (http://www.hulu.com/watch/206701/amandla-a-revolution-in-four-part-harmony)

[ColonelCossack]

I'm not watching a film. i was just watching the simpsons a minute ago, but now I'm not. That doesn't really sound like the sort of thing that ANYONE would care about, though...:thumbup1:

Recently, however, i saw a film called Fidel, which is (as you may have guessed) about the life of Fidel Castro, his relationship with Che Guevara, and the cuban revolution. it's quite good, even though it's three and a half hours long, and I had to watch it in two parts. the main problem I had with it, however, was that at times it moved to supporting Marxist-leninism to revolutionary humanism, and even to the reactionary, pro-capitalist traitors of the revolution that moved to miami. So it was kind of all over the place ideologically, at times making me want to throw a shoe at the TV, at others making me feel very nostalgic.

[Il Medico]

Robin Hood (BBC series)- Pretty good. Annoyed by the sometime bad writingand loads of violence without any blood. Like having no blood when people get impaled makes a show 'family friendly'

Merlin- Good show.

Four Lions- Fucking hilarious.