for movie nerds only

[thepaulo]

it said for movie nerds only....now get the fuck out and stay out.


















okay.....only movie nerds like certain kinds of movies like


art movies....

so i thought i'd start a thread for only hard core movie nerds.....

so if you ain't one then what the fuck are you doing still reading this....get the fuck out....

anyway,feel free to post about any movie no matter how obscure, weird or hard tto get....

I'll start with the DVD of a 30 year old film, The Passenger.....
Michelangelo Antonioni just died this year and they don't make films like that anymore....
except for the few filmmakers that are still influenced by him.....

Not the easiest film to digest but one of Antonioni's most accessible to modern audiences....Nicholson gave one of his most restrained performances (though see King of Marvin Gardens if you want to see him almost narcoleptic).....and Nicholson is clearly very proud of this film since this may be the only DVD commentary I ever heard of him doing.....

It definitely helps clarify the film on second viewing.

[JerseyRich]

I have this film...

It's not paced like modern films and that's why I love it!

The Passenger is great!

Hooray for Jack and Antonioni!

[thepaulo]

there is very little artifice in the movie....an offshoot of Italian Neo-Realism.....the pacing gives a closer approximation of reality.....and about reality....it includes a real firing squad execution.....and reality is a lot more frightening than exploding squibs and histrionics....

[thejives]

I heard there's a great art film out there called 2 girls 1 cup.
seen it?

[thepaulo]

2 girls and 1 cup...
influenced by Pink Flamingoes.

[King Hippos Bandaid]

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[Yerdaddy]

I thought Titanic was very romantic.

[mikeyboy]

Mrs. Doubtfire was a hoot.

[Snoogans]

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LAMDA LAMDA LAMDA, BITCH

[thepaulo]

Apparently the wiseacres didn't see the sign at the door......
No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service.

Now get your asses out of here and stay out.

[thepaulo]

Now to return to the original intent....
I also spent some time with The Pawnbroker.....
I know this is shown in film and History classes so many of you were probably required to see this to fill time in the classroom....This is a pretty raw film for 1964 and Rod Steiger is generally held in high esteem for this performance...
some of it might seem dated, but some of it has the stark immediacy of a festering wound.

[Yerdaddy]

Apparently the wiseacres didn't see the sign at the door......
No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service.

Now get your asses out of here and stay out.

OK. Here's something only a movie nerd would know: Did you all know that the guy who played the waiter who got knocked in the pool in Caddyshack has the word "TWATO" tattooed on him because he sucked on some fat stripper's infected crotch tumor? True story.

And if I'm not mistaken, Orson Welles had the same tattoo and for the same reason.

Great thread Paulo!

[thepaulo]

Where did you get your information?

[Yerdaddy]

Where did you get your information?

The Pudge Report

http://www.ronfez.net/forums/image.php?u=23954&dateline=1198426444

[LordJezo]

1) Koyaanisqatsi. If you haven't seen it you don't belong here.

2) Has anyone gotten into the Dogme '95 style of filmmaking?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dogma_95

I have two movies sitting at home that have been created with this set of rules and I am looking forward to seeing what they are all about. Breaking the Waves and Kira's Reason: A Love Story, A friend of mine says they contain some of the greatest acting that you'll ever see. I don't know if he is just joking to get me to watch them but I suppose I will find out in the next few days.

3) This one if for the really hardcore. Perhaps even beyond Paul-O's world.

Begotten.

Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_c_odzPOZc

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

The film features no dialogue, but rather uses harsh and uncompromising images of human pain and suffering to tell its tale.

The film was shot on black and white reversal film, and then every frame was painstakingly rephotographed for the look that is seen. The only colors are black and white. There are no half-tones. This adds to the eerie atmosphere of the movie as sometimes you cannot exactly make out what it is you are seeing, but you can guess it involves suffering. The look of the film has been described as a Rorsach test for the eye. Merhige said that for each minute of original film it took up to 10 hours to rephotograph it for the look desired.

A motherfucking 78 minutes of pure art house experimental craziness that supposedly tells the story of The Bible and Jesus. I have seen it three times and each one is as draining as the time before. I still dont know what is happening in it.

[Furtherman]

The Pudge Report

http://www.ronfez.net/forums/image.php?u=23954&dateline=1198426444

:laugh::laugh::laugh:

[hydee]

Paul have you seen the movie Birdy? I have always felt it was one of the best endings to any movie I have seen.

[fezident]

I usually hate living in NYC (traffic... noise... fat people...) but, one great thing is that I am walking distance from The Angelika Theater and The IFC Film Center.

Some of the best (and worst!) indie pictures, art films, and documentaries I've ever seen go through there on their way to obscurity.

Love it.

[thepaulo]

Lord Jezo makes me work....

Begotten is definately at the top of the Weird cinema list....inspired the killing video in The Ring.....the director made the more convential films Suspect Zero and Shadow of a Vampire subsequently.....for those that like Eraserhead.....two weird musicals that I feel fall into this category are the films Forbidden Zone (with Danny Elfman and other Oingo Boingos) and the Saddest Music in the World with Isabella Rosellini

Koyaanisquati (and Powaquatsi and Naqoyqatsi) were presented under the auspices of Francis Ford Coppola, George Lucas and Steven Soderberg respectively....The first one was definately widely seen in the 80's. Great thing to watch if you haven't seen it or to have on in the background of a party if you have.

one of my favorite Dogma films is the intense English Language King Lear adaptation The King is Alive with Jennifer Jason Leigh.....

all weird wacky stuff....

[LordJezo]

.
stuff

Koyaanisquati (and Powaquatsi and Naqoyqatsi)

stuff

one of my favorite Dogma films is the intense English Language King Lear adaptation The King is Alive with Jennifer Jason Leigh.....

all weird wacky stuff....

Wow, so either you are a master bullshitter or you actually do know your stuff, if it's the later I am impressed.

About the two sequels to Koyaanisquati, are they worth watching? I have only seen the first one and because it was so unlike anything I had seen, or maybe like things I have seen but on such an impressive scale that I was really taken by it. Are the other two just more of the same?

With the original topic in mind..

How about the Cremaster Cycle by Matthew Barney? He does not even consider them to be movies (which I find very pompous of him and pretty idiotic) but works of art that are to be displayed only a few times and then forever locked away in his private collection and for the very few select people who help fund his projects. Because of this attitude I have only had the chance to see Drawing Restraint 9, which I guess might not be technically part of the cycle but it is close enough for me. Were you able to see it? He never released that one on DVD either but someone someone who knows someone who I guess knows someone got me a copy that I could loan you. It was a bizarre film about a big vat of Vaseline on a whaling ship. or something. I was so drunk at the theater that I passed out twice and had no idea what was going on. It was a crazy trip.

Back to Dogme, I still have not had the chance to watch the two movies I have here, hopefully tomorrow (today at this point) I will at least get to see Breaking the Waves.

And I added The Forbidden Zone to my Netflix queue. If you want a unique documentary I just watched The Great Happiness Space last night, which is marvelous look into the world of Japanese male host clubs. We were captivated by it and by the end felt really bad for everyone involved. It's not quite a hardcore movie buff movie but since I just saw it I figured I would mention it here. It's on Neflix Watch It Now for anyone that is interested. One of the better documentaries I have seen in a long time.'

Want to go back to being intense?

How about The Holy Mountain

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tyW_F-2zMZs

Avant-garde filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky weaves a grotesque tale rich in allegory and sacrilegious imagery as a thief (Horácio Salinas) is first crucified, then enlisted by an alchemist (Jodorowsky) to join a group of elites who seek divinity and immortality.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Holy_Mountain_%281973_film%29

a montaña sagrada (The Holy Mountain, reissued as The Sacred Mountain) is a 1973 cult film directed by Alejandro Jodorowsky who also participated as actor, composer, set designer, and costume designer. The film was produced by Beatles manager Allen Klein of ABKCO after Jodorowsky scored an underground phenomenon with El Topo and the acclaim of both John Lennon and George Harrison (John and Yoko Ono put up production money). It was shown at various international film festivals in 1973 and limited screenings in New York and San Francisco. However the film was never given wide release until 2007, when a restored print toured the United States, screening with El Topo, and released in DVD format from May 1st.

I don't know much about it at this point but I was told to watch it so that I will. After watching that trailer that I posted above I can't decide if it's hippie LSD inspired trash or if it will be a work of art. I'll find out in a month or two when I get around to checking it out.

[TeeBone]

Apparently the wiseacres didn't see the sign at the door......
No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service.

Now get your asses out of here and stay out.

"...No DIce"

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[ATMfromChico]

Why do I have the feeling I am reading wikipedia descriptions of some artistic, if not somewhat obscure films. I went to a respected film school in Los Angeles and didn't have to wallow in such rarified filmmaking. Then again, I'm a truck driver now, so what does that say?

:tongue:

[Snoogans]

http://www.moviebadgirls.com/capimage/Ace_Ventura_Pet_Detective_06.jpg

THE LACES WERE IN....THEY WERE IN!!!!!

[Mike Teacher]

About the two sequels to Koyaanisquati, are they worth watching? I have only seen the first one and because it was so unlike anything I had seen, or maybe like things I have seen but on such an impressive scale that I was really taken by it. Are the other two just more of the same?

=

I only wish.

Powaqqatsi is pretty good visually and the best musically. The soundtrack Main Theme has been used in countless trailers. Koyaanisqatsi's music I like, just the chanting gets to me after a while, and while I love arpeggios, I think Glass really peaked with Powa musically.

While Koyaanisqatsi dealt with the introduction of technology into our lives by slowing introducing technology in the scenes until the awesome time-lapse supersequence climax; Powaqqatsi comes off, seriously, as some sort of Feel good film for third world workers. Scene after scene of people just slaving away and salving away some more; all to the chugging Theme mentioned above.

Powa I can watch a few times; its not like Koya where you can watch it whenever it's playing.

The third was such an utter piece of computer-generated shit that I watched it once and sold it. The first two were at least beautifully shot on gorgeous silver nitrate stock; Noya just bites the big one, with a sound track so forgettable... ugh

There is a better one called 'Anima Mundi' from the same group.

Check out Baraka and Chronos for more of the same.

[thepaulo]

ATMfromChico....I have tried to warn people at the beginning of this thread that this might get weird, pretentious, tedious and obscure....I'm sure in your time in film school you must have exposed yourself to something that blew your mind a little ...if so, share it....but otherwise don't judge us for being arty-farty.

thanks Teach for dealing ably with the Koyaanisqatsi trilogy....

as far as Jodorowsky and Cremaster goes we are definately talking about the radical fringe....

I've seen El Topo and Sante Sengre but not the Holy Mountain.....very profane and demented....El Topo is maybe the first Midnight Movie smash back in the early 70's....

The Cremaster series of five films is cut from the same cloth but even more out there since the filmmaker doesn't even make the films readily available....partly because he has sold the films to a few collectors for high prices as if they were works of art.....some of it is available on youtube and if you're into the truely weird you should make time to see the cycle if it's ever screened....I've been reading about them for years but never seen them....
They have been reviewed as great works of art but 99% of the population would probably find them unwatchable.

[ATMfromChico]

ATMfromChico....I have tried to warn people at the beginning of this thread that this might get weird, pretentious, tedious and obscure....I'm sure in your time in film school you must have exposed yourself to something that blew your mind a little ...if so, share it....but otherwise don't judge us for being arty-farty.

My apologies. Sometimes I say things to be a bit on the inflammatory side, and I just can't seem to keep from poking a bit of fun at you. I promise there is nothing malicious in it. Okay. I'll give you one classic film, one classic foreign film, and one more recent foreign film. Let me know what you think. This is not a test, and I'm not going to judge or lambast you. I'm just curious as to what you think.

1. Vittorio De Sica - The Bicycle Thief

2. Orson Welles - A Touch of Evil

3. The Scent of Green Papaya


:wink:

[ToddEVF]

Foriegn classics aye?

How about 2 great Kurosawa films, Yojimbo and Seven Samurai?

Or Takeshi Kitano's Sonatine or HANA-BI?

All are marvelous works in foreign, specifically Japanese, cinema

[thepaulo]

The Bicycle Thief- one of the ultimate classics and most loved...part of the the neo-realism school that produced films like The Passenger.

Touch of Evil -another ultimate classic...possibly Wells best film...(I know...Citizen Kane...but still)

The Scent of the Green Papaya- Not my kind of film....something to veg out to...( I guess Papaya is not a vegetable)...you have to be in the mood for a slooooow film.


as far as Takeshi Kitano...it's harder and harder to get foreign films unless you search them out but he's good....The one Japanese director I want to see more of is Takashi Miike...most famous for the truely nauseating Audition....maybe one of the most emotionally damaging films I've ever seen.

[ToddEVF]

The one Japanese director I want to see more of is Takashi Miike...most famous for the truely nauseating Audition....maybe one of the most emotionally damaging films I've ever seen.

Takashi Miike is definitely a breath of fresh air. Audition is probably one of the only films I have had trouble watching. Ichi the Killer is pretty good as well.

[Kublakhan61]

Did anyone get a chance to see Tears of the Black Tiger this past year? A really fantastic film from Thailand that has patiently waited 5 years for a US release (at least I was waiting 5 years). It's a techicolor/1950's Romeo + Juliet/ Spaghetti Western - clearly a lot of fun, too! Really, everyone should be on the lookout. I think Netflix just got their hands on it a few weeks ago.

As for El Topo - forget about it. It's reserved for people who like to name drop the "obscure" at parties.

[sefskillz]

The one Japanese director I want to see more of is Takashi Miike...most famous for the truely nauseating Audition....maybe one of the most emotionally damaging films I've ever seen.
I'd definitely recommend checking out The Bird People in China and Rainy Dog. Dead or Alive 2 seems to be pretty hit or miss with people, but it just had some really great scenes... then there's Visitor Q, which manages to portray disneyesque family values in the most fucked up manner possible. 'The Box' by Miike in Three Extremes was probably the weakest story, but damn if Fruit Chan's 'Dumplings' didn't steal that movie right off the bat. This allows me to segue into Chan-wook Park (he did the other story in 3 extremes). The Vengeance trilogy was pretty fuckin fantastic. Really enjoyed them all for different reasons, but Oldboy really stands out as just an amazing film to me.

[Kublakhan61]

I'd definitely recommend checking out The Bird People in China and Rainy Dog. Dead or Alive 2 seems to be pretty hit or miss with people, but it just had some really great scenes... then there's Visitor Q, which manages to portray disneyesque family values in the most fucked up manner possible. 'The Box' by Miike in Three Extremes was probably the weakest story, but damn if Fruit Chan's 'Dumplings' didn't steal that movie right off the bat. This allows me to segue into Chan-wook Park (he did the other story in 3 extremes). The Vengeance trilogy was pretty fuckin fantastic. Really enjoyed them all for different reasons, but Oldboy really stands out as just an amazing film to me.

The Vengeance Trilogy played here in Brooklyn and you're dead right - it's pretty fucking fantastic.
But if we're talking Asian cinema - let's not forget Seijun Suzuki. Branded to Kill, Tokyo Drifter, Youth of the Beast (especially) were highlights in 1960's cinema worldwide - BUT that he came back in 2001 to direct Pistol Opera as a 77 year old man makes him a legend. Youth of the Beast is should be required viewing for Tarantino fans.

[thepaulo]

European archives release vintage films online
Monday February 11 11:40 PM ET


Where do you go if you want to watch rare archive films such as a 1916 document about life on a German submarine or John Ford's 53-minute Western "Bucking Broadway" from the following year?

Until now, the answer would have been a trip to one of the film archives that house these prints, respectively London's Imperial War Museum and the French Film Archive.

But that is about to change with the launch in April of a Europe-wide video-on-demand platform bringing together content from 37 film archives and cinematheques across the continent. And the good news for film buffs is that it's free.


European Film Treasures, as the site will be known, is the brainchild of Serge Bromberg, founder of Paris-based historic film and restoration specialist Lobster Films. The European Union's MEDIA Program has pledged to put up half of the approximately 500,000 euros ($725,000) needed to fund the project for its first year.

European Film Treasures is hoping to tap into a chunk of the huge audience for free on-line video sites like YouTube and Bebo. "The difficulty today is not so much to find old films and restore them, it's finding an audience for them," Bromberg says. "These are some of the best films shot in Europe over more than 80 years, but it's often difficult to convince people to see films like these."

Each partner archive will propose films, and a jury of historic film specialists will decide which to include on the VoD site based on criteria such as historical interest and artistic quality. Footage will be accessible for streaming only, not download, but the site may in the future extend to associated DVD sales.

Films will be available in their original language with translation where needed into English, French, German, Italian and Spanish.

The site is expected to launch with about 100 titles, but the aim is to include as many as 500 films once fully loaded. Lobster is coming up with original music to accompany silent films.

It took two years to convince all the archives to come on board. "They thought it was a good idea but considered it was impossible. The idea is not just to show their films, but also to present the archives and their work," Bromberg says.

The only major national archive that decided not to be represented was from Belgium. "That is to their great shame," Bromberg opines.

Bryony Dixon, curator (silent film) at the British Film Institute's National Archive, says that VoD is a well-adapted platform for these early and short films, which are otherwise difficult to program. "Theatrical, you may get a few thousand viewers. On the Web, you can get hundreds of thousands or even millions. If you put it out there, people will find it. You get that long-tale effect."

As with the other partner archives, the BFI is not putting in any financing but simply making films available. "We're in a good position to do that as probably the biggest film archive in Europe," Dixon says.

Among films the BFI is submitting are "Daisy Doodad's Dial," a 1913 British-made comedy starring U.S. actress Florence Turner, and a rare film of a French boxing champion. "We'll pick things that have appeal, like the boxing film, which will be really interesting for the boxing community because it's not seen before," Dixon contends.

For its part, the Danish Film Institute is submitting a 1923 Danish film that is one of the earliest examples of a viable talking film; an animated sausage commercial film from the mid-1930s that uses Dufay Color, a mosaic screen additive system that predates Technicolor; and a raunchy 1910 one-reeler about Copenhagen nightlife.

"These are films that we restored recently. They're all entertaining films, one about color and cinema, one about sound and cinema. It's broadening people's idea of the development of cinema," said Thomas Christensen, curator of the DFI.

"It's great that there's this kind of channel for content that is otherwise sitting fallow in the archive," said Christensen. "I don't expect it to become a blockbuster phenomenon. It might never be more than marginal but it's an interesting channel to be represented on. I think this is very much a transition time, and we have to explore the possibilities."

Reuters

[burrben]

john cassavetes anyone?

[Mike Teacher]

I've been playing with the new "My Dinner With Andre" action figures.

[bobrobot]

I've been playing with the new "My Dinner With Andre" action figures.

Are you totally nude w/ a napkin in yer lap???

And get to bed early cuz remember tomorrow morning you've got...

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[thepaulo]

one of my cherished memories was written a paper for a college course while I was in high school and getting an A+....
the paper was about a little film called Lilith
starring Warren Beaty, Gene Hackman, Jean Seaberg and Peter Fonda...
I was thinking about it today....Great film about mental illness...
made a few years before either Bonnie and Clyde or Easy Rider....
I can hazzard a guess no one has seen it.

[barjockey]

Just rewatched "Rumblefish" effin fantastic

[FANDICK]

I've always loved a movie from the early 80's called "Phar Lap"

It's the story of a racehorse from Australia in the 30's or 40's who really sucked at first, but when this certain young man who became his trainer, he started to dominate. His owner thought it was his doing but failed to have a winning horse ever again. He got so good that the racing guild put extra weight on him to handicap him. At one point there was blood gushing out of his hoof during a race and he still won. The gamblers started to bet heavy on him and he lost causing them to get very upset. The end is very sad and tragic as a result of the gambling implications. I've never seen this movie on cable or anywhere else SINCE the early 80's. It didn't do shit at the box office but I thought it was one of the most exciting, most touching movies of all time.

I believe it was inspired by a true story.

[TheMojoPin]

Not an art film, but I just saw it for the first time a couple weeks ago and it's a fucking crime it's not on DVD:

http://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/5/A70-2797

Supposedly Criterion is trying to secure the rights. Dear Lord, I hope so.

[MoreGooder]

I was going to mention Koyaanisqatsi as well, but I'll throw this out there: The Luzhin Defence with John Turturro and Emily Watson. It's about a chess player who is one of those crazy-genius-types. It's a very good movie.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0211492/

[antifaith]

a little film called Lilith
I can hazzard a guess no one has seen it.

Saw it a couple of yrs ago on TCM.

[thepaulo]

My favorite scene in Lillith is the young Hackman and Beatty sitting in a living room enduring a long and painfully awkward attempt at conversation.

[antifaith]

As much as it pains me to admit it, I think I've crossed a threshold of seeing far too many films (even tho I'm really selective for the most part) & have trouble recalling as much as I'd like to about each one. What I remember most is her balcony, her room & seeing her hiding behind curtains. Also, it seems as tho there was another painfully awkward scene in the yard in front of the place where perhaps there'd been such a freakout, they were both on the ground?

[thepaulo]

tons of awkward moments since we were dealing with lots of mental patients....Beatty was suppose to be sane......
skipping back...before theDeparted and Gone Baby Gone
the Friends of Eddie Coyle was the great beantown lowlife crime movie....With one of Peter Boyle's great early performances as a lower class tough....and of course
maybe Robert Mitchem's best performance.

[barjockey]

"Whatever happened to baby Jane?" is on at 2am

[burrben]

one of my cherished memories was written a paper for a college course while I was in high school and getting an A+....
the paper was about a little film called Lilith
starring Warren Beaty, Gene Hackman, Jean Seaberg and Peter Fonda...
I was thinking about it today....Great film about mental illness...
made a few years before either Bonnie and Clyde or Easy Rider....
I can hazzard a guess no one has seen it.

omg, this was on tcm a couple days ago. it was fantastic.

[thepaulo]

motherfucker....I missed it.

[Coach]

Bicycle Thief.... one of my faves.
Station Agent..as well
The Lovers...good
Au Revoir Les Enfants..I remember vaguely have to find a new copy.
Love Seven Samurai..and some other Japanese films.

Here is a trivia question..easy for you film nerds..What film does the Baby stroller rolling down the stairs scene in the Untouchables pay homage to?

Love Nosferatu...Shadow of the Vampire is great.
Fritz Lang:
M (1931) creeped me the fuck out! A child killer who whistles "The Hall of the Mountain King" while he does it?
Metropolis..Fucking great. of course, I saw it with the Queen music over it.

[thepaulo]

love trivia questions....Battleship Potemkin.

Just got the super deluxe DVD Bicycle Thieves out of the library....(change in the title probably had to do with a bad translation all these years).

[Coach]

love trivia questions....Battleship Potemkin.

Just got the super deluxe DVD Bicycle Thieves out of the library....(change in the title probably had to do with a bad translation all these years).
:clap::clap::clap::clap:

[burrben]

The Lovers...good
Au Revoir Les Enfants..I remember vaguely have to find a new copy.


a louis malle fan, i see. ever see "elevator to the gallows"? miles davis' score is out of this world.

"the silent world" is pretty amazing too

[Coach]

a louis malle fan, i see. ever see "elevator to the gallows"? miles davis' score is out of this world.

"the silent world" is pretty amazing tooNo, but I will look them up.

[thepaulo]

Elevator to the Gallows has played on the premium channels in the last few mionths.....
insane French crime drama from 1958.

[Coach]

Elevator to the Gallows has played on the premium channels in the last few mionths.....
insane French crime drama from 1958.
Cool! Will have to look it up on On Demand!
Has anyone seen The Interview..is it worth the rent?

[antifaith]

Has anyone seen The Interview..is it worth the rent?

Do you mean the Buscemi film?

I'm not sure you do cuz it seems unrelated to the other things you mentioned but..
I liked it but I can't imagine many ppl would tolerate such a play-like structure (esp as I think about all the times I've recommended films & ppl bitched about how they were slow &/or nothing ever happened..). I love films like this where there are only a couple of characters, very few settings & nothing but dialogue. (I just got incredibly lucky with a Google search to find out the name of a similar film I was obsessed with for a very long time, What Happened Was..)

The subject is very topical. It shows the way celebrities & the media use each other. It's like a delicate dance with each trying to get over on the other.

Also, esp after only knowing about this actress from gossip stories, it was nice to actually see her work(ing).

[burrben]

tomorrow (sat. aug 2nd) is charlie chaplin day on tcm's summer under the stars. they are going to be showing classics all day long. personally, im pumped for "the circus" at 3pm and "city lights" at 415pm.

[thepaulo]

City Lights is magnificent.

[burrben]

fred astaire day this saturday on tcm. i know have a hard-on already.

[thepaulo]

I hope they play Francis Ford Coppola's Finian's Rainbow....Fred at the end of his career.


I figured Hell Ride belongs in this thread since it's something of a specialty film for special audiences.....Produced by Quentin Tarentino, Hell Ride is either,depending on your point of view,
1.) a disgusting waste of time
2.) a nostalgic return to mysoginistic and sleasy biker flicks.

Larry Bishop(son of Joey)(best known as the strip club owner with the calender in Kill bill 2) is the writer/director/star and as such created a role he wanted to play over the many years of a basically non career. I figure tarentino had some imput in writting the David Carridine scene. It clearly fits into the Grindhouse style Tarentino has re-popularized.
The big plus is lots of tits and ass and pussy.

It's also nice to see the ancient Dennis Hopper on a sort of a bike(it has a sidecar which is sort of like trainning wheels).

I have no idea why Michael Madsen wears a tuxcedo shirt as a gang memeber except thje he's something of a rebel even when playing a rebel.

[AKA]

The 1990s was an amazing time for indie and foreign language art house films - one of my personal favorites is one that got very little push, and that was the 1992 film THE BEST INTENTIONS.

The film is an art house mash up, of sorts; directed by Bille August (PELLE THE CONQUEROR) and written by some fellow named Ingmar Bergman, based on the story of how his parents met, it features the ubiquitous Max von Sydow and stars Bille's wife, Pernilla August - who had played the nanny in another Bergman autobiographic film FANNY AND ALEXANDER, and then several years later would be seen as Mama Skywalker in the new Star Wars movies.

At over 3 hours, the film is not for everyone, and some people complained that it was like watching paint dry, but I adored this movie.

In 1996 everyone (but Billie) returned for a made for television sequel - also written by Bergman about the life his parents had before his birth - which took the story further - PRIVATE CONFESSIONS - which played in some art houses here in the states - and I loved it as well, even if IT is almost 3 1/2 hours long! Liv Ullmann directed this one - she had just made LUMIERE AND COMPANY a year earlier.

In between those two movies, Bergman also wrote another family story, but this time focusing on his relationship with his father - SUNDAY'S CHILDREN - a movie that was directed by his son, Daniel. At a more watchable length (under 2 hours), this may be the most accessable of the three and the one that seems most like watching an Ingmar Bergman movie. Really a wonderful film.

None of these films are on DVD, and PRIVATE CONFESSIONS has never even been released on VHS.

[Beelzebub]

This thread seems to be the place to ask this type of question, but what are some of your favorite classic long takes in film?

Not an experimental long take like Timecode, Russian Ark or l'art pour l'art but something that really takes your breath away.

If longs takes were given medals who would take the GOLD!!!

One of my favs...
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[barjockey]

Back to back Hitchkocks on tonite Notorius and spellbound. Ingrid Bergman night on TCM

[thepaulo]

Saw Ingrid in Stromboli today.

[thepaulo]

Chuck Heston day all day at TCM.

[Dre]

Chuck Heston day all day at TCM.

Love it.

[antifaith]

Rented the recently released The Last Laugh (F W Murnau ). I can tolerate almost anything when it comes to silent films but I can't think of another person who would have the patience to get much out of it. Even tho the print seemed flawless (to me), it didn't have that otherworldly look that I've seen in other films of the era. Also, there was no text to guide us save for one sort of disclaimer towards the end when the author explained that he was going to sell out in a big way with a sudden happy ending. So sudden, in fact, that we were not shown the event that changed things, but merely read about it in newspaper headlines over the shoulders of people who were also reading about it. That said, the ending was really fun/excessive & I found that I surrendered to it pretty easily. As far as bells & whistles, there was a very impressive looking alcohol-fueled hallucination sequence that started with some rotating camera footage. Then it got completely bizarre/surreal at which time (I think) they truly captured the dream state.


http://www.antifaith.us/laff.jpg

[SinFiction]

Not an art film, but I just saw it for the first time a couple weeks ago and it's a fucking crime it's not on DVD:

http://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/5/A70-2797

Supposedly Criterion is trying to secure the rights. Dear Lord, I hope so.

Great film that is a total crime that it's not on DVD. One of the best movies ever filmed in Boston. I downloaded it from Amazon of a recommendation from a friend and was glad I did.

[barjockey]

Original Cape Fear on damn i love nasty Mitchum

[thepaulo]

Original Cape Fear on damn i love nasty Mitchum

you will always have a place in my heart for you wondeful avatar of the disappated Oliver Reed...if ever there was a drunken bar jockey it was Oliver Reed.

I recently watched the Dvd on Night of the Hunter....What a beautiful film.

[CHUCKWAGONCOOK]

I miss you PaulO. :down: Let's get together next sunday. Please!

[barjockey]

you will always have a place in my heart for you wondeful avatar of the disappated Oliver Reed...if ever there was a drunken bar jockey it was Oliver Reed.

I recently watched the Dvd on Night of the Hunter....What a beautiful film.

Night of the Hunter was great. I watched Gladiator the other night, Oliver Reed was the same kind of drunkin' brawler I used to be.

[west milly Tom]

Pi.

[thepaulo]

Pi.

of course...that's why we are all waiting on The Wrestler.


(Oliver Reed is my hero.)

[thepaulo]

I miss you PaulO. :down: Let's get together next sunday. Please!


Chuckwagon is my hero.

[WampusCrandle]

great British film, and a favorite of mine:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/8/82/Blow-Up_DVD.jpg

[barjockey]

Polanskis "Knife in the Water"

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[torker]

:help: I'm trying to think of the name of a movie where a guy's hair grows inwards and he has a big hair growing through the roof of his mouth.

[Drew_C]

This isn't an Indie Film or anything but it does deal with movies and have literally kept me reading for about 3 days now. I don't know if this has been mentioned or discussed here but I stumbled on this page http://www.mjyoung.net/time/index.htm it deals with movies and it seems appropriate for the the Movie Nerds Only threads.

[thepaulo]

I thought it was in this threas but it's not....
what are the two japanese animated films about Hiroshima?
Something Gen

something Fireflies

[thepaulo]

never mind.....
Barefoot Gen
Grave of the Fireflies

[burrben]

harold and maude is on TCM @ 1145 tonight. just thought id spread the word, if anyones interested

[llc]

I own that movie on DVD and still watched it. I love that movie. I also own Hal Ashby's first movie The Landlord which is forgotten but really well made movie about race relations.

Question? What genre does Harold and Maude fall into? a dark comedy, populism, or screwball romantic comedy?

[thepaulo]

I own that movie on DVD and still watched it. I love that movie. I also own Hal Ashby's first movie The Landlord which is forgotten but really well made movie about race relations.

Question? What genre does Harold and Maude fall into? a dark comedy, populism, or screwball romantic comedy?


dark camedy....

spent a lot of time with The Last of Shelia last week...written by Stephen Sondeim and Anthony Perkins.....infamously confusing mystery.

this week I have the 25th aniversary edition of Shock Treatment.

[burrben]

chaplin's city lights is on tcm at midnight (or shortly thereafter)

probs my fav chaplin film, though ive always had a place in my heart for "the circus"

[thepaulo]

chaplin's city lights is on tcm at midnight (or shortly thereafter)

probs my fav chaplin film, though ive always had a place in my heart for "the circus"

TCM did a little feature about a punkrock girl getting a TCM tat.

[realmenhatelife]

TCM did a little feature about a punkrock girl getting a TCM tat.

And the one Saturday she took a walk to Zipperhead.

[burrben]

"all about my mother" is on sundance right now.

kinda gay, kinda awesome.

love almodovar

[thepaulo]

"all about my mother" is on sundance right now.

kinda gay, kinda awesome.

love almodovar

Isn't it the follow up film Talk To Her that has the giant vagina....I'll never get it out of my head.

[burrben]

Isn't it the follow up film Talk To Her that has the giant vagina....I'll never get it out of my head.

Talk to Her is my favorite almodovar film. and yes, a man decides to live in a giant vagina. thats the beauty of almodovar, the way he can mix the absurd with the serious, like a gay spanish billy wilder.

[barjockey]

John Ford marathon on TCM. Starting at 10 est witn Stagecoach:king:

[thepaulo]

I'd like to see Lost Patrol (1934) again. Check it out. Boris Karloff is awesome as a unstable religious fanatic in a foreign legion type setting.

[IamFogHat]

:bye: Have nothing to add, but this thread always bothered me, and I wanted to say hi to Paul as a film nerd with nothing constructive to say.

[thepaulo]

:bye: Have nothing to add, but this thread always bothered me, and I wanted to say hi to Paul as a film nerd with nothing constructive to say.

You say you're a film nerd. Come back when you have proof.

[barjockey]

I'd like to see Lost Patrol (1934) again. Check it out. Boris Karloff is awesome as a unstable religious fanatic in a foreign legion type setting.

Nice :thumbup:

[burrben]

thursday night (june 4) on turner classic movies

ingmar bergman marathon.

8pm - interview on dick cavett show
9pm - the seventh seal
10:45 pm - wild strawberries
12:30am - PERSONA :thumbup:
2:00am - HOUR OF THE WOLF :thumbup:
3:45am the passion of anna

theyre showing two of my favorite films ever made back to back.

this shall be the greatest night ever

i think i just came a little

[thepaulo]

thursday night (june 4) on turner classic movies

ingmar bergman marathon.

8pm - interview on dick cavett show
9pm - the seventh seal
10:45 pm - wild strawberries
12:30am - PERSONA :thumbup:
2:00am - HOUR OF THE WOLF :thumbup:
3:45am the passion of anna

theyre showing two of my favorite films ever made back to back.

this shall be the greatest night ever

i think i just came a little

The Dick Cavett interview got me wet.

[TheMojoPin]

Finally out on DVD courtesy of Criterion:

http://www.elmoreleonard.com/images/uploads/eddie-coyles-friends-20090315112042506_640w-1.jpg

[thepaulo]

Finally out on DVD courtesy of Criterion:

http://www.elmoreleonard.com/images/uploads/eddie-coyles-friends-20090315112042506_640w-1.jpg

I noticed that.
Every time I see early Peter Boyle I am always impressed.

[barjockey]

thursday night (june 4) on turner classic movies

ingmar bergman marathon.

8pm - interview on dick cavett show
9pm - the seventh seal
10:45 pm - wild strawberries
12:30am - PERSONA :thumbup:
2:00am - HOUR OF THE WOLF :thumbup:
3:45am the passion of anna

theyre showing two of my favorite films ever made back to back.

this shall be the greatest night ever

i think i just came a little

I got the DVR set. TCM and FXM are the best:clap:

[burrben]

I got the DVR set. TCM and FXM are the best:clap:

:thumbup:

ive been talking this up to everyone i know.

[barjockey]

A Day at the Races at 6:00 TCM. I got a cold/flu so its movie night for me!:blink:

[barjockey]

Looking forward to "Hour of the Wolf" never saw that one. I'm a lollygagger:tongue:

[burrben]

Looking forward to "Hour of the Wolf" never saw that one. I'm a lollygagger:tongue:

its the one im looking forward to also. ive only seen it once but it left quite an impression.

*triva* bergman wrote a script called "the cannibals" when he was recovering from an illness and that script eventually became "hour of the wolf" and "persona"

[thepaulo]

Has anyone seen Cries and Whispers....
I may be crazy but I seem to vividly remeber a scene where Ingrid Thulin slashes at her vagina with broken glass while staring contempuously at her sister Liv Ullmann.

[burrben]

Has anyone seen Cries and Whispers....
I may be crazy but I seem to vividly remeber a scene where Ingrid Thulin slashes at her vagina with broken glass while staring contempuously at her sister Liv Ullmann.

yeah. thats in there. i was watching it with my mom on sundance once and that scene made me very uncomfortable.

the main thing i remember from that film was the fantastic use of the color red

[burrben]

its orson welles night on tcm. the lady from shanghai is on now, but i watched it a couple weeks ago so im skipping it. BUT the magnificent ambersons is on at midnight and i cant watch that film enough. its not even his best effort but i love it.

[jab]

its orson welles night on tcm. the lady from shanghai is on now, but i watched it a couple weeks ago so im skipping it. BUT the magnificent ambersons is on at midnight and i cant watch that film enough. its not even his best effort but i love it.

they better show transformers the movie.

[thepaulo]

That Obscure Object of Desire on IFC last night....
Bunnel is always uniquely disturbing.

[thepaulo]

It's 2am On Friday Night And Tcm Has Faster Pussycat Kill Kill
And It's In Black And White

[thepaulo]

man on wire
tomorrow on Sundance

[thepaulo]

not a movie....but definately a big nerd cult item,,,,,
the Prisoner Tv show from the 60's is being shown on IFC tonight

[thepaulo]

someone made me think of French thrillers which brought to mind High Tension and Witha Friend Like Harry

http://gatochy.blogspot.com/2008/09/haute-tension.html

[Patient zer0]

Oh hi paulo

[thepaulo]

Oh hi paulo

oh hi zero

[Patient zer0]

oh hi zero

Oh your saying hi now.
Snob!

[biggestmexi]

Oh your saying hi now.
Snob!

ha he showed you the other day.


he should have just told you to fuck off.

jeesh

[Patient zer0]

ha he showed you the other day.


he should have just told you to fuck off.

jeesh

X2

[thepaulo]

Oh your saying hi now.
Snob!

I see myself more as a mental incompetant.

[thepaulo]

ha he showed you the other day.


he should have just told you to fuck off.

jeesh

Never...we have finally found each other again.

What did I do now?

[Patient zer0]

I see myself more as a mental incompetant.
Agreed.

Anyways. I have hijacked this thread. Back to the movie nerd talk

[thepaulo]

Agreed.

Anyways. I have hijacked this thread. Back to the movie nerd talk

okay....I will probably join all of you later in one of the other degenerate threads.

[thepaulo]

it's nearly impossible to keep t of all track of all the indies....
I did happen to catch a weird little college sex comedy called I Hope They Sell Beer in Hell....cliched and offbeat at the same time.,,,at least it was a little unpredictable,,,
I'd reccommend it

[Chigworthy]

Bunny Lake is Missing from TCM on demand. Carol Lynley was hot. How did early 60's bras turn every tit into a missile?

[thepaulo]

Bunny Lake is Missing from TCM on demand. Carol Lynley was hot. How did early 60's bras turn every tit into a missile?

another weird one from that nut Otto Preminger

[Chigworthy]

another weird one from that nut Otto Preminger

I liked it. By today's standards, it would be easy to find the film as small in scope, but it seems like it touched on some pretty dark material for the early 60's. I enjoyed the way the shots in the hospital basement were set up, which for the time where very long.

[thepaulo]

I liked it. By today's standards, it would be easy to find the film as small in scope, but it seems like it touched on some pretty dark material for the early 60's. I enjoyed the way the shots in the hospital basement were set up, which for the time where very long.

some of Preminger's films have some rough edges that make me uncomfortable...not Laura though

[thepaulo]

TCM did an interesting experiment this morning.
They played The Miracle Worker with narration for the blind.
The film is about the blind deaf girl Helen Keller.

[thepaulo]

Darling with Julie Christie
Cannibal the Musical by Trey Parker
The Bridge.....is it ghoulish or compassionate?

[Chigworthy]

Darling with Julie Christie
Cannibal the Musical by Trey Parker
The Bridge.....is it ghoulish or compassionate?

The bridge is both, but heavier on the ghoulism, which doesn't bother me in the least. It's a very ghoulish and very interesting subject

[JPMNICK]

The bridge is both, but heavier on the ghoulism, which doesn't bother me in the least. It's a very ghoulish and very interesting subject

i agree on this one, creepy and weird, but interesting and not something i would have ever know if not for this film

[StanUpshaw]

I don't see how The Bridge is any more ghoulish than any other doc focused on tragic events.


I saw Cannibal! a long time ago... I don't recall it being anything noteworthy.

[Chigworthy]

I don't see how The Bridge is any more ghoulish than any other doc focused on tragic events.




Neither do I. I've also never heard anyone claim it is.

[thepaulo]

I don't see how The Bridge is any more ghoulish than any other doc focused on tragic events.


I saw Cannibal! a long time ago... I don't recall it being anything noteworthy.


The commentary is interesting and informative on this recent reissue of Cannibal.

It was just a question, but the Bridge does cross a line. I think though that I approve of the fact that they crossed the line.

[StanUpshaw]

What is unique about The Bridge though? That they decided to cover a series of deaths before they happened, rather than after?

No one claims a news crew is being ghoulish and exploitative if they go and film someone threatening to jump off a bridge.

It's all the same information. I don't know a documentary is held to a different standard.

[thepaulo]

Similarities between Blowup, Blowout and the Conversation. Discuss.

[thepaulo]

Has anyone seen Francis For Coppola's Youth Without Youth"
I'd like to discuss it.

[thepaulo]

Has anyone seen Francis For Coppola's Youth Without Youth"
I'd like to discuss it.

How about Tetro?

[S0S]

As Ron & Fez & Chris discussed yesterday,

What are your favorite stunts in movies?

[underdog]

As Ron & Fez & Chris discussed yesterday,

What are your favorite stunts in movies?

Jodie Foster.

[StanUpshaw]

I love anything involving a bridge and train.

Bridge on the River Kwai
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The General
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[Section 8]

I'm a HUGE Jackie Chan fan. I couldn't make up my mindas to which of his stunts I like most. Here's a video of Jackie's personal top 10, as listed from his book released in 1999.

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[thepaulo]

I'm freaking out///I'm watching a Elvis Presley movie on TCM I never heard of
Stay Away Joe
He's some kind of Mexican or Indian rancher.
It's like finding the Dead Sea Scrolls.

[thepaulo]

Who's the best British cowboy? John Cleese, Alan Rickman or Jeremy Irons.

[thepaulo]

Who's the best British cowboy? John Cleese, Alan Rickman or Jeremy Irons.

I forgot Michael Gambon

[StanUpshaw]

Ian McShane

[thepaulo]

Ian McShane
those motherfucking British cowboys

[thepaulo]

http://www.goldencobawards.com/index.php?sid=47479&lang=en

looks interesting

[thepaulo]

I geeked out on Scorsese's My Voyage to Italy the other day...
One of the best cinema lessons ever.

[Beelzebub]

Any of you filthy animals get a chance to catch Enter the Void (http://trailers.apple.com/trailers/independent/enterthevoid/)?

I've seen I Stand Alone and Irreversible, not sure if this is the third installment or a separate story.

Regards,

Pigs.

[thepaulo]

Wow...it's 150 minutes.

[thepaulo]

the extras on The Royal Tannenbaums are retarded.

[thepaulo]

the newly expanded and restored Metropolis is debuting on TCM right now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PAdQ5anhZE

[Willmore]

the newly expanded and restored Metropolis is debuting on TCM right now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PAdQ5anhZE

Wasn't like 1/3 of that movie lost? Cut a random 30-40 minutes from Godfather, and do you still have a half-good movie? I doubt it. Sure, it was groundbreaking for the themes and ideas it depicted, but the film itself is a pretty dull affair with almost no sensible plot line.

[Furtherman]

the newly expanded and restored Metropolis is debuting on TCM right now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PAdQ5anhZE

Wasn't like 1/3 of that movie lost? Cut a random 30-40 minutes from Godfather, and do you still have a half-good movie? I doubt it. Sure, it was groundbreaking for the themes and ideas it depicted, but the film itself is a pretty dull affair with almost no sensible plot line.

I saw this newest, and most complete version in the theater earlier this year. More of the film was found recently in South America (I think it was Rio) in an old movie house. The owner of the theater had bought an original print when it was first released. There is still about small percentage of it lost, but that only comes down to a few minutes of film, and there are title cards inserted as to what is going on.

It's an excellent version, much better and filled out that any previous versions.

[thepaulo]

Wasn't like 1/3 of that movie lost? Cut a random 30-40 minutes from Godfather, and do you still have a half-good movie? I doubt it. Sure, it was groundbreaking for the themes and ideas it depicted, but the film itself is a pretty dull affair with almost no sensible plot line.

This is one of the best silent films ever.
Your feelings about the silent film experience is affected by two things.
The viewing experience is so alien to what we are use to now it can be a mind trip.
It is also affected by your interest and desire to experience a part of history.

(On a side note, if you like mind altering drugs, I think this would be an excellent choice to chill to.)

[thepaulo]

In the middle of all this oscar frenzy, I have to take a moment to post this

Orson Wells unseen film

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2011/jan/23/orson-welles-last-film-release

[Willmore]

This is one of the best silent films ever.
Your feelings about the silent film experience is affected by two things.
The viewing experience is so alien to what we are use to now it can be a mind trip.
It is also affected by your interest and desire to experience a part of history.

(On a side note, if you like mind altering drugs, I think this would be an excellent choice to chill to.)

All creative mediums are constantly evolving.

Watch a greek play the way it was performed in the 5th century BC and you will be bored to death. Even though the themes are not that much different from present days, perhaps even grittier and more interesting, but the technique simply doesn't exist. The technique evolved through the middle ages, eventually hitting upon Shakespeare and the French playwrights and directors of the 18th century, to the Russians, Americans and Brits in the 19th and 20th century, until it reached just about the limit of its medium sometime in the mid-20th century.

Look at paintings. The prehistoric stick figures are shit. Historically significant shit, but still shit. The two-dimensional religious icons of the first 10 centuries are pretty much identical to one another. However, the techniques evolved through the centuries, eventually leading to realistic scenes, fantastic portraits and then into the expressionist and abstract forms to advance the art form.

Music. The religious chants of monks are the most boring thing you would be liable to hear, I'm sure there are samples on the internet. It did evolve to the majestic classical music of Bach, and then to Mozart and Beethoven, then to Tchaikovsky and Elgar, then to Mahler and Shostakovich. And then the evolution to popular music.

Novels. Read Cervantez, I dare you to get through Don Quixote.

The same with film. Sure, Metropolis holds my interest as one of the first films, and certainly one that was revolutionary in the techniques used, the science fiction themes, never before seen. But because the picture is hamstrung by the limitations of technology, the overacting still present from theatrical roots, the plot that doesn't have the nuances that novels had already evolved, but were still not present in film.

And you can already see those evolutions in video games. The games of the 80s and early 90s were horribly written, technologically unimaginative and just plain boring. Not all, you could find hours of entertainment in them if you wanted, I spent weeks on end playing some games. But looking back on the gaming experience of those days and those that are out now, it's night and day. Heavy Rain uses brilliant storytelling techniques that Christopher Noland would be proud of, some games are so gorgeous, they could be exhibited in art galleries for their artistic merits, others have the visceral action experiences that no film could replicate through purely voyeuristic techniques.

[thepaulo]

All creative mediums are constantly evolving.

Watch a greek play the way it was performed in the 5th century BC and you will be bored to death. Even though the themes are not that much different from present days, perhaps even grittier and more interesting, but the technique simply doesn't exist. The technique evolved through the middle ages, eventually hitting upon Shakespeare and the French playwrights and directors of the 18th century, to the Russians, Americans and Brits in the 19th and 20th century, until it reached just about the limit of its medium sometime in the mid-20th century.

Look at paintings. The prehistoric stick figures are shit. Historically significant shit, but still shit. The two-dimensional religious icons of the first 10 centuries are pretty much identical to one another. However, the techniques evolved through the centuries, eventually leading to realistic scenes, fantastic portraits and then into the expressionist and abstract forms to advance the art form.

Music. The religious chants of monks are the most boring thing you would be liable to hear, I'm sure there are samples on the internet. It did evolve to the majestic classical music of Bach, and then to Mozart and Beethoven, then to Tchaikovsky and Elgar, then to Mahler and Shostakovich. And then the evolution to popular music.

Novels. Read Cervantez, I dare you to get through Don Quixote.

The same with film. Sure, Metropolis holds my interest as one of the first films, and certainly one that was revolutionary in the techniques used, the science fiction themes, never before seen. But because the picture is hamstrung by the limitations of technology, the overacting still present from theatrical roots, the plot that doesn't have the nuances that novels had already evolved, but were still not present in film.

And you can already see those evolutions in video games. The games of the 80s and early 90s were horribly written, technologically unimaginative and just plain boring. Not all, you could find hours of entertainment in them if you wanted, I spent weeks on end playing some games. But looking back on the gaming experience of those days and those that are out now, it's night and day. Heavy Rain uses brilliant storytelling techniques that Christopher Noland would be proud of, some games are so gorgeous, they could be exhibited in art galleries for their artistic merits, others have the visceral action experiences that no film could replicate through purely voyeuristic techniques.

I hate Evolution.

[Willmore]

I hate Evolution.

I blame Darwin. The fucker invented it. Before that, shit just stayed the same forever.

[thepaulo]

I blame Darwin. The fucker invented it. Before that, shit just stayed the same forever.

I know

[KingModem]

For lack of a better place to post this, it goes here:

Anyone ever seen the Oscar Nominated Short Documentary Film nominees in a given year? The theater down the street from my house had a 4 hour marathon of the 2011 documentary shorts on Sunday morning/afternoon, and I found it to be most enjoyable.

The winner, in my opinion for 2011 will be "The Warriors from Quigong". It is easy to see that dragging this into a full length feature documentary would be tiresome, so the 38 minutes it told its story and the successes that followed was a perfect story.

Anyhow, all five films were great, and I hope that I have the chance to do this every year from here on out.

[BustahMyTool]

For lack of a better place to post this, it goes here:

Anyone ever seen the Oscar Nominated Short Documentary Film nominees in a given year? The theater down the street from my house had a 4 hour marathon of the 2011 documentary shorts on Sunday morning/afternoon, and I found it to be most enjoyable.

The winner, in my opinion for 2011 will be "The Warriors from Quigong". It is easy to see that dragging this into a full length feature documentary would be tiresome, so the 38 minutes it told its story and the successes that followed was a perfect story.

Anyhow, all five films were great, and I hope that I have the chance to do this every year from here on out.

With our new influx of Chinese board members, I think it would be good for all of us to see "Warriors from Quigong" to understand our new friends' culture better

[thepaulo]

With our new influx of Chinese board members, I think it would be good for all of us to see "Warriors from Quigong" to understand our new friends' culture better

I've watched video compilations regularly and they are regularly amazing.

[Philly Franko]

Des True Grit count ? the ending sucked...I will see some of the movies and Docs mentioned above...

[thepaulo]

Des True Grit count ? the ending sucked...I will see some of the movies and Docs mentioned above...

True Grit 2010 ending is substantially different than True Grit 1969

[safira218]

Apparently the wiseacres didn't see the sign at the door......
No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service.

Now get your asses out of here and stay out.

Now to return to the original intent....
I also spent some time with The Pawnbroker.....
I know this is shown in film and History classes so many of you were probably required to see this to fill time in the classroom....This is a pretty raw film for 1964 and Rod Steiger is generally held in high esteem for this performance...

[IamFogHat]

Now to return to the original intent....
I also spent some time with The Pawnbroker.....
I know this is shown in film and History classes so many of you were probably required to see this to fill time in the classroom....This is a pretty raw film for 1964 and Rod Steiger is generally held in high esteem for this performance...

You should change your name dude, this is a dark time for new people with numbers in their names.

[Judge Smails]

You should change your name dude, this is a dark time for new people with numbers in their names.

I'm skeptical about this guy anyways. The links in his sig seem fishy to me.

[IamFogHat]

I'm skeptical about this guy anyways. The links in his sig seem fishy to me.

Oh yeah, good point.

[thepaulo]

Now to return to the original intent....
I also spent some time with The Pawnbroker.....
I know this is shown in film and History classes so many of you were probably required to see this to fill time in the classroom....This is a pretty raw film for 1964 and Rod Steiger is generally held in high esteem for this performance...

Now to return to the original intent....
you are correct sir

[disneyspy]

I'm skeptical about this guy anyways. The links in his sig seem fishy to me.

and he uses elipsesis' i dont trust people that cant finish a sentence

[Dell]

and he uses elipsesis' i dont trust people that cant finish a sentence

damn bot needs to get its own gimmick...

[disneyspy]

Spammer!!

[thepaulo]

.....I......maybe......don't......if I.......could......somehow.....only.....

[disneyspy]

.....I......maybe......don't......if I.......could......somehow.....only.....

get your shit together man,this is the internet! dammit!

[thepaulo]

Sense cannot make. Hard are sentences do to.

[thepaulo]

I'm doing so much movie nerd stuff I never post it.
Today I'm checking into the origins of cinema

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuAWbtqa8Ls

[thepaulo]

there's too many mumblecore movies to wade through but I did enjoy something called Nights and Weekends.
It's like an even more lowkey and raw Blue Valentine
The main reason I mention it is because I'm getting a crush on gawky girl Greta Gerwig.
I've seen about 10 of her movies and I like her in everything.
She did star turns with Ben Stiller in Greenberg and Arthur with Russell Brand
She can do weird cute glamorous. She has talent.

[antifaith]

there's too many mumblecore movies to wade through but I did enjoy something called Nights and Weekends.

i haven't gotten to this one yet cuz at some point months ago i had to make myself stop watching those

they were all i watched (streaming) for a while and i would always be mad at myself afterwards

you know, cuz i only had time for mebbe one movie a week and why didn't i watch something i knew to be more fulfilling?

that sorta thing

but i think that was the next one on my list (queue)


It's like an even more lowkey and raw Blue Valentine

i'll keep that in mind


The main reason I mention it is because I'm getting a crush on gawky girl Greta Gerwig.
I've seen about 10 of her movies and I like her in everything.
She did star turns with Ben Stiller in Greenberg

yeah we saw her in Greenberg first


She has talent.

i'm still not entirely sure she does

but she has some kinda appeal to her

and didn't you feel kinda bad for her when she had to pull that towel lint offa her nipples cuz the crew forgot to wash them (the towels..) first?

come on

i know you saw that one

tho i can't remember the name of it right now

there were so many of them i watched (tho i think you have me beat with ten)


it was nice to hear your voice last week

sure wish i coulda heard more of what you called to talk about tho..
:glurps:

[Chigworthy]

there's too many mumblecore movies to wade through but I did enjoy something called Nights and Weekends.
It's like an even more lowkey and raw Blue Valentine
The main reason I mention it is because I'm getting a crush on gawky girl Greta Gerwig.
I've seen about 10 of her movies and I like her in everything.
She did star turns with Ben Stiller in Greenberg and Arthur with Russell Brand
She can do weird cute glamorous. She has talent.

She's a wobbler.

[thepaulo]

It's Lon Chaney Sr day at TCM today and I'm very excited

[Manning, Esq.]

One thousand faces?!? Yeah, right. Name 'em.

Alright, anyone who gets a nod from Zevon is okay in my book.

[thepaulo]

One thousand faces?!? Yeah, right. Name 'em.

Alright, anyone who gets a nod from Zevon is okay in my book.

Andam Sandler did a respectful and respectable cover of Werewolves of London

[thepaulo]

I'm being nerdy again.
I just saw War Hunt introducing Robert Redford and it was pretty good for 1962.

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[realmenhatelife]

Greta Gerwig is gawky? Motherfuckers have some high standards these days.

[thepaulo]

Greta Gerwig is gawky? Motherfuckers have some high standards these days.



I'm into gawky.

[cougarjake13]

Greta Gerwig is gawky? Motherfuckers have some high standards these days.



pics

[thepaulo]

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[Pitdoc]

One of the few movies that Greta Gerwig headlines on the poster . Heard some good things about it, but it seemed too much a chick flick to go see while I was in town ..

[thepaulo]

http://www.tcm.com/summer/#/toshiro-mifune

Toshiro Mifune day tomorrow on TCM which means lots of Samurai.

[thepaulo]

What two things do Full Metal Jacket, Apocalypse Now and Boys from Company C have in common?

[sailor]

army and ermey?

[thepaulo]

army and ermey?

hee hee

[PapaBear]

What two things do Full Metal Jacket, Apocalypse Now and Boys from Company C have in common?

army and ermey?
Neither of those movies are about the Army.

[thepaulo]

Neither of those movies are about the Army.

he made a funny. I never nitpic.