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Fresh album, only one track available at the moment, yet colour me interested. Waiting for more to make judgement.
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Can we make lists of Folk Horror films and novels/short stories in this thread? The Wicker Man Midsommar The VVitch A Field in England Short stories by Algernon Blackwood, Lord Dunsany, Arthur Machen, Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne. That's my short list. Tell us what you know!
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Highly underrated band
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So by now some of you guys may know about my obsession with the David Fincher film "The Game" which I went as far as to create multiple tribute albums/alternative soundtracks to (as well as a comprehensive online and IRL scavenger hunt based on the film). Anyway, I thought instead of creating a thread on the film- which I may do as well- that I'd draw focus to the screenwriters John Brancato and Michael Ferris--which not much is known or published about them outside of just their list of credits, at least that I could find. This screenwriting duo who penned the film's story, have a vast resume of films - and they all share a similar thread: very paranoid, conspiratorial thrillers that are usually psychological, often creepy, and typically very mind bending and puzzling. I also think they deserve an IDM award for the types of movies they write. Naturally, the 1997 pair up of Brancato and Ferris with Fincher for The Game was just a dead on perfect move. And adding Michael Douglas as character Van Orton just put the icing on the cake. Here is a list of their films: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Brancato_and_Michael_Ferris What I've been finding most fascinating lately is the detailed connection I discovered between several of their films- namely The Game and Terminator 3: Rise of The Machines... No true spoilers here or anything (soft spoilers at best).. In The Game, fraudulent corporation Consumer Recreation Services are a massive part of the film's focus and the company behind the "game" that Michael Douglas plays. They are referred to in various parts to the film (partial spoiler alert) as CRS - but using different words for the same acronym all under the guise of different offshoots of the same company (Cable Repair Specialists, California Regal Sedans, etc). In Terminator 3: Rise of the Machines, (and for the first time in the series), its revealed that Skynet project's parent company (who built the Terminators themselves) is called Cyber Research Systems which uses the same acronym CRS. There's even a wiki on it: http://terminator.wikia.com/wiki/Cyber_Research_Systems I can't help but think there may be a connection--at the very least a simple nod to the evil corporation theme of Brancato and Ferris' previous films... but possibly even more deep and complex of a link (which would be amazing). I've scourged Google for any published mention of this connection, and found 1 mere sighting where another person mentioned something, but was very surface and wasn't really intentional linking. Either way, it seems hard to imagine these were coincidental, and now I'm on a quest to watch every Brancato/Ferris film to see if there are other threads running through their various screenplays. So far, I've seen The Game, The Net, Catwoman, Terminator 3, Flight of Black Angel, and an episode of The Others. Anyone else familiar with their work, or keen on any of this? p.s. Fun side note- and [spoiler ALERT for both The Net and The Game] In their 95 screenplay for The Net, an evil corporation is also featured- called The Praetorians- computer hackers bent on stealing people's identity and using anti-virus software to actually infect computers with viruses to create mayhem and steal information-- almost identical to the goal of CRS in The Game. (Also, found it pretty cool that the software company Sandra Bullock works for is called Cathedral Software ... ahem... CathedRal Software. I know I know, that's a stretch). p.p.s. this thread is literally the first time I've seen any mention of these screenwriters on the web that i could find (outside of databases, wikipedia's, credits on product pages etc). I know screenwriters are often behind the scenes, but damn, it's crazy to me how obscure these guys seem to be as far as information, etc. I did find their production company website, but it's outdated and seems to be more of just a framework. I was excited to hear their narration on the directors commentary feature of The Game's Criterion Collection edition though. :) -
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Format: CD, (2 X LP) Cat: FILMCD 003 Cat: FILMLP003 1. "Kurrytee (MIDI_2_CV)" 2. "Smit" 3. "Day Aft8r (The_Greyz)" 4. "Poly_Ana Summers" (Schoolyard Surph beat) 5. "Carniblurr Lane 6" 6. "Mixolydian Transition 18" 7. "Kurzweil Dame" 8. "BouheD Trot" 9. "Take 1" 10."Triangulate Dither" (Night More Sleepy version) 11. "Frikandel (The End Bit)" 12. "Yamaha Hill" (edit) 13. "?late ?ither" (Ma8ema8mati7s Afsxissor Nap version) http://www.juno.co.uk/products/brainwaltzera-poly-ana/659017-01/ https://www.redeyerecords.co.uk/vinyl/88199-filmlp003-brainwaltzera-poly-ana-2-x-lp
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1945228/ "An examination of the birth and death of the universe" Narrated By Emma Thompson & Brad Pitt
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Can anyone recommend me movies in the vein of Drive (2011), Maniac (2012), that sort of stuff? I love this kind of dark, rainy, inner city setting. I even started playing Max Payne 2 again because of this. If I'm not mistaken, a lot of this stuff stems from the 50s, but I'm not sure if I'll enjoy, so I'm guessing 70s and up would be best. Thanks a lot! PS. You can recommend games too if you like, Gemini Rue is a great noir adventure / puzzle game
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Read this 2012 article in The New Yorker the other day. This actually seems like one of those long-form avant-garde films that would be really interesting to watch. Has anyone been fortunate enough to see it? Does anyone know of any other interesting long-form films that don't seem like they'd be absolute toss?
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Trailer for David Michod's The Rover is finally out. Animal Kingdom got a lot of love on WATMM so thought it deserved its own thread. No youtube link yet but the trailer can be viewed on their official facebook page. They used the intro from Haxan Cloak's last album https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?v=783656884978045
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Nobody can accuse Shia LaBeouf, erstwhile star of the Transformer movies and burgeoning arthouse adventurer, of not being keen. After revealing that he took acid to prepare for a tripped-out scene in new film The Necessary Death of Charlie Countryman and drank moonshine while filming John Hillcoat's upcoming prohibition tale Lawless, the 26-year-old actor has now claimed he secured a part in Lars von Trier's controversial new film Nymphomaniac by posting sex tapes to the Danish arch-provocateur. The tapes reportedly featured LaBeouf and his girlfriend Karolyn Pho, whose reaction to such salacious material falling into the hands of the most unpredictable film-maker in Europe is at this stage unknown. "I sent him videotapes of me and my girlfriend having sex and that's how I got the job," LaBeouf told late-night US talk show host Chelsea Handler during an appearance on her Chelsea Lately programme. "I don't know what it's gonna be until I get out there. I know he's a very dangerous director; I know we're trying to do something different. It's not your typical film. "Von Trier is promising to release Nymphomaniac in softcore and hardcore versions, with the latter reportedly breaking film-making taboos by including footage of real sex. LaBeouf suggested in a recent interview that body doubles would most likely be used for the film's more salacious scenes, but has also expressed a willingness to follow orders on set, whatever they may be. "There's a disclaimer at the top of the script that basically says we're doing it for real," he told MTV last month. "Everything that is illegal, we'll shoot in blurred images. Other than that, everything is happening. "LaBeouf's willingness to share with Von Trier would appear to be something of a volte-face from his earlier assertion that he'd have to consider Pho's feelings before engaging in real sex on film. In fact, there are so many contradictions in the actor's proclamations on Nymphomaniac that one wonders if he may have picked up a touch of tongue-in-cheek disease from the famously playful director. http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2012/aug/31/shia-labeouf-sex-tape-von-trier-nymphomaniac http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1937390/
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"Based on the true story of Jordan Belfort, from his rise to a wealthy stockbroker living the high life to his fall involving crime, corruption and the federal government." [youtubehd]iszwuX1AK6A[/youtubehd] Leonardo DiCaprio as Jordan Belfort Jonah Hill as Donnie Azoff Matthew McConaughey as Mark Hanna Jean Dujardin as Jean-Jacques Handali Kyle Chandler as Greg Coleman Jon Bernthal as Brad Jon Favreau as Lee Sorkin Cristin Milioti as Teresa Petrillo Rob Reiner as Max Belfort Christine Ebersole as Leah Belfort Margot Robbie as Naomi Lapaglia Kenneth Choi as Walter Joanna Lumley as Aunt Emma Spike Jonze as Dwayne Ethan Suplee as Toby Welch Martin Klebba as Frank Berry Katarina Čas as Chantalle P. J. Byrne as Nicky Koskoff Madison McKinley as Heidi Lord Barry Rothbart as Peter Diblasio http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0993846/
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"A lonely writer develops an unlikely relationship with his newly-purchased operating system that's designed to meet his every need." [youtubehd]rS8zOLOcPMQ&feature=player_embedded[/youtubehd] Joaquin Phoenix as Theodore Amy Adams as Amy Rooney Mara as Catherine Olivia Wilde as Blind date Portia Doubleday as Isabella Sam Jaeger as Dr. Johnson Luka Jones as Mark Lewman Katherine Boecher Scarlett Johansson as Samantha (voice) http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1798709/?ref_=ttco_co_tt
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"The story of a con artist and his partner in crime, who were forced to work with a federal agent to turn the tables on other cons, mobsters, and politicians - namely, the volatile mayor of impoverished Camden, New Jersey." [youtubehd]QhB6o3Dtwjs[/youtubehd] Christian Bale as Irving Rosenfeld, a con artist who is forced to assist the FBI Bradley Cooper as Richie DiMaso, an FBI agent who recruits Irving on the ABSCAM sting operation Amy Adams as Sydney Prosser, Irving's partner in crime and mistress Jeremy Renner as Carmine Polito, the Mayor of Camden, New Jersey Jennifer Lawrence as Rosalyn Rosenfeld, unpredictable wife of Irving Robert De Niro as Victor Tellegio Louis C.K. as Stoddard Thorsen Michael Peña as Paco Hernandez Jack Huston as Pete Musane Elisabeth Röhm as Dolly Polito http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1800241/?ref_=ttco_co_tt
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"From his formative years sculpting alien heads to his recent "jaqapparatus 1" robotic performance-art installation, seminal music video director-turned-artist Chris Cunningham retraces his varied and critically acclaimed career in this personal, self-directed short. One of an elite group of directors alongside Spike Jonze, Michel Gondry and Jonathan Glazer who redefined MTV in the 1990s, Cunningham elevated the pop promo to a burgeoning art form with daring and disturbing music videos for the likes of Aphex Twin, Björk and Madonna. While his peers graduated to the big screen, Cunningham went underground, quit making promos and commercials, and spent the best part of a decade experimenting with fusions of film, music, art and technology that culminated in a string of live audio-visual performances at festivals in Japan and Europe. For "jaqapparatus 1", his first installation unveiled last month at the Audi City London high-tech concept store—a shadowy, sci-fi set involving two laser-firing robots locked in what seemed like a brutal mating ritual-cum-war—Cunningham cast two Talos motion-controlled camera rigs as his anthropomorphized protagonists. “Mounted on the robots heads are powerful lasers which they use to attack, repel and communicate with each other,” explains Cunningham, “a kind of duel, a surreal mating display which sees each machine trying to dominate the other." http://www.nowness.c...m-japapparatus1
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there r obviously films that require multiply viewings for one reason or another and this usually is a sign of their quality or would mean that it is a film that u would recommend or is special to u. so plees, when u find the time, here or there; if u would be so kind as to post the names of films you've watched more then one time and if you can recall, then post the number of times.
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[vimeo]51891660[/vimeo]\ This is going to be good. We put poor Bill Oberst Jr. through the ringer to get this film shot. I did the score. It should be out by Jan-Feb, if not earlier.
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"A medical engineer and an astronaut work together to survive after an accident leaves them adrift in space." [youtubehd]ufsrgE0BYf0[/youtubehd] Sandra Bullock as Dr. Ryan Stone George Clooney as Matt Kowalsky Ed Harris as the voice of Mission Control http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1454468/
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"Subject to divine visions foretelling the end of the world, Noah attempts to tell his people to cease their mistreatment of the earth in order to be saved. No one listens to his warnings, and Noah and his family are cast out to fend for themselves in the wilderness. Noah approaches a race of giant six-armed angels known as the "Watchers" to rally them to his cause." Russell Crowe as Noah Jennifer Connelly as Naameh, Noah's wife Anthony Hopkins as Methuselah, Noah's grandfather Logan Lerman as Ham, Noah's son Douglas Booth as Shem, Noah's son Emma Watson as Ila, Noah's adopted daughter Kevin Durand as an Og, a Watcher who helps Noah and his family Dakota Goyo as Young Noah Ray Winstone as Tubal-cain, Noah's nemesis Marton Csokas as Lamech Madison Davenport as Na'el, the wife of Ham Mark Margolis as Samyaza, a fallen angel Ariane Rinehart as EveGavin Cas http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1959490/
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“TS Spivet” will be the adaptation of Reif Larsen’s beautiful and original book: “The Selected Works of T.S. Spivet.” Besides the superb website, the book is available in paperback and as a download. The adaptation was written by Guillaume Laurant and myself. The film will be shot in english in Canada and the United States, in 3D. Filming will start next spring for a release in October 2013" http://www.jpjeunet....s-of-ts-spivet/ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1981107/ the book http://tsspivet.com/
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"After a collision with a shipping container at sea, a resourceful sailor finds himself, despite all efforts to the contrary, staring his mortality in the face." [youtubehd]Lk_R04LfUQU[/youtubehd] http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2017038/
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there r obviously films that require us to turn them off or walk out or which we regret the time we spent to watch them. we might scorn the individual(s) who recommended such a warm, stinking mass to us, with little room for forgiveness. maybe it caused an uncomfortable evening with a loved one or romantic interest. whatever the case may be, this usually is a sign of a films poor quality, but could also be caused by the viewers poor tastes. so plees, when u find the time, here or there; if u would be so kind as to post the names of films you've watched that you would just as well save others the time in avoiding. films which for one reason or another displeased you.
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http://youtu.be/ZnePdPmxjtE Stephen Hawking, the world’s most famous living scientist, tells his own life story in his own words. Given unprecedented personal access to the physicist, filmmaker Stephen Finnigan delves into memories of Hawking’s student days, recounts his astonishing scientific discoveries, and portrays his struggle against Motor Neurone Disease, with which Hawking, now 71, was first diagnosed at age 21. An intimate and inspiring portrait of a remarkable man. Presented in cooperation with the Edinburgh International Science Festival.
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"An office worker who lives inside fantasy worlds where he gets to live an adventurous life while romancing his co-worker sets off a global journey to fix things when both of their jobs are threatened." [youtubehd]cZZGfux58LI[/youtubehd] Ben Stiller - Walter Mitty Shirley MacLaine - Edna Mitty Kristen Wiig - Cheryl Melhoff Patton Oswalt - eHarmony Counselor/Todd Mahar Adam Scott - Ted Hendricks Kathryn Hahn - Odessa Josh Charles - Phil Melhoff Terence Bernie Hines - Gary Manheim Sean Penn - Sean O'Connell Adrian Martinez http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0359950/?ref_=ttco_co_tt
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http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1853728/ "With the help of his mentor, a slave-turned-bounty hunter sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner"
