gmanyo Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 So should I. I have a whole bunch of movies I need to watch actually, but it just takes too much time. Music is so much easier to get through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atop Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Reading books is even more time consuming! Well worth it though.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bubba69 Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Hard Eight is a good place to start, Reilly at the very beginning of his career. The film technique develops from there, cinematography, story structure, dialog, etc. Agree. Great fucking movie. hoffman and reilly both shined in that movie, also sam jackson in that movie is phenomenal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pattern recognition Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 I should see magnolia you should definitely see Magnolia Yes, yes you should see Magnolia. it's a great movie, and aimee mann can be infectious: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bNbTC6xLVg0 the love story between john c reilly and melora walters is a special one, to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmanyo Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Reading books is even more time consuming! Well worth it though.... Yeah, but it's easier to do in multiple sittings, and in your spare time between things. If I'm gonna watch a movie it has to be completely dark and I can't have any distractions, and I like to do it in one sitting. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atop Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 I do as well. Watching films in sections can take away from the flow of the film but sometimes it is necessary for epic films, hence when they used to have intermissions at theatres. The one I remember the most was during 'Gandhi'. I actually saw the whole thing in the theatre when I was young. Patience is a virtue. I am starting to lose my patience the older I get. Thank you internet, adverts, and high expectations for myself! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumpenprol Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 i don't get comparing Anderson to Kubrick, really. Anderson is much warmer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gary C Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 i don't get comparing Anderson to Kubrick, really. Anderson is much warmer. Obviously, it's pretty stupid to compare directors. But I can see similarities in how Anderson creates his more static shots to how Kubrick would. Anderson has more movement, but for me there's something in the mood. Anderson seems to be a true student of cinema, so it's probably no coincidence when his scenes look similar to legendary directors. It's a bit like Tarantino, I guess. He creates pastiche cinema which emulates what he likes best about each genre. It seems to me as though Anderson uses stylistic techniques in the same way, but not enough to make it a gimmick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zaphod Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 seems like each of his movies is an homage to a different director. boogie nights was scorsese, magnolia was altman, twbb is kubrick. but i'm drunk right now and probably full of shit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lumpenprol Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 If you're full of shit it's interesting shit. How about Punch Drunk Love? Certainly Kubrick would never have made a film like Magnolia. It's almost offensively sappy. Kubrick is all "look at the petty foibles of Man", while PTA is all "look at the petty foibles of my really endearing unique misfit characters." Most of Kubrick's characters are fairly flat stand-ins for the viewer, like Dave in 2001, or Joker in FMJ...although an interesting comparison could be made between Alex in A Clockwork Orange and Plainview in TWBB...but yet again, Alex is just sort of a foil to allow for Kubrick's/Burgess' social critique, whereas I don't think PTA has much of a social critique...he seems to think we're all pretty fucked up regardless of larger social forces...Which is probably why I enjoy PTA movies more, although I really love Kubrick's awesome filmmaking skill. Kubrick usually seems to be about Some Greater/Hidden Power That Controls Man (whether the govt., some secret society, a monolith, or a fucking hotel), which is all well and good but... Plus PTA is much more of an ensemble-based director (except in TWBB). So yeah, I can see TWBB as his homage to Kubrick. And I guess Kubrick's most PTA-like movie would be...Barry Lyndon? It's his most ensemble-ish, and doesn't have as much of a Big Point... Yeah I'm a bit drunk too atm... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Gary C Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Everything you just said, lump. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 There are some pretty obvious visual and even structural homages to Kubrick in TWWB, especially 2001. I'd almost feel stupid pointing them out, because they're so obviously intentional. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kakapo Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 I don't have anything against Anderson, though Boogie Nights is a bit shit too, but Magnolia is by far the worst film I've ever seen. Attack of the Clones has more merit. I'm always amazed by the love it gets. It's like if you raised some children and enrolled them in film studies 101, but never actually let them watch a film ever, this is the pile of shit they would turn out if they were then tasked with making something. Just awful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremymacgregor87 Posted April 11, 2012 Author Share Posted April 11, 2012 pfff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Candiru Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 LOL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atop Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 'Punch Drunk Love' is an hommage to Mike Nichols. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zaphod Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 I don't have anything against Anderson, though Boogie Nights is a bit shit too, but Magnolia is by far the worst film I've ever seen. Attack of the Clones has more merit. I'm always amazed by the love it gets. It's like if you raised some children and enrolled them in film studies 101, but never actually let them watch a film ever, this is the pile of shit they would turn out if they were then tasked with making something. Just awful. and people think i'm negative Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takeshi Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 I always thought There Will Be Blood was more of an homage to Terrence Malick's films. But there's still a lot of Altman, and some Kubrick, in there too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 I always thought There Will Be Blood was more of an homage to Terrence Malick's films. But there's still a lot of Altman, and some Kubrick, in there too. but there's an actual story to twbb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baph Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 And Plainview's monologue about having a competition in him wasn't a 6 minute wistful voiceover ending in a question to god Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Mirezzi Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 Great thread. *fap fap fap fap fap fap fap* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jules Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 and there are no curtains blowing in a window Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
takeshi Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 lol Fuck you guys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest zaphod Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 yeah and there aren't any women or sexuality oh wait- Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atop Posted April 11, 2012 Share Posted April 11, 2012 And Plainview's monologue about having a competition in him wasn't a 6 minute wistful voiceover ending in a question to god Mother...... I saw you....... Your eyes............ You lied to me....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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