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[Taupe Beats]

12 minutes ago, cwmbrancity said:

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Melville doesn't have many films, but Army of Shadows & Le Cercle Rouge are flawless. 

Melville has a ton of films, and frankly I have at least 3 that I'd rank higher than those 2 (Le Silence du la Mer, Les Enfants Terribles, and Le Samourai, in no particular order). Real tempted to add Leon Morin, Priest to that list, too.

With that said, yeah Army of Shadows and Le Cercle Rouge are both great. I think the latter's far better than the former. Something about Army of Shadows feels a bit too showy and theatrical (exactly Melville's forte) for the subject matter. Lino Ventura is all-time great though.

Edited May 22, 2019 by Taupe Beats

[Taupe Beats]

On 5/6/2019 at 1:03 PM, Taupe Beats said:

I got lucky that Austin's showing this. Saw the first portion of Wang Bing's "Dead Souls" last week, catching the rest in weekly installments. So far, it's a masterpiece (I doubt the rest will change that status), and a necessary document about a piece of history woefully unknown. Not an easy watch by any means, but certainly a rewarding one.

Specifically, this film deals with the internment of "rightists" at the Jiabiangou and Mingshui labor camps in Northwestern China in the late 50's. Comparable to Lanzmann's "Shoah", or books such as Solzhenitsyn's "The Gulag Archipelago" series or Dostoevsky's "The House of the Dead".

Finished this last Thursday. Holy shit!

Even though it was originally intended as a single-viewing experience, somehow the 3rd part really stood out. Between the interview with the Cadre (there is a scene from Shoah that begs a very long, detailed compare-and-contrast), the escapee, and the revisits to those still alive (most interviews were shot in 2005-2006), absolutely devastating.

Very thankful I got to see this. Turns out it's also on youtube. Very highly recommended.

[Nebraska]

 

[Enthusiast]

I watched Glass. Why did I watch Glass?

[doorjamb]

ELEKTRO MOSKVA (Dominik Spritzendorfer, 2013)

Pseudodocumentary about early synthesizer development & culture in Russia. Excerpts of interviews with Leon Theremin, secondhand synth resalers, & circuit benders. Nothing hugely mindblowing, but some nifty factoids here & there amid lots of synth porn. Legit knob twiddlers will dig it, I bet.

[cruising for burgers]

2 hours ago, doorjamb said:

ELEKTRO MOSKVA (Dominik Spritzendorfer, 2013)

Pseudodocumentary about early synthesizer development & culture in Russia. Excerpts of interviews with Leon Theremin, secondhand synth resalers, & circuit benders. Nothing hugely mindblowing, but some nifty factoids here & there amid lots of synth porn. Legit knob twiddlers will dig it, I bet.

that reverberation chamber looks dope, added to watchlist! thanks!

[Candiru]

On 5/21/2019 at 12:16 PM, Nebraska said:

good question: i think they're all sort of the same (although maybe the first one is the best in terms of storytelling) imo: the action gets better as they go along but the story doesn't really progress for the better.

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biggest problem with the third one is that it literally goes nowhere storywise except to set up another film so you feel like it was just john wick 2.2

 

I have a good feeling about this one. So far it looks like he's toning down the cartoonishness that he's gone overboard with. I really did not like The Hateful Eight, and thought it was by far his worst film. I mean, even Death Proof had a really great chase scene at the end that justified the rest of the movie. 

[Nebraska]

a classic piece of nollywood filmmaking- the quality of the image above should give you a hint of the quality of filmmaking: basically, not clear, low quality but told with a lot of heart and passion.

the story follows college campus students who are in all kinds of affairs with one another. audio quality made it hard to know what was being said, but from the visual story telling, i was able to tell some of the dudes favored a particular babe (happens to the be very same one i would have favored).

nothing gets to graphic or heated- it's more like this film tried to tone down on any violence. also noticed the soundtrack comprised of mostly reggae music (not complaining) but would've been better to hear some local artists get some shine. 

either way, really disliked the character of 'g money'. what an asshole.

if you wanna see something better than aladdin, i'd say give this film a chance. 

seven badly mixed cassette tapes out of ten

Edited May 24, 2019 by Nebraska

[Nebraska]

cool fake documentary. i know someone that worked with this lady and so i gave it a go. this was my reply:

[cruising for burgers]

Taika Waititi’s live-action Akira movie gets May 2021 release date

he's gonna fuck it up so bad... :^(

 

[iococoi]

1 hour ago, Tim_J said:

Taika Waititi’s live-action Akira movie gets May 2021 release date

he's gonna fuck it up so bad... :^(

 

dear lörd..not akira..

 

Spoiler

whitewashing galore

William Dennis Hunt as Emperor Wang the Perverted

 

Edited May 25, 2019 by iococoi

[bendish]

14 hours ago, Nebraska said:

cool fake documentary. i know someone that worked with this lady and so i gave it a go. this was my reply:

I didnt make it through the trailer

 

[Brisbot]

Dear Hollywood, plz stop live actioning the crap out of classic animated movies.

tho don't care about the disney movies so keep doing that if you want money so bad, and not the good ones like Akira.

[prdctvsm]

9/10

[Brisbot]

On 5/23/2019 at 10:10 AM, Crossword Enthusiast said:

I watched Glass. Why did I watch Glass?

because you liked Split?

[iococoi]

7 hours ago, Brisbot said:

Dear Hollywood, plz stop

 

[Brisbot]

I genuinely wonder if we will see the post-remake-nostalgia era of hollywood in our lifetimes.

And get back to original ideas

[Enthusiast]

11 hours ago, Brisbot said:

because you liked Split?

Yeah probably, Split was ok.

[Brisbot]

4 hours ago, Crossword Enthusiast said:

Yeah probably, Split was ok.

I'm in that same boat. I liked split and have mental note to watch glass at some point, regardless of knowing it's probably going to be the worst in the 'trilogy'. I'll probably ask myself why I watched it after I eventually do as well.

[Enthusiast]

I just watched Burning and enjoyed it quite a bit...I think. 

[bitchroast]

On 5/27/2019 at 3:47 PM, Brisbot said:

I genuinely wonder if we will see the post-remake-nostalgia era of hollywood in our lifetimes.

And get back to original ideas

the films just keep on making money. it’s weird !!!

[Brisbot]

19 hours ago, bitchroast said:

the films just keep on making money. it’s weird !!!

it's both weird and not weird at the same time isn't it?

[bitchroast]

1 minute ago, Brisbot said:

it's both weird and not weird at the same time isn't it?

kind of. it makes me think the answer to the "will hollywood get back to original ideas?" question is, Don't Count On It! 

[Brisbot]

3 minutes ago, bitchroast said:

kind of. it makes me think the answer to the "will hollywood get back to original ideas?" question is, Don't Count On It! 

Speaking of hollywood, you can (almost) always count on Quentin Tarantino to do the original idea thing, or at least an original synthesis of old ideas. His new movie looks great.

And yeah I'm not counting on it. Even if I wanna blame hollywood, remakes rake in a ton of cash naturally and Hollywood is just following that trend.

[Nebraska]

lol @ this movie. it's incredibly over the top and in one of those ways where things are so loud and shaky: and it's one of those ways where at some point you can't really tell what's happening. also, i don't think all the monsters were used well (at least imo).

six and half monsters going psycho out of ten