So, what movie did you just watch? (Vol. 8)

Sorry, I'm not sure which ones you're referring to.

 

Real~ a very interesting drama spliced w/ a documentary on Real Madrid. the story follows a recent transplant to Madrid who interviews past Real greats and uses real present day footage as a backstop to the story. certainly worth putting on queue with netflix.

 

I always enjoy this movie.

 

Classic Carpenter.

Here's a hidden gem about that DVD. During the alley way fight scene, turn on the subtitles. Whenever those dudes with the coolie hats start shouting, the subtitles phonetically spells out each grunt like, "hooooo woooo yeeee fooooo"

Funny stuff.

 

Visuals were amazing, but I was constantly creeped out by the fact the main character looked so much like that dwarf from The Tin Drum.

 

I have to like some thing or some one in a movie, or at least find the character interesting. I know that isn't very intellectual, but that is just the way it is. Thankfully, most directors do that in most of their films.

 

Thom Anderson's Los Angeles Plays Itself. Simply put: One of the best documentaries/essay films ever made. Wonderful.

 

Fair enough. Although it's fairly obvious Antonioni made and portrays Dave Hemmings' character in a bad light from the getgo. He infiltrates a homeless shelter to get his pictures, and treats women like commodities. I don't think we are supposed to like him. I personally think he is interesting because he encompasses that swinging sixties artiste personality so well. I also really liked his performance, in other words, I found it easy to watch, every little reaction of body movement was telling enough.

 

I have to admit, Sinead O'Conner was stunning in this flick.



Just about perfect, although I would have added Peter Stormare's woodchipper.

 

You just dug his tight highwaters, you swank.

 

I've got L'Aventtura in the queue. Not giving up on the director just yet.

 

Sample of dialogue from L'Avventura:

Him: I love you!
Her: And I love you!
Him: I love you, I love you.

(pause, woman looks forlorn)

Him: What is it?
Her: I fear that you don't love me.
Me: <chunt, chunt, chunt>*





*Sound of me stabbing myself in my own face with a chef's knife.

 

L'Avventura seems to be a love it or hate it film. Just ask bojednyk. I love it. I love Antonioni though. I am interested to see your reaction.

 

You'll love it. It's a suspense thriller with sex scenes, water action sequences, and even a tornado.

 

A remake/homage to a 1958 drive-in classic from the man who made The Amazing Colossal Man.
Not nearly as bad as it should have been, which isn't to say it was all that good.

 

I haven't finished it but I think even after 30 minutes it is something everybody should watch.

 

Please don't.

It's a typically Artsy European films where the characters express themselves more than you're probably used to. But that doesn't mean the rest of the film isn't stunning in its own right. There's a reason for the sense and mood Antonioni achieved. And I dare you not to fall in love with Monica Vitti. If you get your hands on the Criterion version, make sure to watch with Commentary.

(And watch for the wall)

 

I heard the interview on NPR's fresh air prior to watching it. Are Mexican films predominantly based on making a series of connected narratives that are often romantic?

I saw that and King of Scotland on the same day. Depression followed by manic depression.

 

How was Forrest Whitaker's performance?

 

Best movie of 2006, if this doesn't win the best picture academy award, then the academy has finally lost the plot.

Superior to the original and a masterpice of filmmaking, it's quite an experience.

 

The academy lost the plot a long time ago.

And I found The Departed to be very uneven in quality.

 

when you post jpegs from impawards.com all we see is a black box with the url.

 

Aimless and angst-ridden youths on the lookout for sex in Japan, 1956. Two brothers hit on the same doll. Apparently this picture was quite provocative in its day. Extremely melodramatic ending.

 

The story was written by Shintaro Ishihara,who would become the racist and eco-friendly governor of Tokyo.In another novel,he claimed that a real man has to be able to penetrate rice paper with his p*n*s.Apparently lots of young men then believed and tried it...