28 Film Discussion Threads Later

**balmakboor** · 11-26-2010, 12:34 PM

Quoting Duncan (view post)

I've seen The Captive. Remember liking it at the time, but can't recall much of it. It was the sort of standard feminist setup of a guy keeping a woman in a house, but by the end you're all like, but who was really the captive? A lot of it is shot in intentionally drab taupes and beiges. Still camera, long takes. And then it's punctuated by these really glorious car rides that are kind of dreamy and creepy and sexy.

Sold. Consider it added to my queue.

**balmakboor** · 11-26-2010, 12:37 PM

Quoting Ezee E (view post)

Sitting at the parents' house, watching The Godfather on AMC, and I wonder if I underrate it. I fall in love with it immediately again, and it feels like I'm watching it for the first time all over again, and I get especially pissed when the commercials come on. I should've definitely put it in my tops for the 70's.

Every time I watch it, my love and admiration grows.

The same goes for The Deer Hunter. God what a brilliant piece of work. I took another look yesterday. Now I'm rereading Robin Wood's essay about it. I think he really nailed it.

**balmakboor** · 11-26-2010, 12:46 PM

Speaking of Dielman. Ever since the Eclipse line started, I've been far more interested in what they are releasing than what the main line is putting out. I already own the two Ozu sets and the Alan King set. I've seen the Makavejev and Louis Malle sets. And I really want to go through the Shimizu, Kaurismaki, Fuller, Shepitko, Bernard, Dearden, Klein, and Akerman sets.

So many sets, so little time.

**balmakboor** · 11-27-2010, 03:41 AM

Holy crap I still love Meet Me in St. Louis.

**Ezee E** · 11-28-2010, 12:19 AM

With Beloved on the way, it's random Netflix boost time:

The Man Who Fell To Earth
The Bad Sleep Well
Red Beard
An Angel at my Table
Your Friends & Neighbors
Whip It
Downhill Racer
Born to Kill
A Matter of Life and Death
The Great Silence

**Kurosawa Fan** · 11-28-2010, 12:27 AM

RED BEARD!!!

**Ezee E** · 11-28-2010, 12:29 AM

Two Kurosawas no less. This is why I look forward to random bumping of my queue.

**Derek** · 11-28-2010, 02:11 AM

Quoting Ezee E (view post)

Two Kurosawas no less. This is why I look forward to random bumping of my queue.

I'd like to use my vote to have you remove Whip It from your queue. Otherwise, go with Your Friends & Neighbors so I can hear Boner spout vile things about it again.

**Spaceman Spiff** · 11-28-2010, 02:14 AM

Boner spouting vile things is a sight to see. Just make sure to get out of the way.

**Mara** · 11-28-2010, 02:58 AM

Quoting Spaceman Spiff (view post)

Boner spouting vile things is a sight to see. Just make sure to get out of the way.

If you don't know Boner is a poster, this post is really funny.

**DavidSeven** · 11-28-2010, 06:56 AM

Quoting Derek (view post)

The Town (Affleck, 2010) **½
127 Hours (Boyle, 2010) *

Let's be friends.

**Morris Schæffer** · 11-28-2010, 07:44 AM

Quoting Kurosawa Fan (view post)

RED BEARD!!!

I didn't see Ezee E's prior post so I assumed Red Beard from Rotten Tomatoes posted in this thread and you were so exstatic that you just screamed out the poster's name, as if to welcome his long-overdue arrival on this board.

In actual movie news, I saw Jarhead yesterday. Definitely worth a look, or five thousand looks, but my reaction is pretty much that it doesn't excel in any other area. Or perhaps I just don't want see soldiers being bored off their asses, but kicking asses instead. But again, I was still pretty much engaged all the way through.

What's the consensus on that movie here?

**soitgoes...** · 11-28-2010, 10:37 AM

Fuck me for ignoring Demme's Stop Making Sense for so long. It's quite inexplicable on my part, the soundtrack is one of my favorites that always gets play. I just figured, yeah the music's great, what else could a film bring? Jesus. I'd hate to mention just Demme as the driving force behind this. I don't know exactly where his creative influence starts and stops here, but it's obvious that Byrne was a showman quite unparalleled. Every song offers something new. It never feels boring, not even close. The energy... I could go on breaking down the greatness of each song past the fact that there really isn't a mediocre song in the entirety of the set, how each one is filmed to give a certain uniqueness.

If you have never seen this, even if you aren't a fan of the Talking Heads, find this film and watch it ASAP. I challenge you to not love this film.

**B-side** · 11-28-2010, 10:41 AM

Quoting soitgoes... (view post)

find this film and watch it ASAP

Alright. Downloading now.

**soitgoes...** · 11-28-2010, 10:51 AM

Quoting Brightside (view post)

Alright. Downloading now.

:lol:

Uh oh. No, I stand by my comment that I challenge you not to love this.

**B-side** · 11-28-2010, 10:55 AM

Quoting soitgoes... (view post)

:lol:

Uh oh. No, I stand by my comment that I challenge you not to love this.

I like Talking Heads, and I like having fun. I'm going to start it in about 5 minutes.

**soitgoes...** · 11-28-2010, 10:57 AM

Quoting Brightside (view post)

I like Talking Heads, and I like having fun. I'm going to start it in about 5 minutes.

You're golden then. I'm off to bed, but I expect some sort of blurb on your reaction to read tomorrow.

**B-side** · 11-28-2010, 10:58 AM

Quoting soitgoes... (view post)

You're golden then. I'm off to bed, but I expect some sort of blurb on your reaction to read tomorrow.

Will do.

**Boner M** · 11-28-2010, 11:11 AM

Quoting baby doll (view post)

Let's wait until I see it first.

Quoting baby doll (view post)

News From Home (Chantal Akerman, 1977) / **

**Morris Schæffer** · 11-28-2010, 12:22 PM

Just bought Robert Aldrich's Emperor of the North with Lee Fuckin Marvin, Ernest Fuckin Borgnine, and Keith Fuckin Carradine. Anyone seen this? It's a favorite of mine, but God it's been so long since I've seen it.

**B-side** · 11-28-2010, 12:31 PM

Well, that was a ton of fun. I'm not sure how much Demme and his crew added to the experience, but Byrne can play the hell out of an acoustic guitar, and the whole band was a blast to watch. My only complaint is that I didn't care for the performance of "Once in a Lifetime." Obviously a very minor complaint.

**Ezee E** · 11-28-2010, 01:04 PM

Quoting Morris Schæffer (view post)

I didn't see Ezee E's prior post so I assumed Red Beard from Rotten Tomatoes posted in this thread and you were so exstatic that you just screamed out the poster's name, as if to welcome his long-overdue arrival on this board.

In actual movie news, I saw Jarhead yesterday. Definitely worth a look, or five thousand looks, but my reaction is pretty much that it doesn't excel in any other area. Or perhaps I just don't want see soldiers being bored off their asses, but kicking asses instead. But again, I was still pretty much engaged all the way through.

What's the consensus on that movie here?

I think it's great and not boring at all.

**Sven** · 11-28-2010, 03:08 PM

Quoting Brightside (view post)

My only complaint is that I didn't care for the performance of "Once in a Lifetime." Obviously a very minor complaint.

Come on, the head smack is genius!

**Spinal** · 11-28-2010, 04:44 PM

Yeah, that's pretty much the highlight of the film.

**baby doll** · 11-28-2010, 04:59 PM

Quoting Boner M (view post)

I'll have to watch it again, but on first viewing, I just couldn't get into it.

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