It's Such a Beautiful Day (Don Hertzfeldt)

[Rowland]

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[Rowland]

A fucking masterpiece.

[Boner M]

Gotta get on this one. Dig the other DH stuff I've seen.

[Ivan Drago]

A fucking masterpiece.

Yeah, this.

[Stay Puft]

Hertzfeldt screened the whole trilogy in Toronto a few months back and I was so sick that day I couldn't get out of bed. I'm still majorly bummed about that.

[Rowland]

Hertzfeldt screened the whole trilogy in Toronto a few months back and I was so sick that day I couldn't get out of bed. I'm still majorly bummed about that.

Yep, the trilogy combined into a single full-length feature is what I watched, and it's amazing.

[Thirdmango]

My God. This was so amazingly beautiful. I'm still reeling from just watching it. I haven't felt like this since watching Mind Game. If today really is the last day on earth then this was a good movie to watch.

[ledfloyd]

I tried watching the first segment of the trilogy the other day, and about halfway through I thought I was going to have a panic attack because his hallucinations were freaking me out.

[Watashi]

This is easily my favorite movie of the year.

[Ezee E]

What is this? Never heard of it.

[Thirdmango]

What is this? Never heard of it.

Find it and watch it. It's also my favorite movie of the year. You might have heard of Hertzfeldt before or seen his short films he did in the late 90s early 00s, like Billy's Balloon and Rejected.

[Kurosawa Fan]

Where would one "find" this?

[Ezee E]

Where would one "find" this?

I am getting a mkv file on piratebay right now.

[Thirdmango]

if you want to purchase a copy:

bitterfilms.com

[Henry Gale]

Well, this right after my second viewing of The Grey might have been the most feel-bad double feature I could've ever programmed for myself.

Extraordinary though. Entirely beautiful and terrifying all at once. Just the most incredible, hour-long gust of singular genius I could've only expected from Hertzfeldt but never imagined was actually possible as a fully functioning film.

How it also manages to mine the material for the laugh-out-loud moments it does amongst everything else just adds to its emotional gamut-running mastery.

So yeah, if it's being counted as such, one of the best films of the year indeed.

[Rowland]

I never expected this to become one of the most highly rated movies in the 2012 forum. Neat.

It's Such a Beautiful Day (Hertzfeldt, 2012) ****

[Derek]

I never expected this to become one of the most highly rated movies in the entire 2012 forum. Neat.

Yeah, this was glorious. With this and Leviathan, 2012 is the best year for experimental/avant-garde features in quite some time.

[Pop Trash]

Yeah, this was glorious. With this and Leviathan, 2012 is the best year for experimental/A-G features in quite some time.

A-G?

EDIT: avant garde...nevermind

[Derek]

A-G?

EDIT: avant garde...nevermind

heh, caps didn't make it easy. Edited above.

[Watashi]

This is a movie I want to show to everyone.

I've seen it 5 times already.

[Rowland]

I've seen it 5 times already.

That shit cray.

[Watashi]

That shit cray.

It's only an hour long, dude.

[Rowland]

It's only an hour long, dude.

Yeah, but within what, a month? :lol: In any case, I was thinking more in regards to how devastated it left me, I don't know if I'd want to subject myself to it that many times.

[Kurosawa Fan]

This just destroyed me. What an experience. I'm not sure the tedium and minutia of life have been captured so perfectly in a film before. Loved the way that Hertzfeldt turns the narrative on its head in the end. For such a devastating and seemingly bleak film, it is conversely life-affirming and inspirational. I found myself thinking, "I really need to make a bigger and better difference with my life." This is definitely the best film I've seen this year.

[Ezee E]

Surprise Match Cut Best Pic nominee??