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Post by BubblesZine on Oct 20, 2021 4:28:22 GMT
I watched the 1988 The Blob tonight. So good.
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Post by timbecile on Oct 20, 2021 13:47:15 GMT
The Velvet Underground documentary directed by Todd Haynes seemed pretty good. Andy Warhol famously made "screen tests" of his factory companions, and the documentary has the inspired idea to let this footage of the band members run uninterrupted on a split screen during the exposition. The best quote is Cale describing how they would tune in to the cycles of the refrigerator hum of their apartment. The film's early score alternates between isolated drones and Reed's early Pickwick recordings to literally demonstrate how the two merge. Reed's shock treatment gets less coverage, perhaps due to an angry family member, but that seems an equally important hum, explicit way later in Metal Machine Music. The film becomes less interesting to me towards the end when Lou Reed systematically removes himself from his cohorts. Though really the period before anyone is a celebrity tends to be more interesting anyway. Having a gay person make this film also gives better insight into the band and Warhol's coterie maybe, or better than someone straight?
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Post by thebeautifulpuffin on Oct 20, 2021 18:37:30 GMT
The Velvet Underground documentary directed by Todd Haynes ... Wait, what now??? Skipping the rest of your post, and all other activity not regulated automatically by my nervous system, until I can find and ingest this unknown about by me until 40 seconds ago biscuit. Hot soup, thanks!
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Post by carlov on Oct 25, 2021 12:30:36 GMT
I watched the 1988 The Blob tonight. So good. I prefer the original but those 88 fx are too damn good.
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Post by timbecile on Oct 27, 2021 14:45:30 GMT
The production design of Dune reminded me of photos I've seen of Kim and Kanye's minimalist Calabasas enclave, beige empty rooms with no furniture. I found I liked the movie more if I imagined it was happening there instead. It tends to be about 106 degrees in Calabasas. Could use someone in neon orange slides as the movie is so dark and muted in palette. I don't understand why everything is 2 hours and 30 minutes these days, as in this case it results in about an hour and a half of exposition before anything really exciting happens. And then it's often in slow motion. The movie is immersive, but also strangely silent and inert. I kind of like this about his movies. In some ways it subverts expectations by having the hero run from the enemy the entire movie or simply let go of the controls to escape in an aircraft chase. Or how after the usual high body count, the hero only kills one person with great gravitas on his own side. Probably a benefit of following the source material. Throughout the movie people are telling Timothee he doesn't look like the chosen one, so I guess his fey quality is either miscasting or perfect casting? I really miss the cinematography of Roger Deakins, who "crushed it" in Blade Runner 2046. I'm being snarky, but I did like it ok...
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Post by junkflower on Oct 27, 2021 16:41:49 GMT
That VU doc had me feeling bad for Doug Yule. I feel like he was a good accompanying musician who really helped change the tone of the band but he's barely a part of the history. The doc kinda glided over the whole second arc of the band (and it's not even controversial that the 3rd and 4th LPs are great)
I wonder if they would have talked more about the latter era if they had more than just Cale and Mo to talk to
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Post by timbecile on Oct 27, 2021 18:48:27 GMT
I would've enjoyed more Yule time than J. Richman, though the reviews I've read seem to enjoy his enthusiasms.
Afterwards, I was trying in vain to find more things to watch on that platform and ended up with Watch the Sound hosted by Mark Ronson. I can't say Ronson's production work has made any impression on me, but as a host he's not bad; he sometimes unintentionally comes across as a blend of Rockin' Mel Slurp and Gerry Todd from SCTV. He tries to look like he's listening intently and seems like he's a patrician about to fall asleep. The episode on auto tune made about as good a case for its creative application than an "OK, Gen-X-er" like me could normally withstand. The reverb one where he goes inside an oil storage tank in Scotland made me claustrophobic. The only one I had a hard time with was the distortion episode, where he's more out of his element. (Sorry, haven't read enough weird comics recently, got to get back on the horse...)
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Post by k0rnbr34d on Oct 27, 2021 23:32:17 GMT
I watched the 1988 The Blob tonight. So good. Watched the original and the remake this past Sunday. The original was so boring and the remake hit all the right notes. I felt like the end got a little too serious with itself; one-liners and guns stole the show. Not awful, but definitely a shift from how frantic and intense the rest is. Special effects are top notch and it's such a fun movie, though.
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Post by BubblesZine on Nov 3, 2021 13:51:12 GMT
Just watched Petite Maman. New movie from Céline Sciamma. Really good. She has a really ability to show connections between characters. I saw Portrait of a Lady On Fire but I'd like to see Girlhood or Tomboy now.
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Post by teemcgee on Nov 10, 2021 20:02:08 GMT
Tomboy is really good - Girlhood is a lot weaker, apart from one memorable scene involving a Rihanna song, so I'd go with the first if you have the option!
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Post by manoopuesta on Nov 11, 2021 16:51:50 GMT
I watched the other day Akira Kurosawa's "Ikiru" ("To Live"). Amazing movie. Quite long (around 2,5 hours), so it got me a little restless since I tend to watch shorter movies; but very very moving. I recommend to watch when you are having a good day cause it will break your heart (at least it did this to me).
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Post by mikesheawright on Nov 12, 2021 23:56:54 GMT
Titane thoroughly blew me away. It is also simultaneously the grossest and funniest movie I've seen all year. Incredible stuff.
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Post by thebeautifulpuffin on Nov 13, 2021 0:31:39 GMT
Yeah, Titane was certainly an experience. I'm quite glad I made it out of the house to have a peek during its brief run in my area. Haven't had the time or focus to take in much at home, lately - although I am taking a break from The Sparks Brothers to make this post - but I did make it to the theatres again a couple of times this month: I Dune'd, IMAX-style, and caught both Last Night in Soho and The French Dispatch the following Tuesday. Man, oh, man - did I ever miss a big, fat screen during the plague times!
Vaguely curious about Human Animals, but it and the bus schedules just didn't get along.
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Post by timbecile on Nov 13, 2021 15:40:54 GMT
Passing: I thought from the title it would be about the suspense of someone who is "passing," but the movie instead is focused on a friend's divided impression of her as they are reacquainted. The movie's ending is intentionally unclear. At least three things could've happened, all of them possible. The acting is excellent, some great cinematography. Has an air of slow prestige where high drama is literally a piece of china breaking. One of those “every character is unhappy” type movies. That tends to be my particular jam, so liked it ok.
Red Notice: I've never seen any movies starring the three leads, who I inescapably gather are among the biggest box office draws of today. They mostly trade irritating hateful banter while trying to obtain decorative eggs. Without trying to sound too prudish, it's another blockbuster that subtly endorses the corruption of unpunished criminals. There's also a plot twist that contradicts in flashback a scene presented objectively earlier in the movie, but as the movie makes clear, who cares? I did watch all of it though.
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Post by BubblesZine on Dec 10, 2021 4:20:54 GMT
I've been on a documentary kick while I ship out orders. I've watched: Jesus Camp (2006) 12th & Delaware (2010) High on Crack Street: Lost Lives in Lowell (1995) Talkin' Headz - The Metalheadz Documentary (1998) 9/11: The Falling Man (2006) Murderball (2005) Listening to Kenny G (2021)
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