The cinema thread

[mamaboy]

does anybody remembers "agony"....some russian movie with orgies....it was kinda good

[maldoror]

[galia]

L'amour l'apres-midi (love in the after-noons) by eric rohmer is such a sweet movie. It's a perfect depiction of Paris in the 70's and the female character is the epitomy of the Parisienne... I know so many girls like her it's not even funny (I suppose I'm not unlike her either but I can't really say)
If you want a moment of verbose nostalgia, rohmer is usually your man, and I love him for that

[Fuuma]

A Colt Is My Passport (Koruto wa ore no pasupoto, 1967)



Loved it. Dripping with style; Jo Shishido is the epitome of cool. Great photography, killer soundtrack, epic finale. Story might not be very intriguing (man caught between rival gangs) but the execution is flawless. Extremely enjoyable.

I liked that movie.

[chameleon]

Glad you liked it. (or had you seen it before?...either way, it's awesome) Have you seen any of the other movies from the recently released Nikkatsu Noir (Criterion Collection) Box? Set includes 5 japanese noir movies. After having seen A Colt Is My Passport and I Am Waiting (Ore Wa Matteru Ze), I'm thinking of picking up the box.

[Johnny]

L'amour l'apres-midi (love in the after-noons) by eric rohmer is such a sweet movie. It's a perfect depiction of Paris in the 70's and the female character is the epitomy of the Parisienne... I know so many girls like her it's not even funny (I suppose I'm not unlike her either but I can't really say)
If you want a moment of verbose nostalgia, rohmer is usually your man, and I love him for that

sounds good galia, i will look this one out.

i watched lagerfeld confidentiel at the weekend. very funny. i like him. he lives so enthusiastically, doesn't seem to ever stop. he has no pretensions about the fashion industry (there's a good line in it where he says something like "if you want social justice go and be a civil servant"). you would never think it but there's something that appears down to earth about him because of this. rather repressed emotionally though, which is wht, i suspect, he never stops.

[Faust]

Eyes Wide Shut. I liked it much better than the first time when it just came out. Maybe because I am older.

One thing I thought besides all the in/fidelity fantasy/reality sex stuff. When you look a the kind of money and power Kubrick depicts in that film, all that middle-class logo-ridden aspirational consumerism becomes so obviously and laughably pointless. I mean I know it, but this film was such a great reminder of how pathetic and fatuous all the LV-toting, Vogue flipping soccer moms are, trying to keep up with the Joneses whom they will not reach in a million years.

[mamaboy]

sweet bird of youth
mata hari
who is afraid of virginia wolf......in dying local video store they got only old shit...i end up watching what they have,not what i came to pick up....and its not so bad.....go figure how that works

[Faust]

Have you heard of Netfilx?

[raddy]

Netflix really needs to put a little more effort on the social networking side of the site -- it seems like it could potentially be awesome but is pretty obnoxious currently. (Still netflix rules)

[cabl3]

El Bufalo de la Noche / The Night Buffalo - it was a rather interesting film. My initial interest was spurred by the soundtrack which was done by one of my favorite musicians (Omar Rodriguez Lopez). I'm starting to wish I had read the book (Se Dice Bisonte, no Bufalo) before watching the movie. Yet, I still feel the way it ended was way too abrupt and was missing some closure.

Still, its a great story about how friendships and relationships can get messy when betrayal comes into the picture (really has a snowball effect), and at times in ways you would have never imagined.

[Faust]

Saw District 9 today. Not bad, not bad - I liked the human (no pun intended) angle of it, and how you could easily extrapolate some elements (our tribal behavior, distrust of "the other," the paranoia of the news coverage, etc.). The ending was both touching and annoying, because it was virtually screaming at you, "District 10, coming soon to the theaters near you!"

[Fade to Black]

re-watched Inglourious Basterds, was a lot funnier the second time around.

today: Bad Lieutenant

on that note, the trailer for the Nic Cage update looks hilarious. Always enjoy watching Xzibit on screen ever since "pimp my ride"

[raddy]

I totally loved Basterds. It's not without flaws (pacing in acts one and four a major one), but it is so both gorgeous and hilarious when it's all working. I love the opening of act five make-up scene with gorgeous color symmetry, intensity, and completely over the top mise en scene and how it establishes that act five is going to finally be payback retribution, how the comedic Italian scene isn't just hilarious but heightens the tension, and utlimately the symmetry of the finale.

Maybe this is an oversimplification but it seems that Tarantino films pre Kill Bill are generally not terribly violent, but with episodes of sudden extreme violence that shape the narrative, but KB never lets up and Basterds has sort of the same feel as KB, pervasively brutal, but unlike KB, it's back to the previous very short bursts of actual aggression.

I also think that Basterds is one of those movies that the viewing experience can change pretty significantly based on the audience you watch it with; the second time I saw it, the audience was completely in love with the film, laughing out of their seats at each Pitt line, applauding each Nazi death, cheering and screaming at the climax (to the point where I was almost uncomfortable), and it certainly improved the experience compared to the more tepid crowd I watch it with the first time.

[tweeds]

Maybe this is an oversimplification but it seems that Tarantino films pre Kill Bill are generally not terribly violent, but with episodes of sudden extreme violence that shape the narrative, but KB never lets up and Basterds has sort of the same feel as KB, pervasively brutal, but unlike KB, it's back to the previous very short bursts of actual aggression.

not that this has to do with Inglourious Basterds itself, but there's at least Reservoir Dogs from the pre-Kill Bill work...

anyway, i enjoyed watching Basterds. it was patchy but still good - at one or two points the pace really dropped and the references got a little overwhelming - but it caught itself at all the right moments.