The cinema thread

[MASUGNEN]

Have you seen Francis Ford Coppola's 1972 movie The Godfather?

[Clopek]

Bingo. Horrible, horrible movie. As bad as the next stupid Russian Mafia one Mortensen did.

you've gotta give it to Viggo and the coreographers for that naked bath-house fight though. I couldn't imagine being a part of that, and the way it turned out was incredible.

[Faust]

Yeah, that was fun. I kept thinking whether we'll see his nutsack, but we were spared.

[HreP]

Yeah, that was fun. I kept thinking whether we'll see his nutsack, but we were spared.

Were we? I'm pretty sure it was visible a few times!

[Faust]

Oh, shit. Don't ruin my impression, please!

[mrbeuys]

"... to create a somber, aimless, and provocative meditation on longing, spiritual desolation, impotence, and collective delusion."

So basically it documents life? Not sure i want to see it again.

[Servo2000]

Started watching the American The Killing the other day. I really appreciate that the first few episodes have been pretty sad, actually. It's nice that there are some consequences and it's not just the usual CSI-stlye murder porn.

[interest1]

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First saw this up at Sundance in '06.
Just as great now on a laptop during a flight as it was then in a sea of cinephiles.

[Faust]

This is the one based on Eugene Hutz?

[interest1]

yeah, albeit loosely..
such a wicked little film.

[K.T.]

Seen the Incendices; harrowing. Don't know what to think of it, can't say I like it or not, but this kind of Antigone/ Oedipus Rex plot is really disturbing

The beginning of the film, with Radiohead

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aUSt9TpIUHo&feature=related

and the official trailer

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TqueRPdENFM&feature=related

[Clopek]

I have to be honest, I judged a book by it's cover here. I think "Wristcutters: A Love Story" is one of the worst movie titles ever conceived. It sounded like itcould just be named "Myspace: The Movie", and I expected styling and cinematography to that of the myspace layouts of emo-mall-goths from the early 2000s. *shudder*.

I've heard from a number of reliable sources that it's worth a look though.

[Happy End]

Paris, Texas 5/5

Apparently Kurt Cobain's and Elliot Smith's favourite film of all time.

[endorphinz]

Wristcutters is by no means great but it's worth a watch.

this is definitely worth a watch. I saw it in the theater when it was first released and watched it again last nite. it blew my mind 40 years ago and did so again yesterday

[Happy End]

I loved The Mole in the beginning, but it kind of gets a bit lost in itself in the middle/towards the end. It's visually stunning certainly, but it can get a bit trying at times patience-wise. The narrative is a little non-sensical.