The cinema thread

[mass]

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not into horror, only giallo so i can only give the cliche recommendations of bava, fulci, argento etc.

[Faust]

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I watched Come and See (which I haven't see in about 17 years or so). If you want an unflinching, unapologetic look at the atrocities the Nazis committed in Soviet Union during World War II, this is it. It trumps all the other feeble attempts of WWII movies that always seem to be afraid to treat the horrors of war, and it does so without making you feel voyeuristic. Here is a good review. The film is on Netflix with English subtitles.

[matthewhk]

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wire.artist you have me intrigued...not by the violence, but by the title of the film and then the mention of the violence. I often look at film posters or DVD covers for movies I have never seen and wonder what could possibly be in there for some of them....i may go IMDB this one.</p>

Haven't seen many movies lately...Wong Kar Wai's Days of Being Wild came on TV two weeks ago, revisiting this for the first time in a few years, it seems to get better with time and I think is truly WKW's masterpiece. William Chang's art direction, Christopher Doyle's cinemtography have never achieved such heights before or since, and Leslie Cheung's performance is I think one of the best in HK cinematic history. I think this could serve as a distillation for everything the director wishes to capture, a lot of it could appear quite contrived to WKW detractors, but if you're into that sort of thing, man he just gets it so RIGHT with this one.</p>

[laika]

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[quote user="wire.artist"]This time I'm not gonna say much about the film,
<h1 id="A L' intérieur (Inside)" style="font-weight: bold;">A L' INTÉRIEUR (INSIDE)</h1>

Be careful, it's extremely violent.</p>

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After reading about it, I can't even bring myself to watch the trailer.
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My boyfriend loves Beatrice Dalle. I have no doubt that she is quite terrifying and spectacular in this. Did you ever see Trouble Every Day, wire.artist? [79]</p>

btw, belated thanks to you and Matt for the Takeshi recommendations. [51]
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[Servo2000]

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I'm a bit of a sci-fi dork so I just finished up the second season of the Ghost in the Shell series, 2nd Gig - not as good as the first season but still some surprisingly imaginative speculative fiction.</p>

I'll probably give Inside a go - I wouldn't be surprised if I don't finish, but we'll see.</p>

[Servo2000]

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servo, did you liked the final scene of REC?</p>

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More or less - I thought the allusions to the "explanation" were a little weird but the scene was extremely well executed and far more frightening than the rest of the film. It felt out of place to me as a result - without feeling the initial build-up it was just this genuinely frightening scene dropped at the end of what struck me as a mediocre zombie movie. </p>

Regardless, there were a few moments in it that were scary as hell!</p>

[mamaboy]

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[quote user="Faust"]I watched Come and See (which I haven't see in about 17 years or so). If you want an unflinching, unapologetic look at the atrocities the Nazis committed in Soviet Union during World War II, this is it. It trumps all the other feeble attempts of WWII movies that always seem to be afraid to treat the horrors of war, and it does so without making you feel voyeuristic. Here is a good review. The film is on Netflix with English subtitles.
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klimov---my deoxygenated communist pastt</P>

[matthewhk]

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So, you enjoyed takeshi's? It's a huge film.
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Takeshi's is one of the more ambitious works of modern Asian cinema that I think succeeds in its reach. I'm not usually a fan of stuff that is passed off as avant garde, but the way this played out was quite interesting and goes back to a theme that I am constantly fascinated with - that of fantasy vs. reality, and I liked how the parallels between the two Takeshis (or at least in the "fake" Takeshi's mind) were converging until one could hardly distinguish what was real. I also liked the film for it's typical Beat sarcastic humor and how some classic elements of his gangster films were incorporated into it. Very satisfying.
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[matthewhk]

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I just took a look at A L'interieur's description...it does look like quite the shock fest. On a related note, have you seen the film "High Tension"? I believe it is also French and the description reminded me of that...it is a film I have been meaning to check out for some time.</p>

Also another meditation on the intrusion of personal space using gore to maximum effect which I thought was quite effective was Takashi Miike's "Audition." The way the film coasts along at an almost comatose pacing for the majority of film before diving into the surreal and riveting climax was a treat to watch.
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[Servo2000]

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Rented Ritchie's Revolver on a whim. I don't think I disliked it as much as the critics who panned it but I certainly wouldn't go so far as to say that I enjoyed it, either.

[Faust]

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Tried watching No Direction Home, the Bob Dylan documentary. Took me half an hour to fall asleep...

[matthewhk]

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speaking of rock documentaries, I really want to see "Shine a Light"...looks like I will have to wait for the DVD.

[BECOMING-INTENSE]

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I finally got my hands on the Leos Carax triptych, so I could rewatch
his breathtaking cinema, the only shame is that Artificial Eye never got
the rights for Les Amants du Pont Neuf (1992) so it's missing ...</p>

Boy Meets Girl (1984)
Mauvais Sang (1986)
Pola X (1999)
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This is a world chiefly motivated by speed and flux, pure energy unleashed,
a presentation of the event as constantly off-centre ...</p>

...on the aesthetic level such a philosophy of the event is translated into a cinematic system, which might be thought of in terms of turbulence or perturbation: camera placement and lighting provoking both a troubled perception in a smooth space that lacks points of orientation, and a mood that veers from intense ennui to vertigo</p>

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[Faust]

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isn't Pola X just glorified porn?

[AKA*NYC]

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^ with a Scott Walker soundtrack.