mgsooner Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Speaking of breathtaking masterpieces, Fletch is on AMC right now. John Cocktosenose Link to post Share on other sites
aricandover Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 When Stand Up Stood Out Link to post Share on other sites
napoleon Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Oh come on. You didn't even enjoy the ending where you know who did you know what to you know who? That was the best part of the movie for me. I love seeing smug dicks get theirs. i'll admit i really enjoyed that scorsese threw that in there. it was a great twist. Link to post Share on other sites
mgsooner Posted October 13, 2007 Share Posted October 13, 2007 Just got through watching Christopher Nolan's first one, Following. Pretty good little flick. Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted October 14, 2007 Author Share Posted October 14, 2007 Speaking of Murnau, the Criterion forum was recently talking about the possible discovery of a lost Murnau film. It's a pretty good read. Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 I am going to watch Le Cercle Rouge later. Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted October 14, 2007 Author Share Posted October 14, 2007 I am going to watch Le Cercle Rouge later.That's a classic--I think you'll like it a lot. Just finished: No great shakes, but quite amusing. Link to post Share on other sites
GtrPlyr Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 Speaking of Murnau, the Criterion forum was recently talking about the possible discovery of a lost Murnau film. It's a pretty good read.That would be great if that's the case. Oddly enough the DVD I have of Sunrise has the lost film as one of it's extras (or at least what's left of it.) Hopefully it's true that there's a full version of it out there and it's close to release. I hope that someone finds a lost copy of the complete "Greed" someday too, though it seems unlikely. Speaking of "all-time favorites," I was just revisiting Stan Brakhage's The Dante Quartet (1987). It's my favorite film of his--it's as pure and beautiful and evocative a vision of Hell as I've seen. Over the years, I have probably seen this ethereal, scary, breathtaking masterpiece 30 times, but I never tire of it. I wish I could have it on perpetual loop in my living room as if it were installation art. And I think "Spiders" would make a perfect musical accompaniment!Brakhage is fantastic. I was so happy when Criterion released that 2-disc edition of his work. That film would make for a nice art installation, as would quite a few others of his. Anyhow, NP: Kenneth Anger Volume I Link to post Share on other sites
Edie Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 I saw parts of Field Of Dreams twice over the last 24 hours. Yes it's hokey. Yes I cried twice. Link to post Share on other sites
Beltmann Posted October 14, 2007 Author Share Posted October 14, 2007 I saw parts of Field Of Dreams twice over the last 24 hours. Yes it's hokey. Yes I cried twice.I'll admit that I love Field of Dreams. Yes, it's totally hokey--but in the best possible sense. Link to post Share on other sites
oatmealblizzard Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 Shit, this was almost as fun as the e-buzz and the ad campaign. Now I kinda wish I went to see it when it came out.Yeah...I actually really enjoyed this, too. I saw it in the theater at a late night screening with a hilariously vocal crowd. It was fun. Speaking of "all-time favorites," I was just revisiting Stan Brakhage's The Dante Quartet (1987). It's my favorite film of his--it's as pure and beautiful and evocative a vision of Hell as I've seen. Over the years, I have probably seen this ethereal, scary, breathtaking masterpiece 30 times, but I never tire of it. I wish I could have it on perpetual loop in my living room as if it were installation art. And I think "Spiders" would make a perfect musical accompaniment!Yeah, good stuff. I just watched the 2-disc Criterion Collection DVD of his stuff a couple of weeks ago. Really impressive. Saw this last weekend as well:Clooney was excellent. This is definitely one of my favorite films of the year to date. Link to post Share on other sites
Reni Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 watched this last night..... usually not my kind of thing, but I thought it was pretty great. Link to post Share on other sites
Edie Posted October 14, 2007 Share Posted October 14, 2007 I'll admit that I love Field of Dreams. Yes, it's totally hokey--but in the best possible sense. The interesting thing is that while it is about baseball, it could just have easily been a guy that builds an orchestra pit and then a conductor and composers etc appear and bring up the beautiful meaning of music to us and our families, or about dance/dancers or whatever. Baseball feels somewhat incidental to the real meaning. Link to post Share on other sites
watch me fall Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 Watched The Machinist last night. I had been putting it off because I had heard how horrible Christian Bale looked and he did. It was very frightening to watch but he was amazing in the movie. Link to post Share on other sites
jimmyjimmy Posted October 15, 2007 Share Posted October 15, 2007 Once Upon a Time in the West 1968-68Watched this film Friday evening with someone who'd never viewed it.Love it on so many levels. Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Le Cercle Rouge was pretty damned good. An example of how you don't need crazy plot twists, gimmicks and lots of explosions to make a crime movie. Link to post Share on other sites
Analogman Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Little People, Big World Link to post Share on other sites
jahilia Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 It deserves the reputation. And really, with Raymond Chandler and Hitchcock, how could you go wrong? Farley Granger is wonderful. Man, I wish I could watch this again for the first time. A real pleasure. Link to post Share on other sites
Marijn Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Finally managed to get hold of a (low quality) .avi-file. One of the best movies I've seen this year though. Link to post Share on other sites
Reni Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 It deserves the reputation. And really, with Raymond Chandler and Hitchcock, how could you go wrong? Farley Granger is wonderful. Man, I wish I could watch this again for the first time. A real pleasure. great movie!!!! *except for the ridiculous runaway carousel at the end that was just laughable......that bummed me out. Link to post Share on other sites
tongue-tied Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 I thought it was going to be groan-inducing after seeing Murray sitting perfectly centered on his couch for a little too long. I suspected Jarmusch saw Murray in "Lost in Translation" and any Wes Anderson movie and thought he'd make something similar. There are Anderson-like bird's eye views and centered persons/objects and even tracksuits, but I suppose Wes doesn't hold copyright on any of that. Don Johnston could be a more apathetic or withdrawn Bob Harris, and the mood and dialogue sometimes mirrored LiT's realism, though the plot and other characters (their backstories, names, and preference for the color pink) are absurd. The film works though, and I found myself scrutinizing Don's old flames along with him, picking up the clues he must be seeing from the obvious basketball hoops to the ex's more subtle reactions. It gets a little too neatly packaged and obvious at times, like "hey, Don sees his younger self in that guy on the bus who gets into another white rental car at the same time as him!..could it be?" but while everything around him is a little too convenient for reality, Bill Murray makes Don a completely believable and complex character who I was glad to roadtrip with. Link to post Share on other sites
GtrPlyr Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Le Cercle Rouge was pretty damned good. An example of how you don't need crazy plot twists, gimmicks and lots of explosions to make a crime movie.I do love that film and most of Melville's other crime films for that matter. My favorite is probably Le Samoura Link to post Share on other sites
Hodie Posted October 16, 2007 Share Posted October 16, 2007 Finally managed to get hold of a (low quality) .avi-file. One of the best movies I've seen this year though. I watched this recently on the little portable dvd thingie they give you on Alaska Air. I was startled at how emotional I became with most every song, even with those tinny earphones -- I was blinking back tears the whole flight. It's a wonderful movie. Link to post Share on other sites
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