Seen any good movies lately? - Films you MUST see (6 Viewers)
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Brother Schenker
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Cheech & Chong's Up in Smoke
Black Swan
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Last night re-watched the first "Bourne Identity" .
I love Matt Damon in these action filled thrillers. It was very good.
Tonight will watch Planet Earth as medication
before my blood pressure scores too high.
I love Matt Damon in these action filled thrillers. It was very good.
Tonight will watch Planet Earth as medication
before my blood pressure scores too high.
Black Swan
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3:10 to Yuma. Great western in an old style. Worth seeing on the big screen. I was never a fan of Russell Crowe but now that was something. Love Christian Bale.
I recently saw State of Grace for the umpteenth time. One of my all time favourites. The Fisher King is also excellent, as is Children of Men, 300 and Mystic River. I regularly watch the original Watership Down with my daughter, which happens to be one of my fave books. Dog soldiers is good fun.
As Rubyred said, Carnivale was fantastic tv. As is the Sopranos.
I hate Quentin Tarrantino. Realy, I do!
As Rubyred said, Carnivale was fantastic tv. As is the Sopranos.
I hate Quentin Tarrantino. Realy, I do!
Yup, great movie. The coen brothers have made some other classics : Barton Fink, Millers crossing and Fargo (my favourite)
I hated the heavy-handed rat ending.
we know he's a rat, I don't need to see an actual rat to clue in. I was a bit let down by that.
just me.
we know he's a rat, I don't need to see an actual rat to clue in. I was a bit let down by that.
just me.
Father Luke
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Saw Beowulf in 3d and it was wild.
Just saw No Country For Old Men.
Just saw No Country For Old Men.
mjp
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Father Luke
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ditto.
I'll have to check it out.
I'll have to check it out.
mjp
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It's a pricey buy at $31.96, but netflix has it, if you do the netflix thing. I don't know if any of the big chain walk-in video rental joints would have it. It's not really mainstream stuff.
But man, what a film! I am in awe of this guy.
Be sure to check out the 1969 short film "Several Friends" in the dvd extras.
But man, what a film! I am in awe of this guy.
Be sure to check out the 1969 short film "Several Friends" in the dvd extras.
I have the the Canadian equivalent of netflix (zip) and I put it in my top ten picks to get here pronto. both discs. I'm a sucker for bonus features.
Black Swan
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Visions Of Dylan
Todd Haynes "I'm not there"
Cate Blanchett plays one side of Bob Dylan and she pulls it!!!!!
Christian Bale
Carl Franklin
Ben Whishaw as Dylan asked to spell his name, Rimbaud. . .
Marcus Carl,
Heath Ledger
Richard Gere
His influences Guthry and Allen Ginsberg among others
Todd Haynes "I'm not there"
Cate Blanchett plays one side of Bob Dylan and she pulls it!!!!!
Christian Bale
Carl Franklin
Ben Whishaw as Dylan asked to spell his name, Rimbaud. . .
Marcus Carl,
Heath Ledger
Richard Gere
His influences Guthry and Allen Ginsberg among others
I watched Jarmusch's Ghost Dog recently and I loved every minute of it.
There is an Italian film around called The Family Friend (L'amico di famiglia is the original title) and the actor that plays the main character, Giacomo Rizzo, reminded me a lot of Buk. A lot. Here is a photogram from the film, maybe someone will agree with me. None of my friends did ;-)
There is an Italian film around called The Family Friend (L'amico di famiglia is the original title) and the actor that plays the main character, Giacomo Rizzo, reminded me a lot of Buk. A lot. Here is a photogram from the film, maybe someone will agree with me. None of my friends did ;-)
Father Luke
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i don't know if i'm your friend or not but i see the resemblance in the hair line,
certainly, and the way his bottom jaw is out a little bit more than his top.
yeah. i can see it, sure.
number6horse
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I could not agree more, hooch. I was actually shocked at that clumsy visual stuck on at the end there. Was that supposed to be funny ? I didn't laugh. And the hell of it is, is that the rest of the film is fine - probably the equal of most other Scorcese films. And then........the rat comes along and fucks everything up. Like a gourmet meal that ends with rotted fruit for dessert.
the only good poet
One retreat after another without peace.
Romance and Cigarettes, that's a funny fucking musical.
bought the Criterion Collection John Cassavetes box set recently.
recommend every movie in it (although Shadows is a bit dated, it's a watershed).
the doc that is included, A Constant Forge, is excellent.
recommend every movie in it (although Shadows is a bit dated, it's a watershed).
the doc that is included, A Constant Forge, is excellent.
Gerard K H Love
Appreciate your friends
No Country for Old Men and the Cohen Bros are rumored to have movie rights to some Bukowski books. I hope they do some.....No Pulp for Young Men.
Black Swan
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The Stone Merchant, tasteful, very good film,
by Renzo Martinelli, with Harvey Keitel,
a view of extremism,
"Man is the only religious animal,
in the holy task of smoothing his mother's path
to the happiness of heaven,
he has the globe in a graveyard." Mark Twain
by Renzo Martinelli, with Harvey Keitel,
a view of extremism,
"Man is the only religious animal,
in the holy task of smoothing his mother's path
to the happiness of heaven,
he has the globe in a graveyard." Mark Twain
purple rain
Gerard K H Love
Appreciate your friends
Rumors and Propaganda
Thank you...The dynamic of a rumor. I was drunk too. You need to start the RUMOR thread. It would quickly turn into a rope.
Rewatching 'The Thin Man' yesterday, reminded me of someone writing about the Hank&Sarah-couple in 'Hollywood', to act a little like Nick&Nora, which of course they do.
What I wonder about is:
Could it be, Buk was intentionally using this couple to build his and Linda's behaviour in 'Hollywood'?
The reason I wonder:
Though Nick&Nora, as a couple, work very fine together (they're even funny, I think) the movie itself is lame, ridiculous, obvious and sucking on the napkin of the rich like some Scott Fitzgerald thing - so that Buk must have HATED that movie. - But then: Around the time he was writing 'Hollywood', Linda has read Fitzgerald's 'Tender is the night' (as we know from two poems in 'You get so Alone'), so maybe she was also reading This book - and he had a look into it. Could also explain his sudden interest in detective-stories, which arouse later in his last novel 'Pulp'.
I know we're into pure speculation here. Anyway - any thoughts on this?
What I wonder about is:
Could it be, Buk was intentionally using this couple to build his and Linda's behaviour in 'Hollywood'?
The reason I wonder:
Though Nick&Nora, as a couple, work very fine together (they're even funny, I think) the movie itself is lame, ridiculous, obvious and sucking on the napkin of the rich like some Scott Fitzgerald thing - so that Buk must have HATED that movie. - But then: Around the time he was writing 'Hollywood', Linda has read Fitzgerald's 'Tender is the night' (as we know from two poems in 'You get so Alone'), so maybe she was also reading This book - and he had a look into it. Could also explain his sudden interest in detective-stories, which arouse later in his last novel 'Pulp'.
I know we're into pure speculation here. Anyway - any thoughts on this?
I saw last week the Final Cut of Blade Runner, just out now, and the long documentary Dangerous Days which accompanies it. A definitive edition for fans.
Father Luke
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Interesting speculation. As we know creativity occurs through an incubation
type process, and all things become ammunition for the muse.
Quite insightful, and worthy of consideration.
Very good roni. Very good.
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Father Luke
I quite enjoyed No Country for Old Men. No Hollywood ending. I thought it was a little unusual for the Coens; many of their films have a good guy wins sort of moral. Good that they stuck with the source. Reminded me a little of their early film, Blood Simple.
justine
stop the penistry
i recently saw:
fast food nation - killing floor scenes are pretty horrific, even if you grew up on a farm. interestingly told, you see how the meat industry impacts a whole lot of people.
this film is not yet rated - hilarious and intriguing.
ghost dog - great jarmusch film i had to revisit.
last night - the world is ending at midnight, the movie follows a bunch of characters in their last 6hrs. pretty cool.
my review skills aren't much better than mjp's.
fast food nation - killing floor scenes are pretty horrific, even if you grew up on a farm. interestingly told, you see how the meat industry impacts a whole lot of people.
this film is not yet rated - hilarious and intriguing.
ghost dog - great jarmusch film i had to revisit.
last night - the world is ending at midnight, the movie follows a bunch of characters in their last 6hrs. pretty cool.
my review skills aren't much better than mjp's.
2 excellent films.
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