grizzleb
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Yeah Black Swan reminded me of lots of stuff, the piano teacher being the most striking. Reminded me of Possession a little bit too.
Films you've seen recently and would unreservedly recommend:
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Talking of Mike Leigh I watched the beginning of Meantime the other day. (For teaching). And I found it wonderfully understated, amazingly observant and so on...until Gary Oldman's skindhead "Coxsy" enters the screen. Fucking hell, it made me *cringe*... don't know what it is with Leigh and depictions of class.
empty mirror
remember the jackalope
eh, a collection of five (or so) japanese "pinku" flicks, not really connected by a narrative, except that they all involve the rape of a woman named "nami" (never the same actress). they each approach the topic from a slightly different angle. thought provoking and perverse in equal measure, chin-stroking at times, and at other times, uh... an exercise in patting one's head and rubbing one's tummy, of sorts, i guess.
sorry i'm a bit vague, it's been a few years. let me free associate a bit, the first one's decidedly guitar wolf in aesthetic, but like, gritty, and kind of weaker than the others. "red porno" is the most memorable. and uh, yeah... stuff.
baboon2004
Darned cockwombles.
That's it, yeah. It's by Lisa Cholodenko, who also made the brilliant Laurel Canyon. It captures the lack of relation between fame/success and happiness, really well, as well as the fucked up nature of 'cool'. The actress who plays Syd (can't recall her name at the moment) is stellar, and Ally Sheedy - complete revelation. Patricia Clarkson delivers a masterclass in comic camp as an German ex-film star who can't quite get over the fact that her Fassbinder days are in the past.
It's brilliant. I torrented it - if you can't get hold of it, let me know and I shall pass it on.
i'm not an aronofsky fan as is but i thought black swan was way overdone and trying really hard to make a grandiose point from a muddled plot...the camerawork was pretty brilliant though, not going to lie.
i finally saw uncle boonmee who can recall his past lives and i can undeservedly recommend that. dude is like the contemporary tarkovsky, like there are a lot of moments where i was in an actual trance and had to remind myself that i was staring at leaves or whatever.
i finally saw uncle boonmee who can recall his past lives and i can undeservedly recommend that. dude is like the contemporary tarkovsky, like there are a lot of moments where i was in an actual trance and had to remind myself that i was staring at leaves or whatever.
IdleRich
IdleRich
A Matter of Life and Death - ok, even the extras on the disc described it as sentimental and whimsical but it definitely had something. Great idea for a story that has been pretty much reused several times - though maybe they didn't invent it - and the opening sequence and first line is fantastic. I'm sure Douglas Adams nicked the opening line for one of the Hitchhiker's Guide books although I'm not sure which - or maybe it was someone else who borrowed it?
(actual film starts around the two minute mark)
Anyway, probably my favourite Powell and Pressburger film yet.
(actual film starts around the two minute mark)
Anyway, probably my favourite Powell and Pressburger film yet.
nochexxx
harco pronting
based on your mysterious hype i watched this last night. i enjoyed it for what it was. i couldn't keep my eyes of lead actress, she had a knife like grin.
baboon2004
Darned cockwombles.
Mysterious hype is a great phrase!
Loved the film - so sharp on interpersonal psychology. Radha Mitchell (ex of Neighbours) is indeed captivating, and in any reasonable world Patricia Clarkson would have won a best supporting actress oscar.
Loved the film - so sharp on interpersonal psychology. Radha Mitchell (ex of Neighbours) is indeed captivating, and in any reasonable world Patricia Clarkson would have won a best supporting actress oscar.
baboon2004
Darned cockwombles.
Ally Sheedy's performance/presence was wonderful too. Just the kind of film I like - interested in the nuances of interpersonal interaction, beautiful chemistry between the lead actors, somewhat muted atmosphere, and an implicit critique of the coldness of, well, many people.
See Two Lovers for another example...
See Two Lovers for another example...
IdleRich
IdleRich
I notice that it is number 6 on the Time Out top 100 British Films list that came out this week.
http://www.timeout.com/london/bestbritishfilms/
mistersloane
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I thought there was something wrong with me the first time I saw that, the opening sequence reduced me to a blubbering wreck, and I thought it was just that I was sensitive at the time. Saw it again a couple of weeks ago and it did exactly the same thing, it just slays me and reduces me to a foetal ball of tears. Kind've amazing, it's almost Pavlovian.
craner
Beast of Burden
Super film -- the sheer demented invention of the thing pulls it through; minus the massive chutzpah and technical virtuosity, it would be an embarrassment. I've really been meaning to watch The Red Shoes, but it's about ballet, which puts me off (stupidly, I realise).
I watched Indiscreet yesterday, Stanley Donan's 1958 Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman vehicle. Now call me sentimental and whimsical, but that was a rather lovely confection -- certainly a nice contrast to Notorious.
http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/film/...of-british-film-at-evening-standard-awards.do
some justice. neds wins something. these awards actually look like what the baftas should be like. about british films i mean. not just another version of the oscars.
some justice. neds wins something. these awards actually look like what the baftas should be like. about british films i mean. not just another version of the oscars.