The Eurocult Film Thread

[luka]

those kind of shots only ever come into their own as stills

 

[version]

I thought they worked in the context of the film too. The film itself is fairly flat and still anyway.

 

[luka]

yeah i did enjoy the look of the film

 

[luka]

its got an atmosphere. but i do think overly composed shots are better as stills as a rule. can look a bit precious and knowing in a film. look wicked as stills though.

 

[version]

This in particular is pure Magritte.

I thought the opening titles looked sick too. That font with the animal background.

 

[luka]

they shook tho

 

[IdleRich]

La Belle Captive by Alain Robbe-Grillet is also inspired by a Magritte painting.

 

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Vittorio Storaro is a genius and his work looks better in motion.

 

[version]

Vittorio Storaro is a genius and his work looks better in motion.

@linebaugh will tell you he was merely sharpening his tools until he did Rifkin's Festival.

 

[line b]

rifkins festival is a bit like the eurocult film thread: the movie. you could probably forgo watching any of these films and just watch rifkins festival. would be way less boring

 

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rifkins festival is a bit like the eurocult film thread: the movie. you could probably forgo watching any of these films and just watch rifkins festival. would be way less boring

So much ignorance in so few sentences.

 

[version]

This one might be the best yet. Hope someone does a Blu-ray one day.

 

[version]

I thought about making a thread for films inspired by paintings, but I could only think of two and felt it was dead in the water. There's Magritte's influence in The Spider's Stratagem and the Alex Colville shot in Heat.

A couple of very blatant nods to Magritte's Lovers II and Bocklin's Isle of the Dead in Dellamorte Dellamore last night.

 

[version]

The Working Class Goes to Heaven

Watched this the other week and thought it was bonkers. Didn't like it as much as Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion, but the score and the scenes with him at his work station and the bit about his dream and the wall at the end were great.

An incredibly shouty film. Everyone yelling through megaphones and over machinery.

 

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Watched this the other week and thought it was bonkers. Didn't like it as much as Investigation of a Citizen Above Suspicion, but the score and the scenes with him at his work station and the bit about his dream and the wall at the end were great.

An incredibly shouty film. Everyone yelling through megaphones and over machinery.

It's brilliant, but you have to think about it in relation to Anti-Oedipus and the commedia all'italiana tradition, which it somehow combines.

 

[version]

It's brilliant, but you have to think about it in relation to Anti-Oedipus and the commedia all'italiana tradition, which it somehow combines.

I don't have much of a handle on Anti-Oedipus and haven't seen any of those films, so you'll have to help me out a bit. The first time I even heard the term was seeing Radiance are doing a box set.

 

[luka]

I don't have much of a handle on Anti-Oedipus and haven't seen any of those films, so you'll have to help me out a bit. The first time I even heard the term was seeing Radiance are doing a box set.

stop trying to suck up to him he'll never stop hating you he'll never forgive you

 

[version]

stop trying to suck up to him he'll never stop hating you he'll never forgive you

You're a vampire.

 

[version]

There's a shit upload on YouTube I've got bookmarked, but I think Radiance are about to release Goodbye & Amen.

Goodbye & Amen (1977)

As John Dhannay, a CIA agent stationed in Rome, plans the overthrow of an African government, he discovers one of his men has been in contact with agents from the other side. Before he can confront the traitor, the man seemingly goes crazy, sniping several people before taking an adulterous...

letterboxd.com

 

[version]

There's a shit upload on YouTube I've got bookmarked, but I think Radiance are about to release Goodbye & Amen.

Goodbye & Amen (1977)

As John Dhannay, a CIA agent stationed in Rome, plans the overthrow of an African government, he discovers one of his men has been in contact with agents from the other side. Before he can confront the traitor, the man seemingly goes crazy, sniping several people before taking an adulterous...

letterboxd.com

Ended up watching this yesterday afternoon. The theme's a banger.