Universally agreed terrible film(s)
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This is precisely the reason French cinema is so bad, and is definitely not the reason British cinema is so average.
The best British films came out of commercial studios, piratical producers, independant mavericks and an influx of immigrants (particularly Hungarians). All European cinema suffers when it tries to copy the "protectionist" French tradition rather than the dynamic, mercernary American system.
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The two great powers combined for The Day of the Jackal.
I agree that p&p are really really good. But they are a bit of an anomoly I think.
william_kent
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here you go;
pyschomania
zombie biker gang!
stone circles!
toad magick! ala Cultus Sabbati, Andrew Chumbley!
the forgotten Folk Horror masterpiece of the 70s
plus googlie interior design
the film that ended george sander's career
beryl reid as a medium
featuring cameos from dot cotton from eastenders, some guy from 70s pertwee era dr who, and one of dad's army
main guy featured as a sidekick in witch finder general
killer soundtrack
favourite quote; 'today we do the ton!"
ton-up boys and girls
the rising from the dead scene surely must be the inspiration for the cover of the second worst album of the 70s, "bat out of hell"
edit; i was going to write a ten thousand word essay on this film, relating the Toad Magick aspects back to secret rites conducted along the Ganges, the cunning men of East Anglia, the Scottish Society of Horsemen ( controlling their steeds through toad magic ), and the rise of limited edition "magical" tomes prevalent in the 21st century, but I might have blown my load now...
There was also Ealing, all the great 50s war movies, David Lean, early Hitchcock, Hammer, Reeves, Roeg and not forgetting (of course) @WashYourHands favorite Four Weddings and a Funeral.
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The Chinese state censored Johnnie To recently after he made a statement at the Berlin Film Festival.
“For me, cinema has always been in the vanguard. When totalitarian rule emerges, when people lose their freedoms, cinema is the first to take the hit. In most cases, cultural production will be forcefully suspended, since the cinema speaks directly to the audience. That’s why dictators always target the cinema. I think Hong Kong … No, sorry. I think all the countries and peoples fighting for freedom across the globe should support the cinema. Because the cinema speaks out on behalf of you.”
Berlin: Filmmaker Johnnie To’s Remarks About Totalitarianism Strike Chord in Hong Kong
The Berlin International Film Festival’s jury press conference, headed by Hollywood star Kristen Stewart, concluded on Thursday, but remarks made by legendary Hong Kong filmmaker Johnnie To at the event are still reverberating a world away. When the festival jurors were asked by a journalist in...
william_kent
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The Chinese state censored Johnnie To recently after he made a statement at the Berlin Film Festival.
“For me, cinema has always been in the vanguard. When totalitarian rule emerges, when people lose their freedoms, cinema is the first to take the hit. In most cases, cultural production will be forcefully suspended, since the cinema speaks directly to the audience. That’s why dictators always target the cinema. I think Hong Kong … No, sorry. I think all the countries and peoples fighting for freedom across the globe should support the cinema. Because the cinema speaks out on behalf of you.”
Berlin: Filmmaker Johnnie To’s Remarks About Totalitarianism Strike Chord in Hong Kong
The Berlin International Film Festival’s jury press conference, headed by Hollywood star Kristen Stewart, concluded on Thursday, but remarks made by legendary Hong Kong filmmaker Johnnie To at the event are still reverberating a world away. When the festival jurors were asked by a journalist in...uk.finance.yahoo.com
good on him
as opposed to sell out jackie chan who is now a shill of the ccp
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There is not one French film that has ever been made that is worth one frame of, say, 'Asterix the Legionary'
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Roeg absolutely but if someone says they like FW we can never be friends, it’s hideous, Love Actually napalmed to fuck and back too
Imagine what Pinhead could do to Hugh Grant’s soul.....
william_kent
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there's a bit in some nick broomfield documentary where the pimp of the woman that hugh grant got busted for consorting with spins nick a yarn and it reminded me of how people were aghast that grant could prefer oral off a working girl when he was supposedly hooked up with that welsh woman who ended up married to one of kirk douglas' kids...and well, obviously she doesn't "do" what is required
i remember the welsh woman praising brexit because dyson could provide more wattage for her hairdryer when it went through, vapid, lucky escape for hugh there
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I liked beau travail but it was a bit dull