IdleRich
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A truly astonishing artifact.
It was on telly the other day and I persuaded Liza to watch some.... she almost cried with laughter.
Films you've seen recently and would unreservedly recommend:
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A truly astonishing artifact.
It was on telly the other day and I persuaded Liza to watch some.... she almost cried with laughter.
IdleRich
IdleRich
Kung-Fu George! If I remember the Arthurian legends correctly he sat between Sir Gawain and Sir Bedevere at the round table.
Clinamenic
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I've been somewhat obsessed with Hal Hartley films lately, seen 10 so far, maybe 7 in the last month and a half. Criterion added most/all of his work to their channel recently. This week I watched Simple Men, The Unbelievable Truth, and Trust.
They all have this very deadpan humor and off-kilter pacing and vibe, sorta like everyone is in their own little world and a sense of shared reality often proves elusive. There have been at least three scenes across his films where two characters have a conversation and just completely, comically talk past one another, each one droning on about their own problems. Or sometimes a character will just go on speaking and not be heard by anyone around them.
There was a bit in Unbelievable Truth where Robert Burke and Edie Falco just cycle through the same dialogue maybe four times. Something like this.
"I know what you need."
"What do I need?"
"You need a woman."
"I have a woman."
"She's no good for you."
"She's leaving town anyway."
"I know what you need."
"What do I need?"
"You need a woman."
"I have a woman."
"She's no good for you."
"She's leaving town anyway."
"I know what you need."
"What do I need?"
"You need a woman."
"I have a woman."
"She's no good for you."
"She's leaving town anyway."
"I know what you need."
"What do I need?"
"You need a woman."
"I have a woman."
"She's no good for you."
"She's leaving town anyway."
And they did it in a totally serious, normal manner, which had me cracking up.
Other recurring themes: older men with dangerous pasts dating disillusioned young women in/graduating high school, auto mechanics and engineers, flat and austere dance scenes, abrupt and ostentatious shoving matches breaking out randomly.
The Henry Fool trilogy is especially quirky and is seemingly the centerpiece of his filmography, with certain characters in it being referenced in his other films.
Anyway, if I had to recommend a couple, I'd say Henry Fool and Amateur (Isabelle Huppert's trademark reserved psychosexual intensity works well here, I think).
They all have this very deadpan humor and off-kilter pacing and vibe, sorta like everyone is in their own little world and a sense of shared reality often proves elusive. There have been at least three scenes across his films where two characters have a conversation and just completely, comically talk past one another, each one droning on about their own problems. Or sometimes a character will just go on speaking and not be heard by anyone around them.
There was a bit in Unbelievable Truth where Robert Burke and Edie Falco just cycle through the same dialogue maybe four times. Something like this.
"I know what you need."
"What do I need?"
"You need a woman."
"I have a woman."
"She's no good for you."
"She's leaving town anyway."
"I know what you need."
"What do I need?"
"You need a woman."
"I have a woman."
"She's no good for you."
"She's leaving town anyway."
"I know what you need."
"What do I need?"
"You need a woman."
"I have a woman."
"She's no good for you."
"She's leaving town anyway."
"I know what you need."
"What do I need?"
"You need a woman."
"I have a woman."
"She's no good for you."
"She's leaving town anyway."
And they did it in a totally serious, normal manner, which had me cracking up.
Other recurring themes: older men with dangerous pasts dating disillusioned young women in/graduating high school, auto mechanics and engineers, flat and austere dance scenes, abrupt and ostentatious shoving matches breaking out randomly.
The Henry Fool trilogy is especially quirky and is seemingly the centerpiece of his filmography, with certain characters in it being referenced in his other films.
Anyway, if I had to recommend a couple, I'd say Henry Fool and Amateur (Isabelle Huppert's trademark reserved psychosexual intensity works well here, I think).
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shakahislop
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on saturday here there's a screening of a film i've never heard of, called la roue, which is seven hours long, silent, and from the 1920s, and somehow it has sold out
rubberdingyrapids
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saw the football factory last week (idk how ive never seen it). danny dyer was there at the bfi to introduce it. he said it was one of his good films. idk tbh, not seen enough of his films. im not sure i like DD that much, i respect what hes done, but hes got a certain mode that he does and thats fine, but itd be nice to see him have another mode from time to time too. and that one mode (loud, sort of braying, 'ard n harsh, which he used even when hosting the wall on bbc 1 lol) is the one he uses for the narration in the football factory, which gets a bit much really. the films no masterpiece, but its got a real energy/intensity to it, and DDs character gets better and more interesting as it goes along so you feel more sympathetic towards him. plus some of the fight scenes are nuts. tamar hasan is esp good in the big brawl they have near the end. if you like brit films on masculinity, id recommend muscle too - its got craig fairbrass and directed by the guy who did hyena.
IdleRich
IdleRich
Just saw this film today which I'm totally unsure whether to put in this thread or the "with reservations" one... the thing is, it's not THAT good really, but on the other hand, seeing it today completely randomly so that it crept up on me without warning, I have to say I enjoyed it unreservedly.
It was called Upgrade, I'd heard of it before but all the reviews were pretty lukewarm. It's kinda like Robocop I guess, set in a near future with a grimy-shiny look that worked pretty well for me; the story itself begins when the main guy and his girlfriend are heading home in their self-driving Musk jeep (or near enough) when it goes off course and crashes in a wrong-side-of-the-tracks kinda place like in Bonfire Of The Vanities, they are attacked by baddies and she's killed while he is left paralysed.
Luckily a tech billionaire called Eron (seriously) Keen is able to implant a chip in him which first re-connects his nerve endings so he can move, and then makes him into a bionic man so he can get his revenge... but what lifts it above being a simple roborip-off are the twists that follow as the chip demonstrates a mind of its own and we follow the path that led us to this point and on to a surprisingly dark ending...
So, yeah, of course it's not the Bicycle Thieves but for the first half it's a pleasingly taut and stylish action revenge thriller which I'd probably give six or seven out of ten - and then the, to me, completely unexpected new direction adds a whole new dimension.
It's only right I mention a couple of caveats, I was only half watching it so maybe someone paying full attention wouldn't be so caught out by the switch up. I dunno if it will be quite as good for those who can't recreate the precise viewing situation, but I can only say what I saw.
It was called Upgrade, I'd heard of it before but all the reviews were pretty lukewarm. It's kinda like Robocop I guess, set in a near future with a grimy-shiny look that worked pretty well for me; the story itself begins when the main guy and his girlfriend are heading home in their self-driving Musk jeep (or near enough) when it goes off course and crashes in a wrong-side-of-the-tracks kinda place like in Bonfire Of The Vanities, they are attacked by baddies and she's killed while he is left paralysed.
Luckily a tech billionaire called Eron (seriously) Keen is able to implant a chip in him which first re-connects his nerve endings so he can move, and then makes him into a bionic man so he can get his revenge... but what lifts it above being a simple roborip-off are the twists that follow as the chip demonstrates a mind of its own and we follow the path that led us to this point and on to a surprisingly dark ending...
So, yeah, of course it's not the Bicycle Thieves but for the first half it's a pleasingly taut and stylish action revenge thriller which I'd probably give six or seven out of ten - and then the, to me, completely unexpected new direction adds a whole new dimension.
It's only right I mention a couple of caveats, I was only half watching it so maybe someone paying full attention wouldn't be so caught out by the switch up. I dunno if it will be quite as good for those who can't recreate the precise viewing situation, but I can only say what I saw.
Incredible fight scenes in that one. I posted in that Gonzo screen violence thread a while back
+1 for King Arthur too. The Saxon east end must have been æled
IdleRich
IdleRich
What does that last word mean?
Emily is a criminal
Aubrey Plaza stops taking any shit through the medium of credit card fraud
Aubrey Plaza stops taking any shit through the medium of credit card fraud
version
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Yeah, that's the one.
rubberdingyrapids
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saw this at london film festival. mubi are releasing it later this year or next year. theres been quite a few films about latin american colonialism lately, but zama was so dull to me. this one is tonnes better, and often kind of excruciating, which i love in films, so this one does it for me.
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TRAILER - The Settlers (2023)
Chile, 1901. Three horsemen embark on an expedition, tasked with securing a wealthy landowner’s vast property. Accompanying a British lieutenant and an American mercenary is mestizo marksman Segundo, who comes to realize their true mission is to violently “remove” the indigenous population.
Clinamenic
Binary & Tweed
Watching Casablanca again, maybe for the 8th time. God I love this film - so many great bits of dialogue writing and scenecraft. Just walked to the neighborhood Eastern European market to get a bottle of Martini & Rossi sparkling wine to make a Vichy 75, or an approximation thereof, which is a great accompaniment to this film.