A few films recently watched.

You're NOT Bill Murray!? God damn, suntory time.

Good story though.

  On 3/28/2012 at 2:47 PM, Gocab said:

You're NOT Bill Murray!? God damn, suntory time.

:(

  On 3/28/2012 at 1:39 PM, pigster said:

umm. i've seen solaris and stalker, whats some good Tarkovsky to continue with?

or um, if anyone would like to recommend any other well filmed Tarkovsky/Kubrick style films, i'd be pretty happy. i'll investigate Come and See, as posted above, but it looks a little horrible.

I think those are his best. Andrei Rubelev is pretty great too, it's divided into chapters and the final one about "the making of the bell" is straight Herzog, really powerful. Ivan's Childhood is also worth checking out, has some really inventive filmmaking, although I think the "emotional gut punch" that it goes for is a bit overdone...or maybe I'm just too jaded

  On 3/28/2012 at 5:24 PM, lumpenprol said:

  On 3/28/2012 at 1:39 PM, pigster said:

umm. i've seen solaris and stalker, whats some good Tarkovsky to continue with?

or um, if anyone would like to recommend any other well filmed Tarkovsky/Kubrick style films, i'd be pretty happy. i'll investigate Come and See, as posted above, but it looks a little horrible.

 

I think those are his best. Andrei Rubelev is pretty great too, it's divided into chapters and the final one about "the making of the bell" is straight Herzog, really powerful. Ivan's Childhood is also worth checking out, has some really inventive filmmaking, although I think the "emotional gut punch" that it goes for is a bit overdone...or maybe I'm just too jaded

Zerkalo (the Mirror) is one of the most visually arresting/interesting movies ever made. It's nonlineer, though, and takes more active viewer involvement than Solaris or Stalker.

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Working through Reb Brown's filmography. Really want this on dvd.

i have no idea why you're all so low scoring punchdrunk love. saw it for the first time recently and loved it. went to the top of my pta ranking. the musicality of it really won me over.

  On 3/28/2012 at 7:18 PM, Benedict Cumberbatch said:

i have no idea why you're all so low scoring punchdrunk love. saw it for the first time recently and loved it. went to the top of my pta ranking. the musicality of it really won me over.

one of the best dialogues ever

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'No Country for Old Men'

Liked it a whole lot. I didn't feel like it was two hours long at all. And god damn it, Javier Bardem's character is so god damned frightening. Gotta love it.

I too rank Punch Drunk as one of PTA's best, right behind TWBB.

As for favorite Tarkovsky, I'll second Ivan's Childhood... with a runtime of around an hour and a half, if memory serves me, it is one of Tarkosky's easier films to digest. But Nostalgia has to be my favorite.

He also did a very interesting short film adaptation of Hemingway's The Killers which I think you can find on youtube.

I recently picked up the Kino blu-ray for The Sacrifice which has a documentary called "Directed by Andrei Tarkovsky" which is a must-see.

Lastly, this is a must read:

'Punch Drunk Love' is my favourite romantic comedy, ever. Second to 'Eternal Sunshine...'

The car wreck scene is so brilliantly choreographed.

Sandler will never be in a better film.

and I think I know which scene you speak gaarg in 'Nostalghia'....

  On 3/28/2012 at 10:01 PM, Atop said:

'Punch Drunk Love' is my favourite romantic comedy, ever. Second to 'Eternal Sunshine...'

 

The car wreck scene is so brilliantly choreographed.

 

Sandler will never be in a better film.

 

and I think I know which scene you speak gaarg in 'Nostalghia'....

yeah. i was a surprised to see punch drunk love being released 2 years prior to eternal sunshine.

thanks for all the Tarkovsky recommendations^^

  On 3/28/2012 at 10:01 PM, Atop said:

'Punch Drunk Love' is my favourite romantic comedy, ever. Second to 'Eternal Sunshine...'

 

The car wreck scene is so brilliantly choreographed.

 

Sandler will never be in a better film.

 

and I think I know which scene you speak gaarg in 'Nostalghia'....

you do? because there are two that make your visual sensitivity implode

Nostalgia spoiler

the beginners - boring and pretentious movie about nothing. this is the one upcoming art students still struggling through high school will tumblr about. or used to tumblr about, a it's from 2010 or whatever. the only thing i could think of were - is mcgregor's accent suppose to be american?

  On 3/29/2012 at 12:42 AM, kinski said:

the beginners - boring and pretentious movie about nothing. this is the one upcoming art students still struggling through high school will tumblr about. or used to tumblr about, a it's from 2010 or whatever. the only thing i could think of were - is mcgregor's accent suppose to be american?

Yes, it was awful. I didn't even finish it.

  On 3/29/2012 at 12:08 AM, gaarg said:

  On 3/28/2012 at 10:01 PM, Atop said:

and I think I know which scene you speak gaarg in 'Nostalghia'....

 

you do? because there are two that make your visual sensitivity implode

 

Nostalgia spoiler

 

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I love the candle one a bit more than the camera moving out making everything small bit

 

Exactly.....is mesmerizing and perfect. I would like to know more about how this film came to be made. Such a strange story. Even for Tarkovsky.

I still need to watch 'The Sacrifice'. The only one left for me to watch. :(

Unless I have missed some short films that I know not of.

  On 3/16/2012 at 7:54 PM, Boxus said:

Timecrimes - 10/10! fucking loved this movie! i've instantly become a huge fan of nacho vigalondo. i hope i can find a way to see his new one, extraterrestre, which i believe is being released in spain in a week or two.

 

also his short films are great, especially this one:

 

http://vimeo.com/3628021

 

yes - time crimes is a little gem. good news

  On 3/16/2012 at 11:26 PM, Pennywise said:

human centipede 2. Jesus christ, it's really really really fucked up

really, really shit in every imaginable way you mean

  On 3/17/2012 at 11:02 PM, Bubba69 said:

commando 9/10. Hands down the best arnold movie.

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvk8kQenmS8

truth

Fuck that, 'Total Recall' all of the way son! Or 'Conan the Barbarian'. Or 'Predator'. FUCK!

ah, yes. i dedicate my 400th post to once again praise total recall. there's a remake coming up (with colin farrell as lead) that will probably blow but may remind the general public of how amazing the original was.

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lol

i watched black swan and american psycho this weekend and the similarities were uncanny.

I like to imagine Black Swan is a sequel to Garden State, with Portman's character finally suffering a schizophrenic break from reality after following Zach Braff to NYC as he pursues his acting career.

lol perfect

  On 3/28/2012 at 7:18 PM, Benedict Cumberbatch said:

i have no idea why you're all so low scoring punchdrunk love. saw it for the first time recently and loved it. went to the top of my pta ranking. the musicality of it really won me over.

I didn't like Punch Drunk Love mainly because I was so fucking uncomfortable watching it. It also went nowhere story wise. I don't mind when a movie is just being "weird" and answers itself but I never really found a conclusion to any of the plot points (i.e. the piano) And I fucking HATE Adam Sandler's voice.

Punch Drunk Love is simply a worse version of Synecdoche, New York (Same composer so the music is similar)