Watched They Live a few night ago. Fun little movie, recognised loads of quotes from it.


Kept me engaged i can't sit thru anything over 90 min. Khrushchev offered some comic relief at times.

Now fielding suggestions for something less heady.

    nonsenseorgan Kept me engaged i can't sit thru anything over 90 min. Khrushchev offered some comic relief at times.

    Now fielding suggestions for something less heady.

    This looks fantastic. Gonna have to rent tonight

      finally watched john huston's wise blood last night

        Something Wild by Jonathan Demme! Great soundtrack and Su Tissue cameo

        hotsounds the gonga the gorilla bit in that kills me everytime

          [ rewatched california split recently love it so much

            went and saw Phantom of the Paradise tonight at the Clinton St Theatre. Got me to thinking not enough front people do the funky chicken on stage

              Recent Viewings:

              Without Pity (Lattuada, '48): Italian Post-War Noir. Good cast, script by Fellini. Not outstanding but everyone involved went on to do bigger things together. Gotta give them some leeway, everything was still literally rubble.

              Hundreds of Beavers (Cheslik, '22): Fuck'n great. I had a smile on my face the entire time. A+ Live Action Cartoon. Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin would be proud.

              The Rules of the Game (Renoir, '39): People tell me this is one of the greatest movies ever, but I didnt get it.

              Black Gravel (Kautner, '61): Killer Germen Noir. Might be bleak but it looks great! Worth a watch.

              Toccata for Toy Trains (Eames, '57): A short film about toy trains made by the eames chair people.

              Randall went and saw Phantom of the Paradise tonight at the Clinton St Theatre

              After much deliberation I think I prefer THE APPLE over Phantom of the Paradise

                  Just rewatched Europa by Lars Von Trier. He came in swinging early in his career. Use of rear projection and other innovative camera work and elaborate staging made it a really satisfying film to revisit. Intense! Decadent! Breathtaking!

                    Been watching Giallo movies all month, did this one last night, an all timer of the genre. Works in some Rosemary's Baby and wild occult stuff. Featuring the queen herself, Edwige Fenech.

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                    I recently watched William Eggleston's Stranded In Canton. Cool to see all the Jim Dickinson and Furry Lewis footage

                      Yesterday I watched Ben Wheatley's The Sightseers, which could be described as the ultimate romantic comedy in an anti-romantic comedy sort of way. A beautiful love story wrapped in murder and mayhem.

                        terminalsunset Really like Von Trier's first three, especially Epidemic. Funny how they're so heavily stylized in contrast to the Dogme movement. On that note, I did watch The Idiots recently and enjoyed it for what it was. Von Trier is really hit or miss for me, but his high water mark is The Kingdom by far, which I'm due for a rewatch of (maybe that's for the TV thread).

                            ExpKind I plan to dive into The Kingdom soon as well! I kept thinking the same thing rewatching Europa in that he was such a formalist at the start, only to then attempt to dismantle the perceived artifice of cinema. A polarizing and not always successful filmmaker in my view, but someone whose work I'll always check out.

                              Very well said. I've watched The House that Jack Built twice just because I feel like there's something there that just needs to click. Still hasn't happened, but even his failures (in my eyes), are generally interesting.