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    dr_chile
    “might be good, at best.”

      Anyone else keep busy being a dork ass on Letterboxd? I even pay for it lol. I'm on there as DriveLukeJehu.

      Ben Lyon Rad! I’m looking forward to what they put out next!

        Lincoln soundtrack was bangin. NDW perfection! Owned the soundtrack before I ever saw the movie so was nice to see it in context

          Two-Lane Blacktop

          I'm conversationally fluent in basic German (B1 level). A major reason why is that I'm interested in the history of East Germany and its underground art and music scene. I also really like DEFA films -- the state-run film studio -- specifically the 1980s docs when things started loosening up.
          Winter ade, Die Architekten, Spermuell, whisper & SHOUT, etc.

          If you're looking for a legit '80s arthouse punk movie, check out the German dystopian sci-fi flick Decoder on YouTube. Featuring Einstürzende Neubauten's F.M. Einheit as an anti-hero noise musician and prominent counterculture figures such as William S. Burroughs and Genesis P-Orridge in supporting roles.

            Randall Gimmie Sopor woah! Great tip. Got my late night basement viewing pick

            I wouldn't accuse Decoder of being first rate, but it's certainly entertaining if you appreciate sleazy low budget sci-fi movies from the 80s. Excellent music/soundtrack though, and some scenes are very intense.

              Kamikaze '89 with Fassbinder is great too. It's like a West German less-than-serious Blade Runner. Cyber-punk. It was Fassbinder's last movie; his fingers are nicotine-stained yellow and everything was catching up to him. Edgar Froese's score is 10/10.

                peeblood I just watched Der Fan finally and it blew my fricken mind! The main girl is a real vibe.

                Holy macaroni! I had trouble getting to sleep last night, so I watched Der Fan. Gave me the same what the fuck-feeling as the Dutch movie The Vanishing and I can't stop thinking about it. Without a doubt one of the best films I have seen this year. Also have to re-evaluate my feelings about Rheingold, for reasons unknown I always wrote them off as a lightweight, but the OST is top notch.

                  Food poisoning wasn't enough suffering for me so I decided to watch Joker: Folie A Deux. I figured it would be bad but at least good for a laugh. I was wrong. They managed to make an insanely boring court drama musical with a guy in clown make up.

                  Anyone else watch Let's Start a Cult? Very dumb, but I liked it. Trying to go for a Sandler/Farley golden era comedy feel but within an indie framework. I suppose you have to like Stavros Halkias a lot for it to work at all. It's the perfect example of a movie that was a 5/10 but I also liked it. The last throwaway joke killed me.

                  Last Friday the “illegal” re-master of THE PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE followed by an in-person Q&A with national treasure Paul Williams was peak movie-going.

                    Dodge Last Friday the “illegal” re-master of THE PHANTOM OF THE PARADISE followed by an in-person Q&A with national treasure Paul Williams was peak movie-going.

                    Man I went and saw Phantom at the Clinton a few weeks backs then saw this was happening. Meant to put it in my calendar but forgot.

                      Roger Corman’s Not Of This Earth

                      I saw "I'm Still Here" in the theater today. About the Brazilian military dictatorship disappearing a dissident in 1970. Based on true story. Especially terrifying in the current political context. Killer, killer soundtrack, as you could guess.