[spoiler]I'm still unsure how the theater sequence could work as well on TV as it did on the movie theater.[/spoiler]

SIMILARLY,

2001: A 16-year-old closet goth Typical Pickle Conflicts, having grown up without parents who listen to music, cool older siblings, or a solid support base of indie rock friends, hears "Love Will Tear Us Apart" in possibly rightfully forgotten reality TV satire Series 7: The Contenders and thinks "my god this is the most beautiful song ever written"

2001, A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER: A 16-year-old closet goth Typical Pickle Conflicts downloads 43 kb .wma file of "Love Will Tear Us Apart" and thinks "this doesn't really sound as good as I remembered it"

September 11, 2001: The tragic events of 9/11 shatter a nation

THEN SOME OTHER STUFF HAPPENED, I REALIZED I WASN'T THAT COMMITTED TO DOING A TIMELINE

August 10, 2007: Tony Wilson DIES, eerily so does the spindle thing for Disc 3 of Typical Pickle Conflicts' personal copy of the Heart and Soul box set

August 12, 2007: Carrier notified to pick up package

August 14, 2007: FOREST PARK IL US In transit

August 15, 2007: Arrival scan

I'm pretty sure no other movie has resulted in me spending more money and not just because I left one copy of the DVD in a different state and had to rebuy it. Not a bad flick would watch another million times A+.

An absolutely awesome documentary. The movie collects expert interview subjects, some of no less a quality then Dick Armitage and General Jay Garner (no bleeding heart liberals they). It's a devastating and depressing look into the folly that is the Bush Administration.

No doubt. Who hasn't watched impawards.com and loved it? It's already been talked about in this thread about 100 times tho.

whoops. fixed above.

Ha, what about Forest Park? lol

That's where the video store was that closed down and enabled my family to take hold of the Netflix advantage, amazingly enough.

I think there's a UPS station there and when you check your tracking number online it always says "FOREST PARK IL US In transit" right before it arrives at your door step.

this short film is actually rather funny. it doesn't have the subtitles, but check it out.

El Secdleto de la Tlompeta by Javier Fesser

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Which Svankmajer piece is on the collection? (I've seen his Alice, Conspirators of Pleasure and some of the shorts)

Gonna check out a few movies this weekend.

PIERROT LE FOU (Music Box)


IN SEARCH OF MOZART (SFC)


FLANDRES (SFC)

Reminded me quite a bit of Godard's later Weekend, in that it also featured a man and a woman in a car trekking to a destination with many distractions along the way. Weekend is more intentionally funny (and political), but no less difficult to grasp.

Jabberwocky. i didn't like it that much. it's in his "cartoon" style. there's no mixing with a normal filmed structured narrative, like he did in "Sileni". that's the only other film that I saw by him, so i can't really comment that much.

Check out the ones I mentioned...they are at the Harold Washington Library if not readily available elsewhere. Very "Lynchian".

After reading the write up in Time Out I went to add it to my Netflix queue and it's not released on DVD yet. Guess I'll have to go spend the $10 and watch it in the theater.

np:


Meh, Andie MacDowell was good.

i really like the first par of "Pierrot le Fou", up until the point where he escapes with Karina. the party scene and his work with color in it is really cool. from that point it on gets very bizzare, and it's only when i read some explanations and comments on "what, when and why" about the film that's when i began to appreciate it much more.

No less difficult is an understatement. Amazing cinematography, but tiresome film.

Oddly enough SEX, LIES, & VIDEOTAPE was a favorite during my childhood, I kid you not.

Don't know where you live but it's also at Harold Washington Library.

Like, available to rent? I live in Logan Square, never in the loop so I might just make a night out of it at Music Box. Thanks for the heads up though!

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The trailer for Alejandro Jodorowsky's The Holy Mountain (slightly NSFW). Ye Gods, but that looks like fun! Anyone here seen this blazing chunk of psychedelic film making? Theremin?

I've had it sitting on my computer for so fucking long.

I'll probably just buy the DVDs. I sure as hell need to.

Superbad

Went to the midnight showing last night. Fucking hilarious.

If you want the laughs, this one brings 'em.

I have yet to see it, might just get the box-set this weekend.

Histoire de Marie et Julien by Jacques Rivette

[spoiler]a story about dead people coming into the lives of living people.[/spoiler] mysticism mixed with some romanticisms and some sort of detective plot. the film itself wasn't that great. but if it was based on a book, i'd imagine it could have been an interesting read. reminded me of some cortazar's short story.

Pretty good.



Fucking great.

The only Potter film I hadn't seen. Somehow managed to skip it. One of my favorite books, too.

Watched it tonight and thought that it was quite good. There was a lot of silly, awesome-for-the-sake-of-being-awesome special effects type stuff in here, much like in the latest film. But unlike in that one, this film didn't feel particularly engulfed in those sorts of things. They were directed and presented in very artful, satisfying-to-watch ways. I especially liked the look of the scenes where Harry leaves the Dursleys and walks around outside and eventually gets on a bus and goes to some place where that bald guy and the Minister of Magic are and all that shit. The movie felt really video game-ish, but so did the latest movie and hell, so do the books. It was good shit.

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Call me late to the party. This film came out in 1991 and apparently was generation-defining for my generation. I popped it in around midnight tonight (never having seen it before) and need to rewatch a few times before returning it. It's like the Gen X Easy Rider.

This movie has so many great one liners

"I'm a sucker for a good conversation"

"Youre the disease, I'm the cure"

Tough guy: "I'm gonna blow this place(grocery store) up!"
Cobra: "Go ahead. I don't shop here."

I am going to pattern my life around Marion Cobretti.

Since i watched this i always cut pizza with scissors.

Efter brylluppet (After the Wedding)

Excellent film from Denmark in 2006. Well-acted, beautifully crafted...
I can't really say much about the plot without giving away the story, but definitely recommended.

or for the US market:



Makes it look like a romance comedy, which is hardly the case.

If we had a thread for listing our all-time worst movies, this and Rocky IV would be in my top 10.

IN THE COMPANY OF MEN

I'm all for misogynistic films, love Takashi Miike's work, etc. This, however, was stupid and pointless. Whatever ironic significance it might've had was completely lost on me.

Well, you don't hear that every day.

It's a balance between Von Trier and Fellini.

well, aside from most elements of the plot, 16 Blocks wasn't such a bad movie. mos def does a solid job, dude's got some real acting chops.

High five!

Mos Def was beyond horrendous in 16 Blocks, no matter what you Stepin Fetchit fans think.

The deaf chick is Evan's mom in Superbad.

pff..."I don't deal with psychos, I put them away."

don't you have some bruce willis fan faction to be writing or something?

Deja Vu

What a cool concept!
The movie's decent, but not nearly as innovative as, say, 12 Monkeys.
Great editing, photography + performances all around.
Love the laser pointer scene - just marvelously illogical.

Look, I appreciate when an actor takes a chance on an affectation or two for a character. But holy f did that marble-mouthed fuck ruin an otherwise half-assed b-movie.

Also, does David Morse ever get to play either the worst guy on earth or the sweetest? There has to be some middle ground that guy can handle.

Furthermore, I am a member of the fan faction that doesn't read or write fan fiction.

I'm not going to watch a movie that includes someone by the name of "Sidse Babbet". And what the hell is that chic flick below it? I was surprised to see no Sandra Bullock or Hugh Grant in the credits.

The yin and yang of structural artistes.

One bringing chaos to the order of urban settings.

The other bringing order to the chaos of nature.

Rivers and Tides wins.

Rivers and Tides is awesome, to be sure.

Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut

Thar be spoilers ahead
Some cool new stuff added, like the way Lois figures out Clark is Superman. Her jumping out the window, at the Daily Planet. Then later shooting Clark. The added scenes w/Brando helps the movie make more sense.
The only thing I really didn't like was the new ending where Superman turns back time, again, to make Lois forget his secret identity.

If you are a Superman fan, rent this movie!

I think what makes it so much more satisfying is that the magic is presented so matter-of-factly thanks to Alfonso Cuaron's direction. Check out the part after that that scene you described, when Harry goes into the kitchen, how the dishes fly off the table and the chairs flip themselves over but like it's an everyday occurence (which it would be). With Chris Columbus directing, you would get that stuff center-screen, with John Williams' musical flourishes and a cut to Harry's awed face, almost jabbing us in the ribs saying "Look at that! It's magic! Oh WOW!"

You also gotta love the running gag with the Whomping Willow as the seasons change. Really the best of the film series.

Frank Tashlin's crazed, Freudian satire of advertising, the media and 1950s values. Jayne Mansfield is a hoot. Everything about this movie (except for a ad exec who dreams of becoming a horticulturist) is fake and ironic. Don't miss it.


"It Happened One Night", with Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert.
One of the great classics of American cinema. Sexy and smart and funny. The blueprint for The Romantic Comedy as we know it, it well deserved the 5 Oscars it earned.

Mos def was really good and its not often enough that I'd add that to a supporting role.
See him in: 'Hitchikers Guide' & 'Something the Lord Has Made'. To be honest I'm not big on checking the works of richard donner and I found mos refreshing considering the lesser amount of performances that usually come out of these flicks.. I agree with you about morse's picks. He'd be great if he could take a step away
from the two-step performances and expand on the idea of expressing a little more. It is a disappointment to see him in the forever a bad guy mode.