[Sonic Youth 37]

Last night:

 

Now:

 

[ALIEN ANAL]

A Complete History of my Sexual Failures


I related to the lead character too much sheesh
fun film

[atsonicpark]

Seriously though, fugazifan have you seen Satantango?:

 

I just keep thinking it'd be your favorite film.

[Dr. Eugene Felikson]

 

Lynch's best.

[atsonicpark]

I watched Eraserhead again last week.

I realized that the entire movie is a morality tale that advises one to keep an independent mindset. Think about it: It's a story of a man who seems to rely on his wife and baby child for happiness in a crumbling society. In comes the lady in the radiator who seems to be an imaginary incarnation of his conscience, singing about heaven. At the very end of Eraserhead, after his wife is gone and the baby is gone and everyone else has faded into darkness, he finds himself in a white haze with nothing else around (no distractions, nothing to fall back on for help) except the lady, which represents his own conscience. The end of the film symbolizes his forming understanding that he must depend only on his inner voice for guidance and a path to contentment while living a life on a decaying planet. Consider "You've got your good things and I've got mine" lyrics: People have their own good things within them to make them happy. Heaven is an ideal world where everyone knows this, thus everything is fine.

[noisereductions]

I'm pretty sure the being-scared-of-being-a-dad thing holds up. At least the way I always viewed it. With the sperms and the fucked up baby (Spike) and all.

[Sonic Youth 37]

 

[fugazifan]

Originally Posted by atsonicpark

Seriously though, fugazifan have you seen Satantango?:

 

I just keep thinking it'd be your favorite film.

will have to check it out. although 7 1/2 hours is extreme, it usually takes me weeks to decide to watch a 3 hour movie.
plus i think im goin g to watch wagners ring cycle and thats 20 hours. but ill try to find it.
thanks!

[fugazifan]

i saw high plains drifter.
wow
amazing
9/10
top five westerns that ive seen.

[o o o]

Originally Posted by atsonicpark

Seriously though, fugazifan have you seen Satantango?:

 

I just keep thinking it'd be your favorite film.

Sátántangó might well be my favourite film and Béla Tarr might well be my favourite director!... I've only seen Sátántangó twice, each time over a week-end, I don't remember everything, but I really love it. The opening scene with the cows wandering in the empty town, the tango scene, the scene where two characters are walking down the street with a strong wind behind them and garbage flying all over... many images that stay with you. I realise it's probably not everyone's cup of tea, the scenes are very long and one has to be very patient, but it can be very rewarding.

fugazifan, if you are worried about the duration of that movie, maybe you can start first with one of his shorter movies, such as Werckmeister Harmonies or Damnation (that's actually the two only other Béla Tarr movies I've seen!). They also contain very long scenes, but maybe it is more accessible because those films are only between 2 and 3 hours long (I think). Out of the two, my favourite might be Werckmeister Harmonies, perhaps becaus of one scene where the main character teaches a bunch of drunkards the solar system and the mechanism of eclipses by making them act/dance one as the sun, one as the earth, one as the moon, etc (edit - ah, here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFmu7BYbthY). There is also a great scene in an hospital later in the movie. But Damnation is really good too, it's just that I have only seen it once, so maybe I have less memories of it.

Also, the music is always great in Béla Tarr movies.

[atsonicpark]

Originally Posted by o o o

Sátántangó might well be my favourite film and Béla Tarr might well be my favourite director!... I've only seen Sátántangó twice, each time over a week-end, I don't remember everything, but I really love it. The opening scene with the cows wandering in the empty town, the tango scene, the scene where two characters are walking down the street with a strong wind behind them and garbage flying all over... many images that stay with you. I realise it's probably not everyone's cup of tea, the scenes are very long and one has to be very patient, but it can be very rewarding.

fugazifan, if you are worried about the duration of that movie, maybe you can start first with one of his shorter movies, such as Werckmeister Harmonies or Damnation (that's actually the two only other Béla Tarr movies I've seen!). They also contain very long scenes, but maybe it is more accessible because those films are only between 2 and 3 hours long (I think). Out of the two, my favourite might be Werckmeister Harmonies, perhaps becaus of one scene where the main character teaches a bunch of drunkards the solar system and the mechanism of eclipses by making them act/dance one as the sun, one as the earth, one as the moon, etc (edit - ah, here it is: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VFmu7BYbthY). There is also a great scene in an hospital later in the movie. But Damnation is really good too, it's just that I have only seen it once, so maybe I have less memories of it.

Also, the music is always great in Béla Tarr movies.

Haha, wasn't expecting anyone to post something like this!

I've only seen Satantango and Harmonies and both were great. I need to get some more Tarr. Satantango certainly doesn't feel like a 7 1/2 hour movie... The scene with the two men walking with the trash blowing around is one of the best scenes I've ever seen. The scenes with the cat are probably the most disturbing scenes I've ever seen. And then there's so much beauty in the film... some of the most beautiful images I've ever seen.

[fugazifan]

ASP have you seen landscape in the mist? i saw it last week and was blown away, i think youd really like it

[atsonicpark]

never heard of it.

just netflix-queued it, it'll be here soon.

thanks!

[noisereductions]

Originally Posted by swa(y)

no one is "right" when it comes to lynch, though.

yessah. I am.

[jimbrim]

 

it was alright

[Satan]

Originally Posted by Dead-Air

Just saw Inferno by Dario Argento. Not bad at all, though I feel guilty for getting off on some of his tricks. Whether you love or hate cats, it will push your buttons. There is mythology sort of, but mostly it's just mindfuckery. Great sets and arty misogyny of course.

speaking of dario argento have you seen jenifer? that is a fucking weird ass movie and i didn't think it was very good but it kept my attention for sure.

[atsonicpark]

Didn't like Jennifer, didn't like Inferno (aside from the colors).


I do like Argento a lot, though. Tenebre and Deep Red are two of my all time favorite films.

[demonrail666]

Invocation of My Demon Brother. 11/10

 

[Satan]

jennifer was a fucking cheesefest wasnt it?

Originally Posted by demonrail666

Invocation of My Demon Brother. 11/10

 

soooooooo goooooooood

[atsonicpark]

Invocation of My Demon Brother is one of the best, definitely.