[Murmer99]

What are your thoughts on Wings of Desire? Are you a fan of Wenders? I think it's my favorite film he directed. It's hard to choose... Paris, Texas is one of my favorite "road pictures".

[LimitlessLovingCasper]

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[demonrail666]

 

Somewhere

I wasn't sure about this the first time I saw it but I've been watching it a fair bit recently. I can definitely see why some people would absolutely hate it but it's really growing on me.

[Ghostchase]

Wow. I was literally just looking at that film on IMDb. Good?

 

3 Women
Ah yes, the loquacious and bubbly Shelley Duvall, I love her. I liked this film a lot, I wasn't sure what I was in store for when I clicked play. Sissy Spacek's change in character was a nice touch, but I was expecting something a little darker but a fine film none the less.

 

The 39 Steps
Robert Donat is cool beans! What a fantastic and witty actor! Made in 1935? Way ahead of its time! Directed by none other then Albert Hitchcock, it was a lovely film.

[Murmer99]

 

[demonrail666]

Originally Posted by Ghostchase

Wow. I was literally just looking at that film on IMDb. Good?

It'd be more honest to say that I really like it than to say it's any good. A lot of critics absolutely hated it for reasons I can sort of understand. It's really slow, pretty much nothing happens and its theme (big Hollywood star in existential crisis) isn't particularly original. I'm a sucker for those types of stories, though, and a big Sofia Coppola fan so, while I really like it, I can totally appreciate how it might not be everyone's cup of tea. Definitely worth a look, though.

[Ghostchase]

Originally Posted by demonrail666

It'd be more honest to say that I really like it than to say it's any good. A lot of critics absolutely hated it for reasons I can sort of understand. It's really slow, pretty much nothing happens and its theme (big Hollywood star in existential crisis) isn't particularly original. I'm a sucker for those types of stories, though, and a big Sofia Coppola fan so, while I really like it, I can totally appreciate how it might not be everyone's cup of tea. Definitely worth a look, though.

I admire great monotonous slice of life that doesn't really go anywhere, especially if its done by Sofia. I'll check it out.

[Genteel Death]

Originally Posted by demonrail666

No I haven't. I've probably lied to a few people in the past and pretended that I have, but no. Do you recommend any?

If you must read one, go for ''Manhattan Suicide Addict'' or ''The Hustler's Grotto of Christopher Street''. They should both appeal to your taste for all things NY underground from around a time in the city's cultural history which has been long gone.

I have watched quite a number of films in the past few weeks, some of them brilliant and some of them not so brilliant. Here's two of them.

Ilsa: She Wolf of the SS

This movie tickled my curiousity because a while ago I've done some reading on the physical and mental cruelty inflicted on prisoners by the Third Reich's female personnel and their role and methods of recruitment in the German Nazi party. Dyanne Thorne's character seems loosely based on sadistic scum like Irma ''The Beautiful Beast'' Grese mixed with elements of other ''specialities'' favoured by some of her female colleagues intent on behaving like the most disgusting human beings the world has ever seen. I couldn't watch it in one go because the well-acted violent scenes and realistic special effects made my stomach churn a few times, even though the acting in this film is mostly so bad I can see why it was so popular with certain late night movie-goers who loved gory b-movies about nazis when it came out. The final scene when the camp prisoners put into practice their plot to escape and kill their tormentors is pretty good though. Overall I'm glad I got to watch it, but I felt like the film was loaded with a deeply disturbing subject matter and Don Edmonds invited some comedy actors to act in it. Probably I am just missing the point here.

Megan is Missing

I react in several fashions to a film like this.

1 - Dismiss it as trash while longing for my disapproval to sound louder if I was joined by more people questioning its existence with the intent of putting a stop to it all.

2 - Calm down and wonder why realism geared up to show the worst of the human mind needs to be represented in ways that only seem to appeal to teenagers forever intent on ''standing out'' from the crowd by showing images of torture and suffering to others in a faux compassionate manner towards the victims.

3 - Blame it on Radiohead. I managed to think of creative ways to blame random stuff on Radiohead by watching their videos and observing Thom Yorke representing the human condition.

4 - Get over it. Have a glass of wine.

[demonrail666]

Thanks for the Kusama recommendations.

Ilsa She Wolf is an interesting film. It feels like it should've been made in Italy, given the fascination a lot of Italian movies have with the whole SS/S&M thing, even in some of its artier films (Rome Open City, The Night Porter, etc). I used to think it was a cheap cash in on Boys From Brazil until realising it actually predates it by a few years. I've a book somewhere on the Nazi's apparent love/hate relationship with women. I can't remember the title but I'll dig it out. Do you remember the title of the book about Irma Grese? I feel a brand new fascination brewing.

[LimitlessLovingCasper]

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[Dr Chocolate]

Empire Strikes Back on tv
not like i watch watched it for the 1000th time again

[demonrail666]

Originally Posted by LimitlessLovingCasper

Yooo
gotta check this out!
Herman Hesse is involved!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ8xjVASGX8

Wow! Not much of a herman Hesse fan but I never knew Steppenwolf even existed as a film. It looks great.

[LimitlessLovingCasper]

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[Murmer99]

 

Luckily found a theatre that was actually playing this. I loved it.

[Murmer99]

I'd also recommend looking into this. It will be released in the states on September 14th. I personally enjoyed the trailer a lot and Philip Seymour Hoffman never ever disappoints. Directed by Paul Thomas Anderson, who I think is decent. He tends to deliver at times for me.

 

[demonrail666]

Originally Posted by Murmer99

 

Luckily found a theatre that was actually playing this. I loved it.

I'm intrigued by that film, less because it's by Cronenberg but because I really like the novel it's based on.

[Murmer99]

I've actually never read the novel. In a way I wish I would've before going to see the film.

Definitely check it out if possible. I'd say it's entirely different than anything else Cronenberg has directed. It does somewhat resemble the strangeness of his older stuff, but only to a certain degree. I'm sure he never even thinks about his previous work when he's working on a new one. I think a lot of people (I've read a few reviews here and there) felt distanced because of how detailed the dialogue was in certain moments. There were also very graphic scenes that seemed to shock the audience as well. I suppose that's what he meant about the higher the budget is, the more it must conform to particular "rules". I think there are exceptions every now and then, for me. But he apparently finds them all boring. Pattinson being in the lead role truly was unexpected, and I thought he did well. Without spoiling anything, Paul Giamatti is also quite good in this film. An acquired taste, but I thoroughly enjoyed it and would recommend.

[Bytor Peltor]

 

[!@#$%!]

 

this was fun

[demonrail666]

Originally Posted by Murmer99

Paul Giamatti is also quite good in this film.

I didn't know he was in it. I'm a big fan so that's another reason to see it.