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Scarla O
= Cult of Ray =
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 Posted - 08/22/2005 : 08:15:07
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Originally posted by vilainde
The trailer looked really bad. What is it about?
Denis
Really?
I've never seen the trailer so I don't know how they try and sell it but it's good, perhaps it tries a little too hard to be conspicuously 'indie' but it's funny and engaging.
I guess it deals with issues of alienation as it follows the lives of 4 or 5 americans over a short period of time.
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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Niue
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Posted - 08/22/2005 : 08:32:13
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I don't remember everything from the trailer but it looked like your typical romantic comedy - girl writes "Me" and "You" on her pink shoes and moves/joins her feet, ooh... Usually I try to get inside the theater after the trailers cause most of the time they suck.
Denis
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 08/22/2005 : 08:40:36
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Originally posted by speedy_m
I watched 12 Monkeys again. I really like that movie.
that's one of my favorite movies ever.
i used to be in love with Madeline Stowe, until i discovered Jennifer Connelly |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 08/22/2005 : 09:43:06
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| Over the weekend, I saw a few movies at a friends house-Dead And Buried, a cool little early-eighties horror-thriller, Face Of Fu Manchu, starring Christopher Lee (a lot of fun), and Near Dark, which is a cool 80's vampire flick. Jenny Wright, who plays May in it, is beautiful, too! :) |
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The Holiday Son
= Quote Accumulator =
France
2010 Posts |
Posted - 08/22/2005 : 11:52:43
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I watched Annie Hall yesterday.
It's really good. (And Diane Keaton deserved her Oscar) |
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TRANSMARINE
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
2002 Posts |
Posted - 08/22/2005 : 15:25:04
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I watched BROKEN FLOWERS Saturday night.
It was very, very good.
I was alone...in my BIG BED
-bRIAN |
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The Holiday Son
= Quote Accumulator =
France
2010 Posts |
Posted - 08/22/2005 : 16:34:58
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I just watched The Impostor (based on a Philip K. Dick short story)
I enjoyed it.
Not as good as Blade Runner or Minority Report but way better than Paycheck. |
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Daisy Girl
~ Abstract Brain ~
Belize
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Posted - 08/22/2005 : 18:49:55
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Originally posted by TRANSMARINE
I watched BROKEN FLOWERS Saturday night.
It was very, very good.
I was alone...in my BIG BED
-bRIAN
That was a cool movie... it was a perfect movie weekend with Broken Flowers and 40 year old virgin. 
"I ain't goin to be what I ain't" |
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Broken Face
-= Forum Pistolero =-
USA
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Posted - 08/22/2005 : 19:30:34
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THE MOTORCYCLE DIARIES
very good - its been sitting on my coffee table for a month in the red netflix envelope - i should've watched it sooner
and
FUGAZI - INSTRUMENT
A pretty decent documentary - i wish it was chronological and they had a better sound mix, b/c a lot of the interview clips were muddy and hard to understand
-Brian
If you move I shoots!
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HeywoodJablome
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1485 Posts |
Posted - 08/22/2005 : 20:59:41
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The last episode of Six Feet Under. I thought it was very good; my neighbor started to cry!
I've always been curious about FUGAZI, I'll have to check that one BF |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
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Posted - 08/23/2005 : 00:37:56
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Originally posted by TRANSMARINE
I watched BROKEN FLOWERS Saturday night.
It was very, very good.
I was alone...in my BIG BED
-bRIAN
saw it tonight. hate to say it but i was a little let down actually |
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HeywoodJablome
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 08/23/2005 : 10:33:41
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Woodstock the movie: I'd never seen it all the way through.
"The warning I'm getting people is, don't take the brown acid-it's a bummer." Classic.
Pretty entertaining. Joan Baez sounded like a hen that needed to be put down and apparently the Grateful Deads' performance was so bad that they will never include it in any version of the movie. |
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TRANSMARINE
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
2002 Posts |
Posted - 08/23/2005 : 12:16:50
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Originally posted by floop
quote:
Originally posted by TRANSMARINE
I watched BROKEN FLOWERS Saturday night.
It was very, very good.
I was alone...in my BIG BED
-bRIAN
saw it tonight. hate to say it but i was a little let down actually
I had no expectation going into it whatsoever. In fact, I had no idea what it was about. It reminded me of a similar experience I had myself when a mysterious ex wrote me out of the blue and explained I had a 19 year-old kid from our former relationship (this was four years ago). I went on a soul-splattered trek to discover my 'son', but realized on the road that if I had a 19 year-old kid, I would have had to have been 11 years old at the time of conception. It seemed very unlikely to me so I went home, broke and confused. When I looked at the letter again, the envelope had a different address than mine on it...the mailman had misdelivered it. Boy, I was upset. To soothe my nerves I went out to see BROKEN FLOWERS.
I was alone...in my BIG BED
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Sir Rockabye
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1158 Posts |
Posted - 08/23/2005 : 22:24:02
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I watched Fast Times at Ridgemont High tonight. Thats always a fun movie. It was the first time ever though that I noticed Nicholas Cage's cameos.
I tried to rent the Ballad of Jack and Rose, but the local video store didn't have it in. I guess I'll have to wait a few days.
You run all kinds of red lights except the ones on the street.
When you run out of exits you can always count sheep. |
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therewererumours
* Dog in the Sand *
Ireland
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Posted - 08/24/2005 : 18:48:28
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I just watched Scum (on C4), I think it was the tv version as the film version is supposidly banned. Lots of institutionalised brutality, I really liked the smart guy who explained it all to guard and had it all thrown back in his face, examplifing the vicous cycle they were stuck in.
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 08/24/2005 : 19:39:28
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| I saw that in the TV listings the other day-it's just been released on DVD, with the uncut version included! |
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Sir Rockabye
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
1158 Posts |
Posted - 08/24/2005 : 20:22:59
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I watched Kung Fu Hustle.
Fun fun fun.
You run all kinds of red lights except the ones on the street.
When you run out of exits you can always count sheep. |
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Carl
- A 'Fifth' Catholic -
Ireland
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Posted - 08/24/2005 : 21:54:17
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
2674 Posts |
Posted - 08/25/2005 : 04:26:57
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My cat eating a lizard. I think they have to eat a few of those before realising they make them sick, it's one for each cat at the moment.
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If I were a millionaire I'd buy every carthorse in Ireland and wait. The day is coming when a carthorse will be worth more than a Porsche. |
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
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Posted - 08/25/2005 : 14:01:31
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The cat puked up the lizard but the other cat just found a scorpion and seems rather put out it got killed with a shoe.
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If I were a millionaire I'd buy every carthorse in Ireland and wait. The day is coming when a carthorse will be worth more than a Porsche. |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
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Posted - 08/25/2005 : 14:08:02
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| i watched SUPER SIZE ME last night. the subject matter is fascinating, but the filmmaking itself left a little to be desired. i didn't think the guy was that entertaining. it would have been much better with someone who was more entertaining (ie. maybe more funny?) |
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Broken Face
-= Forum Pistolero =-
USA
5155 Posts |
Posted - 08/25/2005 : 15:34:41
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WILD ZERO - best film ever
-Brian
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vilainde
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Niue
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Posted - 08/25/2005 : 15:48:44
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I'll see it next week, Brian. I have extremely high expectations.
Denis
"We brush our teeth with tequila." - Guitar Wolf |
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
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Posted - 08/25/2005 : 15:53:52
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BEETLEJUICE.
Enough said.
How's that for a slice of fried gold? |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 08/27/2005 : 16:59:12
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great doc |
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
15320 Posts |
Posted - 08/27/2005 : 17:04:25
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tell us more, floop, please
what made it great?
do you get to see the bear dispatch the guy?
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
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Posted - 08/27/2005 : 17:14:36
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great in the way that many Herzog documentaries are: he always manages to explore people who are on the border of things and bring up interesting questions along the way. you think the film is going to be about one thing but they usuallly end up being something else..
you don't see the killing. but they do talk about it. the film is more about this guy, and trying to get to the bottom of his personality.. what makes him tick / his personal demons etc..
but also touches on larger questions about nature, civilization and humanity ..
for him to include the killing stuff would just be exploitative (though obviously it's hard not to be curious)
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
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Posted - 08/27/2005 : 17:15:34
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thanks for that erudite and inticing explanation, floop. it's on my must-see list.
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
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Posted - 08/27/2005 : 17:21:19
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Bruce Chatwin has a story about when Herzog filmed his The Viceroy of Ouidah (as Cobra Verde) in Africa has this in it: "He [Werner Herzog] was also the only person with whom I could have a one-to-one conversation on what I would call the sacramental aspect of walking. He and I share the belief that walking is not simply therapeutic for oneself but is a poetic activity that can cure the world of its ills. He sums up his position in a stern pronouncement, 'Walking is virtue, tourism deadly sin.'" Herzog then told a story about he heard a friend was ill in Paris so he walked there from Germany, Cologne I think, and said by the time he got there she'd recovered.
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If I were a millionaire I'd buy every carthorse in Ireland and wait. The day is coming when a carthorse will be worth more than a Porsche. |
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kathryn
~ Selkie Bride ~
Belgium
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Posted - 08/27/2005 : 17:23:46
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For someone who is making pigs in a blanket at the moment, I had some nerve to throw around a word like "erudite" in my last post and I apologize.
Sometimes, no matter how shitty things get, you have to just do a little dance. - Frank
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
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Posted - 08/27/2005 : 17:25:17
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i read an interview recently that Herzog was going into the BBC or wherever it was to pitch some other film he wanted to do. and while he was waiting to meet with some agent he saw all the tapes for this film, and learned about it. and when he got in there he said THIS is the film i want to do.. and basically demanded that they let him do it
he also said he considers it his best documentary..
personally, i still think MY BEST FIEND is his best |
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
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Posted - 08/27/2005 : 17:25:39
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It's alright, I just watched my dog breastfeed my cat, I could do with something highbrow.
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If I were a millionaire I'd buy every carthorse in Ireland and wait. The day is coming when a carthorse will be worth more than a Porsche. |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
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Newo
~ Abstract Brain ~
Spain
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Posted - 08/27/2005 : 18:02:53
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Hmm I'd like to see that film. Chatwin really admired the way Herzog held himself when filming Cobra Verde, said he had the most soothing manner, there are scenes with kings in it and since he was shooting it in Ghana he had to hire the actual king in his court to act in it or face insulting him. Since the king wasn't used to being ordered about he had to give him directions like 'Your Majesty would you hold your very royal head this way so the light can catch your face.' The only time he grumbled was over the ladies of the court kept running off to change costumes, he said, 'They think nothing of continuity.'
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If I were a millionaire I'd buy every carthorse in Ireland and wait. The day is coming when a carthorse will be worth more than a Porsche. |
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therewererumours
* Dog in the Sand *
Ireland
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Posted - 08/27/2005 : 18:05:17
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Aguirre, The Wrath of God. Now I know what it's called I have to watch it properly. I watched it as a teenager as "crazy people on a raft".
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