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It's essentially two-and-a-half hours of the most unpleasant people you can imagine constantly trying to backstab each other, all filmed with Visconti's usual love for the operatic and enough sexual content to piss off every rating board of the 60s. Probably the most honest depiction of the Nazi party you can find in cinema.
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yeah The Damned is cool. double feature it with Cabaret and/or The Night Porter.
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RichterIX posted:How's Throw Down? I grew up on Heroic Trio and Executioners because they aired on USA or TBS or whatever when I was a kid. Throw Down is one of Johnnie To’s very best movies and I love it. A different vibe than the Heroic Trio films. It’s got some low level crime stuff, but isn’t like his gangster movies and fights but it’s not really action either. It’s just a very nice movie about friendship and judo and bettering yourself.
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Samuel Clemens posted:It's essentially two-and-a-half hours of the most unpleasant people you can imagine constantly trying to backstab each other, all filmed with Visconti's usual love for the operatic and enough sexual content to piss off every rating board of the 60s. Probably the most honest depiction of the Nazi party you can find in cinema. Wow. Sold.
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FancyMike posted:Throw Down is one of Johnnie To’s very best movies and I love it. A different vibe than the Heroic Trio films. It’s got some low level crime stuff, but isn’t like his gangster movies and fights but it’s not really action either. It’s just a very nice movie about friendship and judo and bettering yourself. loving sold
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Samuel Clemens posted:It's essentially two-and-a-half hours of the most unpleasant people you can imagine constantly trying to backstab each other, all filmed with Visconti's usual love for the operatic and enough sexual content to piss off every rating board of the 60s. Probably the most honest depiction of the Nazi party you can find in cinema. FancyMike posted:Throw Down is one of Johnnie To’s very best movies and I love it. A different vibe than the Heroic Trio films. It’s got some low level crime stuff, but isn’t like his gangster movies and fights but it’s not really action either. It’s just a very nice movie about friendship and judo and bettering yourself. Sold on both. Gonna grab those in the autumn sale. Honestly gonna probably grab all four. Love & Basketball seems cool, and I love that artwork for Mona Lisa.
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Throw Down is a loving gem. Johnnie To has been slept on for a while in general but his time will come.
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I just need a good Exiled Blu ray, is that too much to ask?
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Is there a reason they haven't rereleased Fishing With John? It's not like there could be a music rights issue, since it was all done by John.
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Speaking of Johnnie To, is there a good transfer of The Mission available anywhere?Uncle Boogeyman posted:yeah The Damned is cool. double feature it with Cabaret and/or The Night Porter. Night Porter right after The Damned to make you truly hate Dirk Bogarde. Then Victim followed by Providence to make you love him again.
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Samuel Clemens posted:Speaking of Johnnie To, is there a good transfer of The Mission available anywhere? Some HD transfer has been floating around, but I think it's just an upscale job.
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Never got around to picking up Arrow’s Mona Lisa, though I did grab the four Handmade titles Indicator released. Going to go ahead and predict Citizen Kane is going to be either #1100 or #1101, their first UHD release, and coming in October. Jonathan Rosenbaum just confirmed he did a commentary with James Naremore (they did the new track for Ambersons), though didn’t say for whom. Given that it was Criterion’s first laserdisc (shared with King Kong), it’s the 80th anniversary, and Kino Lorber already has confirmed Touch of Evil for UHD this Fall. Might be a possibility that 1100 will be a “Unfinished Welles” set that contains The Other Side of the Wind, They’ll Love Me When I’m Dead, Hopper/Welles, It’s All True, The Deep, etc. For that matter, I’ll go ahead and predict they’re doing King Kong as well (#1102?) since it seems to be completely out of print from Warner. Gripweed posted:Is there a reason they haven't rereleased Fishing With John? It's not like there could be a music rights issue, since it was all done by John. The original DVD has remained in print all this time and I doubt it’s getting an upgrade unless it’s included as part of a Painting with John release. Especially since it’s all consumer-grade video.
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Force of Evil was a really solid noir. At 78 minutes long, it's an easy recommendation to watch it before it leaves CC.
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Just this week I discovered these Criterion Closet videos on youtube where it's actors and directors going in there and picking out their favorite movies. I love these things, and they're a great way to get inspired to check out new stuff or rewatch something I haven't seen in a long time. Anyway I'm sure most of you all already know about them, it appears they've been doing this for several years already.
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Basebf555 posted:Just this week I discovered these Criterion Closet videos on youtube where it's actors and directors going in there and picking out their favorite movies. I love these things, and they're a great way to get inspired to check out new stuff or rewatch something I haven't seen in a long time. Yeah! My local indie theater even plays them sometimes before movies. The MIA one is surprisingly good, and the Safdie Bros one is pretty funny, since they seemingly get everything. edit: Another personal favorite from Criterion's YouTube channel is "In The Studio", which spends roughly 10 minutes with artists they commission cover art with. They talk about their process, how they approached the films, and also talk about what movies they like and how they influenced their art. Franchescanado fucked around with this message at 19:44 on Jun 16, 2021 |
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Basebf555 posted:Just this week I discovered these Criterion Closet videos on youtube where it's actors and directors going in there and picking out their favorite movies. I love these things, and they're a great way to get inspired to check out new stuff or rewatch something I haven't seen in a long time. They're the best. Been watching them for years. The newest one is great, it's Nathan Lane. My favorite is Barry Jenkins. He just goes crazy throwing everything into the bag.
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Basebf555 posted:Anyway I'm sure most of you all already know about them, it appears they've been doing this for several years already. Yes, I have watched all of them. Spatulater bro! posted:They're the best. Been watching them for years. The newest one is great, it's Nathan Lane. I remember the The Wolfpack taking a ton as well: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edCT-dyYA0s
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If you've seen Blood Simple, Zhang Yimou's A Woman, a Gun, and a Noodle Shop is a great Chinese remake that's leaving the Channel this month. Just bear with the corny first five minutes.
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A kind of esoteric question but this might be the thread: I seem to remember that there is a direct inspiration for Arnold's POV/HUD in the Terminator (as acknowledged by Cameron), and that it was a movie on the older/artier side. Something like La Jetee, World on a Wire, Alphaville (although I'm pretty sure it's not any of these). Then I thought it might be something cultier, like Dark Star. In short, there's a movie that had pioneering first-person shots with computery/HUD stuff overlaid on the POV that came out a big chunk of time before Terminator. Does this ring a bell for anyone? I realize it's not a lot to go on.
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Ingmar terdman posted:A kind of esoteric question but this might be the thread: Westworld? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5jCDQvNh85Y
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I was also thinking Westworld, so I might be conflating Terminator vision and Predator vision. But I swear there's an older film with text and numbers dancing around the screen.
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Maybe Colossus: The Forbin Project? I could definitely see it having left an impression on Cameron.
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I've never heard of that movie, it sounds awesome.
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Are you sure it was an art film? I remember hearing that as well but it was from a Corman movie around the time the two of them worked together. Like how Galaxy of Terror was the source of the scenery for the future hellscape. Edit: My mind is sticking on Saturn 3, a movie with Farah Fawcett, Kirk Douglas and Harvey Keitel vs. a killer robot. Macdeo Lurjtux fucked around with this message at 14:27 on Jun 26, 2021 |
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Magic Hate Ball posted:I've never heard of that movie, it sounds awesome. It's weirdly obscure despite serving as an important bridge between the early conception of AI in 2001 or Alphaville and the more pop-cultural adaption of the idea we see from the 80s onwards. I don't think you could have stuff like WarGames without it. I'd hesitate to call it a great film, but it's worth checking out, if only for the gorgeous production design with its lovable 70s computer aesthetic.
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Any great non-Ray Indian films on the channel?
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I watched Putney Swope last night and thought it was hilarious. Not in response^^
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Kart Barfunkel posted:Any great non-Ray Indian films on the channel? I haven’t seen any of what they have right now, but in July they’re putting up three Mani Ratnam films that I’m excited to check out. I’ve only seen Dil Se.. from him and it’s great if you have Netflix. edit: here’s the first song from Dil Se.. it rules and I think is a movie people in this thread would probably like https://youtu.be/WKX5x3KZXfY FancyMike fucked around with this message at 02:04 on Jun 27, 2021 |
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smallmouth posted:I watched Putney Swope last night and thought it was hilarious. Not in response^^ Putney Swope kicks rear end. Edit: That Dil Se video was loving dope. Definitely gonna watch that, thank you ^^. Kart Barfunkel fucked around with this message at 02:11 on Jun 27, 2021 |
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FancyMike posted:I haven’t seen any of what they have right now, but in July they’re putting up three Mani Ratnam films that I’m excited to check out. I’ve only seen Dil Se.. from him and it’s great if you have Netflix. I haven't seen the movie but I've watched that video and listened to the song many times. It's friggin' great.
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Kart Barfunkel posted:Any great non-Ray Indian films on the channel? The channel's non-Ray Indian collection is sadly rather sparse, but two films you definitely shouldn't miss are The Cloud-Capped Star and Awaara. The former is a low-key social drama in a similar mold as Ray's early work, the latter one of the first (and most influential) Bollywood productions. Not only are they both great films, they also show how openly Indian cinema was willing to confront important social issues.
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I was looking at watership down and was wondering why they still had a convicted pedophile Gerard jones essay as part of their packaging?
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bobkatt013 posted:I was looking at watership down and was wondering why they still had a convicted pedophile Gerard jones essay as part of their packaging? they've also released several Roman Polanski movies
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Cloks posted:they've also released several Roman Polanski movies He is not currently in jail like Gerard jones
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bobkatt013 posted:He is not currently in jail like Gerard jones So if Gerard Jones had fled the country before sentencing, then it would be cool?
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bobkatt013 posted:He is not currently in jail like Gerard jones Would be if he hadn't literally fled
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Gripweed posted:So if Gerard Jones had fled the country before sentencing, then it would be cool? No not at all. They are both pieces of poo poo, but in the eyes of the law one is guilty and the other is a fugitive. I think it’s also how dc comics has removed all of his work from their digital stores and cancelled reprints but with criterion they did nothing. The fact it’s a kid movie makes it feel even grosser bobkatt013 fucked around with this message at 03:44 on Jun 28, 2021 |
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