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cleanzero · Post by **cleanzero** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 4:34 pm

Accattone - Pierpaolo Pasolini, 1961

walto · Post by **walto** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 7:44 pm

surfer wrote:
House Of Games (Mamet, 1987) - I'll just go ahead and say I'm not a Mamet fan. Critics always mention the dialogue, but to my ears, his dialogue is stiff and formal in a heavy-handed theatre way. This movie is OK, its got the standard twists that arent that far removed from The Sting, the big one you see coming a mile away. The little one at the very end I wasnt expecting though. Pretty good performance from Mantegna (right in his wheelhouse), Lindsay Cruise is a marble statue. Brief cameo from a very young William H Macy! I'll give it a tenative thumbs up, because its only 1:35 and doesnt waste my time trying to be more than it is.

"Oh, you're a bad pony. And I'm not gonna bet on you."

I agree with you, surfer, I never thought that was much of a movie. But Mamet is fine with me because of Glengarry, which kicks ass.

markt · Post by **markt** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 8:05 pm

Vivre Sa Vie (Jean-Luc Godard, 1962)

Went to the theatre with a friend last night, and was excited that they were playing a Godard film I'd never seen before.

I rarely hear this one mentioned when people talk about JLG's oeuvre and wasn't really expecting that much. It absolutely levelled me, though. I felt on the verge of tears for the entire second half of the film.

(FWIW though, the friend I went with didn't think too highly of it... which made for some slightly awkward post-movie conversation...

).

surfer · Post by **surfer** » Mon Jul 14, 2008 9:02 pm

markt wrote:Vivre Sa Vie (Jean-Luc Godard, 1962)

Went to the theatre with a friend last night, and was excited that they were playing a Godard film I'd never seen before.

I rarely hear this one mentioned when people talk about JLG's oeuvre and wasn't really expecting that much. It absolutely levelled me, though. I felt on the verge of tears for the entire second half of the film.

(FWIW though, the friend I went with didn't think too highly of it... which made for some slightly awkward post-movie conversation... ).

My favorite Godard by far, and one of the best movies I've ever seen, top 10-15 for me, absolutely.

markt · Post by **markt** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 6:47 pm

The Proposition (John Hillcoat, 2005)

There're a few things about this film that bother me, and prevent it (imo... obviously) from being really great (Nick Cave's cheesy spoken-word while Guy Pearce is crossing the desert comes immediately to mind)... But it's still pretty good. I enjoyed it.

_duif · Post by **_duif** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 1:49 am

The Brothers And Sisters Of The Toda Family [Todake no Kyōdai]
[1941 Yasujiro Ozu]

surfer · Post by **surfer** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 11:11 am

Rope (Hitchcock, 1948)

Shivering Manatee · Post by **Shivering Manatee** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 12:40 pm

markt wrote:The Proposition (John Hillcoat, 2005)

There're a few things about this film that bother me, and prevent it (imo... obviously) from being really great (Nick Cave's cheesy spoken-word while Guy Pearce is crossing the desert comes immediately to mind)... But it's still pretty good. I enjoyed it.

The couple of pages in this months Empire mag on how his filming of The Road is going looks very very promising.No CGI whatsoever, good old fashioned camera work and desaturation and bad weather all the way....

sarahelockhart · Post by **sarahelockhart** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 1:56 pm

The Beaver Trilogy: Beaver Kid, Beaver Kid 2, Orkley Kid

Salty Swift · Post by **Salty Swift** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 7:02 pm

I saw the last half an hour of this last night....quite gripping....

walto · Post by **walto** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:07 pm

surfer wrote:
Rope (Hitchcock, 1948)

Funny. If somebody had asked me, I'd have insisted that movie was in B & W. Not sure why....

surfer · Post by **surfer** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 8:26 pm

walto wrote:
surfer wrote:
Rope (Hitchcock, 1948)
Funny. If somebody had asked me, I'd have insisted that movie was in B & W. Not sure why....

Nope, definitely color. And I love Jimmy Stew in that role, a bit of a departure from his everyman shtick.

walto · Post by **walto** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 6:31 am

Great film - a nightmare to shoot though, with only seven continuous takes in the whole movie. I'm a big fan of what the French call huis clos, where all the action takes place in one confined space. Hitchcock's Lifeboat and Dial M for Murder (and, if you include the view outside, Rear Window) are all killers too.

Yeah, I love those too. I have all of those but Lifeboat on tape (as well as a half-dozen others). It's funny in Rope the way he sometimes zooms straight into somebody's back order to change shots. It may well be the claustrophobia of that film that suggests b & w to me. ...

Chromosome · Post by **Chromosome** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 9:50 am

Punch Drunk Love

surfer · Post by **surfer** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 11:09 am

line wrote:Punch Drunk Love

Yeah that was on ABC or whatever. I almost watched that last night but decided I didnt like it enough the first time, then found Big Wednesday on ESPN Classic.

Big Wednesday (Milius, 1978) - Still one of the best surf movies of all time, and Gary Busey's finest moment on screen. A lot of the characters are based on real people. The last third of the movie is esp good. It always gives me goosebumps.

"The north swell is cold and lonely and dangerous. It is a powerful swell that marches down the coast in the dead of winter. We used to ditch school, go down to the point, and watch the waves break. There were light offshore breezes and low tide afternoons. I remember the rocks and the clear cold water, but now it all seemed to be behind us. Change wasnt in the beach, or the rocks, or the waves. The change was in the people. Some got married, some moved inland, some searched for a new spot. Some died."

Chromosome · Post by **Chromosome** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 3:08 pm

Surfer, have you seen Dogtown and Z Boys?

It's about the early history of skateboarding in California and they talk about the heavy influence of surfing and this one infamous spot in a destroyed pier.

surfer · Post by **surfer** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 4:00 pm

line wrote:Surfer, have you seen Dogtown and Z Boys?

It's about the early history of skateboarding in California and they talk about the heavy influence of surfing and this one infamous spot in a destroyed pier.

Yes, Stacey Peralta did that one, and Lords of Dogtown, which I havent seen, and Riding Giants, which is also good. He was one of the founders of Powell Peralta Skateboards, which in the 80s was

deck. You might remember the Bones Brigade was sponsored by PP. Here is an early PP ad:

BTW, I loved that movie Dogtown and Z Boys, but Jay Adams is heartbreaking.

sarahelockhart · Post by **sarahelockhart** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 5:26 pm

walto wrote: It's funny in Rope the way he sometimes zooms straight into somebody's back order to change shots. It may well be the claustrophobia of that film that suggests b & w to me. ...

I'm trying to remember whether the other 2 Leopold & Loeb films (that I know of) - Compulsion (w/Orson Welles and Dean Stockwell) and Swoon were in color or black and white.

walto · Post by **walto** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 6:20 pm

sarahelockhart wrote:
walto wrote: It's funny in Rope the way he sometimes zooms straight into somebody's back order to change shots. It may well be the claustrophobia of that film that suggests b & w to me. ...
I'm trying to remember whether the other 2 Leopold & Loeb films (that I know of) - Compulsion (w/Orson Welles and Dean Stockwell) and Swoon were in color or black and white.

I have Compulsion on tape somewhere too, but it's no use asking me: my memory seems to be in black and white. I don't think I've seen Swoon (but who the hell knows)?

sarahelockhart · Post by **sarahelockhart** » Mon Jul 21, 2008 6:37 pm

walto wrote:
sarahelockhart wrote:
walto wrote: It's funny in Rope the way he sometimes zooms straight into somebody's back order to change shots. It may well be the claustrophobia of that film that suggests b & w to me. ...
I'm trying to remember whether the other 2 Leopold & Loeb films (that I know of) - Compulsion (w/Orson Welles and Dean Stockwell) and Swoon were in color or black and white.
I have Compulsion on tape somewhere too, but it's no use asking me: my memory seems to be in black and white. I don't think I've seen Swoon (but who the hell knows)?

Okay, I'll research my own question.
Swoon (1992) ... was in black and white.
Compulsion (1959) ... also in black and white.

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