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Post by Vercetti on Jan 3, 2007 0:20:51 GMT
An Incubus is some kind of creature or ghost that rapes women in their sleep while a Sucubus is something of the opposite, seducing men. I remember that old South Park episode with a Sucubus.
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Post by Omar on Jan 3, 2007 1:53:01 GMT
An Incubus is some kind of creature or ghost that rapes women in their sleep while a Sucubus is something of the opposite, seducing men. I remember that old South Park episode with a Sucubus. ...................................? Yeah.
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Post by Vercetti on Jan 3, 2007 2:28:36 GMT
kdfjdkbleh
I thought you were referring to what they really were, not the film. It's too late in the evening, or something.
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Post by Omar on Jan 3, 2007 3:30:55 GMT
kdfjdkbleh I thought you were referring to what they really were, not the film. It's too late in the evening, or something. Yeah, sorry. I didn't specify enough. How ya been?
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Post by Vercetti on Jan 3, 2007 4:09:07 GMT
Eh, same shit, different week.
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Post by Omar on Jan 4, 2007 5:06:07 GMT
Yaju no seishun Youth of the Beast(1963/Seijun Suzuki) [First Viewing] An ex-cop infiltrates two rival Yakuza gangs and starts a war between them.It's so hard to believe that this film was made in 1963. Opening in black and white upon a crime scene of a double suicide, then transforming into the colorful streets of the Tokyo underworld, you never quite know where the film is going due to the confusing plot-line, but Suzuki's passion and aggressive energy behind the camera matched with a vibrant use of color and action, it's hard to believe that so much could fit into an hour and a half film. I look forward to more of Suzuki's work.
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Post by Omar on Jan 7, 2007 6:59:05 GMT
Irezumi ichidai Tattooed Life(1965/Seijun Suzuki) [First Viewing] After a failed hit, a yakuza and his artist brother flee to the country.Dispite it's brilliant opening, and extremely well done finale, the middle portion of the film focuses too much on the story, and loses a lot of it's charm and freedom. Suzuki's direction is still great, but it seems hindered to the over indulgence on the story. It's still, like "Youth of the Beast", very well photographed. Children of Men(2006/Alfonso Cuarón) [First Viewing] In the near future, where women are infertile, one man makes a journey with a woman who might save the future.From the opening scene, with the explosion in the coffee house and the woman emerging from the rubble, you know that this isn't going to be like what might be expected from a 'Sci-Fi film'. And in fact, it isn't. It's Cuarón's own vision of hell, and the intensity he has behind the camera is wonderfully complemented by Emmanuel Lubezki's breathtaking cinematography. Clive Owen makes the perfect anti-hero in any picture he's in, but he's at his very best here, and Michael Caine seems to be taking on interesting roles lately. I wonder how long that will last. Overall, an amazing, suspenseful, chaotic, and towering achievement.
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Post by Mike Sullivan on Jan 7, 2007 7:50:55 GMT
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Post by Capo on Jan 7, 2007 15:23:22 GMT
So Children of Men is finally out over there. Good to see you enjoyed it, Omar and Mike. (Welcome back, Mike.)
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Post by Michael on Jan 8, 2007 19:15:40 GMT
2 ou 3 choses que je sais d'elle 2 or 3 Things I Know About HerJean-Luc Godard 1967 France 1st time; DVD God damnit.
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Post by Michael on Jan 10, 2007 2:31:53 GMT
Why don't you elaborate on your rating for 2 or 3 Things, Capo?
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Post by The Ghost of LLC on Jan 10, 2007 3:14:28 GMT
Mulholland Dr. (2001) - Director: David Lynch An automobile accident on Mulholland Drive leaves a woman an amnesiac, on a twisted journey through a dream-like Los AngelesThis is my second time seeing this. A friend asked that I reccomend him the craziest, trippiest, most insane movie I could think of... And having not yet seen Lost Highway or Eraserhead, this was the best film I could think of that fit his criteria. Anyways, long story short, I threw this at him, and I loved it more than I did the first time... And I loved it a hell of a lot the first time I saw it. This is easily in my top five now... I think any Lynch film deserves more than one viewing in order to be fully appreciated. Oh, and I'm quite proud to admit that my friend claims this to be the best movie he's ever seen.
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Post by Capo on Jan 10, 2007 23:04:40 GMT
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Post by Michael on Jan 10, 2007 23:39:11 GMT
Why don't you elaborate on your rating for 2 or 3 Things, Capo? I honestly want to hear your thoughts on the film Capo. Stop fucking ignoring me.
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Post by Capo on Jan 10, 2007 23:40:35 GMT
You must have edited your post, then, because I thought it had just said "Goddamnit " or something. As you may have noticed, I post threads on films now and then link to them in this thread. The reason why I haven't been posting the threads these past few days is to allow myself as much time as possible during the day to see films. Watching is more important than writing. For now. Anyway, I'm off to watch two Hitchcock films. My sixth and seventh films of the day. Watch this space, sucker.
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Post by jake on Jan 10, 2007 23:47:31 GMT
Watching is more important than writing. I agree. Though how on earth do you find time to watch so many films in one day? Also doesn't watching them all in such a short period nullify the impact of the previous film?
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Post by Capo on Jan 10, 2007 23:54:39 GMT
Not necessarily the previous film, but it can have a knock-on effect, so that when you get to your fifth film of the day you simply feel jaded. I think Time of the Wolf suffered from this, having succeeded the amazing Code Unknown. Where possible, I try to cater for this and keep it in mind. But I am of the philosophy, or hope, that a really great film will take me by storm no matter what mood I'm in.
As for my prolific few days this week, I had to get the Tarkovsky films watched and then sent back to LOVEFiLM, because my free trial with them is up by Monday and I need to send them back so as not to get charged. And I go back to university on Saturday, and don't have a VCR down there, so I'm wanting to see all of the unseen Hitchcock films I have on VHS before I go down.
And do we really find time for films? Or do films find time for us? I don't know; either way, I feel positively exhausted in a good way. I am writing proviews down straight after viewing, for most films, so when it comes to typing the threads, my brief summaries bring the film back to me fresh.
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