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Post by Vercetti on Sept 3, 2006 1:39:48 GMT
It's a pretty good comedy, although a little overlong.
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Post by Michael on Sept 3, 2006 6:23:43 GMT
A Woman Under the InfluenceSomeone could learn more about human interaction by watching ten minutes of this film than they ever could in any amount of time spent in a classroom. I cannot begin to imagine the amount of difficulty there was in capturing all that Cassavetes captured on camera. This is the most humane depiction of the insanity of life I have ever witnessed, and really one of the best films I've ever seen. What an accomplishment!
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Post by Michael on Sept 3, 2006 20:15:30 GMT
Professione: ReporterMainly told through visuals, with dialogue kept at a minimum and the camera constantly on the move, exploring its surroundings, this turns out to be a purely cinematic experience, and a phenomenal film as well. Antonioni manages to create a highly interesting story, while still maintaining a high level of ambiguity. Amazing film. "I used to be someone else but I traded him in."
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Post by Boz on Sept 3, 2006 21:54:11 GMT
Heat (3 times) What inspired that?
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Post by Boz on Sept 3, 2006 22:16:47 GMT
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Post by Vercetti on Sept 3, 2006 22:32:40 GMT
What inspired what, exactly?
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Post by Boz on Sept 3, 2006 22:38:30 GMT
3 viewings in 7 days
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Post by Vercetti on Sept 3, 2006 23:37:04 GMT
Watched it on the drive up on a portable DVD player, followed by a viewing for the next two nights. I've connected to DeNiro's character in particular in a way I haven't before, and oddly I wasn't bothered by the length either, which went by fast.
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Post by Boz on Sept 4, 2006 0:10:18 GMT
Yeah Ive done Magnolia multiple times at a similar rate despite its 3 hour + running time.
I've been craving a Heat rewatch recently.
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Post by Vercetti on Sept 4, 2006 0:36:00 GMT
Yeah Ive done Magnolia multiple times at a similar rate despite its 3 hour + running time. I've been craving a Heat rewatch recently. Although, isn't Magnolia's credits 45 minutes long?
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Post by Boz on Sept 4, 2006 1:39:42 GMT
I don't get it.
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Post by Vercetti on Sept 4, 2006 1:56:42 GMT
Meaning the film itself might be shorter then one might think by reading it's length.
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Post by Michael on Sept 4, 2006 2:43:30 GMT
Yeah Ive done Magnolia multiple times at a similar rate despite its 3 hour + running time. I've been craving a Heat rewatch recently. Although, isn't Magnolia's credits 45 minutes long? The actual film's running length is over 3 hours. I always check on my DVD player after every film finishes.
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Post by bobbyreed on Sept 4, 2006 3:19:25 GMT
Isn't it like 3 hours 8 minutes or something?
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Post by Michael on Sept 4, 2006 5:42:35 GMT
Isn't it like 3 hours 8 minutes or something? That's actually the exact number I remember it being.
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Post by Michael on Sept 4, 2006 5:58:19 GMT
La Passion de Jeanne d'ArcIntense, fast-moving, and genuinely frightening portrayal of a powerful and historically significant tragedy. This is a stunning achievement, a remarkably intimate study of faith which is shot with such an eye-burning intensity that it will leave you gasping for air. Amazingly well done by Dreyer, I can't wait to see more from him.
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Post by Michael on Sept 4, 2006 5:59:08 GMT
I've been watching a lot of really great films lately. I hope the trend continues.
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Post by Omar on Sept 5, 2006 4:01:27 GMT
Monty Python and the Holy Grail(1975/Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones) [Nth Viewing] King Arthur and his knights set out to find the Holy Grail.I had the opportunity to catch this one on the big screen, and I must say it was one of the highlights of my film viewing history. Everything great is here, from the funny songs to obscure animal cruelty. And the lord did grin.Factotum(2005/Bent Hamer) [Second Viewing] A struggling writer drifts from job to job and bar to bar.A film that, much like it's main character, drifts through various subplots and situations. Matt Dillon delivers an amazing performance that seems inspired by the best work of Jack Nicholson, yet it comes out as something all it's own.
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Post by Boz on Sept 5, 2006 5:39:22 GMT
Requiem For a Dream (2000/Aronofsky) A long overdue rewatch, although so strong are the images and themes in this film that I had remembered much of it. Perhaps the most accurate depiction of the lives of drug users next to the last half of Goodfellas. Memorable for its unapologetic portrayal of extreme pain, humiliation, and tragedy, made even more effective because of the interweaving four storylines all with the similar theme. Aronofsky utilizes perhaps the most blazingly unconventional, in-your-face, edit-happy directorial style in modern or in all cinema, which makes it one of the most emotionally difficult but aesthetically rewarding viewing experiences in memory. Eagerly awaiting The Fountain.
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Post by Boz on Sept 6, 2006 17:23:28 GMT
Blackboard Jungle (1955/Brooks)A decent, if not outdated look at juvenile delinquency at the turn of the century. Famous for being the first film to use rock and roll music, it's somewhat ironic that the film opens with a message to the viewers warning them of a social plague. It almost seems as if the film can't decide whether its purpose is to entertain or to inform. Either way, good performances by Vic Morrow, the always amazing Sidney Poitier (in an eerie similar role reversal from To Sir, With Love) and the recently departed Glenn Ford. I have a paper assigned on this on monday, which I'll be posting in the review section.
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