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Films you've seen at the cinema: 2020

Well I saw JoJo Rabbit.

But first off thought I'd put this review up. I'm extending the definition of cinema a bit.

I went to see the Turner prize winner and imo film maker Mark Leckey at the Tate Britain.

A gallery of the Tate Britain has been turned into a all surround "cinema" for this artist who works in found footage and film.

A taste of his work here courtesy of dogmatique Featuring the bridge of his youth that feature in a lot of his work.



I knew nothing of this artist until I went to Tate Britain on the off chance.

I thought it would be rooms of work. It was not it was one room showing his films on the walls. Ended up staying to watch all of it.

I looked the guy up and he comes across as a pain in the ass. Like Tracey Emin I really don't want to know about them.

The work however is pretty amazing. I just sat their and watched the whole three works.

He has built a replica of the motorway bridge in the gallery. It really works.

Mark Leckey: O' Magic Power of Bleakness – Exhibition at Tate Britain | Tate

Personally I would not say it was bleak.

The best film was his most recent where glue sniffing youth are brought together with trippy story.

Sounds naff but seeing it it really works.

I saw another exhibition today of the Korean artist working with film


Nam June Paik – Exhibition at Tate Modern | Tate

An earlier generation to Mark but a continuity / influence even if unintended.

Nam worked with technology and was fascinated by it like Mark. Nam was also influenced by Joseph Beuys interest in shamanism and spirituality. I would say the same for this later generation -Mark. fascination with technology and popular culture. And how the two can be combined in progressive ways.

Joseph Beuys is a key figure in performance art/ political art.

Mark isn't full on political artist. But in his film in this exhibition he locates what could be seen as mundane youth experience as something elevated to artistic experience in a way that is not condescending.

I was impressed by end of it.
 
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JoJo Rabbit.

Jojo Rabbit (2019) - IMDb

Well. I really enjoyed it and so did my partner. I gave her the choice of this film or Little Women. As it happens she choose this film as she had read Little Women and found it to "sweet". So "womens" films don't always appeal to women.

As she said to me it's a good thing she chose ther film. Rightly imo.

I haven't read film reviews over Xmas so didn't know about this film before seeing it.

A comedy about the Holocaust and Hitler. Could be tasteless but wasn't. I saw a very good Italian film way back where this worked

Life Is Beautiful (1997) - IMDb

This film reminded me of the famous film "The Producers". In the case of that film it was a "musical" within a film. In this case the Comedy and camp humour are within the film itself. Its not distanced.

This film got panned in the Guardian. I think the concept was missed.

This is seeing it through a small boys eyes who knew nothing except Hitler. Seeing war through the eyes of a young person is not new idea and it works in this film. His relationship with his mother ( Scarlett) is very well done. She is trying to protect him and shield him. This relationship worked well in the film and I won't say the plot spoiler.

There is great performances from Scarlet , the director ( Hitler) and Sam Rockwell ( as the Producers influenced camp Nazi). Not forgetting the young actor who played the boy and his fat friendly innocent friend ( touch of Lord of the Flies )

It has moments of tension as one wonders who will survive the end of the war.

The weakness of the film is imo does it tell us anything new?

Why make a film about racism now that features the Nazis?

The context of "The Producers" was the McCarthy clamp down on Hollywood.

Now everyone except a few nuts agree Nazis were bad. Does this film tell anything new to us about racism and how its normalised? I don't think so.

Its of the liberal if only people got to know each other then everyone would see we are all the same line of argument in the film.

Still its very well done.
 
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Little Women. Probably wouldn't have bothered if I hadn't had a free ticket. For fans of the books, it also covers Good Wives. Better than expected. Although...

In the books, Professor Bhaer is much older than Jo and iirc explicitly described as ugly -- as she gets to know him, she sees through that to his good heart. It kind of misses the point to make him young and good looking. (Also not sure why he appears to be French rather than German. :confused:)
 
Gramsci said:
Well I saw JoJo Rabbit.

But first off thought I'd put this review up. I'm extending the definition of cinema a bit.

I went to see the Turner prize winner and imo film maker Mark Leckey at the Tate Britain.

A gallery of the Tate Britain has been turned into a all surround "cinema" for this artist who works in found footage and film.

A taste of his work here courtesy of dogmatique Featuring the bridge of his youth that feature in a lot of his work.



I knew nothing of this artist until I went to Tate Britain on the off chance.

I thought it would be rooms of work. It was not it was one room showing his films on the walls. Ended up staying to watch all of it.

I looked the guy up and he comes across as a pain in the ass. Like Tracey Emin I really don't want to know about them.

The work however is pretty amazing. I just sat their and watched the whole three works.

He has built a replica of the motorway bridge in the gallery. It really works.

Mark Leckey: O' Magic Power of Bleakness – Exhibition at Tate Britain | Tate

Personally I would not say it was bleak.

The best film was his most recent where glue sniffing youth are brought together with trippy story.

Sounds naff but seeing it it really works.

I saw another exhibition today of the Korean artist working with film


Nam June Paik – Exhibition at Tate Modern | Tate

An earlier generation to Mark but a continuity / influence even if unintended.

Nam worked with technology and was fascinated by it like Mark. Nam was also influenced by Joseph Beuys interest in shamanism and spirituality. I would say the same for this later generation -Mark. fascination with technology and popular culture. And how the two can be combined in progressive ways.

Joseph Beuys is a key figure in performance art/ political art.

Mark isn't full on political artist. But in his film in this exhibition he locates what could be seen as mundane youth experience as something elevated to artistic experience in a way that is not condescending.

I was impressed by end of it.
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I only know this by him but it's incredible:

makes me very emotional
 
Orang Utan said:
I only know this by him but it's incredible:

makes me very emotional
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that was part of the exhibition. thanks for the YouTube version.

seeing it projected on massive wall with the sound is however different experience to watching it on small screen.
 
Little Women. Pretty good. Made me feel ashamed for not enjoying the books when they were pressed on me as a child. I liked the feminism.
 
First film of 2020 was ‘JoJo Rabbit’ - agree that it is very well done. I also enjoyed the clothes /furniture & the bright colour of the film.
 
Also saw “Jojo Rabbit” today 🐇 🇩🇪.

It was funny and sad and beautiful and tense and silly. I liked it.

I’m not sure the message was important - its just an exceptionally charming “coming of age” thing, with the unusual setting emphasising the universality of shared experience. So much so that I had a millisecond of looking at the two best friends and asking myself whether they were supposed to be junior versions of Simon Pegg and Nick Frost. Obviously not, but it had that kind of feel.

There is no message still left to be shared between cultural liberal types, about the Nazis, and I think reviewers who went looking for more message in the setting are barking up the wrong tree.

Johannes has never been more likeable and every element of the production design was exquisite.
 
Uncut Gems

A preview at the Prince Charles Cinema of the new Josh and Benny Safdie film, starring Adam Sandler as a shady jeweller with a deathwish gambling habit.

It's definitely a powerhouse of a film that drags you into its own grimy atmosphere and frenetic world, but it's also exhausting to see people behaving like idiots for 2 hours and with basically with most of the dialogue seeming to be:

"Fuck you!"
"Yeah? Fuck you!"

But there's some great acting and a few comic moments.
 
Also saw Jojo Rabbit today. It was about as Wes Anderson as a movie could be without actually being a Wes Anderson movie - even the colour palette and costuming was reminiscent of things like Moonrise Kingdom. Throw in a bit of Jared Hess-style casting of Sam Rockwell, and you'd be forgiven for not guessing this is the same Taika Waititi that directed Thor Ragnarok.

The actual story itself was okay, but not as amazing as I went into it expecting it to be. I thought Rebel Wilson was a bit wasted, and they didn't quite get the relationship between Jojo and his mother right, there were some weird off-notes in some of the dialogue that didn't ring true (like that whole "pretending to be the father" scene which just didn't land properly). His best friend was great, though, Elsa was very good, and some of the scenes (like the endless Heil Hitler bit) was brilliant.

Overall 7/10.
 
Saw The Gentlemen the other day and am surprised to say I really enjoyed it. Nowhere near as 'geezerish' as you'd expect from Guy Ritchie.
Grant, Farrell and McConaughey were all excellent.

I'll get me coat..
 
I saw 1917 today at screen one in the Ritzy cinema ( London).

I have avoided reviews as didn't want to know to much.

It really needs to be seen on a big screen. There is also an IMAX version. I would recommend trying to see it now.

A staggering piece of work.

It is straightforward into the action deceptively simple story making. Goes along at a break neck pace that reminded me of Gibson's Apocalypto. Seamless large scale pieces using extras and special effects.

The post apocalyptic landscapes are quite stunning and disturbing.

It reminded me of tarkovsky "Stalker" at times. The two protagonists go on a journey to the "zone" No Man's Land. Full of traps and surreal encounters in an alien landscape. And "Apocalypse Now". They meet the good and the mad on their journey into the darkness.

What I really liked about the way it was made is that it does not give one a particular message.

I read it as a decent into hell. In that sense it is an anti war film. It also reminded me of the landscapes of hieronymus Bosch via Sci fi. A sci fi novel I read . Set In future where hell is set up in virtual reality where one is uploaded . Its grimly repetitive without escape. This is the reality the two protoganists are thrown into.

Its a quite surreal experience to watch this film.

Definitely a must watch at the cinema.

To add it combines all this with moving personal story of the two main protagonist in the film.
 
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Gramsci said:
I saw 1917 today at screen one in the Ritzy cinema ( London).

I have avoided reviews as didn't want to know to much.

It really needs to be seen on a big screen. There is also an IMAX version. I would recommend trying to see it now.

A staggering piece of work.

It is straightforward into the action deceptively simple story making. Goes along at a break neck pace that reminded me of Gibson's Apocalypto. Seamless large scale pieces using extras and special effects.

The post apocalyptic landscapes are quite stunning and disturbing.

It reminded me of tarkovsky "Stalker" at times. The two protagonists go on a journey to the "zone" No Man's Land. Full of traps and surreal encounters in an alien landscape. And "Apocalypse Now". They meet the good and the mad on their journey into the darkness.

What I really liked about the way it was made is that it does not give one a particular message.

I read it as a decent into hell. In that sense it is an anti war film. It also reminded me of the landscapes of hieronymus Bosch via Sci fi. A sci fi novel I read . Set In future where hell is set up in virtual reality where one is uploaded . Its grimly repetitive without escape. This is the reality the two protoganists are thrown into.

Its a quite surreal experience to watch this film.

Definitely a must watch at the cinema.

To add it combines all this with moving personal story of the two main protagonist in the film.
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I saw this this morning - technically superb, acting super ropey. Really enjoyed it- and yes, big screen required.
 
Little Women. Enjoyed it, dare I say it more than I enjoyed the book as a child. Thought Gerwig did an excellent job making Amy and Beth more rounded, sympathetic characters. The acting is uniformly excellent.
 
Uncut Gems. Good Time was one of my favourites in 2018 so ive been looking forward to this and it didn't disappoint. Adam Sandler is excellent (not something you get to say much)...though his character is a real sleazeball piece of shit.

It's an exhilarating 135 minutes. Can't remember when I last came out of a film feeling so exhausted.

E2a: Was also great to see it in a full screening with people looking from behind their hands or sat on the edge of their seats, and there's plenty of laughs. Don't get that sort of shared experience that often. It's due on Netflix I think but worth seeing it in the cinema for that alone.
 
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Uncut Gems. Good Time was one of my favourites in 2018 so ive been looking forward to this and it didn't disappoint. Adam Sandler is excellent (not something you get to say much)...though his character is a real sleazeball piece of shit.

It's an exhilarating 135 minutes. Can't remember when I last came out of a film feeling so exhausted.

E2a: Was also great to see it in a full screening with people looking from behind their hands or sat on the edge of their seats, and there's plenty of laughs. Don't get that sort of shared experience that often. It's due on Netflix I think but worth seeing it in the cinema for that alone.
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Just seen it at the cinema - whoooo, fast and furious!! Took some acting to keep that pace up!
Thought it was a clever storyline, I had no idea how it was going to finish (there would be a grin here but I can't get the smilies to work for me recently).
 
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Uncut Gems. Good Time was one of my favourites in 2018 so ive been looking forward to this and it didn't disappoint. Adam Sandler is excellent (not something you get to say much)...though his character is a real sleazeball piece of shit.

It's an exhilarating 135 minutes. Can't remember when I last came out of a film feeling so exhausted.

E2a: Was also great to see it in a full screening with people looking from behind their hands or sat on the edge of their seats, and there's plenty of laughs. Don't get that sort of shared experience that often. It's due on Netflix I think but worth seeing it in the cinema for that alone.
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Think I'll see it in a couple of days, but am slightly concerned it will give me palpitations and make me run out in panic!
 
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