What DVD / Video did you watch last night? (pt2)

[Cm7]

Up.

Some unexpected quiet tearful moments there - the sequence of growing old together was brilliant - no dialogues, just soundtrack and a stream of time passing.
Really liked it.

 

[Dillinger4]

I am (re)watching Gummo by Harmony Korine

 

[Minnie_the_Minx]

Dumplings is one of my favourite films of the last few years. I think it works much better than the cut down version and is more of a drama than a horror film. It's beautifully shot by the great Chris Doyle and both actresses are fantastic.

Dumplings is on TV now

 

[grit]

Up.

Some unexpected quiet tearful moments there - the sequence of growing old together was brilliant - no dialogues, just soundtrack and a stream of time passing.
Really liked it.

Yes the growing old sequence was excellent, have to admit it did make me a bit weepy when the wife passes away.

 

[wayward bob]

Up.

Some unexpected quiet tearful moments there - the sequence of growing old together was brilliant - no dialogues, just soundtrack and a stream of time passing.
Really liked it.

i heard this from so many people that we nearly didn't go (was supposed to be a "cheer you up" film for my mate). it didn't make me cry, but that was probably because i was forewarned and expecting it.

thanks to film4 showing the godfathers on the weekend i'm on an al pacino kick atm (aside: i can't believe how badly they cocked up II - after a break they restarted the film from half an hour earlier )

i got panic in needle park, i'd been put off by reviews previously and was pleasantly surprised to find it neither unbearably grim or tedious

 

[marty21]

aah, shut up shut up shut up, I dont need to know, saving that for another month.

There must still be some P&P you havent seen!

tbf, Internal Affiars are always after Vic !

watched another 4 episodes last night, I have a bit of a Vic Habit

still some P&P to go

 

[Cm7]

Yes the growing old sequence was excellent, have to admit it did make me a bit weepy when the wife passes away.

i heard this from so many people that we nearly didn't go (was supposed to be a "cheer you up" film for my mate). it didn't make me cry, but that was probably because i was forewarned and expecting it.

I wasn't warned and I'm glad I wasn't

 

[Orang Utan]

i heard this from so many people that we nearly didn't go (was supposed to be a "cheer you up" film for my mate). it didn't make me cry, but that was probably because i was forewarned and expecting it.

thanks to film4 showing the godfathers on the weekend i'm on an al pacino kick atm (aside: i can't believe how badly they cocked up II - after a break they restarted the film from half an hour earlier )

shocking isn't it? complain!

 

[ATOMIC SUPLEX]

BSG - the plan

Meh. They are just making a bigger mess of it now that they are trying to wriggle out the mess they wrote themselves into in the series.

 

[marty21]

last episodes of the Shield, season 5

have to wait a few days for season 6 to arrive

I am loving the Shield, it's up there with the Wire imo

 

[marty21]

The Hangover

quite enjoyed it, made I laugh

 

[Dillinger4]

I was going to watch Woyzeck by Werner Herzog, by Il Conformista is on film4 so I am going to watch that instead. I am not paying much attention though.

Somebody in some of my seminars wrote their dissertation on it.

He looked weirdly old. Not that that has anything to do with anything.

 

[butchersapron]

Well you should. The conformist is one of the key post war italian films.

Unless you mean Woyzeck, something i've heard only works on stage.

 

[Dillinger4]

Well you should. The conformist is one of the key post war italian films.

Unless toy mean Woyzeck, something i've herd only work on stage.

Strangely, it is one that I have never seen. It was one of the required films for my 'politics & cinema' seminar, but the only one I didn't watch.

I have a special soft spot for Italian cinema.

 

[butchersapron]

Fuck, my spelling. Important and brilliant film.

 

[butchersapron]

And oh yes, eyetie film is best!

 

[Dillinger4]

BTW Butchers, do you remember a thread where you recommended some books about Italian cinema? You don't happen to remember where that was, do you? I tried searching for it then, I couldn't find it. I have a bit more money now, and I can buy some of them.

 

[butchersapron]

Prob this thread- maybe??:

http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=299291

If you can hang on till tomorrow, i can sort you out a big bucket of books on italian film all pdfed up - (i do it now but i'd have to go upstairs)

 

[Dillinger4]

Prob this thread- maybe??:

http://www.urban75.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=299291

If you can hang on till tomorrow, i can sort you out a big bucket of books on italian film all pdfed up - (i do it now but i'd have to go upstairs)

Oh yeh, it was that one. I was thinking of a scene from Il Divo when I mentioned Italian Cinema a minute ago (one of the opening scenes, where the guy is walking out that modernist looking building) but it somehow never occurred to me to search for it.



Yeh, if you don't mind, I have one of those e-readers so it is easy for me to read PDFs

 

[butchersapron]

Uploaded them here - had to zip them but don't worry it's safe. Got a couple i had to leave out as they're too large (Blood & Black Lace - The Definitive Guide to Italian Sex and Horror Movies and Delirium - Guide to Italian Exploitation Cinema 1-2) - can upload when i have more time if you like, they're in that comic book book format.

 

[100% masahiko]

Pontypool - not about the place in Wales but the place in Canada.

Surprisingly good. Real tense. Great theme and highly original.

 

[DotCommunist]

survivors & season finale of Heroes

mediocre survivors, excellent heroes

 

[marty21]

Les Nuits des Pleine Lune (Full Moon in Paris) Eric Rohmer film , excellent

 

[ilovebush&blair]

I watched Food Inc, but i fell asleep half way through so I'm gonna try again tonight.

 

[100% masahiko]

The Hurt Locker -

Excellent film. A bit gutted I missed this in the cinema because it is visually stunning - amazing colours. The narrative works on so many levels - how the soldiers are fighting with themselves, their own personal demons. I loved the 'return' to reality at the end. Is this what choice and freedom about? Supermarket shopping for an endless supply of cereal brands?

 

[DexterTCN]

I watched Observe and Report - which I'd heard wasn't very good but it's actually an amazing black comedy with dark, dark humour. As twisted as Harold and Maude.

Very impressed.

 

[Reno]

I loved the 'return' to reality at the end. Is this what choice and freedom about? Supermarket shopping for an endless supply of cereal brands?

I found that scene unbelievable trite. It just needed a big blinking sign saying "Message!!!" to be any more obvious. I had got the message that these guys went into the war for the adrenaline among other things by then.

 

[Voley]

I got stoned and watched The Return of The Jedi. It was like being 8 years old again.

 

[100% masahiko]

I found that scene unbelievable trite. It just needed a big blinking sign saying "Message!!!" to be any more obvious. I had got the message that these guys went into the war for the adrenaline among other things by then.

I didn't read that scene like that at all.

 

[ilovebush&blair]

Watched Drag me to hell last night, quite funny.