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You've just got to watch them both on the same night haven't you? I do this once every couple of years and it's a joy.
What DVD / Video did you watch last night? (pt3)
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DotCommunist
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Narco Cultura as recc'd by trabuquera upthread. Grim.
trabuquera
Modesty Bag
Rachida - a 2002 film from Algeria which I've wanted to see for ages but could never find; caught it bizarrely on the ultra-low budget Africa TV channel on cable. Heartfelt but pretty clunky tale, from a female director, of a young woman trying to survive the violence and intimidation of the 1990s "civil war"* in Algeria. Not at all sophisticated, or even all that accurate, in how it portrays the rebel / bandit / Islamist / terrorist fighters (they are cartoon villains with big beards and plenty of eyeliner), but very delicate and moving in how it reveals the secret world of women's lives in the villages and the mountains. And it does drop some pretty daring hints (daring for Algeria that is) about Army also committing the odd atrocity, and on how women's desires and ambitions are often crushed in this society. Worth it as a look into places you'd probably never go or be allowed.
* this is an extremely simple way of describing what went on there ... best film I've seen on the subject is the documentary screened on BBC4 as "Algeria's Bloody Years" but it's no longer available on iPlayer. details here if you want to hunt for it on youtube or elsewhere: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00h2mby . Warning - watching this doc will be very very upsetting.
* this is an extremely simple way of describing what went on there ... best film I've seen on the subject is the documentary screened on BBC4 as "Algeria's Bloody Years" but it's no longer available on iPlayer. details here if you want to hunt for it on youtube or elsewhere: http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00h2mby . Warning - watching this doc will be very very upsetting.
dlx1
Well-Known Member
20 Ft Below: The Darkness Descending.
Below the streets of New York is a dark and dangerous world hidden in the shadows of abandoned subway tunnels and miles of forgotten infrastructure. When a young documentary filmmaker goes into these tunnels to uncover the unseen stories of the people living below our feet.
Danny Trejo
This is truly terrible
Below the streets of New York is a dark and dangerous world hidden in the shadows of abandoned subway tunnels and miles of forgotten infrastructure. When a young documentary filmmaker goes into these tunnels to uncover the unseen stories of the people living below our feet.
Danny Trejo
This is truly terrible
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Oi for England - terrible clumsy almost embarrassing early 80s thing by Trevor Griffiths about w/c manipulation by nasty fascist men. Heart in the right place but i was cringing throughout.
The second Dominick Hide thing - played more for laughs than the first one and bit soap opera-y. Not a patch on the fist one.
The second Dominick Hide thing - played more for laughs than the first one and bit soap opera-y. Not a patch on the fist one.
The39thStep
Urban critical thinker
I saw that oi for England when it was first aired
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
jeff_leigh
What happened to Dubversion ?
It's looking good so far I hope they finish on a high like the Batman Dark Knight movies and don't flog it to death like Need for Speed
Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
Rise of the Planet of the Apes - I thought it was excellent, far better than expecting and way ahead of your typical blockbuster
Dog Pound - jail film, goes through all the jail cliches, but I thought it was very good (hadn't heard of it previously)
Dog Pound - jail film, goes through all the jail cliches, but I thought it was very good (hadn't heard of it previously)
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Check out the american remake/remodel - much better.
Remake of scum and without much of the originals raw power.
To Mikro Psari/Stratos - top notch greek noir/thriller that i found very reminiscent of also excellent Friends of Eddie Coyle in it's small time seediness - but this one has a real bitter political edge, a real anger at what the situation is doing to the people in greece. It effectively says violently kill those who have done this, who take part in this corruption, this theft - and makes its criticisms far more effectively than the recent crop of new greek absurdist-lite films. Seems to have annoyed many critics though. Recommended.
DexterTCN
Troy and Abed in the morning
Only God Forgives. It looks beautiful to be fair but apart from that I didn't like it. Weighing in at just under 90 minutes, Ryan Gosling spends most of the film staring and being out of his depth in his relationship with his evil mother who demands vengeance on those who kill his rapist brother.
Very violent, a nameless karaoke-singing cop kills, maims and dishes out retribution to all.
Not one for all the family.
Very violent, a nameless karaoke-singing cop kills, maims and dishes out retribution to all.
Not one for all the family.
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
Yeah, I think I'll give that one a miss, DexterTCN .
Last night I watched:
Drift.
Australian surfer flick from 2013. In 1960, a woman flees Sydney and her abusive husband. She and her two sons settle in a small one horse town in Western Australia - a small town with big waves. By the early 70s, her two lads are dedicated surfers, who decided to set up in the surfie trade full time (i.e. with a wee shop selling boards and the first generation of wet suits) , even though the squares in the local small town establishment take a dim view.
There's a snake in this Eden, though, in the form of heroin and the bikie gang who push it. I won't say how it comes out, but let's just say everything gets tied together neatly.
And the surfing scenes are genuinely thrilling (and I'm not sure how they pulled some of them off). If you like the sound of this one, I'd strongly recommend that you check it out.
Last night I watched:
Drift.
Australian surfer flick from 2013. In 1960, a woman flees Sydney and her abusive husband. She and her two sons settle in a small one horse town in Western Australia - a small town with big waves. By the early 70s, her two lads are dedicated surfers, who decided to set up in the surfie trade full time (i.e. with a wee shop selling boards and the first generation of wet suits) , even though the squares in the local small town establishment take a dim view.
There's a snake in this Eden, though, in the form of heroin and the bikie gang who push it. I won't say how it comes out, but let's just say everything gets tied together neatly.
And the surfing scenes are genuinely thrilling (and I'm not sure how they pulled some of them off). If you like the sound of this one, I'd strongly recommend that you check it out.
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sleaterkinney
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Rise of the Planet of the Apes -I thought it was a bit mawkish, the bit where he discovers the old video camera especially so. The most recent one in that franchise was alright.
Godzilla(the most recent one). Good, the plot and monsters are well done.
Godzilla(the most recent one). Good, the plot and monsters are well done.
Idris2002
canadian girlfriend
Searching for Sugarman -
thought I'd watch this a second time around. Did anyone else see this? The story of Rodriguez, the Detroit singer/songwriter who cut a couple of discs in the early 70s, and then dropped off the map . . . except in South Africa, where he became a legend, and an icon for people (well, mainly white people) who couldn't stomach apartheid anymore.
And when I say he was a legend, I mean it literally - the Saffas didn't know who he was, or where he came from, or where he went - and a whole crop of urban legends arose claiming that he had killed himself on stage. . .
thought I'd watch this a second time around. Did anyone else see this? The story of Rodriguez, the Detroit singer/songwriter who cut a couple of discs in the early 70s, and then dropped off the map . . . except in South Africa, where he became a legend, and an icon for people (well, mainly white people) who couldn't stomach apartheid anymore.
And when I say he was a legend, I mean it literally - the Saffas didn't know who he was, or where he came from, or where he went - and a whole crop of urban legends arose claiming that he had killed himself on stage. . .
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Had a rewatch of They Fought for the Motherland because i thought i'd finally got a copy with decent subs (which they were for part one and pretty ropey for part 2) and because i felt like a grand old war film with slightly odd touches here and there.
Starry Eyes - a 90 minute attack on hollywood, celebrity, ambition etc sort of in the style of the great 80s film Society- in the guise of a horror film. Lead actress (Alex Esso) was on fire for this. Very interesting attempt.
Starry Eyes - a 90 minute attack on hollywood, celebrity, ambition etc sort of in the style of the great 80s film Society- in the guise of a horror film. Lead actress (Alex Esso) was on fire for this. Very interesting attempt.
trabuquera
Modesty Bag
Wadjda - delicate, absorbing film from Saudi Arabia ( ! 
!!) about a girl's determined quest to escape at least some of the tyranny around her and get a bicycle. First film ever made by a female Saudi director iirc, and a good addition to that library of films about kids with quests or bikes -Bicycle Thieves, the Red Balloon, etc. I didn't think it would be possible for a movie to make me even more grateful than I am not to live in Saudi, but this one did it. It's not bleak - it's full of sly humour and the lead actresses' performances are all solid - but the overall atmosphere is cramped and oppressive ... just like Saudi *coughcoughcough*. Worth watching but I can't imagine how it will go down in Riyadh (where they'll obviously have to be watching it on DVD because - erm, there's no cinemas in Saudi Arabia because they're sinful 
)
!!) about a girl's determined quest to escape at least some of the tyranny around her and get a bicycle. First film ever made by a female Saudi director iirc, and a good addition to that library of films about kids with quests or bikes -Bicycle Thieves, the Red Balloon, etc. I didn't think it would be possible for a movie to make me even more grateful than I am not to live in Saudi, but this one did it. It's not bleak - it's full of sly humour and the lead actresses' performances are all solid - but the overall atmosphere is cramped and oppressive ... just like Saudi *coughcoughcough*. Worth watching but I can't imagine how it will go down in Riyadh (where they'll obviously have to be watching it on DVD because - erm, there's no cinemas in Saudi Arabia because they're sinful )
seventh bullet
sovietwave
Mosfilm has its own YouTube channel these days with many of its films uploaded with English subs to watch for free, including that one.
butchersapron
Bring back hanging
Excellent cheers - just had a quick check, and even from a minutes watch it's clear the subtitler on the one i used missed out loads of dialogue.
DotCommunist
So many particulars. So many questions.
The Grey 2011
Liam Neeson is the star in this bleak tale. A plane goes down (v.good crash scene) while carrying hardboiled oilmen/prospector types. Its on some icy hell. The survivors are then hunted by an angry wolfpack.
really enjoyed. Suprisingly bleak ending and a very simple story, but told well. 8/10
Liam Neeson is the star in this bleak tale. A plane goes down (v.good crash scene) while carrying hardboiled oilmen/prospector types. Its on some icy hell. The survivors are then hunted by an angry wolfpack.
really enjoyed. Suprisingly bleak ending and a very simple story, but told well. 8/10
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