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Dubversion said:
as part of the continuing Loughborough Junction Film Festival, we watched Last Night.

fucking fantastic Canadian movie about people spending their last 12 hours before the world is destroyed, concentrating on the human relationships rather than the whys and wherefores of said destruction.

"Only connect", innit?


good film

i saw a pre release showing at the ritzy and thought it was ace . it never did anything after it was released though :confused:

would you spend your last hours shagging your school maths teacher or arguing with ern? :p
 
Weekend

Clever-clever intellectual exercise in theoretical film making, scores low on the entertainment stakes but provides lots of brain fodder. Steeped in the revolutionary rhetoric of the time, but still relevant in terms of its style.

Godard uses all the formidable waepons in his cinematic arsenal to tease and manipulate the viewer, challenging conventional narrative, playing with the camera.

Most famous for its lengthy tracking shot of an increasingly bizzarre traffic jam, but there is much, much more to take in despite the film barely lasting 90 minutes.

One to watch, once.
 
been on a DVD buying spree, so in the next few days (weeks? :) ) i've got Bonnie & Clyde, Badlands, Napolean Dynamite, Before Sunset, The Incredibles, Way Of The Ghost Dog, Dead Man's Shoes, Hero, House Of Flying Daggers, Oldboy, Team America, Supersize Me, Bringing Up Baby, Bring Me The Head of Alfredo Garcia, Fistful of Dynamite to work through.


and - my big treat for tonight - The Fearless Freaks, an access all areas Flaming Lips documentary which i'm dead excited about.
 
Witness01 said:
Garden State - really enjoyed it.


so did i, which shocked me. it was very sweet, one of those american movies that convinces you that relationships are full of special, wry, passionate moments that just come together. and for 90 minutes you believe them ;)
 
Historias Minimas

Three separate characters embark on a journey through the Patagonian desert to the same destination. On the way, we meet a few other people, and stuff happens. A very human, gentle tale, which takes full advantage of the bleak yet beautiful Patagonian landscape.
 
5th disc of Dark Angel S2.

2nd season is WELL up and down. Starts off brilliant, goes cack then seems to get itself together again. Really obvious that they were trying to cram 2 seasons worth of plot exposition into the last 13 episodes tho. Shame it got canned.

The Machinist. 'Fight Club' rip-off or wot

Yeah, but less calories :D
 
Monkeygrinder's Organ said:
Finally got around to watching Naked the other night. Miserable, bleak film although really good at the same time.


loved it for years, watched it a couple of years ago and hated it. all the women are victims and as much as Thewlis puts in a fantastic turn the whole premise of the film is awful
 
RenegadeDog said:
Sorry to be a pedant - but do you mean Ghost Dog - Way of the Samurai?

If so, cracking film...

no he means Way Of The Ghost Dog, the one where Bruce Lee fights Scooby Doo :D
 
RenegadeDog said:
Sorry to be a pedant - but do you mean Ghost Dog - Way of the Samurai?

If so, cracking film...
Did you think so? I was completely underwhelmed by it, despite the fact that i generally like both Jim Jarmusch and Forest Whitaker.

I much prefer earlier Jarmusch films like Down By Law and Dead Man.
 
Before Sunset....

hated it at first - so forced, so mannered, the dialogue too fucking clever for its own good. but it did win me over in the end - Delpy is so watchable, and you do really want them to get together, and Paris was such a good backdrop. so - not a patch on Before Sunrise but not bad, snatched victory from the jaws of defeat and all that
 
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