nice one
― i;m thinking about thos Beans (Michael B), Thursday, 5 May 2016 21:34 (eight years ago) link
NYC retro (most of them free!). I think i've seen only Road, The Firm, and the Tim Roth skinhead one (not in the series).
http://anthologyfilmarchives.org/film_screenings/series/47810
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 5 August 2017 18:19 (six years ago) link
Made in Britain?
― Barkis Garvey (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 5 August 2017 18:35 (six years ago) link
Watch Elephant
― put your hands on the car and get ready to die (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 5 August 2017 19:08 (six years ago) link
That's the one about The Troubles, no?
― Barkis Garvey (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 5 August 2017 19:10 (six years ago) link
he made a few such
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 5 August 2017 19:12 (six years ago) link
"Penda's Fen" is a must-see
― Well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Saturday, 5 August 2017 19:53 (six years ago) link
"Elephant" is the bleak, minimalist short that Gus van Sant referenced by borrowing it's title. Yeah it's about The Troubles but not in the way of most film treatments
― put your hands on the car and get ready to die (Noodle Vague), Saturday, 5 August 2017 20:42 (six years ago) link
Elephant is fantastic
― -_- (jim in vancouver), Sunday, 6 August 2017 01:24 (six years ago) link
Elephant is one of the late 'walking' films where Clarke really took to the steadicam. I see in that season it's showing w/ Christine, which imho is Clarke's masterpiece - heroin addiction rendered as matter-of-factly (and as bleakly) as Jeanne Dielman doing the dishes.
― Gulley Jimson (Ward Fowler), Sunday, 6 August 2017 08:35 (six years ago) link
I have a problem with the politicization of Elephant these days tbh
― Well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Sunday, 6 August 2017 10:37 (six years ago) link
DEpoliticisation that is
i think that's happening across Clarke's work in a similar way to a certain kind of attitude to the Troubles - they become treated as historical moments and therefore the political content can be safely ignored. the irony of that with Elephant is it was aimed at that bubble of English wilful ignornce in the first place
― put your hands on the car and get ready to die (Noodle Vague), Sunday, 6 August 2017 12:24 (six years ago) link
Like when the internet got broke, a few months back, by people in England googling DUP en masse.
― weird echo of the falsies (Tom D.), Sunday, 6 August 2017 13:10 (six years ago) link
Saw 3 of the early '70s films this weekend, more later. Maybe listen to this later:
http://illusionpodcast.blogspot.com/2014/12/episode-40-bbc-films-of-alan-clarke.html
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Monday, 7 August 2017 17:07 (six years ago) link
saw Scum for the first time last month, loved it. I can't think of another movie off the top of my head that features absolutely no music at all, diegetic or not.
― flappy bird, Monday, 7 August 2017 18:27 (six years ago) link
Anyone seen his version of Danton's Death? or Baal with Bowie?
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 8 August 2017 16:18 (six years ago) link
Yeah "Danton's Death" is quite good. "Baal" is the Brechtian thing with some split screen in it. Bowie is great (and looks wonderfully scummy and dirty) in it although it is a bit of a slog.
― Well bissogled trotters (Michael B), Tuesday, 8 August 2017 16:33 (six years ago) link
Ohmygod my brother and sister-in-law got me the Clarke at the BBC box for Christmas, so happy
Until I start watching the films, obv.
― Bojo Rabid (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 25 December 2019 10:57 (four years ago) link
Stars of the Roller State Disco is secretly a highlight, I think.
― So, your CV says you're a (checks notes) DJ and stand-up comedian (aldo), Wednesday, 25 December 2019 23:41 (four years ago) link
Might spend a week just watching the Saint-Just speech from Danton's Death on a loop, feels like good prep for 2020
― Bojo Rabid (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 25 December 2019 23:50 (four years ago) link
xpDon't forget Billy the Kid and the Green Baize Vampire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HmOlvoqJ2S4
― glumdalclitch, Thursday, 26 December 2019 00:00 (four years ago) link
inexplicably missing from the box set
― glumdalclitch, Thursday, 26 December 2019 00:02 (four years ago) link
Made for cinema release originally I think
― Bojo Rabid (Noodle Vague), Thursday, 26 December 2019 00:13 (four years ago) link
Sovereigns Company & The Hallelujah Handshake on the first set are great too
― The World According To.... (Michael B), Thursday, 26 December 2019 01:32 (four years ago) link
Beloved Enemy doesn't get enough love.
― So, your CV says you're a (checks notes) DJ and stand-up comedian (aldo), Thursday, 26 December 2019 09:50 (four years ago) link