I see there is a week left on the MOMA Spain (Un)Censored series and Film Forum is stepping up to the plate with a Pietro Germi festival starting this weekend. Still some good things in the Spanish series, like The Executioner tomorrow, but don't know if I'll make any of it. Definitely will try to see at least In nome della legge at the FF.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Thursday, 1 November 2007 00:00 (5 years ago) Permalink
Sometimes I regret living here; too much, too much...
Youngest MoMA audience I've ever seen last night for Night of the Living Dead, maybe 35-40. And the 8pm screening looked younger still.
I'm pretty sure I've never seen Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors (BAM for the next week).
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 1 November 2007 13:16 (5 years ago) Permalink
But you probably DID see the Madonna video that ripped it off.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Thursday, 1 November 2007 13:46 (5 years ago) Permalink
If it was after '86, don't bet on it.
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 1 November 2007 13:48 (5 years ago) Permalink
7pm Germi tnite? (i won't be online, off today)
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 5 November 2007 17:43 (5 years ago) Permalink
Like to, but no can do.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Monday, 5 November 2007 18:00 (5 years ago) Permalink
I have tickets for the MOMI Todd Haynes thing that night, but David Gatten is programming an evening of films about water (including JJ Murphy's Sky Blue Water Light Sign) at the WORK Gallery in Red Hook on November 10th.
― C0L1N B..., Monday, 5 November 2007 19:15 (5 years ago) Permalink
i'm not seeing any movies until after the GREs
― impudent harlot, Monday, 5 November 2007 20:09 (5 years ago) Permalink
Paradjanov! I've seen that, it was about 10 years ago though.. gorgeous. The Madonna video that ripped off scenes was Bedtime Story.. I remember talking to some Armenian girls when on study abroad & mentioning this.. they were absolutely mortified..
― daria-g, Monday, 5 November 2007 20:32 (5 years ago) Permalink
So you gave up on ILF too, huh?
― Eric H., Monday, 5 November 2007 20:59 (5 years ago) Permalink
who, me? (I'm thinking this is gonna be mostly for local screenings) I didn't promise to start posting on ILF more, like SOME PEOPLE.
Tonight Paradjanov (esp if I decide not to vote), maybe tom'w Terror's Advocate, Thurs another Germi? all tentative.
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 14:16 (5 years ago) Permalink
I think he was talking about me. Actually I officially gave up around here. but I've started some threads over there since then, like my Germi thread, and these two: TS Carl Dreyer vs. Victor Erice I Don't Think He'd Have Given It To Me If I Had Hair Like EXCELSIOR Or Little Legs Like An Alligator
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 14:26 (5 years ago) Permalink
Can anybody figure out where the hell the link is to get tix for the FF's Evening with Norman Lloyd on Nov 26?
http://www.filmforum.org/films/norman.html
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 16:12 (5 years ago) Permalink
I think you can only buy 7 days in advance.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 16:24 (5 years ago) Permalink
(unless it's I'm Not There)
even with Norman Lloyd cultists champing at the bit?
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 16:42 (5 years ago) Permalink
Maybe you can pull some strings with Bruc3 G0ldstein?
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 16:49 (5 years ago) Permalink
Actually I officially gave up around here.
B-b-but that was the only thread there that had any life in it. Well, that and the rockism one.
― Eric H., Tuesday, 6 November 2007 17:35 (5 years ago) Permalink
The ILF excelsior thread, however, is classsic as is.
― Eric H., Tuesday, 6 November 2007 17:36 (5 years ago) Permalink
Indeed.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 17:39 (5 years ago) Permalink
B-b-but that was the only thread there that had any life in it. Well, that and the rockism one. I can't find the thread where I stopped posting in parentheses and Morbius accused me of some Weekend At Bernie's behavior.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Tuesday, 6 November 2007 17:40 (5 years ago) Permalink
Memories.
― Eric H., Tuesday, 6 November 2007 18:01 (5 years ago) Permalink
'S'all I got, and the few that remain are fading fast.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Thursday, 8 November 2007 02:31 (5 years ago) Permalink
I got ticket to 9:30 Germi tomorrow, Thursday, which I intend to use, barring the not unlikely work, home or health emergency.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Thursday, 8 November 2007 03:41 (5 years ago) Permalink
ah, 5:30 for me.
Anyone seen any Marc Recha?
http://www.bam.org/film/series.aspx?id=161
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 8 November 2007 16:54 (5 years ago) Permalink
I'll take that as a no.
More Brakhage at Antholgy Sunday (Pittsburgh Trilogy)
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 9 November 2007 21:03 (5 years ago) Permalink
There's a big Max Ophuls retro coming to BAM at month's end; don't see anything on their site, but here:
http://tinyurl.com/2zymrj
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 12 November 2007 15:41 (5 years ago) Permalink
A friend of mine is trying to get me to go see Raiders of the Lost Ark: The Adaptation at The Anthology tomorrow or over the weekend. Looks like an interesting curiosity, but I dunno.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 12:21 (5 years ago) Permalink
UGH @ ophuls competing w/ sembene!!
the brief clip i watched of the adaptation looked awesome. i suggest you get on line REEEEEAL early if you end up seeing it, tho
― impudent harlot, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 13:49 (5 years ago) Permalink
in my GRE-prompted cinema ban i didn't realize i missed ALL of the germis (except for divorce, italian style which i've already seen)
― impudent harlot, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 13:50 (5 years ago) Permalink
I am suspicious of Raiders Adaptation. For one, I haven't watched ROTLA 20x like everyone else has, apparently.
Also, Sembene v Ophuls v Pasolini.
http://www.filmlinc.com/wrt/onsale/pasolini/program.html
I would focus on the otherwise unavailable OS & MO.
Jiri Menzel is at BAM tonight w/ his latest, but I know nothing about it.
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 14:18 (5 years ago) Permalink
I'm suspicious too, but I may have to go out of a social obligation.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 15:29 (5 years ago) Permalink
the ophuls stuff is up on the website now, btw
― impudent harlot, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 15:33 (5 years ago) Permalink
Why is Summer With Monika in the Times today? New print?
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 16:19 (5 years ago) Permalink
yes. haven't seen it in eons.
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 16:22 (5 years ago) Permalink
Anyone seen/seeing the Albert Ayler doc at AFA?
― C0L1N B..., Wednesday, 14 November 2007 19:31 (5 years ago) Permalink
I was sposta review it. They sent me a European DVD.
― Dr Morbius, Wednesday, 14 November 2007 20:18 (5 years ago) Permalink
If anyone has MIX tips, speak:
http://www.mixnyc.org/index.html
Maybe I'd go to the 11pm Friday shorts, if I'm up.
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 15 November 2007 14:30 (5 years ago) Permalink
after today, Divorce—Italian Style is only playing 9:20 pm at FF.
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 15 November 2007 17:14 (5 years ago) Permalink
Get your Norman Lloyd tickets yet?
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Thursday, 15 November 2007 22:17 (5 years ago) Permalink
no, but I see they're available.
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 15 November 2007 22:34 (5 years ago) Permalink
Yes, that's what I was trying to tell you.
― James Redd and the Blecchs, Thursday, 15 November 2007 23:03 (5 years ago) Permalink
o i c
Divorce was cute. Why anyone thinks it's GREAT, I'm not sure.
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 16 November 2007 14:11 (5 years ago) Permalink
Saw it years ago, didn't make much of an impression. Wasn't he Oscar nominated?
― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 16 November 2007 14:20 (5 years ago) Permalink
yes, it got several; Germi too?
I hv my N Lloyd ticket.
― Dr Morbius, Friday, 23 November 2007 19:39 (5 years ago) Permalink
Hoberman on Sembene (and Ophuls, briefly):
http://www.villagevoice.com/film/0748,hoberman,78462,20.html
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 27 November 2007 21:58 (5 years ago) Permalink
If I go to see Salo, should I bring someone to hold my hand?
― Dr Morbius, Thursday, 29 November 2007 16:46 (5 years ago) Permalink
I would recommend any NY snob to see Letter from an Unknown Woman on its last night @BAM tonight; it fulfilled all of my expecs.
― Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 15:45 (5 years ago) Permalink
I would recommend any NY snob EVERYONE ON THE PLANET to see Letter from an Unknown Woman
fixed
― impudent harlot, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 15:51 (5 years ago) Permalink
Salò makes an even more problematic date movie than Jeanne Dielman!
― Casuistry, Tuesday, 4 December 2007 15:54 (5 years ago) Permalink
Ophuls and Sembene have taken over my December.
― Dr Morbius, Monday, 10 December 2007 16:48 (5 years ago) Permalink
nice
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 6 March 2013 16:08 (2 months ago) Permalink
two films into the lewis marathon and yep, i'm a convert (missing 'the errand boy' with tashlin cartoons screening this weekend, tho)
the portions of the documentary they've been showing are pretty great too, lots of rare outtakes and home movie footage
tonight though, 'life and death of colonel blimp', which i fell asleep while watching the first time on TCM home sick
― steaklife (donna rouge), Tuesday, 12 March 2013 19:35 (2 months ago) Permalink
The Errand Boy has some good bits but not one of my faves. Bellboy much better.
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 March 2013 19:38 (2 months ago) Permalink
New book on The Searchers looks intriguing.
― Johnny Too Borad (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 22 March 2013 14:52 (2 months ago) Permalink
anything especially worth seeing over the next week?
― Ward Fowler, Friday, 26 April 2013 18:00 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
Too busy, haven't looked.
― The Cosimo Code of the Woosters (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 26 April 2013 18:32 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
Malick-a-thon at BAM sunday.
― dan selzer, Friday, 26 April 2013 18:43 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
http://www.screenslate.com/
Now I remember, Film Forum is redoing the Pierre Étaix festival. By popular demand.
― The Cosimo Code of the Woosters (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 26 April 2013 18:51 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
Pierre Étaix
no the day the clown cried, no credibility!
― marmite christ (Eisbaer), Friday, 26 April 2013 19:19 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
thanks dan, that was a very helpful site
as i'm planning to go to moma on my visit anyway, i'm very tempted by the american avant-garde program there on weds at 1.30pm - do these screenings sell out?
also tempted, on the same day, by the screening of straub/huillet's class relations at this place called the bamcinematek
― Ward Fowler, Friday, 26 April 2013 19:50 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
I went to an American avant-garde program today at 1.30pm, and no they don't. (Patron after Vorkapich and Maya Deren: "Terrible. 0-for-2.)
I'm going to see Wm Friedkin do a Q&A at BAM after Sorcerer next Thursday; he's there after Cruising on Friday too.
http://www.bam.org/film/2013/friedkin70s
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Friday, 26 April 2013 21:42 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
If you've never seen this it's a must (tho I assume a DVD is coming):
http://www.filmforum.org/movies/more/voyage_to_italy
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Friday, 26 April 2013 21:44 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
thanks morbs, that weds screening sounds like a lock for me then. the only deren i've seen is meshes of the afternoon, many years ago, which i really enjoyed, but i hadn't seen that much avant-garde cinema at the time (still haven't), so it poss had the strength of revelation
wow that sorcerer screening looks v tempting, assuming there are still tickets available? (i am still planning on seeing the yankees on friday)
― Ward Fowler, Friday, 26 April 2013 21:57 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
re: voyage to italy:
What a strange and beautiful film Voyage in Italy is - wonder if Kiarostami knows it, parts of it def brought to mind 'Taste of Cherry' etc.― Ward Fowler, Thursday, January 10, 2013 3:11 PM (3 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalinkheh, many pointed out that Certified Copy is kind of a remix! He most definitely knows it.― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Thursday, January 10, 2013 3:13 PM (3 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Ward Fowler, Thursday, January 10, 2013 3:11 PM (3 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
heh, many pointed out that Certified Copy is kind of a remix! He most definitely knows it.
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Thursday, January 10, 2013 3:13 PM (3 months ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― Ward Fowler, Friday, 26 April 2013 21:59 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
there is a region 2 bfi dvd of it, btw, with an excellent commentary by laura mulvey
― Ward Fowler, Friday, 26 April 2013 22:00 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
oh, that was you!
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Friday, 26 April 2013 22:00 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
I had never seen Meshes til today, nor Bruce Connor's A Movie.
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Friday, 26 April 2013 22:01 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
Sorcerer appears to be sold out alas.
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Friday, 26 April 2013 22:03 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
:-(
― Ward Fowler, Friday, 26 April 2013 22:07 (4 weeks ago) Permalink
It's possible I might go to that a-g program, not sure.
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 30 April 2013 06:54 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/films/1371
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 1 May 2013 12:00 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
Xianshi shi guoqu de weilai (Disorder)2009. China. Directed by Huang Weikai. Assembling footage from a dozen amateur videographers, Huang Weikai presents a unique anti-city symphony of urban dysfunction that is alternately hilarious and horrifying. Pigs racing down a busy highway, government VIPs swimming in a polluted river, a hit-and-run victim being bribed to leave the scene, and an abandoned baby gawked at by passersby are all stranger-than-fiction visions that could never be aired on Chinese state television. These images represent both an alternative media culture of amateur videographers and viral video netizens, and the chaos seething through the cracks of a society in rapid transformation. Courtesy of dGenerate/Icarus. In Mandarin, Cantonese; English subtitles. 58 min.Wednesday, May 22, 2013, 4:00 p.m., Theater 2, T2Monday, May 27, 2013, 4:00 p.m., Theater 2, T2
Wednesday, May 22, 2013, 4:00 p.m., Theater 2, T2Monday, May 27, 2013, 4:00 p.m., Theater 2, T2
this is a must-see fyi
Ah OK, Memorial Day.
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 1 May 2013 13:38 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
you wanna go, morbs?
― 乒乓, Wednesday, 1 May 2013 13:44 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
might!
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 1 May 2013 14:10 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
hi nyc snobs, my buddy helped put this one together. i recommend 'mademoiselle' if you've never seen
http://www.bam.org/film/2013/booed-at-cannes
― Salt Mama Celeste (donna rouge), Friday, 3 May 2013 21:36 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
I doubt I will ever make it through The Mother and the Whore.
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 4 May 2013 06:12 (3 weeks ago) Permalink
(but yes, Madamoiselle I liked)
Silent Hitchcock restorations at BAM go on sale this week... Some of them are big-ticket ($35) cuz of live ensembles/opera-dance theater.
http://www.bam.org/film/2013/the-hitchcock-9
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 5 May 2013 14:52 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
so this MoMA "Chinese Realities/Documentary Visions" series begins... I think my first target is Thursday night's Fuck Cinema.
― Pope Rusty I (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 7 May 2013 12:11 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
I don't know this Wu Wenguang fella at all; sounds like I should go to Bumming in Beijing and the interview on Friday as well.
― ballin' from Maine to Mexico (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 7 May 2013 12:25 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
morbs there was some talk in the sinosphere thread
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 12:27 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
ah ok. I have to check my membership guest rates, let me know when you're going.
― ballin' from Maine to Mexico (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 7 May 2013 12:46 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
乒乓, they're only showing the sequel but i think you would dig oxhide (ii) if you haven't seen it already. miniminiminamalist family drama.
― daft on the causes of punk (schlump), Tuesday, 7 May 2013 15:11 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
noted. this is a tough month for me but I would like to make it out to moma more
― 乒乓, Tuesday, 7 May 2013 15:12 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
well of course the Wu Wenguang chat tomw night has no online tix left; standby line i guess.
i never fucking learn.
― ballin' from Maine to Mexico (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 9 May 2013 17:10 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
the tickets magically reappeared, so I'm going tonight.
Delmer Daves retro this week at Anthology. Eager to see Garfield in Pride of the Marines.
― ballin' from Maine to Mexico (Dr Morbius), Friday, 10 May 2013 13:46 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
What's it like trying to watch The Mother and the Whore?
Would like to know before sacrificing my Sunday.
― Josefa, Friday, 10 May 2013 15:58 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Thought it was incredible the first time I saw it, was completely mesmerized by it and really bought it into it as the summation and end of La Nouvelle Vague. Next time I saw it was kind of bored. No doubt if I ever get the opportunity and the chunk of time to see it again I will be mesmerized again. I like all his other films.
― Retreat from the Sunship (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 10 May 2013 16:42 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
I have seen the similarly titled Warnung vor einer heiligen Nutte by another, more prolific, European director many times and was only bored the first one.
― Retreat from the Sunship (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 10 May 2013 16:43 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
i have not seen either! i did watch 'chinesisches roulette' when i was sick a few weeks ago and loved it tho
― Salt Mama Celeste (donna rouge), Friday, 10 May 2013 20:33 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
i'll be holed up here all weekend: http://www.oscars.org/events-exhibitions/events/2013/05/real-indies.html
― Salt Mama Celeste (donna rouge), Friday, 10 May 2013 20:38 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Thanks James, you've convinced me to go see The Mother and the Whore this Sunday.
I think I'll bring my mom along for a special Mother's Day treat.
― Josefa, Saturday, 11 May 2013 01:19 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
Burt Lancaster mini-fest at Reade:
http://www.filmlinc.com/films/series/man-of-steel-burt-lancaster-at-100
― ballin' from Maine to Mexico (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 11 May 2013 16:33 (2 weeks ago) Permalink
some links for the Chinese doc series
http://www.fandor.com/blog/daily-chinese-realitiesdocumentary-visions
― ballin' from Maine to Mexico (Dr Morbius), Monday, 13 May 2013 03:33 (1 week ago) Permalink
Last night of Voyage To Italy, which I still haven't seen.
― Beam Me Up (I Feel Like Being A) Doomsday Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 16 May 2013 17:43 (1 week ago) Permalink
Seen it now. Michael Musto too.
― Beam Me Up (I Feel Like Being A) Doomsday Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 16 May 2013 23:46 (1 week ago) Permalink
Used copies of George Sanders's Memoirs of a Professional Cad going for about three hundred and fifty bucks these days.
― Beam Me Up (I Feel Like Being A) Doomsday Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 17 May 2013 02:14 (1 week ago) Permalink
He didn't think much of Rossellini, apparently.
This film is the parent of both Certified Copy and Eyes Wide Shut, I think.
― ballin' from Maine to Mexico (Dr Morbius), Friday, 17 May 2013 02:19 (1 week ago) Permalink
Still have to see Certified Copy.
Thought the penultimate scene was going to be the ending, when they are walking across the ruins saying "Life is short." Was getting some kind of vibe similar to the end of The Third Man.
― Beam Me Up (I Feel Like Being A) Doomsday Machine (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 17 May 2013 12:42 (1 week ago) Permalink