I thought Carol was a snooze fest but this new one sounds right up my alley.
― some sad trombone Twilight Zone shit (cryptosicko), Thursday, 18 May 2017 17:06 (nine years ago)
Yeah I found it so boring.
― Heavy Doors (jed_), Thursday, 18 May 2017 17:13 (nine years ago)
!! http://www.pitchfork.com/news/todd-haynes-to-direct-new-velvet-underground-doc/
have loved all of his music-related features unreservedly, so v curious about this
― Οὖτις, Monday, 7 August 2017 15:53 (eight years ago)
yeah super excited about this!
has anyone here seen Wonderstruck yet? or has it only played at Cannes?
― flappy bird, Monday, 7 August 2017 17:36 (eight years ago)
2 other fests to date
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt5208216/releaseinfo
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Monday, 7 August 2017 17:41 (eight years ago)
The spectrum of the Wonderstruck reviews is pretty fascinating, from "his worst" to "the film he was born to make."
https://www.criterion.com/current/posts/5021-the-daily-nyff-2017-todd-haynes-s-wonderstruck
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 20 October 2017 16:55 (eight years ago)
don't see how he can top Carol
― flappy bird, Friday, 20 October 2017 17:08 (eight years ago)
Really? It felt dry and desiccated to me on my only look.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 20 October 2017 17:10 (eight years ago)
I couldn't stand it; I choked on whimsy.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 20 October 2017 17:15 (eight years ago)
I preferred it to Far from Heaven, at any rate.
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Friday, 20 October 2017 17:15 (eight years ago)
wait, which?
I preferred Far from Heaven to all but maybe two Sirk films.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 20 October 2017 17:24 (eight years ago)
Just got Far From Heaven on blu-ray, psyched to see it for the first time- just watched All That Heaven Allows and Ali: Fear Eats the Soul recently
― flappy bird, Friday, 20 October 2017 17:25 (eight years ago)
We've been over your wrongness on this count multiple times, Morbs.
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Friday, 20 October 2017 17:54 (eight years ago)
(Preferred Carol to Far From Heaven, to be clear. Haven't seen Todd Haynes' mother!)
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Friday, 20 October 2017 17:55 (eight years ago)
sorry i definitely saw carol and enjoyed it and can't recall it having a particularly whimsical streak
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Friday, 20 October 2017 18:18 (eight years ago)
it wasn't whimsical at all, it was so tonally precise
― flappy bird, Friday, 20 October 2017 18:20 (eight years ago)
yeah, zero whimsy.
what can I say, i like actors who are better than Hudson and Wyman.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 20 October 2017 18:28 (eight years ago)
what can I say
More than I ever wanted you to.
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Friday, 20 October 2017 19:01 (eight years ago)
oh, youuuuuu
anyway at least you can skip the VU documentary
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 20 October 2017 19:05 (eight years ago)
Fair enough. You, actors. Me, soundtracks.
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Friday, 20 October 2017 19:11 (eight years ago)
I assume Alfred's whimsy comment was aimed at the new one, not Carol.
I like or love most of Haynes' movies, but the source material for this one makes me skeptical. I didn't like Hugo, so reviews saying either "It's as good as Hugo" or "It's not as good as Hugo" don't do anything for me.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Friday, 20 October 2017 19:34 (eight years ago)
Dargis in the NYT thought it was pitched primarily at adults.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 20 October 2017 19:39 (eight years ago)
idk what to think after the trailer tbh
I tend to love Haynes when he's focused on music, less so on other topics but I did like Far From Heaven and Safe
― Οὖτις, Friday, 20 October 2017 19:41 (eight years ago)
def doesn't look like something that would interest children imo
I referred to the new one. The kids are better than the horrors in The FLorida Project though.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 20 October 2017 19:58 (eight years ago)
Give it a rest already.
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Friday, 20 October 2017 20:02 (eight years ago)
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ah sorry for misrepresenting you alfred
― ToddBonzalez (BradNelson), Friday, 20 October 2017 20:03 (eight years ago)
Carol could have done with some whimsey.
― iCloudius (cryptosicko), Friday, 20 October 2017 20:35 (eight years ago)
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Friday, October 20, 201
Someone likes Florida!
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 20 October 2017 20:46 (eight years ago)
Except some people.
― Anne of the Thousand Gays (Eric H.), Friday, 20 October 2017 20:58 (eight years ago)
Carol was boring af
― Susan Stranglehands (jed_), Sunday, 22 October 2017 03:26 (eight years ago)
I didn't think Carol (or Far From Heaven) was boring as much as straitjacketed by good taste and period detail. As for Wonderstruck, I will say that its period settings didn't strike me as nearly so restrictive. And I found the musical settings to be an exercise in obviousness, which I assume means it will get its only Oscar nomination in one of the sound categories.
― Virulent Is the Word for Julia (j.lu), Tuesday, 24 October 2017 02:27 (eight years ago)
Yeah, Wonderstruck is pretty boring. Moreso than Carol, even.
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 27 October 2017 19:36 (eight years ago)
I was restless.
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 27 October 2017 19:47 (eight years ago)
No floor to mop or furniture to Pledge either!
― morning wood truancy (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Friday, 27 October 2017 19:48 (eight years ago)
used '70s Manhattan as a theme park, too
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Friday, 27 October 2017 19:51 (eight years ago)
Next up this fall... don't think I knew about it?
https://www.indiewire.com/2019/08/todd-haynes-dark-waters-mark-ruffalo-anne-hathaway-primetime-oscars-release-1202168878/
Seems like a prosaic social-issue variant on Safe.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 15:29 (six years ago)
. It was adapted most recently by Mario Correa and first writer Matthew Michael Carnahan from Nathaniel Rich’s New York Times Magazine article, “The Lawyer Who Became DuPont’s Worst Nightmare.”
Anne Hathaway stars opposite Ruffalo as Biliott’s wife, Sarah; she’s also the star of “The Last Thing He Wanted,” which Rees and Marco Villalobos adapted from the 1997 Joan Didion novel.
I'm quite confused.
― Funky Isolations (jed_), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 16:45 (six years ago)
they are referring to another non-Haynes film in the can
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 27 August 2019 16:51 (six years ago)
yes it is a Haynes film
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RvAOuhyunhY
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 September 2019 19:36 (six years ago)
oh damn!
― sarahell, Wednesday, 18 September 2019 19:44 (six years ago)
Kind of like when Mann did The Insider and moved past his crime-genre limitations while keeping his strengths.
― ... (Eazy), Wednesday, 18 September 2019 19:53 (six years ago)
Gus Van Sant did an enviro drama what, 2 years ago?
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 September 2019 19:57 (six years ago)
I love Haynes but this looks p boring
― Οὖτις, Wednesday, 18 September 2019 20:28 (six years ago)
I like this one more than Carol or Wonderstruck. It works.
also fuck Dupont and their former senator the Frontrunner
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 November 2019 04:30 (six years ago)
welp I guess I just learned this movie exists!
― Simon H., Tuesday, 12 November 2019 05:06 (six years ago)
A decent New Yorker profile: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2019/11/11/todd-haynes-rewrites-the-hollywood-playbook
― TikTok to the (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 12 November 2019 10:58 (six years ago)
What differentiates this one from Promised Land?
― temporarily embarrassed thousandaire (Eric H.), Tuesday, 12 November 2019 13:15 (six years ago)
dunno, didn't see that one
subject matter is not the end-all though... there certainly are echoes of Safe.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 November 2019 13:25 (six years ago)
superb Ed Lachman cinematography as always, a frequently icy blue palette
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 12 November 2019 15:28 (six years ago)