Putting professors above projectionists!
― Alba, Saturday, 11 February 2023 18:55 (one year ago) link
Ah!
― The Windows of the URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 11 February 2023 18:56 (one year ago) link
96/100 and only because I accidentally put Jacques Rivette when I meant François Truffaut
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Saturday, 11 February 2023 18:58 (one year ago) link
Check out the big brain on Brad!
― clemenza, Saturday, 11 February 2023 19:05 (one year ago) link
77/100 -- a couple of dumb mistakes on movies I've seen, a couple of lucky guesses on movies I haven't seen
― The Terroir of Tiny Town (WmC), Saturday, 11 February 2023 19:19 (one year ago) link
71, though at least half were guesses.
― jaymc, Saturday, 11 February 2023 20:07 (one year ago) link
(Some of them informed guesses, though.)
76. About five films I did see and couldn't place grr
― xyzzzz__, Saturday, 11 February 2023 20:18 (one year ago) link
88. Nailed every one I knew, every guess I guessed wrong
― or something, Saturday, 11 February 2023 20:23 (one year ago) link
Oh and messed up Spike Lee . Just couldn't place that image in that film somehow
― or something, Saturday, 11 February 2023 20:28 (one year ago) link
84/100!
I guessed on most of the contemporary Asian stuff, which rarely payed off. And I got the Black female directors all switched around. The only film I've seen that I miscredited was Death of Mr. Lazarescu.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Saturday, 11 February 2023 21:22 (one year ago) link
I just exchanged texts with my friend who actually is a projectionist but did not mention this quiz.
― The Windows of the URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 11 February 2023 22:38 (one year ago) link
I got 89. several of them were guesses based on what I know about the filmmakers’ visual aesthetics or the time periods from the images. I got several directors mixed up - Mizoguchi and Kobayashi, Kazan and Wyler, Etrice and Saura and others. I guessed Larisa Shepitko’s The Ascent correctly only because I have recently seen stills from it on twitter, but I haven’t watched it. Also still have yet to watch Djibril Diop Mambéty’s films, a few of which are on Kanopy, or Cheryl Dunye’s The Watermelon Woman
― Dan S, Sunday, 12 February 2023 01:31 (one year ago) link
My projectionist friend told me about this yesterday:https://framed.wtf
― The Windows of the URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 12 February 2023 14:33 (one year ago) link
oh, it's a one-per-day thing, like wordle
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Sunday, 12 February 2023 14:50 (one year ago) link
Yes. I only started doing it yesterday.
― The Windows of the URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 12 February 2023 15:14 (one year ago) link
But I like, I like.
― The Windows of the URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 12 February 2023 15:42 (one year ago) link
I love Framed but I get annoyed every time a Marvel movie zilches my overall record
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Sunday, 12 February 2023 16:13 (one year ago) link
Will we be using this thread for discussion of films that are not on your list but are still, say, Morbius favorites?
― The Windows of the URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 12 February 2023 16:24 (one year ago) link
Just the ones on the list, think there are several which wouldn't be there without his influence.
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Sunday, 12 February 2023 16:30 (one year ago) link
just downloaded sherlock jr, which i think just sneaks in as public domain. only i seem to have an entirely silent one and i can her neighbours clanking around
― koogs, Sunday, 12 February 2023 16:38 (one year ago) link
Looking through the list, some of my favourite directors, Louis Malle, Miloš Forman, Roy Andersson, Sidney Lumet, are either missing entirely or have a single entry, think this is probably A Good Thing on a personal level, more to explore, less so to those whose favourites are more well-represented I suppose, though otoh everyone likes talking about their favourites.
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Sunday, 12 February 2023 16:40 (one year ago) link
xp There are many different options for watching Sherlock Jr on YouTube with different soundtracks.
To your last post: that is sort of the whole good and bad of lists in a nutshell.
― The Windows of the URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 12 February 2023 16:45 (one year ago) link
I've watched the first hundred.
― Malevolent Arugula (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Sunday, 12 February 2023 16:57 (one year ago) link
For those who have MUBI, try to catch The General over the next 3 days before it gets yanked
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Sunday, 12 February 2023 17:21 (one year ago) link
I really am going to be forced to watch Holiday on the Buses huh
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Sunday, 12 February 2023 17:22 (one year ago) link
Whose first place vote was that?
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Sunday, 12 February 2023 17:25 (one year ago) link
Is Holiday on the Buses the same as Mexican Bus Ride?
― The Windows of the URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 12 February 2023 17:27 (one year ago) link
Man those MUBI Leaving Soons are torture. I rewatched THE GENERAL recently and maybe still have it saved on my cable box so I think I will pass on that and watch a few others.
― The Windows of the URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 12 February 2023 17:29 (one year ago) link
i never her.
finished Sherlock Jr as it was only 44 minutes long. (this was an archive.org download rather than youtube. ogg video in fact, only 100MB, 400x300 but perfectly watchable)
is that a recognised meaning of the work sheik?
yes -
2 usually sheik : a man supposed to be irresistibly attractive to romantic young women
lots of things that are now cliches, probably a lot different back in 1924. the suitcase jump kinda spoilt it - everything else was at least possible
― koogs, Sunday, 12 February 2023 17:31 (one year ago) link
THE GENERAL also avaiable in several other places, Amazon Prime, Criterion and... wait for it... Tubi. https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-general
― The Windows of the URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 12 February 2023 17:34 (one year ago) link
Actually I have to be careful here as I have been fooled before. Oftentimes something will show up there as being on Amazon Prime but in fact it is only there with a subscription, a subscription to MUBI.
― The Windows of the URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 12 February 2023 17:47 (one year ago) link
Is Holiday on the Buses the same as Mexican Bus Ride?― The Windows of the URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 12 February 2023 17:27 (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
― The Windows of the URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 12 February 2023 17:27 (one hour ago) bookmarkflaglink
I like to think so.
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Sunday, 12 February 2023 19:04 (one year ago) link
As Mark S likes to tell me, the first On The Buses film was the highest grossing film at the box office that year.
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Sunday, 12 February 2023 19:08 (one year ago) link
Pfunkboy was Holiday on the Bus's #1 vote
― عباس کیارستمی (Eric H.), Sunday, 12 February 2023 21:02 (one year ago) link
I knew it would be him, that wacky pfunkboy.
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Sunday, 12 February 2023 21:15 (one year ago) link
hes a menace
― mark s, Sunday, 12 February 2023 21:16 (one year ago) link
> I knew it would be him, that wacky pfunkboy.> ― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai)
letterboxd, the vexing and sometimes OK film logging website
― koogs, Sunday, 12 February 2023 21:29 (one year ago) link
Ok, close enough to Monday.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/Sherlock_jr_poster.jpg
Sherlock, Jr., Buster Keaton 1924Morbies #480 Sight & Sound Critics #54Youtube link
― Camaraderie at Arms Length, Sunday, 12 February 2023 23:05 (one year ago) link
First time I'd seen this, I do have a complete Buster Keaton box set but am only halfway through it. Had to watch it twice as the story only made sense with the final scene (to be fair the fact that I had about 20 acupuncture needles stuck in me probably didn't help) - second viewing I found I could appreciate the whole thing, not just the astounding set-piece stunt scenes. Suppose the reason that this is the Keaton film of choice is not just the intricate plotting, the metafictionality of having the action take place on a cinema screen as a projection of the character's own life, represented as this grand, escapist drama is a brilliant conceit, and the final scene where he learns how to propose to his girlfriend by watching the couple on screen is just a great bit of cinema. Also recognised a few scenes from the 1980 documentary series "Hollywood" - including the water tower shot which broke Keaton's neck.
I loved it when I saw it in my 20s, just kind of drifted away.
― clemenza, Sunday, 12 February 2023 23:17 (one year ago) link
On the Keaton thread, I posted about how perplexing Bogdanovich's Keaton documentary was.
What about it?
― The Windows of the URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 12 February 2023 23:33 (one year ago) link
Buster Keaton
― clemenza, Monday, 13 February 2023 00:01 (one year ago) link
I kind of liked that but fair enough.
― The Windows of the URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 13 February 2023 00:06 (one year ago) link
THE GENERAL also avaiable in several other places, Amazon Prime, Criterion and... wait for it... Tubi. https://www.justwatch.com/us/movie/the-general― The Windows of the URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, February 12, 2023 11:34 AM (six hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― The Windows of the URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, February 12, 2023 11:34 AM (six hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
Also Wikipedia (it entered the public domain last year): https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_General_(1926_film)
― jaymc, Monday, 13 February 2023 00:07 (one year ago) link
Oh wait, actually, it's been in the public domain for decades. But anyway, yeah, it's widely available.
― jaymc, Monday, 13 February 2023 00:10 (one year ago) link
That's happened to me more than once, seeing multiple versions of the same film, sometimes on the same platform, many in terrible shape, wondering why this is so and then... d'oh!
― The Windows of the URL (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 13 February 2023 00:19 (one year ago) link
everything up to and including man with a movie camera is public domain (in usa, other places vary). i think the rules changed so that some things were, then weren't, then were again but I've also read that once a thing is pd its always pd so...
but what you will find is that some things have later audio, hence the completely silent versions on places like archive.org
― koogs, Monday, 13 February 2023 04:49 (one year ago) link
Sometimes the greatest film ever made.
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 20 April 2024 19:57 (three weeks ago) link
Another cracking film.
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Saturday, 20 April 2024 19:57 (three weeks ago) link
I love Earrings... because it's a film whose editing and camera movements convey a passage of time as subtle as any novel. When I read Balzac and Trollope, the marriage between Boyer and Darrieux is how I imagine the day-to-day functionalities of a patrician 19th century marriage. The beauty of Boyer's performance is how he's perfectly willing to go along with it but with the quiet half-grins that Ophuls catches it's clear he also loves Louise enough to have given a more erotic marriage a shot if she wasn't so bent on escaping within her confines. Few films convey how possessions delineate the confines of one's own entrapment.
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 20 April 2024 20:14 (three weeks ago) link
Modern Times also on YouTube now too Really enjoyed that, especially the automatic food layer bit
― nxd, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 20:33 (two weeks ago) link
Only started watching films by Ophuls six months ago. Forgive me, God
― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 21:14 (two weeks ago) link
Om watching Earrings.... as I type and my god
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 21:25 (two weeks ago) link
I finally got around to Earrings a few years ago and boy does it deliver. 19th century novels are a good reference point, it has that richness of detail and emotional specificity.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 21:28 (two weeks ago) link
Boyer is the key: aware of everything, ready to play along, but ignore him and he'll put a bullet in your throat.
― the talented mr pimply (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Tuesday, 30 April 2024 21:41 (two weeks ago) link
19th century novels are a good reference point, it has that richness of detail and emotional specificity.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Tuesday, April 30, 2024 5:28 PM (one hour ago)
otm Alfred and tipsy. I already had that association, and when I started reading Anna Karenina the other day I immediately thought of Earrings
― rob, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 23:01 (two weeks ago) link
there's a Chaplin season on sky arts in the UK and Modern Times (78 in the S&S list) and City Lights (36) will be two of those (i think MT is next Saturday and Sunday). so far there's been The Kid, Gold Rush, The Circus. Criterion logo in all the credits.
― koogs, Tuesday, 30 April 2024 23:24 (two weeks ago) link
Finished watching Madame De..., you are all dead-on with the novel comparisons, reminded me of Zola's "La Curée", though without the politics, such a dance the three do with each-other, and the fact that they spent so much time actually dancing did not seem like a blunt metaphor. I did find it a little difficult to connect with on an emotional level, as I always do with the Belle Époque upper class, not sure why this is.
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 3 May 2024 20:57 (one week ago) link
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1b/Tokyo-story-20201121.jpg
Tokyo Story, Yasujirō Ozu, 1953
Morbsies #141Sight & Sound Critics #4Sight & Sound Directors #4
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 5 May 2024 15:55 (one week ago) link
Heartbreaking.
― Toshirō Nofune (The Seventh ILXorai), Sunday, 5 May 2024 16:27 (one week ago) link
yeah, didn't even make the top 100
― This is Dance Anthems, have some respect (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Sunday, 5 May 2024 16:32 (one week ago) link