MOVIES!

The Pilgrim (Chaplin)
Her Brother (Oshima) - formidable but almost put me to sleep
M. Hulot's Holiday
Little Murders - I suppose some dingdong wd call this "dated"
Boy (Oshima) - one of his best that I've seen
The Island (Shindo, 1960) - took the first half to get with its rhythm, but pays off
The Small Back Room - scaled-down, intimate Archers
WALL-E - my vision of humanity's future brought to the screen

Swamp Thing - This wasn't good this time either.
The Scorpion King - I think I wrote a short story of this in 7th grade English.

battleship potemkin

dirty harry

I go to the Silent Movie Theatre too, Omar Little

five easy pieces
easy rider <-- the "tripping" scene v v nice

Getting Straight
The Touch
Macario
Trouble the Water
Dr. Mabuse, the Gambler
Earthquake
Cool Hand Luke
The Ladykillers (Coen remake)
Burn After Reading

The Reckless Moment
Caught! - http://www.celtoslavica.de/chiaroscuro/films/caught/caught.html
Szamanka - Zulawski's THE BESTEST - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Szamanka
California Split (not sure if this was 'Long Goodbye' great but pretty great)

oh whoops, that wikipedia link kinda gives away the last scene of Szamanka there. which in traditional Zulawski style comes as such a complete shock, when I saw it all five people in the room screamed at the top of their lungs at the exact same time, so don't read that, just look at the nice picture of Iwona

I saw:
Near Dark
The Boys From Brazil - "mild mannered international thrillers for old people" is a whole genre, isn't it? Stuff like this movie, and that Matthau movie Hopscotch (which I hated though)

Greg Peck being eaten by dogs is mild-mannered?

he was eaten by dogs in a tasteful and subdued manner

"The Jazz Singer" (vv boring, Jolson incredibly irritating)
"the dawn of sound: how the movies learned to talk" (awesome, well worth the price of the DVD)

Hey Milton

Was the print of "Reckless Moment" you saw decent quality?

Joldom rules, Pash ;)

Haynes put a Reckless Moment scene into Far from Heaven.

that's Jolson^

Was the print of "Reckless Moment" you saw decent quality?

was a home screening of a decent 16mm print, my friend is an obsessive film collector with a screening room in his microbasement

last night was 'The Smiling Lieutenant'. slower pacing & not as over-the-top raunchy as 'One Hour With You', where the dialog is so modern it's almost shocking -- I'm glad I saw that one first. But the ending of 'Smiling Lieutenant' crept up on me, it works.

http://www.criterion.com/asp/boxed_set.asp?id=2000800

Reading "Easy Riders..." at the moment so:

Shampoo
The Last Detail

Started on "Berlin Alexanderplatz". This is might take some doing. Or maybe not. Something about Fassbinder irks me - can't
pinpoint it - but the first episode was pretty engaging.

Is "Sorcerer" worth seeing? I'm a fan of "Wages Of Fear".

Being There
Wedding Crashers

Charlie Wilson's War (Hanks and Hoffman charming, but I wanted a two-hour movie)
Boyfriends and Girlfriends
My Night at Maud's
American Dream

I actually really liked CWW. The fest scene where you meet Hoffman is brilliant. Interesting to hear about the final scene they removed. I think I heard Sorkin discuss the decision at length in a podcast somewhere.

CWW was kinda disgusting, as is Sorkin.

Pardon Us (Laurel & Hardy)
Mon Oncle
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
The Man in the White Suit
Man's Castle
Liliom (F Lang)

Man's Castle

Where/how did you see this?

CWW was kinda disgusting, as is Sorkin.

How so?

In typical Mike Nichols fashion, it doesn't engage the material other than to exploit in the glibbest way.

*exploit IT

Right.

Pash, it ran on TCM here.

my full CWW response:

http://www.slantmagazine.com/film/film_review.asp?ID=3391

Thanks. Will read.

Is "Sorcerer" worth seeing? I'm a fan of "Wages Of Fear".

I've got a soft spot for gritty 70s films, but can't recommend sorcerer. some people call it underrated, but it's draggy when it should be pulse-pounding. given the source material it seems like it would be right up friedkin's alley but something went wrong. music by tangerine dream is pretty good though. take a pass and watch to live and die in l.a. instead.

Wicker Man (o.g. version)

superman ii

haha for a second I was all like "what's ned doing posting on noise board?"

sonned by self in imposter beef

Shit:
Fear X
Looker

Shinola:
The Rapture
Superbad
The Most Dangerous Game
We Own the Night
Grey Gardens

hey sd where u been

http://www.netministry.com/clientfiles/63727/promisekeepers.jpg

been being a dad. side effects: very little computer time; lots of tv time; catsup dude otm

wholly shit

congrats

the great thing about babies is they don't complain if you put on andrei rublev or fata morgana

the bad thing is they cause you to be awake watching said movies at 3am

the better thing is falling asleep wathcing The Rapture, missing the titular scene, and waking up to the sound of your son screaming bloody murder.... HOT TV!

Elephant (Alan Clarke version)

the better thing is falling asleep wathcing The Rapture, missing the titular scene, and waking up to the sound of your son screaming bloody murder.... HOT TV!

― sexyDancer, Wednesday, September 17, 2008 8:56 PM (4 days ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

that has got a be a disturbing movie to watch with kids in the house, considering what happens 2/3rds of the way through!

Choke (trivial)
Will Success Spoil Rock Hunter?
The Big Sky

burn after reading - meh, occasional lolz

on the plane: ironman, semi-pro, smart people

virgin america is a top notch airline btw and semi-pro was funnay - also you can order drinks from yr seatback tv and they bring them right to u!

elephant alan clarke version is a humdinger

saw that in a double bill with the g.v.sant "version", quite the difference

virgin america is awes. i took four flights from la to sf/jfk in the space of a couple of weeks last year. never more than half full. stewardess recognized me on all the flights, remembered my drink, and kept em coming all flight long.

xp, maybe I'm just too impatient, but the Alan Clarke film was kinda dull. my favourite revenge killing was the only one with any dialogue.

watched these, these past two weeks

love liza
dark city
the taking of pelham 1, 2, 3
ghostbusters 2
trafic
pan's labyrinth
unser täglich brot ("our daily bread")
l.a. confidential
the lady from shanghai
son of rambow
hellboy
la jetee/sans soleil