NYC retro in August includes rep picks from Dante, plus The Movie Orgy
http://www.bam.org/film/2016/joe-dante-at-the-movies
http://www.bam.org/film/2016/the-movie-orgy
― helpless before THRILLARY (Dr Morbius), Friday, 22 July 2016 19:17 (seven years ago) link
no mention of the forthcoming Matinee BD on Arrow? now I can finally get rid of my uninspiring Pathe DVD. the Blu is encoded for R2 but looks packed to the gills with great stuff; I preordered it along with the remaster of The Human Condition since they're coming out around the same time:
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Matinee-Blu-ray-John-Goodman/dp/B01GVH1SXI/
I also managed to get a copy of The Second Civil War (my actual favorite Dante movie ever) for like $8 shipped and it really holds up well. I wonder why HBO doesn't at least make it available to stream on Go or wherever; there's a lot of stuff in year that plays way better in 2016 than it did when I first saw it around 2001ish.
― thos beads (jamescobo), Sunday, 31 July 2016 02:38 (seven years ago) link
saw Matinee today... JD introduced it and admitted the teenage lead (who's kind of a drip) is basically him. It's lovingly mounted and Goodman is delightful to watch tearing into that producer/huckster role (Cathy Moriarty's deadpan delivery is v funny too), but most of what i found really funny was in Mant! itself. (also the Disneyesque 'shopping cart' movie)
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 7 August 2016 01:34 (seven years ago) link
I seem to recall seeing that in a theater when it was released and having the Mant appear in the aisles of our theater at an appropriate point in the screening.
― The Rest Is A Cellarful of Noise (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 7 August 2016 01:43 (seven years ago) link
oh and the secret screening paired with Gremlins last night was Hellzapoppin'!
― The Hon. J. Piedmont Mumblethunder (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 7 August 2016 17:39 (seven years ago) link
Second Civil War is a comedy for these times
― Milton Parker, Friday, 25 November 2016 08:32 (seven years ago) link
i can confirm that innerspace remains a v entertaining movie and that visual effects oscar was v much deserved
― martin short's interiors (bizarro gazzara), Sunday, 13 May 2018 18:49 (five years ago) link
It's been a few years since I've seen it but yeah, it rocks. Very few things are not improved by the presence of Kevin McCarthy, Robert Picardo or Dick Miller, and this movie has 'em all!
― incel elgort (cryptosicko), Sunday, 13 May 2018 18:53 (five years ago) link
^tot forgot it was by JD; due for a rewatch, esp w/ small roles for Kathleen Freeman, Dick Miller et al
https://cinepassion.org/Reviews/i/Innerspace.html
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 23 July 2018 15:17 (five years ago) link
Joe Dante talking about the Psycho remake is my new favorite thing. pic.twitter.com/n68gXvXbyX— ๐ณ๏ธโ๐Kneel Before Cod๐ณ๏ธโ๐ (@tj_mackey432) August 2, 2020
― Josh in Chicago, Tuesday, 4 August 2020 21:20 (three years ago) link
so has anyone seen The Movie Orgy? Introduced by Joe at NY MoMA on Friday eve.
http://www.moma.org/visit/calendar/film_screenings/13622
โ incredibly middlebrow (Dr Morbius), Thursday, October 13, 2011 4:45 PM (eleven years ago) bookmarkflaglink
So HAS anyone seen it? There's a free screening of it here at our local indie theater tomorrow, thinking of dropping in for at least some of it. Not going to commit to the full five hours.
― a man often referred to in the news media as the Duke of Saxony (tipsy mothra), Thursday, 10 August 2023 21:23 (eight months ago) link
Watched about an hour of it once. Not very well paced as a work of editing iirc, but there's a pretty funny thing of cutting back to a z grade teen rebel film whose protagonist just keeps complaining about people hassling him.
― Daniel_Rf, Thursday, 10 August 2023 21:36 (eight months ago) link