I'm dreading a rewatch of Family Viewing but I'm otherwise compelled to. I haven't rewatched any of the early ones since they came out.
― Elvis Telecom, Friday, 17 July 2020 03:04 (three years ago) link
wow, the adjuster!!!! what a film
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Saturday, 5 September 2020 02:46 (three years ago) link
rewatched exotica last night, that's now an all-timer for me. a vibe i haven't found anywhere else
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 25 September 2020 16:04 (three years ago) link
the verhoeven quote upthread is fundamentally right especially wrt to comparing exotica and showgirls, but it also wouldn't occur to me to compare them. showgirls is corrupted; exotica, despite its consumingly sinister atmosphere, is very innocent. these are babes in the woods, broken apart by trauma and reassembled into people they don't recognize
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 25 September 2020 16:08 (three years ago) link
the club is incredible but all of my favorite dialogue exchanges in the movie are between bruce greenwood and sarah polley in the car
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 25 September 2020 16:15 (three years ago) link
yes, one of my absolute all time favorite films. I think the screenplay is exceptional. It's one of the only screenplays I bought in book form and kept.
― akm, Friday, 25 September 2020 17:29 (three years ago) link
showgirls and exotica aren't even remotely about the same thing so comparing them isn't fair to either one. Exotica is explicitly about grief.
― akm, Friday, 25 September 2020 17:30 (three years ago) link
the abrupt transition from the club to the shot of the search party emerging over the hill and then back to bruce greenwood sweating in the bathroom... takes my breath away
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Friday, 25 September 2020 17:39 (three years ago) link
Liked Exotica when it came out, haven’t seen it since. Did see Don McKellar’s Last Night finally on MUBI recently.
― ABBA O RLY? (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 25 September 2020 18:03 (three years ago) link
holy fucking shit @ speaking parts
― mellon collie and the infinite bradness (BradNelson), Wednesday, 21 October 2020 04:19 (three years ago) link