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OMG, worse plot ever:

A dealer in outsider art threatens the equilibrium of her middle-class in-laws in North Carolina. Madeline is a go-getting art gallery owner from Chicago, recently married to George, a near-perfect Southern beau. When Madeline needs to close a deal with a reclusive North Carolina artist, George introduces her to his family: prickly mother Peg, taciturn father Eugene, cranky brother Johnny, and Johnny's pregnant, childlike wife Ashley, who is awe-struck by her glamorous sister-in-law. Madeline's presence exposes the fragile family dynamics as hidden resentments and anxieties surface.

― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 6 January 2007 06:32 (seventeen years ago) link

But she tried to go to the hospital with Ashley in the first place and the adults excluded her! I think her greatest mistake was in not telling George that she'd been shut out, because he just thought she hadn't tried. And then after the miscarriage no one would come and get her, G told her to find her own ride home.

― Laurel (Laurel), Saturday, 6 January 2007 06:40 (seventeen years ago) link

The folk artist is a thinly-veiled Darger, or a cross between Darger and some racist religious artist, which is sort of fun. He's supposed to be autistic and he draws paintings of white people being impaled on large black penes! (xpost)

― A-ron Hubbard (Hurting), Saturday, 6 January 2007 06:42 (seventeen years ago) link

Yeah actually I was confused about the whole ride to/from the hosptial situation. I thought he said something about her taking a cab but then she didn't do it because she wanted to seal the deal with the artist.

― A-ron Hubbard (Hurting), Saturday, 6 January 2007 06:43 (seventeen years ago) link

It hardly matters to my overall opinion of the movie, which is that it was *eh*.

― A-ron Hubbard (Hurting), Saturday, 6 January 2007 06:45 (seventeen years ago) link

ha ha, scott

BUG is awesome

have you seen PHASE IV by Saul Bass?

it's got your name in the credits under 'favorite film of:'

― milton parker (Jon L), Saturday, 6 January 2007 06:50 (seventeen years ago) link

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/pic/MG/197244~Maniac-Posters.jpg

― am0n (am0n), Saturday, 6 January 2007 07:00 (seventeen years ago) link

they have ~~tiny generic~~ piece of shit ones for around $30 at best buy. mine ~~works great.~~ is a piece of shit.

-- amon (...) (webmail), August 16th, 2005 6:48 PM. (eman)

fixed

― am0n (am0n), Saturday, 6 January 2007 07:01 (seventeen years ago) link

TS: caroline munro & joe spinell in maniac -vs- caroline & joe in The Last Horror Film

SO hard to choose.

MY name, milton? Really? wow, weird. Is Phase IV on DVD? I would buy that too.

http://www.tv.co.kr/DATAFILES/movie_image/5935/NMK_MOVIE_tim001.jpg

― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 6 January 2007 13:00 (seventeen years ago) link

I had a store called Redrum in Philadelphia and we would play movies all day on a t.v. next to the videos we had for sale and I would play Bug ALL DAY LONG. 8 hours of continuous BUG! I did this for weeks! No wonder we ended up closing. I was kinda obsessed. I really identified with that particular vision of madness.

― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 6 January 2007 13:03 (seventeen years ago) link

http://www.thelooniverse.com/movies/west/saulbass/phaseiv/fase4s.jpg

― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 6 January 2007 13:05 (seventeen years ago) link

i think i'll watch frogs tonight.

http://www.1000misspenthours.com/posters/posterse-g/frogs.jpg

― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 6 January 2007 13:09 (seventeen years ago) link

listening to:

http://www.morricone.de/images/jpg/a_time_of_destiny.jpg

― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 6 January 2007 14:19 (seventeen years ago) link

never seen the movie though!

― scott seward (scott seward), Saturday, 6 January 2007 14:19 (seventeen years ago) link

Children of Men was totally great. Michael Caine remains a perennial hero of mine.

― the table is the table (treesessplode), Saturday, 6 January 2007 18:07 (seventeen years ago) link

beer league (worst movie i've ever seen)

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Saturday, 6 January 2007 18:22 (seventeen years ago) link

Beerfest, on the other hand....

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Saturday, 6 January 2007 18:24 (seventeen years ago) link

beerfest has jokes in it.

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Saturday, 6 January 2007 19:02 (seventeen years ago) link

Gabrielle
Two Drifters

(both high recomm)

― Dr Morbius (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 6 January 2007 19:50 (seventeen years ago) link

stumbled onto black moon on showtime late last night. (good thing too, since apparently not available on video in u.s.) quite odd, nicely dreamy. sort of a joint homage to lewis carrol and luis bunuel. (with joe dallesandro!) a real left turn for malle.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Saturday, 6 January 2007 20:06 (seventeen years ago) link

carroll with two l's, that is.

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Saturday, 6 January 2007 20:07 (seventeen years ago) link

i was skeptical going in, but i ended up really liking children of men. a lot.

― elmo argonaut (allocryptic), Saturday, 6 January 2007 20:36 (seventeen years ago) link

i too was a bit skeptical, especially because i hate seeing lines running out of theatres (usually an indicator of crapitude). but damn, a good flick. and that fuji girl was hot.

― the table is the table (treesessplode), Saturday, 6 January 2007 20:45 (seventeen years ago) link

MY name, milton? Really? wow, weird.

well, not really of course

but on the other hand

http://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/10/MPW-5016

it's among the very best (if not the best) of 70's science fiction films. it's not on DVD yet, you'll really have to hunt to find even an aging VHS copy, the only place the has it anymore in SF that I know of is Le Video, all other copies have been stolen from the local stores -- but it is worth it x 10 to find a copy. the only ant horror film that actually stars real live ants as the main characters. electronic music by David Vorhaus of White Noise & it was the only film Saul Bass ever directed.

― milton parker (Jon L), Sunday, 7 January 2007 00:08 (seventeen years ago) link

i used to watch that movie on TV all the time as a kid!

― s1ocki (slutsky), Sunday, 7 January 2007 00:15 (seventeen years ago) link

yah, it's beautiful. i remember it from years ago, i think my friend lance had a copy. or my friend joseph. one of the two. lance ran a video store in philly for years. joseph has this place now:

http://www.diabolikdvd.com/

i knew him when he was just a dirty bootlegger running his govideo player day and night. he's a sweetie though!

oh, and in any case, i want a copy! and i want bug on dvd!

― scott seward (scott seward), Sunday, 7 January 2007 00:45 (seventeen years ago) link

wait, what movie is that?
b/c it's triggering memories but they feel like dream memories...

― rrrobyn, breeze blown meadow of cheeriness (rrrobyn), Sunday, 7 January 2007 00:55 (seventeen years ago) link

I think they are still talking about Phase IV

― dmr (Renard), Sunday, 7 January 2007 01:56 (seventeen years ago) link

(re black moon, showtime is doing it a few more times this week.)

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Sunday, 7 January 2007 04:36 (seventeen years ago) link

(oh that was supposed to link the schedule. well, it's on the showtime site. worth seeing.)

― gypsy mothra (gypsy mothra), Sunday, 7 January 2007 04:37 (seventeen years ago) link

OMG THE DEPARTED

my nerves, their edges

― rrrobyn, breeze blown meadow of cheeriness (rrrobyn), Sunday, 7 January 2007 04:51 (seventeen years ago) link

i mean, i really liked it
but i also kind of feel like throwing up

― rrrobyn, breeze blown meadow of cheeriness (rrrobyn), Sunday, 7 January 2007 04:52 (seventeen years ago) link

medicinal whiskey, helping

i get way too into movies

oh, but while shaking inside, hands are totally still - i should be undercover haha :/

still, want to watch BUG (and also go on some crazy rollercoasters)

― rrrobyn, breeze blown meadow of cheeriness (rrrobyn), Sunday, 7 January 2007 05:04 (seventeen years ago) link

oh man, bug will make you nervous too. it's very emotional and harrowing. and beautiful!

i can't rmember what the departed is.

― scott seward (scott seward), Sunday, 7 January 2007 05:13 (seventeen years ago) link

newest scorsese
alec baldwin is in it!
and mark walberg!

― rrrobyn, breeze blown meadow of cheeriness (rrrobyn), Sunday, 7 January 2007 05:14 (seventeen years ago) link

you should go see TEH STWANGE ADVENTURES OV MISS POTTERZ & HER WASCALLY WABBITS and tell me how it is.

http://www.darkhorizons.com/2006/potter/potter2.jpg

― scott seward (scott seward), Sunday, 7 January 2007 05:16 (seventeen years ago) link

right, scorsese. i wanna see that. the history of violence made me pretty nervy and jumpy when i watched it. then, of course, i wished i was a human killing machine.

― scott seward (scott seward), Sunday, 7 January 2007 05:17 (seventeen years ago) link

haha, totally

oh, i will see the peter rabbit lady movie i am sure

― rrrobyn, breeze blown meadow of cheeriness (rrrobyn), Sunday, 7 January 2007 05:19 (seventeen years ago) link

One of my favorite scenes from The Departed is where Matt Damon's standing in his office, brooding about something, and Mark Wahlberg walks by and flips him off through the window.

― Pleasant Plains /// (Pleasant Plains ///), Sunday, 7 January 2007 05:57 (seventeen years ago) link

oh yeah that one's great - there are so many great scenes!

i have calmed down now, a little

― rrrobyn, breeze blown meadow of cheeriness (rrrobyn), Sunday, 7 January 2007 06:05 (seventeen years ago) link

i am like 2 minutes into THE DESCENT and wow

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Sunday, 7 January 2007 06:43 (seventeen years ago) link

it sucks?

― hstencil (hstencil), Sunday, 7 January 2007 08:03 (seventeen years ago) link

the opposite

― cousin larry bundgee (bundgee), Sunday, 7 January 2007 08:04 (seventeen years ago) link

THE DECENT horror movie of 2006

― yours fondly, harshaw. (mrgn), Sunday, 7 January 2007 18:31 (seventeen years ago) link

it is scary dudes

i'm going to see miss potter tues morn. will report back.

― s1ocki (slutsky), Sunday, 7 January 2007 18:43 (seventeen years ago) link

just pre-ordered twin peaks season two!!!

― 69 (plsmith), Sunday, 7 January 2007 18:45 (seventeen years ago) link

Comedy of Power

― tokyo nursery school: afternoon session (rosemary), Monday, 8 January 2007 03:29 (seventeen years ago) link

Descent rocks, i bought the DVD day it came out

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Monday, 8 January 2007 04:28 (seventeen years ago) link

and it's got the UK ending versus the arbitrarily shortened USA version

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Monday, 8 January 2007 04:32 (seventeen years ago) link

just watched Michael Mann's Heat.
-- Natalie Portman was none too attractive when she was young.
-- Al Fucking Pacino.
-- The cool blue shots of fluorescent light.
-- Much too much excess, even for Mann.

i liked it, but could not believe how long it lasted. half-way through, i was ready for the end. too many sub-plots are to blame.

― the table is the table (treesessplode), Monday, 8 January 2007 04:42 (seventeen years ago) link

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