Un Chien Andalou just may be the pinnacle of what is good film. I don't think I've ever seen 15 minutes of footage define the true power of celluloid as finely as this one right here. People always jump right to the eye-cutting scene when discussing this flick, but really - there's so much more to it than that. I think that gets missed these days.

A classic with good reason, and this was my first time watching it on a non-computer monitor (thanks Netflix Wii).

And to think that THIS was made in 1929! Citizen Kane - eat your heart out.




Suzuki is incredible! I was continually wowed throughout my entire viewing. This film definitely seems to be more Leone-inspired than Branded to Kill, a lot of similar music queues and wide shots. Beautiful use of color throughout, and clever dialogue. I really dug it - maybe not as much as Branded to Kill - but I had a total blast!

Damn, I would rep but if it would let me. Both of those movies are ace in my opinion. Un Chien Andalou is so incredible. I'm sure its critics would dismiss it as just an art film, and it is that, but those 15 minutes of film have inspired so many filmmakers. Everyone from David Lynch to pretty much every horror film ever made. You have to consider that its a silent film, that only has its images to grab you, and it certainly does that.

>>> DISAPPOINTING

>>> my favourite Woody Allen so far

>>> great feminist movie!

"Somewhere" It wants to have traces of "Lost in Translation" but doesn't quite reach that. Not a terrible movie, but neither a great one either. Sort of mediocore.

demonrail666 reminded me to resume my delayed project of watching lot's of westerns.

today i watched hondo. i was expecting to like it but just found it quite dull

Yeah, I think the real power of it comes in the editing. Just the way that some of those images are juxtaposed against each other creates so much energy between the two transitioning frames. I think that's what keeps it so riveting, even to this day.

YES!

I agree. Not a terrible movie but by no means a particularly good one, either. I like the overall dreamlike feel that's always there in S Coppola's films but she doesn't quite manage to turn that mood into anything that interesting in Somewhere. Still better than most of what's being made at the moment, though.

very funny

What a turd. Sarah Michelle Gellar and Alec Baldwin have the chemistry of a vibrant rose and a rotting dead horse sizzling on the side of the road. The writing will make you want to shoot yourself in the face.

At least Sarah is a goddess! At least there's that.

Amazing film!

Funny as shit!

Monty Python's The meaning of life.

Not their best film.

Groundhog Day

I love a movie that basks in its absurd premise.

I'm sure I havent posted in this thread in 6 months. But I felt I had to tell yall. I finally ran out of stuff. And watched Kick-Ass. And it's... really really good. Fucking wow. Yeah. I get it. So yall win. I'm in. It was fantastic. Wow.

I happened on this site and this forum and am blown away by everyone's taste in movies. Love it! And I look forward to jumping into the discussion.

now... last 3 films I've seen:

Sogo Ishii's "Angel Dust" from '94- moody and way ahead of its time for atmospheric serial killer flicks of the 90's. Sadly not on DVD

Malick's "The Tree Of Life"- as a huge Malick fan (and someone born in Waco, Texas who kinda jumped at the images of the Alico building featured in the film) this was a bit disappointing. Ambitious, but a bit long winded and reaching. I think I'll go re-watch "The New World".

Kiyoshi Kurosawa's Revenge double feature- no where near as good as his later double feature "The Serpent's Path" and "Eyes of the Spider" but still a great delinieation of the yakuza flick.

Ishii and Kurosawa (K&A) are both awsome directors.

 

For the first hour I thought I wasn't gonna get into this, but I was wrong...

I watched The Science of Sleep, which was pretty good for a romance thing (the overall ending was predictable, but the execution of it was unique). Watched Tetsou - Iron Man before that, which was also really good in a different but equally surreal way.

^ Pelle, how was Creepshow 3? I love the first two, and heard that the 3rd was actually pretty lackluster. What'd you think?



I gave up on it before I even made it an hour in. Maybe I should've sat it through...

Been on a John Huston kick lately and watched all of his films (except "Freud" if anyone knows where to find it!).

For his final film, "The Dead" is a nice, delicate way to an end a career. I still think "The Misfits" is his masterpiece though.

Yes, I had not seen this movie, and his recent death and making the thread about it made me really interested in it.

Saw this at a dilapitated art house theater when it was released in '94 and loved it. Ended up being one of my favs of that particular year. Probably because the sadistic mood of the film fit the grungy theater so well, but Ferrera's confused cross cutting between real life and film and how the performances affect their actual lives was well done. Watched it about a year ago and it definitely held up well.

The spinning tracking shot around and around the busy cafe, examining it from every angle, is definitely the best shot in Jost's long career. I so love this movie.

Enter The Void is well worth a rewatch, I can see why it splits opinions tho..

 

I thought it was pretty damn good!

I've also heard that it was pretty crappy so I didn't have any high expectations but it was reallt good!
You should watch it. It is very funny aswell, but defenitly the least good one of the three.

Late last night "Blue Velvet" too much. Dean Stockwell always kills me.....

I always go to Quantum Leap for my Dean Stockwell fix

I watched You Don't Know Jack yesterday. Interesting character to say the least. Thought Al did a good job, didn't just mail it in like some of his other recent offerings. Definitely I'm with Jack that euthanasia should be legal

tree of life

and I am still not sure if it is a masterpiece or if it falls way to short of its goal. going to see it again tomorrow to find out

I think that's fair enough. I'm a fan but more in spirit. I like the idea of Abel Ferrara far more than I do his actual films. If he were a band he'd be The Misfits.

8/10
Best mob movie of the last 15 years.

sinbad and the eye of the tiger
sanshiro sugata