General Movie Thread

[dave from knoxville]

I have seen Eraserhead 30 or 40 times. It sincerely never gets old for me.

[Denim Gremlin]

I am about to watch the movie Eraserhead. I had never heard of it till it surfaced in our library's dvd collection. Has anyone seen it? Care to comment before I take the plunge?

i like eraserhead, but its not for everyone.

its not something you just sit down to watch casually if you have no idea what you're gonna watch.

then again, maybe watching fresh without any preconceived notions is a good thing.

[Regular Joe]

I am about to watch the movie Eraserhead. I had never heard of it till it surfaced in our library's dvd collection. Has anyone seen it? Care to comment before I take the plunge?

i like eraserhead, but its not for everyone.

its not something you just sit down to watch casually if you have no idea what you're gonna watch.

then again, maybe watching fresh without any preconceived notions is a good thing.

What I wouldn't give to be a fly on the wall, watching the person who comes to Eraserhead cold.

[nec13]

Twin Peaks turned me off from David Lynch. Although, I admit the cover of Eraserhead has always intrigued me. Maybe I should watch it.

The guy sort of looks like King Buzzo.

[DoodleJump!]

I watched about half of it last night, and plan to watch the rest this evening. Last night I started the movie planning to be entertained, with a giant Chik-fil-a brownie to munch on while I watched it. A the movie went on, however, I pretty much lost my appetite and set the brownie down. The stark setting of the film, as well as the grotesque imagry, pretty much made me aware that what I was watching was not specifically meant to be entertaining. Oh, and the continual hum of the factory machines throughout the entire movie? Unsettling.
So far, so good.

[dave from knoxville]

Mike?

[A.M. Thomas]

I saw Tokyo! last night.  It's a combination of three films with common themes that all take place in Tokyo.  Kind of like Paris, je t'aime.  The contributing directors are Michel Gondry, Leos Carax, and Bong Joon-ho.

Carax's Merde, the second film of the three, was particularly great.  It's about "an unkempt, gibberish-spewing subterranean creature of the Tokyo sewers, played by Denis Lavant [who I think is great], who rises from the underground lair where he dwells to attack unsuspecting locals in increasingly brazen and terrifying ways."  Really cool stuff.

Has anyone else seen this?

Here is the trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1qzGPOXjQk

[hugman]

I am NOT an Eraserhead fan, but my writing partner is. We were in a pitch meeting and when he told the woman we were meeting with that his favorite movie was Eraserhead, she said "you mean with Arnold Schwarzenegger?"

[dave from knoxville]

I saw Tokyo! last night.  It's a combination of three films with common themes that all take place in Tokyo.  Kind of like Paris, je t'aime.  The contributing directors are Michel Gondry, Leos Carax, and Bong Joon-ho.

Carax's Merde, the second film of the three, was particularly great.  It's about "an unkempt, gibberish-spewing subterranean creature of the Tokyo sewers, played by Denis Lavant [who I think is great], who rises from the underground lair where he dwells to attack unsuspecting locals in increasingly brazen and terrifying ways."  Really cool stuff.

Has anyone else seen this?

Here is the trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1qzGPOXjQk

I believe that song is either Eef Barzalay or his band Clem Snide, which immediately hooks me. My Netflix queue is a-buzz.

[DoodleJump!]

I believe that song is either Eef Barzalay or his band Clem Snide, which immediately hooks me. My Netflix queue is a-buzz.
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Hey- I saw him in concert!

[Big Plastic Head]

The trailer for the Spike Jonze directed "Where the Wild Things Are" is up.

I watched the big version and I was moved. By a trailer. I will see this.

[JonFromMaplewood]

The trailer for the Spike Jonze directed "Where the Wild Things Are" is up.

I watched the big version and I was moved. By a trailer. I will see this.

Argh! I cannot get the trailer to work for me at all on the Apple site, and only half of it on other sites! The half I saw was beautiful.

[Bryan]

I had trouble with it too. I eventually had to open one of the HD trailers in a new window, then it worked. It does look like it could be quite wonderful.

[samir]

I agree, I'm all goosebumpy after seeing that. And that version of 'Wake Up' just fit right in.

[Big Plastic Head]

For those having issues, the WTWTA trailer is also on YouTube but it looks like crap. I highly recommend spending the time downloading and watching one of the ones on the Apple site. It is well worth it.