General Movie Thread

[orator]

Cool. Thanks, Chr-... Hey!

[Chris L]

Oh hiiiii, I'm Martin.  Just for that, Setsuko Hara is going to cheerfully smash several teapots over my head.



Just like Ozu (apparently), I've never seen Make Way For Tomorrow, although it is on youtube.   But yes, Tokyo Story frequently lands in the top 5 or top 10 on greatest film lists.  It's not like it's his only film to deal w/ rifts between parents and children either.  Late Spring is very nearly as good.  

[orator]

Saw District 9 last night. It was pretty amazing and depressing. Hope it wins some awards, particularly Copley. Crazy for a first acting role. Well, second. I think he was an extra in Alive In Joburg.

Also crazy is the 30 mil budget in light of James Cameron's 200 million (or was it 400 now?) furry dream.

[Martin]

Good old Werner is in Venice promoting the Bad Lieutenant maybe-remake:

[...]according to critic Todd McCarthy, of Variety, the movie lacked the depth and resonance of the original. "The film is offbeat, silly, disarming and loopy all at the same time," he wrote.

Herzog proudly took the credit for most of this loopiness, eagerly pointing out that the eccentric fantasy scenes featuring a pair of live iguanas were his own invention. "I always like to cast animals in my films, and iguanas are so stupid and bizarre I just love them," he said. "I don't know why I did it. But they are the best moments in the film."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2009/sep/04/directors-clash-film-remake-venice

[Omar]

Oh hiiiii, I'm Martin.  Just for that, Setsuko Hara is going to cheerfully smash several teapots over my head.



Just like Ozu (apparently), I've never seen Make Way For Tomorrow, although it is on youtube.   But yes, Tokyo Story frequently lands in the top 5 or top 10 on greatest film lists.  It's not like it's his only film to deal w/ rifts between parents and children either.  Late Spring is very nearly as good.  

Avoid any temptation to view MWFT on YouTube since it's coming from Criterion.

[Martin]

Indeed. And it's good, better than Tokyo Story (although I'm not nuts about either of them - I know some very serious cinephiles who would put MWFT on a top-five-of-all-times list).

[fletcher munson]

Final Destination 3-D, wickedly good.

[Matt]

I saw SOUL POWER today. It was great. It's the kind of movie that could save the world.

[Chris L]

Recently watched David Mamet’s HOMICIDE, which find him just about in House of Games form and follows Joe Mantegna as a weary detective who falls in with a militant Zionist group.  I gather this strain of Mamet’s work is none too popular but this is a case where you don’t have to sign on to his ideas to find the movie compelling.  Besides Mantegna, William H. Macy and Ricky Jay are on hand, although so is Rebecca Pidgeon (seeming freaky to me, as usual)

This is also the first Criterion release I’ve ever seen with a gag reel (!).  Long overdue, if you ask me.  Surely there must have been some funny mishaps on those samurai films.

[masterofsparks]

This is also the first Criterion release I’ve ever seen with a gag reel (!).  Long overdue, if you ask me.  Surely there must have been some funny mishaps on those samurai films.

I don't even want to think about a Salo gag reel.

[Martin]

I haven't seen HOMICIDE in years, but I liked it then so I might pick up the Criterion... a gag reel sounds fun.

[jbissell]

This is also the first Criterion release I’ve ever seen with a gag reel (!).  Long overdue, if you ask me.  Surely there must have been some funny mishaps on those samurai films.

I don't even want to think about a Salo gag reel.

Is this dog shit? You guys got me good!

[jamesp]

Recently watched David Mamet’s HOMICIDE, which find him just about in House of Games form and follows Joe Mantegna as a weary detective who falls in with a militant Zionist group.  I gather this strain of Mamet’s work is none too popular but this is a case where you don’t have to sign on to his ideas to find the movie compelling.  Besides Mantegna, William H. Macy and Ricky Jay are on hand, although so is Rebecca Pidgeon (seeming freaky to me, as usual)

This is also the first Criterion release I’ve ever seen with a gag reel (!).  Long overdue, if you ask me.  Surely there must have been some funny mishaps on those samurai films.

I just watched this on Wednesday! I liked it and was entertained but what exactly is the message that Mamet's trying to send about anti-Semitism? He's always confusing me.

[Pat K]

I saw SOUL POWER today. It was great. It's the kind of movie that could save the world.

I'm so mad that I missed this when it came through my town. I really wanted to see me some Bill Withers. He was pretty hilarious on The Sound of Young America recently.

[Steve in North Hollywood]

I really need to remember to check the General Discussion, and this thread a lot more often.  I saw EVERYTHING this summer, and forgot to share.

Do feel free to ask!