General Movie Thread

[Christina]

I can't even watch the Animal Planet channel, though I'm sure there a shit-ton of positive stories and "OMG teh cutez I die" shows. I saw an ad for some Veterinary reality show and I knew I would never be able to watch anything on that channel.

I start getting teary eyed when that animal abuse ad comes on, with the goddamn Sarah McClaghglach song? You'd think that would be the aural equivalent of having your tear ducts seared shut.

[Pat K]

Wow, me too ... the second I heard about it I knew I couldn't watch it.

Yeah, this. I remember hearing this (in Dealey Plaza--no, just kidding, Andy!) and instantly thinking that, no matter what Werner Herzog might have to say about him, the dude is a piece of shit and I would never, ever have anything but contempt for him.  I haven't wavered yet.

You guys realize that all that stuff in Gummo is all fake and done under the supervision of the Humane Association, right?

Also, kind of ironic you mention Werner Herzog, as he's like the king of onscreen, not-fake animal cruelty and is pretty open about his contempt for animal rights groups.


(I don't know if I have to clarify but, uhh... I'm against animal cruelty.)

[fonpr]

You guys realize that all that stuff in Gummo is all fake and done under the supervision of the Humane Association, right?

uhh... I'm against animal cruelty.)

Gummo is a unique and disturbing film.  

Humorously surrealistic and painfully realistic.

Pretty good trick.

I'm glad Tom recommended it.

[masterofsparks]

You guys realize that all that stuff in Gummo is all fake and done under the supervision of the Humane Association, right?

Yes, I realize it. No, it doesn't matter. It's obviously better if it's faked than if you're talking about an Andrei Rublev/Cockfighter/Werner Herzog situation where the cruelty is real, but it bothers me either way.

[Pat K]

You guys realize that all that stuff in Gummo is all fake and done under the supervision of the Humane Association, right?

Yes, I realize it. No, it doesn't matter. It's obviously better if it's faked than if you're talking about an Andrei Rublev/Cockfighter/Werner Herzog situation where the cruelty is real, but it bothers me either way.

That's fair. I didn't want to sound like a dick. Like I said upthread, I have no interest in seeing that movie either.

[yesno]

Finally saw Death Wish 3 last night.  What a triumph!  Every Best Show-endorsed movie so far has been a winner.

[Christina]

You guys realize that all that stuff in Gummo is all fake and done under the supervision of the Humane Association, right?

Yes, I realize it. No, it doesn't matter. It's obviously better if it's faked than if you're talking about an Andrei Rublev/Cockfighter/Werner Herzog situation where the cruelty is real, but it bothers me either way.

That's fair. I didn't want to sound like a dick. Like I said upthread, I have no interest in seeing that movie either.

Yep. For the record I realize it's fake too, but it still doesn't make it palatable.

[sparkatus]

You guys realize that all that stuff in Gummo is all fake and done under the supervision of the Humane Association, right?

At the end of Four Lions, the Chris Morris movie, the credit reads: "One crow was blown up in the making of this movie."

Looks pretty realistic, too. And funny. So probably not true.

But yes, agreed, whether a cat being drowned is fake in Gummo or a turtle being butchered is real in Cannibal Holocaust, animal cruelty is not something I like watching.

Obviously with the exception of exploding crows.

Herzog's Bad Lieutenant for me tomorrow, I reckon.

[Chris L]

Herzog's Bad Lieutenant for me tomorrow, I reckon.

Human cruelty is something I think we can all agree is ok.

[Sarah]

Well, we deserve it.

[dave from knoxville]

Saw Big Fan yesterday, and Popoganda, a documentary about Ron English. Illuminating!

[sparkatus]

Howard Moon's Cinema of Cruelty:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAlxNNvfvJs[/youtube]

[jamesp]

Finally saw Death Wish 3 last night.  What a triumph!  Every Best Show-endorsed movie so far has been a winner.

I saw it recently and thought it was a very entertaining movie. Now I wanna see Hard Ticket to Hawaii:

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vzv_6dFtKDE[/youtube]

[JonFromMaplewood]

I watched the German film "North Face" on Netflix instant watch last night and I really liked it but jeez...After watching I felt like I had been beaten with a lead pipe.

Same here.  Beautiful but so hard to watch. 

[Chris L]

Just as a heads-up, Kent McKenzie's THE EXILES is on TCM @ 9:15 tonight. It's a low-budget look at 24 hrs in the aimless lives of young Native Americans in Los Angeles' long-gone Bunker Hill neighborhood of the early 60's.  It's a fascinating document of a side of the city that Hollywood was never much interested in (as  cited repeatedly in the doc LOS ANGELES PLAYS ITSELF), and that now no longer exists.