Author Topic: tonight, it's a foreign film twofer! (Read 1618 times)

Eric P · « **on:** January 31, 2008, 07:10:23 PM »

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TVC15 · « **Reply #1 on:** January 31, 2008, 07:12:48 PM »

I could go for watching Funny Games again. Two Hanekes in one night would be a bit much though. Let me know what you think of Cache. Haven't seen it yet.

Eric P · « **Reply #2 on:** January 31, 2008, 07:13:52 PM »

and i ordered a meat lovers pizza!

i'm certain i'll regret that about 30 minutes in

hyp · « **Reply #3 on:** January 31, 2008, 07:21:32 PM »

add this one to the mix and make it a ménage!

Eric P · « **Reply #4 on:** January 31, 2008, 07:23:57 PM »

Quote from: Genghis Cohen on January 31, 2008, 07:19:25 PM

I would only watch one, and let it sink in for a few days before the next one.

i haven't seen funny games yet, so if it messes with my mind too much, i'll wait

Eric P · « **Reply #5 on:** January 31, 2008, 07:59:32 PM »

i like the breaking of the fourth wall which makes the audience complicit in what happens on the screan

TVC15 · « **Reply #6 on:** January 31, 2008, 08:03:08 PM »

Quote from: Eric P on January 31, 2008, 07:59:32 PM

i like the breaking of the fourth wall which makes the audience complicit in what happens on the screan

<3 reminds me of the ending of Salo.

Ichirou · « **Reply #7 on:** January 31, 2008, 08:11:46 PM »

Haven't seen Cache. Loved Funny Games and am eagerly awaiting the remake.

Eric P · « **Reply #8 on:** January 31, 2008, 08:13:39 PM »

Quote from: Ichi on January 31, 2008, 08:11:46 PM

Haven't seen Cache. Loved Funny Games and am eagerly awaiting the remake.

from the trailer it seems shot for shot

Ichirou · « **Reply #9 on:** January 31, 2008, 08:21:08 PM »

Naomi Watts and Tim Roth being terrorized by the creepy kid from The Dreamers.

Eric P · « **Reply #10 on:** January 31, 2008, 08:21:59 PM »

well frankly, that was a bit unexpected

i wonder how true the remake will be.

but naomi watts being terrorized? hot.

tim roth being terrorized? hot.

Eric P · « **Reply #11 on:** January 31, 2008, 08:47:37 PM »

this film is fuuuuucked up

highly recommended.

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #12 on:** January 31, 2008, 08:50:17 PM »

never heard of this guy before but it sounds interesting. I generally can't handle super exploitive stuff tho, see also Miike

Eric P · « **Reply #13 on:** January 31, 2008, 08:54:26 PM »

this isn't exploitive at all

it's straight forward

there's very little on screen violence it's all psychological trauma.

and the end is pretty fucking awesome

Howard Alan Treesong · « **Reply #14 on:** January 31, 2008, 08:56:44 PM »

that sounds more my style

I really don't like Miike, at all. he makes me feel bad. which isn't inherently a bad thing, but that's the only thing I get out of his movies--I feel like shit

Eric P · « **Reply #15 on:** January 31, 2008, 09:00:58 PM »

nah, this is a horror film for the mind

psychological terror more so than the physical and visceral

if you have netflix, give it a spin.

seeing as this didn't destroy me, i'm going to watch cache next.

Ichirou · « **Reply #16 on:** January 31, 2008, 09:13:38 PM »

Happiness of the Katakuris is Miike's best movie. Of the ones I've seen anyway (he makes so many).

TVC15 · « **Reply #17 on:** January 31, 2008, 09:23:54 PM »

Quote from: Synthesizer Patel on January 31, 2008, 08:56:44 PM

that sounds more my style

I really don't like Miike, at all. he makes me feel bad. which isn't inherently a bad thing, but that's the only thing I get out of his movies--I feel like shit

Here's the trailer for the US remake. Haneke is directing it himself, and as said before, it is shot for shot. Expect shitty US critics to be split on it.

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The OG trailer:

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Eric P · « **Reply #18 on:** January 31, 2008, 09:35:01 PM »

Quote from: Ichi on January 31, 2008, 09:13:38 PM

Happiness of the Katakuris is Miike's best movie. Of the ones I've seen anyway (he makes so many).

my favorite is still Dead Alive 2: the birds

TVC15 · « **Reply #19 on:** January 31, 2008, 09:37:01 PM »

I think it's hard to top Gozu for sheer variety. You get some yakuza shit, a weird-ass monster, some decent violence, lactating titties. It's like an encyclopedia of Miike.

Eric P · « **Reply #20 on:** January 31, 2008, 09:43:25 PM »

it's a better exploitive film, but over all i think that dead or alive 2 is his best film

the story, the characters, the acting, it takes everything thematically (lol) from the first film and completely redoes it into a meditation on childhood and self identification.

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #21 on:** January 31, 2008, 09:55:57 PM »

Cache is freaking gold, I'm so glad I got to see it theatrically.
I would imagine it will lose a bit of its considerable punch at home, but its still damn easy to recommend.

TVC15 · « **Reply #22 on:** January 31, 2008, 10:03:29 PM »

I want to watch Funny Games now.

Snap vote: Funny Games or, uh The Getaway.

Eric P · « **Reply #23 on:** January 31, 2008, 10:19:55 PM »

The Getaway.

tell me how the transfer is

i don't own blue ray, but i love that film

Eric P · « **Reply #24 on:** January 31, 2008, 10:25:01 PM »

Quote from: HyperZoneWasAwesome on January 31, 2008, 09:55:57 PM

Cache is freaking gold, I'm so glad I got to see it theatrically.
I would imagine it will lose a bit of its considerable punch at home, but its still damn easy to recommend.

i missed it. i wanted to see it, but alas.

same with The Lives of Others.

This week a theater is showing 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days, Persepolis, and a new print of Diva the french film from the 80s

TVC15 · « **Reply #25 on:** January 31, 2008, 10:26:45 PM »

See 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days. I want imprezzions. It sounds right up my alley.

Eric P · « **Reply #26 on:** January 31, 2008, 10:30:11 PM »

ok, i'll see that saturday morning assuming i get up early enough

Mr. Gundam · « **Reply #27 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:36:01 PM »

Quote from: TVC 15 on January 31, 2008, 10:26:45 PM

See 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days. I want imprezzions. It sounds right up my alley.

Yeah, let me know what you think of it. It doesn't come out in Seattle until next Friday.

We're going to see Persepolis tomorrow night.

Eric P · « **Reply #28 on:** January 31, 2008, 11:39:35 PM »

these two movies are my first experience with this director

the films are quite different

cache i think may take another viewing to let it all sink in because i don't quite get what's going on in Georges's mind at the end.

it's well written, well acted, the photography is damn beautiful, but i'm not so certain of the point, or rather the point i felt it was trying to make got abandoned around the one hour and a half mark and we sort of skewed to another tangent

edit: ok, there's a whole context to this that i wasn't aware of going into the film.

watch the interview afterwards, it's very illuminating.

HyperZoneWasAwesome · « **Reply #29 on:** February 01, 2008, 12:04:50 AM »

Quote from: TVC 15 on January 31, 2008, 10:26:45 PM

See 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days. I want imprezzions. It sounds right up my alley.

Hell ya, I just saw it last night at a museum's advance screening. It was the first subtitled film I ever saw with a packed audience.

Its really fucking great. I could go on about it, but the essence of everything else I would communicate is that its really fucking great and I wanted that message to be loud and clear. It realizes its drab, 80's era communist state with documentary-level realism. The commitment to realism extends to the performances, the dialog, and the cinematography (lots of kinda shaky handheld camera shots, I got used to it). Despite having a pretty simple plot and characters (girl A wants abortion, girl B has her back) the move plays like a slowly unspooling thriller, one that's riveting for the high stakes of all involved.

and the best part was that going to the film was my girlfriend's idea. I didn't even know it was playing until she called me up and said "Wanna go to a Romanian abortion drama tonight?" "Do I!" I could only answer back.

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Author Topic: tonight, it's a foreign film twofer! (Read 1618 times)