Good Movies

I’ve the DVD around here somewhere, and was unaware of it’s rarity having seen it upon initial release. Fits in with some of the dystopian films of its era, Logan’s Run, Andromeda Strain, A Boy and His Dog, Fantastic Voyage, …

To my mind it reflects the American paranoia mindset of the late Nixon Era and Watergate.

good info;
i think i dont have seen this one;
well time to:
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interesting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kyOEwiQhzMI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YMbSpnlOOtE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dO5E4wkg0hA

interesting going to
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4 days ago a new version of this dracula classic from 1931 in 4k had ben release :grinning:
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https://www.amazon.com/Dracula-4K-UHD-Various/dp/B0BBN79LLX/ref=sr_1_4?crid=1DA2K8132F29N&keywords=dracula+4k&qid=1665794806&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIyLjkxIiwicXNhIjoiMi4xOCIsInFzcCI6IjIuMTAifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=dracula+4k%2Caps%2C180&sr=8-4

Wizard of Oz
No dialogue, just the music of Pink Floyd
May require the use of psychedelic substances.

whilst i’ve been resting up recently, i’ve watched a few films:

The Final Program
(michael moorcock story iirc, very 70s).

andromeda strain
(mentioned above)

the satan bug
(load of old cobblers)

and today, a Derek Jarmen classic

Jubilee

not an easy watch, it has to be said…
but interesting to see Siouxsie /banshees, adam ant, and other early punk stars :slight_smile:

The latest version (2022) is a stunning remake of an old masterpiece.

agree, watched last weekend and it is well done. in many ways reminds me of movie Das Boot.

Just watched “only lovers left alive”
With Tom hiddleston and Tilda swinton.

Recommended, very good.
Reminded me somewhat of The Hunger, but very much better acted and lots of nice guitars too :slight_smile:

The soundtrack album ain’t too shabby either.

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The movie also lead me to a 2nd album, this one by Yasmine Hamdan who’s featured in a nightclub scene towards the end of the film if memory serves.

Saw One Piece Film: Red yesterday on a whim. I don’t pretend to be a One Piece fan familiar with the crazy quilt cast of characters in the manga series. The plot is, at times, nuts. But the animation is otherworldly with a great vocal score to match. I’ve never seen anything remotely like it. What an experience.

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I did wonder if she was a “real singer” if you know what I mean :slight_smile:

Edit - and on Bandcamp too.

I loaned her album Ya Nass to a young lady I know of Lebanese descent, and she said that it was more like poetry set to music.

i belive this is my nr1 movie for now at least the best i had seen there train is included:

the tall target 1951

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jB2bDPmctYE&list=PLUGIqCEzgfZFXncqLXz54ET6iPlzarNbV

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Saw Turn Every Page: the Adventures of Robert Caro and Robert Gottlieb last night. Absolutely engrossing. One of the finest documentaries of its kind I have ever had the pleasure of watching. You needn’t even have read one of Caro’s non-fiction political books (e.g. The Power Broker) to appreciate this gem of a film. Very limited distribution. Screening at only one cineplex in my area. If it is playing anywhere near you, run, don’t walk, to see it while it is running. You’ll walk away thinking you know these two literary giants like they are personal friends (and the film itself leaves you wondering what the definition of ‘friend’ is between two geniuses with big egos to match).

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Acting - 4/10
Plot - 4/10
Teen themes - 2/10
Teen dialogue - 1/10
Social Media Themes - .5/10
Procedural Stupidity - 2.5/10
Circumstantial Plausibility - 1/10
Incident Conceivability - 3/10
Credible Accuracy - 4/10
Factual Situations - 3/10

Vertigo Inducing - 8/10
Sweaty Palms and Feet Generating - 11/10

Should have been released in 3D
Needs to be available in VR.

I recently watched Tár. It is quite good, excellent acting.

Also, it is accurate as to classical music and its performance. I am particularly impressed with the use of a rotary valved trumpet for the offstage trumpet part opening Mahler 5 as it is being performed by the Berlin Philharmonic.

The movie is quite controversial in some circles.

no.
i shall never watch this film. nor shall i read the plot on wiki (my usual method of “watching” films).

in fact, can you delete the image please? :wink:
not the review though, i wish more film reviews were like that!