Return Of The Film Corner Thread

[Dub Modal]

On 8/11/2024 at 12:28 PM, Teasing the Korean said:

Great film.  It reminded me, in an oblique way, of Sideways.  Something about the pacing, the characters, the relationships, and I'm sure the music too. 

Same. I immediately thought of Sideways while watching, and I mean that as a compliment. The cynical/depressed lead who's guzzling wine only this time he's a writer. Very similar in mood all around. 

Also, I think the closing song was Adderley's Autumn in New York; while I also think there was definite nods to jazz legends in the names Monk & Maynard; along with Ellison being a reference to the author. Sometimes stuff like that can come across as the writers trying to be overly clever but in the scope of this movie I thought all of that worked. 

Edited August 13 by Dub Modal

[Teasing the Korean]

15 hours ago, Dub Modal said:

Same. I immediately thought of Sideways while watching, and I mean that as a compliment. The cynical/depressed lead who's guzzling wine only this time he's a writer. Very similar in mood all around. 

Also, I think the closing song was Adderley's Autumn in New York; while I also think there was definite nods to jazz legends in the names Monk & Maynard; along with Ellison being a reference to the author. Sometimes stuff like that can come across as the writers trying to be overly clever but in the scope of this movie I thought all of that worked. 

Agreed.  And I really liked Laura Karpman's score.  I was not familiar with her previously.  She apparently has a jazz background.  

[JSngry]

[JSngry]

[gmonahan]

Ok, I like superhero movies (I still have a Marvel silver age collection), so I went to see "Deadpool and Wolverine." All the Deadpool movies break the fourth wall, but this one just obliterates it! Way too many fights, but the cameos are fun.

[Joe]

Fascinating.

[jlhoots]

Flora & Son - Apple+

Sharper - Apple+

[JSngry]

Hackman & Ullman are superb.

[jlhoots]

The Instigators - harmless caper movie

[jlhoots]

Cha Cha Real Smooth - Apple+

[JSngry]

[JSngry]

[Teasing the Korean]

Last night, we re-watched 2001 for the first time in a while.  

[Teasing the Korean]

@rostasi @mjazzg @Rabshakeh

Last night, Ms. TTK and I rewatched Quadrophenia. It is indeed a very solid film, despite a few continuity glitches, and can be viewed as a Neo-Angry Young Man/Kitchen Sink film. 

[mjazzg]

1 hour ago, Teasing the Korean said:

@rostasi @mjazzg @Rabshakeh

Last night, Ms. TTK and I rewatched Quadrophenia. It is indeed a very solid film, despite a few continuity glitches, and can be viewed as a Neo-Angry Young Man/Kitchen Sink film. 

I might be tempted but only when the Director's Cut is issued without Sting's ridiculously anachronistic blonde hairstyle

[Rabshakeh]

1 hour ago, mjazzg said:

I might be tempted but only when the Director's Cut is issued without Sting's ridiculously anachronistic blonde hairstyle

So weird how much of the plot revolves around Sting's looks.

[gmonahan]

On 9/7/2024 at 6:55 AM, Teasing the Korean said:

Last night, we re-watched 2001 for the first time in a while.  

A friend tried showing that one to students in a class, and they were bored to death. I guess it just moves too slowly for people raised in a video culture of quick cuts.

[Rabshakeh]

12 minutes ago, gmonahan said:

A friend tried showing that one to students in a class, and they were bored to death. I guess it just moves too slowly for people raised in a video culture of quick cuts.

I think 2001 always moved slowly, whether you are raised in a culture of CGI Marvel battles or raised in a culture of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. The first two acts of that film really are provocatively slow.

[Teasing the Korean]

41 minutes ago, gmonahan said:

A friend tried showing that one to students in a class, and they were bored to death. I guess it just moves too slowly for people raised in a video culture of quick cuts.

26 minutes ago, Rabshakeh said:

I think 2001 always moved slowly, whether you are raised in a culture of CGI Marvel battles or raised in a culture of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. The first two acts of that film really are provocatively slow.

The pacing is precisely one of the things that makes the film a masterpiece.  How else do you convey the incomprehensible vastness of space and time?  

I feel bad for the students.  I consider 2001 to be hands-down the greatest outer space film ever made.

3 hours ago, mjazzg said:

I might be tempted but only when the Director's Cut is issued without Sting's ridiculously anachronistic blonde hairstyle

The biggest anachronism occurs during the scene where the mods crash the house party.  Jimmy goes over to the record player, and we see the cover art for the US MCA 70s twofer reissue LP of The Who Sell Out and A Quick One.  What the album was doing there is anyone's guess.

[Rabshakeh]

1 hour ago, gmonahan said:

A friend tried showing that one to students in a class, and they were bored to death. I guess it just moves too slowly for people raised in a video culture of quick cuts.

A recent anecdote, which is brought to my mind by your comment (not to disagree with it: it is probably correct).

I was recently at a dinner at my parents' house, with some of their friends (70ish). My kids (6 and 4) were getting tired and we decided to put them in front of a film. They like the Ray Harryhausen film Jason and the Argonauts, so I suggested The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad, and then headed back to the table, whilst my wife put on "Sinbad". 

For some reason, the kids (6 and 4) could not really watch it. They kept hopping in and out, saying that it was too scary and they didn't like it. We told them to stop being silly and to go back. The film is from over 50 years ago and is clearly not scary, even if it has some thrills. Various opinions were exchanged over the wine about how kids nowadays can't even watch old films and that they they find them boring because they are used to overstimulating films with endless cuts, and just don't have the attention span anymore. 

Eventually I got irritated and went in to turn the film off.

Turns out it was not the slightly dated but charming The Seventh Voyage of Sinbad. It was some early 80s Z movie called "Sinbad" with zombie skeleton henchmen and a scientist who, as I was walking in, was torturing the heroine by tweaking her nipples in some sort of dungeon, all in grimly cheap film stock. 

Turns out it wasn't generational. It was just the wrong Sinbad.

Edited September 8 by Rabshakeh

[JSngry]

Sinbad explains that:

[Rabshakeh]

12 hours ago, JSngry said:

Sinbad explains that:

Not sure who this bloke is. I've tried googling him. I'd like to meet his tailor.

[jazzbo]

He's a comedian (and actor), not really much of a presence for decades.

My favorite bit of his is about training for McDonald's cashiers.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sinbad_(comedian)

Edited September 9 by jazzbo

[Teasing the Korean]

Watched a couple of short films.

Crimes of the Future (1970), David Cronenberg's directorial debut, not to be confused with his more recent film of the same name. 

Room 8 (2024), the true story of a domestic cat who wandered into an Echo Park, CA elementary school classroom in 1952 and continued to show up every school day from then until 1968. 

[ejp626]

There is a 4K restoration of North by Northwest making the rounds.  I wouldn't say it was advertised well here in Toronto.  I found out about it completely by happenstance and saw it last night.  It looks fantastic!  I think there were only about 20 people in the theatre.  Had this been playing over at TIFF as part of their regular showings, it would have sold out.

I am hoping to see Cronenberg's The Shrouds soon when it gets a general release.  I didn't attempt to watch it as part of the TIFF Festival.

Has anyone seen Coppola's Megalopolis?  It sounds like a complete mess, but maybe worth watching (once) as a fascinating trainwreck?