Return Of The Film Corner Thread

[duaneiac]

A somewhat comedic action-adventure film that just goes on way too long.  I'm afraid the filmmakers fell in love with the exotic locales of Brazil and designed a story to show off all of it, from Rio to Brasilia, including favelas, rain forests, rivers, etc. 

It's hard to figure ho so many people with proven talent could work so hard to produce something that is so monumentally pointless.

[paul secor]

4 hours ago, duaneiac said:

A somewhat comedic action-adventure film that just goes on way too long.  I'm afraid the filmmakers fell in love with the exotic locales of Brazil and designed a story to show off all of it, from Rio to Brasilia, including favelas, rain forests, rivers, etc. 

It's hard to figure ho so many people with proven talent could work so hard to produce something that is so monumentally pointless.

Sort of like a record date that looks good on paper, but ....

[uli]

"L'homme de Rio" was a big hit with me when it came out. now more than fifty years later i am watching it again right now on youtube and have a daughter living in Rio. who would have thought....

[kinuta]

Manchester By The Sea - Kenneth Lonergan (2016)

[Jazzmoose]

 

What a silly, absurd movie.  And I mean that in the good sense.

[kinuta]

Interstellar - Christopher Nolan (2014)

[duaneiac]

On 4/3/2017 at 0:38 PM, paul secor said:

Sort of like a record date that looks good on paper, but ....

But even a record date, at least as far as classic era jazz recordings go, meant just that "a date", one day of work.  It's understandable that once in a while even the most respected group of musicians can be gathered together in a recording studio for one day and none of them, for whatever reason, really hits the groove on that particular day.

A film though, requires months of work, from writing the script and pre-production, to the actual filming, to the editing and post-production work.  During all that time that was spent making The Last Tycoon, surely somebody must have realized there was simply no there there.  I hope every one was at least well paid.  I'm sure the studio lost money on the deal (and they deserved to).

[kinuta]

The Barefoot Contessa - Joseph L. Mankiewicz (1954)

Never warmed to this film, a lot of very artificial sounding gabbing without much of a payoff. 

The cinematography is another thing, Jack Cardiff's camerawork is great and the film looks very appealing in HiDef.

[Swinger]

I just watched Ken Loach's I, Daniel Blake. Very, very good one!

[jlhoots]

I Called Him Morgan

Q & A with "Tootie" Heath

[BillF]

3 hours ago, Swinger said:

I just watched Ken Loach's I, Daniel Blake. Very, very good one!

[kinuta]

The Salvation - Kristian Levring (2014)

 

Rewatch. Stripped down, dark and violent revenge tale against blackhearted evildoers.

Elegantly simple, old school western.

[kinuta]

The Right Stuff - Philip Kaufman (1983)

[kinuta]

The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie - Ronald Neame (1969)

[duaneiac]

A couple of WW II related films:

Paul Lukas has a couple of great scenes which certainly helped win him the Oscar that year. 

Interesting to see how this poster was made to sell potential audiences on The Burmese Harp.  If they went in expecting a dramatic, action packed war film, they must have been very disappointed by what they saw.  It's a wonderful film, more about the consequences of war than the actual actions of war.

[paul secor]

Damsels in Distress - Whit Stillman

Like a Woody Allen film minus intelligence.

 

[kinuta]

Rewatched

Things To Come - Mia Hansen-Love (2016)

[BillF]

10 hours ago, kinuta said:

Rewatched

Things To Come - Mia Hansen-Love (2016)

[paul secor]

Amelie - Jean-Pierre Jeunet

 

[kinuta]

Rewatched

Elle - Paul Verhoeven (2016)

[jlhoots]

Frantz

[kinuta]

Rewatched

Elena - Andrey Zvyagintsev (2011)

[Dmitry]

6 hours ago, kinuta said:

Rewatched

Elena - Andrey Zvyagintsev (2011)

 

Rewatched it?!

Good lord...

[johnblitweiler]

whole lota poutin' goin' on:

[BillF]