I might go through all of them again. I was never a huge Leone fan but I was surprised how empty I found TGTBTU. I remembered it fondly, especially the scene in the cemetery, but even that had lost its lustre.
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I think the cemetery scene is responsible for a lot of inflation when it comes to people's opinion of the film.
There's one scene I remember quite vividly from TGTBTU, it's a scene where a soldier is dying and Clint gives him a few drags of his cigarette before he dies and Morricone goes all in with the score. It really left me cold for some reason.
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I do like my subversive cult films, it reminded me a bit of but didn't quite reach the great heights of another misunderstood film in Spring Breakers.
Not really sure what was going on with Kyle MacLachlan's hair in this one, it sort of had a life of it's own.
Do you like Once upon a time in the West?
Yeah, it's the full essence of Leone, like swimming in pure unadulterated style.
Do you like Once upon a time in the West?
Watched Wake in Fright last night. Liked it a lot and it will definitely be on my top 100 list. Can't believe I had never even heard of it before I read the top 100 movies thread. Loved the dry humor and those shots of the vast Australian desert that looked unreal on my pc. This movie must be a great theater experience. Those shots managed to be especially fantastic because the rest of the movie is quite claustrophobic.
The film reminded be a bit of Blue Velvet where behind the beautiful cenery you dig deeper to find what's in the underworld. Instead of looking at a big city's underworld through a curious teenager's eyes, here it's a public school teacher seeing a world of chaos.
I'm sure I missed a few things so I'll rewatch it eventually.
The film reminded be a bit of Blue Velvet where behind the beautiful cenery you dig deeper to find what's in the underworld. Instead of looking at a big city's underworld through a curious teenager's eyes, here it's a public school teacher seeing a world of chaos.
I'm sure I missed a few things so I'll rewatch it eventually.
That fecking kangaroo scene... Jesus Christ that was awful to watch
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@R.N7 mach 2 confirmed.
@R.N7 mach 2 confirmed.
Wake in Fright is a definite for my top 100 as well.
Interesting story about how it was lost and found if anyones interested:
Interesting story about how it was lost and found if anyones interested:
For years, the film enjoyed the reputation of being Australia's quintessential lost film, having never had any home media releases made available bar the occasional TV broadcast. Eventually, the master reels (and all other known copies of the film) were also lost.
A single print was re-discovered in Dublin in the early 1990's. Unfortunately, the print was not considered viable for a commercial release of the film, nor was it deemed good enough quality to warrant being cleaned up and remastered. Desperate to save Wake in Fright from its otherwise inevitable fate, the film's editor, Anthony Buckley, set out to recover an uncut, good quality print of the film in 1994.
In 2004, Buckley travelled to Pittsburgh, and, to Buckley's amazement, and under incredible circumstances, an uncut copy of the film was discovered in a shipping container marked "For Destruction". Reportedly, if he had not recovered the negatives when he did, they would have been destroyed one week later. With a secure, workable copy of the entire film recovered, the painstaking process of restoring it began.
Five years after Buckley's miraculous discovery, the restoration was completed, and was premiered at the Sydney Film Festival in June of 2009 to rave reviews. A few months later, the film was released on DVD and Blu-ray.
A single print was re-discovered in Dublin in the early 1990's. Unfortunately, the print was not considered viable for a commercial release of the film, nor was it deemed good enough quality to warrant being cleaned up and remastered. Desperate to save Wake in Fright from its otherwise inevitable fate, the film's editor, Anthony Buckley, set out to recover an uncut, good quality print of the film in 1994.
In 2004, Buckley travelled to Pittsburgh, and, to Buckley's amazement, and under incredible circumstances, an uncut copy of the film was discovered in a shipping container marked "For Destruction". Reportedly, if he had not recovered the negatives when he did, they would have been destroyed one week later. With a secure, workable copy of the entire film recovered, the painstaking process of restoring it began.
Five years after Buckley's miraculous discovery, the restoration was completed, and was premiered at the Sydney Film Festival in June of 2009 to rave reviews. A few months later, the film was released on DVD and Blu-ray.
Nah, I got a lot of catching up to do.
Yeah, it's the greatest film about alcohol and self destruction that I've seen, hopefully it's reputation will continue to grow over the coming years. Make sure to drink a few beers before you rewatch it.
Regarding the kangaroo scene, I found it interesting that the hunt reflected the film and what it's about.
"The hunters were getting really drunk and they started to miss, ... It was becoming this orgy of killing and we [the crew] were getting sick of it." Kangaroos hopped about helplessly with gun wounds and trailing intestines. Producer George Willoughby reportedly fainted after seeing a kangaroo "splattered in a particularly spectacular fashion". The crew orchestrated a power failure in order to end the hunt.
"The hunters were getting really drunk and they started to miss, ... It was becoming this orgy of killing and we [the crew] were getting sick of it." Kangaroos hopped about helplessly with gun wounds and trailing intestines. Producer George Willoughby reportedly fainted after seeing a kangaroo "splattered in a particularly spectacular fashion". The crew orchestrated a power failure in order to end the hunt.
"Have a beer, mate"
I loved the 'Dollar' films as a kid, but found them unwatchable as an adult. I suppose when I was a child I took the stylization at face value as high drama, but as I got older it just looked ridiculously pompous.
Seeing the movies as exercises in style, cinematic operas, never really worked for me. The problem is that the style distances the audience, or me at least, from the characters and the story, leaving only the aesthetics. And that's pretty thin gruel for 2 hours.
Agreed. The aesthetics of a movie are at their best when you're not noticing them. Their role is to set the mood of the film so that the story can have a bigger impact, not a lesser one. The aesthetics and the story should almost merge together and the greatest filmmakers manage to do this.
https://uk.movies.yahoo.com/fan-launches-petition-for-quentin-tarantino-to-161958165.html
Petition for QT to direct Deadpool 2
Petition for QT to direct Deadpool 2
I'd agree with the Dollars trilogy but I think the other stuff works in Once Upon a Time in the West.
The talk of Manhunter made me want to watch Red Dragon. It was good, and I liked how they changed the ending. Does anyone know which ending is closer to the book? Oddly enough, someone was criticizing the cheesy music in Manhunter, but I found this score to be worse. Over the top to the point of being distracting. I enjoyed the rest though.
Which one of you is going to be the guinea pig for this?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1754811/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_15
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1754811/?ref_=nm_flmg_act_15
I will accept the challenge.
YessssssI will accept the challenge.
It doesn't sound very promising:
The more important question is, what the feck happened to Adrian Brody?
I will accept the challenge.
For every time, there's a hero....
Not sure I have seen this , it rings a bell.
Shyamalan/Peter Jackson/The Jacket
Don't forget the horror that was Splice.
He was in Detachment by Tony Kane. I should probably check it out.
Splice was the best of Brody.
No. Just no.
Hitman: Agent 47
Wow, boring, predictable, non-sensicle and forgettable. What a pile of utter wank. And the woman character really got on my nerves. Beyond a few nice action scenes, nothing of note happens in this pile of trash. Awful film 2/10
Wow, boring, predictable, non-sensicle and forgettable. What a pile of utter wank. And the woman character really got on my nerves. Beyond a few nice action scenes, nothing of note happens in this pile of trash. Awful film 2/10
Too many of these horrible action movies are being made for the mainstream public.
Seven Days in May - I like to watch this every year or so as it never gets old or boring. Top-notch acting from some real heavy-hitters, numerous gripping dialogue-heavy scenes, great score, good supporting cast, and a story that resonates. What I like is that unlike a similar film of today, it doesn't say which side is right, it just preaches that the Constitution is sacred. 9/10
I've got Seconds on order as I hear that it's a rarely-shown Frankenheimer gem.
I've got Seconds on order as I hear that it's a rarely-shown Frankenheimer gem.
Shows a few scenes Von Trier 'borrowed' from Tarkovsky.
This just happens to be on Film4 Wednesday night, might watch it.
I've picked up on a few whilst watching his films but that's more than I expected!
Lame.
Well worth a watch.
Seconds is a good trippy thriller. @Spoony is a fan I believe.
The Last Days on Mars
Watching this on Film4 now and it is terrible.
rubbish/10
Watching this on Film4 now and it is terrible.
rubbish/10
Human Centipede II is on zone horror if you fancy a switch.
Seconds is another example of smart ideas based scifi that was a something and is now not so much.
Not to spoil it but there is one scene in the film that hit me as hard as anything I can remember.
Not to spoil it but there is one scene in the film that hit me as hard as anything I can remember.
After watching the first one , I did not want to watch this, gore for gore sake is not really my kind of film, but I have just switched it on OMG !!
The little guy is pretty seedy. I find it slightly amusing and odd how people get het up and freaked out about these niche films- the Guardian went ape-shit when the original plot had that guy wrapping his cock in barbed wire to rape a woman, but the BBFC banned it. I'm not sure it will inspire crazy youths to go out and emulate.
The rape scene?
or the ending?
or the ending?
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