What's the last movie you watched?
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Wokko
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Being John Malkovich, Amelie, Pan's Labyrinth and Donnie Darko all come to mind, Studio Ghibli animations, Leon the Professional.
They might be a bit more 'mainstream' that you're looking for but I struggle to think of the more artsy stuff I've seen (of which there have been a lot), it just doesn't resonate with me even when I can appreciate the nuance, technical skill, metaphor etc, the pretense tends to put me off.
They might be a bit more 'mainstream' that you're looking for but I struggle to think of the more artsy stuff I've seen (of which there have been a lot), it just doesn't resonate with me even when I can appreciate the nuance, technical skill, metaphor etc, the pretense tends to put me off.
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^^^ Well, of course it hits a nerve - cultural Luddites like that are the enemy of our civilization, probably even more so than numbats like ISIS, because they attack from within and, worse still, from a position of militant, sustained stupidity. Really, who ever taste-tested cornflakes by reading the blurb on the back of the packet?
It really doesn't matter whether 99% of what is produced as "arty" cinema or "arty" static visual art or "arty" music or "arty" theatre leaves most (or even all) people cold. The struggle to produce thoughtful, creative and interesting new work is important, in and of itself.
Thus, as it happens, I have no particular interest, at the moment, in spending lots of time watching "difficult" cinema but I'm pleased that it is happening and that people do go to see it.
I imagine that my taste in cinema is now unacceptably old-fashioned but films I saw for the first time 40 or 50 years ago still live in my mind and fashion my everyday thinking. The Seventh Seal, Pather Panchali and Aparajito, Rashomon, Dodeskaden, Seven Samurai, The Hidden Fortress, Dersu Uzala and Kagemusha and virtually anything Luis Bunuel made, along with a raft of others, are landmarks in their particular art.
Personally, I don't think of it as "either or", so I'm also happy to watch Ant Man - and enjoy it thoroughly.
Thus, it's still funny to call out "Somebody just threw a bone at our spaceship" when that famous scene-change occurs in 2001, provided you remember that you're just making a joke and that your carefully-fashioned determination not to understand the film you're watching (or, in her case, reading about) doesn't make you more interesting than the film.
It really doesn't matter whether 99% of what is produced as "arty" cinema or "arty" static visual art or "arty" music or "arty" theatre leaves most (or even all) people cold. The struggle to produce thoughtful, creative and interesting new work is important, in and of itself.
Thus, as it happens, I have no particular interest, at the moment, in spending lots of time watching "difficult" cinema but I'm pleased that it is happening and that people do go to see it.
I imagine that my taste in cinema is now unacceptably old-fashioned but films I saw for the first time 40 or 50 years ago still live in my mind and fashion my everyday thinking. The Seventh Seal, Pather Panchali and Aparajito, Rashomon, Dodeskaden, Seven Samurai, The Hidden Fortress, Dersu Uzala and Kagemusha and virtually anything Luis Bunuel made, along with a raft of others, are landmarks in their particular art.
Personally, I don't think of it as "either or", so I'm also happy to watch Ant Man - and enjoy it thoroughly.
Thus, it's still funny to call out "Somebody just threw a bone at our spaceship" when that famous scene-change occurs in 2001, provided you remember that you're just making a joke and that your carefully-fashioned determination not to understand the film you're watching (or, in her case, reading about) doesn't make you more interesting than the film.
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David
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Baby Ingmar says hi.Pies4shaw wrote:I imagine that my taste in cinema is now unacceptably old-fashioned but films I saw for the first time 40 or 50 years ago still live in my mind and fashion my everyday thinking. The Seventh Seal, Pather Panchali and Aparajito, Rashomon, Dodeskaden, Seven Samurai, The Hidden Fortress, Dersu Uzala and Kagemusha and virtually anything Luis Bunuel made, along with a raft of others, are landmarks in their particular art.
I love Bunuel too. The Phantom of Liberty is still one of my favourites.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ll5nK2RV8uA
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Well I love rear window, I'm sure there is another old one tucked in there!
How about campy movies you love?
Starship troopers. I never understood why it copped it so bad, I still love it!
Deep rising! Another not cool but I love it sci fi!
How about campy movies you love?
Starship troopers. I never understood why it copped it so bad, I still love it!
Deep rising! Another not cool but I love it sci fi!
You cant fix stupid, turns out you cant quarantine it either!