Seen any good movies lately? - Films you MUST see
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ruby, I thank you for your kind words! (also on my blog.)
yes, this is one of those under-rated movies, that NOBODY knows about...
(have only discovered it lately myself.)
"home... can you tell me, where that is?"
- "home is in my hands!"
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mjp
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Ray Winstone was one of the stars of a great punk rock B movie called Ladies and Gentlemen, The Fabulous Stains that is well worth a look if you can find a copy.
It also starred Diane Lane and featured a young Laura Dern, along with Paul Simonon from the Clash, Steve Jones and Paul Cook from the Sex Pistols and Fee Waybill from 70's weirdo band the Tubes.
Waybill is very funny as a has-been 70's arena rocker on a low budget club tour, with supporting punk band The Professionals (Winstone, Jones, Cook and Simonon), and the Fabulous Stains (Lane, Dern and some other actress whose name is lost to obscurity and my poor memory).
It was never commercially released, so the quality of the bootlegs out there ranges from pretty good to unwatchable. Caveat emptor.
It also starred Diane Lane and featured a young Laura Dern, along with Paul Simonon from the Clash, Steve Jones and Paul Cook from the Sex Pistols and Fee Waybill from 70's weirdo band the Tubes.
Waybill is very funny as a has-been 70's arena rocker on a low budget club tour, with supporting punk band The Professionals (Winstone, Jones, Cook and Simonon), and the Fabulous Stains (Lane, Dern and some other actress whose name is lost to obscurity and my poor memory).
It was never commercially released, so the quality of the bootlegs out there ranges from pretty good to unwatchable. Caveat emptor.
Gerard K H Love
Appreciate your friends
i saw this a couple of days ago
liked it alot
the cast was great
good story...really funny
After seeing some photos of "buds" you posted a while back, it's hard to believe you never saw that movie. I own a copy.
poetlizard
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You see me laughin'
Saw this film the other day on IFC, thought it was well done
You See Me Laughin' is a full length documentary that takes a look at the often untamed lifestyles of the last great North Mississippi bluesmen and the Oxford, MS based label- Fat Possum Records- that struggles to record them. The film is an exciting collage of exclusive interviews, live performances and personal anecdotes. It includes rare, black and white footage of RL Burnside from 1974, disturbingly funny stories about touring told first hand by Iggy Pop and John Spencer Blues Explosion as well as an interesting encounter with Junior Kimbrough described by Bono from U2 and much more. This is not for the faint of heart.
Saw this film the other day on IFC, thought it was well done
You See Me Laughin' is a full length documentary that takes a look at the often untamed lifestyles of the last great North Mississippi bluesmen and the Oxford, MS based label- Fat Possum Records- that struggles to record them. The film is an exciting collage of exclusive interviews, live performances and personal anecdotes. It includes rare, black and white footage of RL Burnside from 1974, disturbingly funny stories about touring told first hand by Iggy Pop and John Spencer Blues Explosion as well as an interesting encounter with Junior Kimbrough described by Bono from U2 and much more. This is not for the faint of heart.
yeah....well....
i saw shrek about 6 times
seriously,
i'm suprised too
and i'm probably going
to add it to my collection as well
This sounds like something I would really enjoy.
mjp
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Saw about half of that too, the rest is waiting on TiVo. It is an interesting film.
Is Bono in every fucking documentary made in the last 10 years, or what?
sounds great, i'll look out for it. speaking of 'not for the faint of heart', i saw an extremely disturbing and controversial documentary recently called 'The Bridge' - about the golden gate bridge being the leading suicide destination in the world.
from wikipedia:
The Bridge is a 2006 documentary film by Eric Steel that tells the stories of a handful of individuals who committed suicide at the Golden Gate Bridge in 2004. The film was inspired by an article entitled "Jumpers," which was written by Tad Friend and appeared in The New Yorker magazine in 2003.
The documentary caused significant controversy when Eric Steel revealed that he had tricked the Golden Gate Bridge committee into allowing him to film the bridge for months and had captured 23 of 24 known suicides which took place during filming phase of the project.
In his permit application to the Golden Gate National Recreation Area Steel said he intended "to capture the powerful, spectacular intersection of monument and nature that takes place every day at the Golden Gate Bridge"
The movie was shot with multiple cameras pointed at a notorious suicide spot on the bridge during 2004. It captured 19 people as they took their final plunge, and then offers interviews with grieving families.
chronic
old and in the way
I've been wanting to see this. Is it on DVD now?
Heh, that's not really an inaccurate statement if you think about it.
i think so, but i'm not sure. i saw it on our cable documentary channel. there's a website for it with an annoyingly long intro page that has info.
http://www.thebridge-themovie.com/new/index.html
poetlizard
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Golden Suicide (The Bridge)
Another movie I caught on IFC and saved on DVR..beautiful and sad..
Another movie I caught on IFC and saved on DVR..beautiful and sad..
mjp
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Golden Gate gets two dozen a year? Damn, then I think I must live a few hundred feet from the second most popular spot, because we get about one a month purposely going off the cliff at Sunken City, here in San Pedro. That doesn't count the other dozen or two who fall out of drunkenness or stupidity.
It is often a grim place for all its beauty. 120 feet of sheer cliff that stretch a quarter of a mile along the point, with piles of rocks and boulders at the bottom. Don't get too close to the edge...
http://www.californiacoastline.org/...e=200406399&mode=sequential&flags=0&year=2004
It is often a grim place for all its beauty. 120 feet of sheer cliff that stretch a quarter of a mile along the point, with piles of rocks and boulders at the bottom. Don't get too close to the edge...
http://www.californiacoastline.org/...e=200406399&mode=sequential&flags=0&year=2004
mjp
Founding member
Yes it is. Unfortunately, the Coast Guard decided to airlift his body to spot right outside Carol's studio door:
http://laharbor.blogspot.com/2007/01/mario-denalo-part-iii.html
http://laharbor.blogspot.com/2007/01/mario-denalo-part-iii.html
A Scanner Darkly
a bit hard to understand everything the first time you watch it, but it's worth the minor confusion.
a bit hard to understand everything the first time you watch it, but it's worth the minor confusion.
'Hot Fuzz'.
I love everything these boys do, 'Spaced', 'Shaun of the Dead'.
The only annoying thing was that my mate who I watched it with grew up in Wells (where it was filmed) and proceeded to tell me how each shot somehow tied in with his life, oh and he went to college with the director (like I care!)
Anyway watch it, British comedy at it's best :)
I love everything these boys do, 'Spaced', 'Shaun of the Dead'.
The only annoying thing was that my mate who I watched it with grew up in Wells (where it was filmed) and proceeded to tell me how each shot somehow tied in with his life, oh and he went to college with the director (like I care!)
Anyway watch it, British comedy at it's best :)
I recently watched Waterloo which is a historical film made in the 70's that shows Napoleon getting his butt whipped when he returns to France after escaping his exile on the island of Elba but I could only make it through half the film.
Sometime soon I am going to have a Steve Buscemi movie fest with my friends where we will watch Reservoir Dogs, The Big Lebowski and Ghost World.
Sometime soon I am going to have a Steve Buscemi movie fest with my friends where we will watch Reservoir Dogs, The Big Lebowski and Ghost World.
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taxidriver,
No Buscemi film fest would be complete without Trees Lounge. That is an amazing movie.
Bill
No Buscemi film fest would be complete without Trees Lounge. That is an amazing movie.
Bill
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Hi,
I just watched BABEL the other night. I thought that it was a great movie. Brad Pitt is not in it that much, so those that were scared off by him being in it would not have to worry much. The real stars of the film are the unknown actors that take up more of the movie (A Japanese family and a Moroccan Family).
It is one of those movies, like Crash, that you have to think about.
Bill
I just watched BABEL the other night. I thought that it was a great movie. Brad Pitt is not in it that much, so those that were scared off by him being in it would not have to worry much. The real stars of the film are the unknown actors that take up more of the movie (A Japanese family and a Moroccan Family).
It is one of those movies, like Crash, that you have to think about.
Bill
Bukfan
"The law is wrong; I am right"
I just watched the Soviet-Russian movie "Agony - the life and death of Rasputin" by Elem Klimov. It's from 1975 and was banned for ten years in the Soviet Union untill the era of Glasnost.
Kevin Thomas from L.A. Times wrote:
"Mesmerizing...highly sensual! Shares an intoxicating headiness with the surreal works of Andrei Tarkovsky"
It's very expressionistic which is not my cup of the. It shows a completely insane version of Rasputin without any redeeming qualities and an unrestrained assault on the ruling classes of Russia. But I guess that's what's to be expected from a Soviet movie dealing with pre-revolutionary Russia. It's very one-dimensional. Rasputin is shown as an insane monster and the ruling classes as greedy and ridiculous.
If you're into Soviet expressionistic movies, then this is the movie for you! If you want to watch a somewhat realistic and believeable movie about Rasputin, then stay away from this one! Watch "Rasputin - Dark Servant of Destiny" with Alan Rickman, David Warner, Ian McKellen and Greta Scacchi in stead. It's the best movie on Rasputin so far!
Kevin Thomas from L.A. Times wrote:
"Mesmerizing...highly sensual! Shares an intoxicating headiness with the surreal works of Andrei Tarkovsky"
It's very expressionistic which is not my cup of the. It shows a completely insane version of Rasputin without any redeeming qualities and an unrestrained assault on the ruling classes of Russia. But I guess that's what's to be expected from a Soviet movie dealing with pre-revolutionary Russia. It's very one-dimensional. Rasputin is shown as an insane monster and the ruling classes as greedy and ridiculous.
If you're into Soviet expressionistic movies, then this is the movie for you! If you want to watch a somewhat realistic and believeable movie about Rasputin, then stay away from this one! Watch "Rasputin - Dark Servant of Destiny" with Alan Rickman, David Warner, Ian McKellen and Greta Scacchi in stead. It's the best movie on Rasputin so far!
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justine
stop the penistry
i've been on a dvd-watching binge the last couple of days:
Jarhead - pretty good (but i'll watch anything with jake gyllenhaal in it); the scene where the soldiers are watching 'apocalypse now', sending them into an almost religious fervour (reminiscent of the nuremberg youth rallies), was particularly disturbing.
Little Miss Sunshine - very funny, family sorta film, great acting (esp the little kid and the grandpa) but kinda ruined by a way too simple ending.
The Matador - pierce brosnan playing a paunchy hitman wasn't as much of a stretch as i thought. weird story arc to this movie. still feeling ambivalent about it.
Brick - biggest piece of pretentious, wanky, Lynch-imitating cinematic shit that i've seen in a long time. i wouldn't watch this again if someone paid me.
the first series of Carnivale - i'm up to episode 7 and loving it.
Jarhead - pretty good (but i'll watch anything with jake gyllenhaal in it); the scene where the soldiers are watching 'apocalypse now', sending them into an almost religious fervour (reminiscent of the nuremberg youth rallies), was particularly disturbing.
Little Miss Sunshine - very funny, family sorta film, great acting (esp the little kid and the grandpa) but kinda ruined by a way too simple ending.
The Matador - pierce brosnan playing a paunchy hitman wasn't as much of a stretch as i thought. weird story arc to this movie. still feeling ambivalent about it.
Brick - biggest piece of pretentious, wanky, Lynch-imitating cinematic shit that i've seen in a long time. i wouldn't watch this again if someone paid me.
the first series of Carnivale - i'm up to episode 7 and loving it.