Bartleby
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The two are partners and wrote the film together. In fact, he liked the script so much during the process that he wanted to direct it LOL
The 'Recently Watched Films' Thread
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Benny Profane
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Recently, I rediscovered this masterpiece from 80's:
And its avant-garde clip:
And its avant-garde clip:
Liam
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?? Wet Sand (2021), 3.5
A slow-moving, at times hallucinatory drama about an old man whose granddaughter travels to a remote seaside village to uncover her grandfather's hidden secrets. The movie is interesting in that it shows you a culture that we don't get to see too often (contemporary Georgia), and the LGBTQ+ content (nothing explicit, except for some brief female nudity) is important, given the country's vehement public homophobia. I am glad I watched it, though it is nothing earth-shattering. A note on the performances: they are excellent! Georgia is a beautiful country and I have a feeling I would love it there, if I felt safe enough to visit, ?
A slow-moving, at times hallucinatory drama about an old man whose granddaughter travels to a remote seaside village to uncover her grandfather's hidden secrets. The movie is interesting in that it shows you a culture that we don't get to see too often (contemporary Georgia), and the LGBTQ+ content (nothing explicit, except for some brief female nudity) is important, given the country's vehement public homophobia. I am glad I watched it, though it is nothing earth-shattering. A note on the performances: they are excellent! Georgia is a beautiful country and I have a feeling I would love it there, if I felt safe enough to visit, ?
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Ben Jackson
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I want to ask you guys a question. If someone ask you the decade with best movies, what will be your choice? Secondly, what are your best movies for the decade chosen?
Leseratte
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For me there is not only a decade but a whole era that goes from Kurosawa until Almodovar and which encompasses more or less the second half of the 20th century.
Some names that came to my mind:
Kurosawa: Dodeskaden, The Idiot, Dreams.
Alfred Hitchcock: Rear Window.
Buñuel:The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The Forgotten, Belle the Jour and my favorite,The Phantom of Liberty
Ingmar Bergman: Wild Strawberries, The Seventh Seal.
Fellini: La Dolce Vita, Rome
Antonioni: Blow Up
Werner Herzog: Kaspar Hauser, Nosferato
Wim Wenders: Wings of Desire, Paris-Texas
Emir Kusturica: Black Cat, White Cat
Pedro Almodovar: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Break Down.
Joaquim Pedro de Andrade: Macunaíma
Glauber Rocha- Antonio das Mortes, Entranced Earth.
Some names that came to my mind:
Kurosawa: Dodeskaden, The Idiot, Dreams.
Alfred Hitchcock: Rear Window.
Buñuel:The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, The Forgotten, Belle the Jour and my favorite,The Phantom of Liberty
Ingmar Bergman: Wild Strawberries, The Seventh Seal.
Fellini: La Dolce Vita, Rome
Antonioni: Blow Up
Werner Herzog: Kaspar Hauser, Nosferato
Wim Wenders: Wings of Desire, Paris-Texas
Emir Kusturica: Black Cat, White Cat
Pedro Almodovar: Women on the Verge of a Nervous Break Down.
Joaquim Pedro de Andrade: Macunaíma
Glauber Rocha- Antonio das Mortes, Entranced Earth.
Leseratte
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I mean, present lives are complicated enough. If one has to take in past lives too...
Liam
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I am pretty sure that I spent one of my past lives as Rock Hudson's bar of soap... ?
Leseratte
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Considerable evolution since then!
childeroland
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Killers of the Flower Moon. The runtime flew by, which is amazing. Very sad with a lot of humor throughout (the bumbling, evil criminals are also deeply stupid). Maybe DiCaprio's best performance.
tiganeasca
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Jean de Florette and Manon des Sources. Two of my all-time favorites!
tiganeasca
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Interesting choices. But while I agree with Herzog, I would pick Aguirre, the Wrath of God and Fitzcarraldo. In any event, most of his stuff is eminently watchable.
Ben Jackson
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I recently watched Belle de Jour, Seventh Seal and anotyer Ingmar Bergman's movie Winter Light. I really like how the focus was shifting from mental/surreal state of the actress (I can't remember her name) and her present/physical state, all the while highlighting her sexual fantasy. And between Seventh Seal and Winter Light, I don't even know which one's better, although I might slightly tip Winter Light because of the symbolic touches: the cold landscape been the major imagery.
Leseratte
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I think it's about Fitzcarraldo that there was a problem in the way how the Indians that were recruited for the film were treated.
tiganeasca
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That is certainly a great reason to criticize Herzog (who is quite an odd duck, it seems, from everything I have read or seen about him) and his team. But the movie itself is quite an achievement. To be completely honest, though, I think Aguirre is a better movie and, indeed, I would probably include it on a list of my ten all-time favorites. Klaus Kinski was a crazy man in real life and Herzog picking him for that role was nothing less than inspired!
Leseratte
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It´s about the episode of transporting the ship, where three people got injured:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fitzcarraldo. The cast itself is very interesting. Besides Kinsky and Claudia Cardinale, two great Brazilian actors: Grande Othelo and José Lewgoy. And a curiosity: songwriter and singer Milton Nascimento as actor.
I can´t remember now if I saw Aguirre. My Favorite movies by Herzog were The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser and Nosferatu.
I can´t remember now if I saw Aguirre. My Favorite movies by Herzog were The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser and Nosferatu.
Benny Profane
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LOL! Yes, I confess: I throw a claw in her because she is Florence Pugh and I'm hater of Dune! ?
Actually, I never heard about her, I've never heard about Dune II (I haven't watched Dune I yet) and CCXP is based in São Paulo (I'm living in Salvador), so I wasn't there.
Stevie B
Current Member
Is CCXP a film festival?
Benny Profane
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Pop and Geek Culture Festival (anime, TV shows, manga, films, games, etc).
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