Sukhov
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48 minutes ago, TopBilled said:
Here's a user review I found posted on the IMDb yesterday...it made me laugh. Firstly I love the title of this review. Secondly, I agree with the comment that some films manage to overcome zeitgeist. But it's rare when it happens.
The emperor is buck naked
by tkdx
Even in the '70's, this would have been a flop. Disjointed, indulgent, and ... really, really bad. Satire? Satire might work if it's timely, This isn't timely. (If you want satire that has defied and overcome zeitgeist, watch Dr. Strangelove or Network.) This comes off as a film Welles never really intended to release, just milk it to keep his name out there until a worthwhile project came along. Really. It's like he got started, realized how awful it was, and kept "working" on it just to keep his name out there until a better project landed in his lap. I dunno-- which is what it should have been titled. Perhaps he had a clear vision of what he really wanted to say, then it go away from him. I dunno. While I believe is a fine thing-- well intended, anyhoo-- that Netflix brought it to life, as homage perhaps, I also believe Orson Welles legacy would have been better served by leaving this on the shelf.
That review is really harsh but I do get a bit of what it's saying. The cinematography of the film was absolutely beautiful but story wise it didn't really flow smoothly. It didn't "feel" very much like a Welles film at all. I imagine if he had finished the film it would look quite a bit different. That said, they did do well based off of what they had to work with. Also I find the "satire" comment a little off base. The film within the film is a satire of Antonioni who was definitely still an important figure in film at the time. Same for the other post-Hayes directors of the new Hollywood generation that it is parodying and satirizing. Also the other film critics and biographers from Welles' own life that he was taking aim at. On that angle, I think it works.
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5 hours ago, Bogie56 said:
I have seen the 1977 remake Chatterbox! When I was an assistant working in the cutting room we used to get all sorts of 35mm prints from the laboratory which was to be used as fill or spacing in the track lay of the magnetic sound. A lot of it was porn which we would then run through the moviola at lunch time. Chatterbox was so outrageous it has proved to be memorable.
Yeah, this one is even more outrageous. Having it sing show tunes was an odd touch that was unfortunately not in the original.
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I saw this one. The first part is a bit slow but that ending will certainly make you cry. Very moving and beautiful film.
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Le sexe qui parle - This film is a very dirty sex comedy/ adult film. In this film, a woman executive is unhappy with her married life. After sleeping with her husband she discovers that her "female part" has got a voice of its own and won't shut up even when in very uncomfortable situations. At the end of the film her husband catches whatever disease she has and his body part gets a voice of its own too! This film was remade in America as the English language film "Chatterbox!" This film is available on various sites online.
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Battle of Chile - This documentary follows the last days of Salvador Allende as he was ousted from power by the US backed Pinochet. His funding for this film was frozen after Pinochet took power so he was funded in part to complete it with money from Chris Marker in France. This is a good, informative documentary that shows the unrest in the last days. The full trilogy has been on TCM before.
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4 hours ago, TopBilled said:
Even that seems silly now. Teenage kids drink coffee with their parents these days more than before. It's no longer considered a rite of passage. It's just something people do like it's no big deal.
Yeah, I'm a younger person and I started drinking coffee as a teenager with my grandmother. It was her favorite drink.
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6 hours ago, Dargo said:
Oh, I dunno...
"Hi, big guy! Come here often?"
Just make sure the fish hook isn't in the left side of his face!
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Profound Desires of the Gods - This film is like an odd combination of "The Hills Have Eyes" and Yasujiro Ozu. An inbred, r_tarded family lives on an island and are hated by the rest of the island when a visiting businessman comes. Their goal is to get him to destroy a rock that is important to them to get on the good side of the rest of the island and please the Gods they believe in which reminded me of Ozu's films of that period. One major theme of the film is that of the backwards, superstitious ways of the islanders vs. the modern ways of the businessman. The color green is a recurring visual theme throughout the film which is ironic as in Japanese culture it represents "fertility" which contrasts with the severely inbred family. This was a good film albeit a little too long. It really could have done with trimming a few scenes off and not missed much in the terms of plot advancement. Overall, I give the film a 6/10.
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Not a female but as actors go, it was a popular rumor that Creighton Hale starred in a very early "adult" film called Getting His Goat/ the Goat Man. I have looked everywhere but can't seem to find the film online though.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0253393/?ref_=tttr_tr_tt
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Just now, LawrenceA said:
I've heard of this one for a long time but unfortunately I haven't seen it yet.
Have you seen any of the director's other films? If so you might like it.
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The Beast - A woman whose father died is now heading to the estate of her soon to be groom. When she gets there she starts having odd visions of a creepy beast like creature. This film borders the line between art film and X rated smut. I haven't seen this one in a while but I remember enjoying it. This is by the director Walerian Borowczyk known for having some of the sensual content in his films.
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They Fought For Their Motherland - War movie from Bondarchuk. The plot to this is similar to other Russian war movies like the Dawns Here are Quiet and the the Star. A group of Russian soldiers fight against advancing Germans on their own territory knowing full well they may not survive. This one has some cool war scenes and action scenes. If you're interested in war films I recommend this one.
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1 hour ago, LawrenceA said:
Last but not least, there's Infra-Man, probably the best known of the three films. It's a Chinese versions of the Japanese superhero-meets-kaiju TV shows like Ultraman or the much later Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. Set in the far-flung future of 2015, it features an ancient demon emerging from seclusion to wreak havoc on the world. A scientist uses an experimental procedure to transform a government agent into Infra-Man, a costumed hero. It's very silly, with a Godzilla-film aesthetic, and lots of goofy monsters in rubber costumes.
Looks a helluva lot cooler than the actual 2015.
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1 hour ago, cigarjoe said:
I'm still confused, what is currently on Netflix billed as The Other Side Of The Wind is maybe different from what you have watched. What I watched started with a wrecked Porsche, had both Rich Little and Bogdanovich in it, also had Alan Cumming, and ended with a shot of Welles in his cape and hat walking away through a park with bare trees.
Maybe the theatrical release is different from the Netflix offering.
I'm just trying to nail it down.
Thanks
Just tell me briefly how the film you watched started and how it ended.
The netflix film does not have Cummings in it and ends with some phallic imagery, not what you described.
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11 minutes ago, CinemaInternational said:
I am personally hoping for a long overdue Glenn Close victory.
What 2018 movie was she in?
IMDB only lists the Simpsons and some other TV show.
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24 minutes ago, sewhite2000 said:
Definitely NOT a new poster, Calvin. The style is immediately recognizable as "Spence". The obligatory asterisks by all Oscar nominees confirms it. Had no idea "Spence" was actually a woman ...?
Yeah, I'm wondering if maybe he was banned so that's why he made a new account.
His account doesn't say he's banned though.
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Antique (2008)
Next: "comedy" movie that didn't make you laugh once
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Radon played by Kôji Uruki in "Ghidorah, the Three Headed Monster"
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The Women
Next: Ghidorah, the Three Headed Monster
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2 hours ago, Bogie56 said:
You could make the same comments about Chimes at Midnight, Touch of Evil and The Trial which are brilliant (IMO). But if you which to interpret them as pure negatives, then so be it.
Those are all way, way less "experimental" than Other Side of the Wind. It's an enjoyable film if you're into experimental films but it's not everyone's cup of tea.
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4 minutes ago, LawrenceA said:
1001 Movies You Must See
- Deewaar, Yash Chopra, India
- Dersu Uzala, Akira Kurosawa, USSR
- Fox and His Friends, Rainer Werner Fassbinder, West Germany
- India Song, Marguerite Duras, France
- Jeanne Dielman, 23 Commerce Quay, 1080 Brussels, Chantal Akerman, Belgium
- Manila in the Claws of Brightness, Lino Brocka, Philippines
- The Mirror, Andrei Tarkovsky, USSR
- Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italy
- The Traveling Players, Theo Angelopoulos, Greece
From the Norwegian edition is-
The Pinchcliffe Grand Prix, Ivo Caprino, Norwegian edition
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My top FF films of 1975
1. Dersu Uzala, Akira Kurosawa, Russia
2. The Story of Adele H., Francois Truffaut, France
3. They Fought for Their Motherland, Sergey Bondarchuk, Russia
4. Salò, or the 120 Days of Sodom, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Italy
5. The Magic Flute, Ingmar Bergman, Sweden
6. The Mirror, Andrei Tarkovsky, Russia
7. The Beast, Walerian Borowczyk, France
8. Breaking With Old Ideas, Li Wenhua, China
9. The Battle of Chile: Part I, Patricio Guzmán, Chile
10. P-ssy Talk, Claude Mulot, France
Terror of Mechagodzilla, Ishiro Honda, Japan
The Irony of Fate, Eldar Ryazanov, Russia
and I’ve also seen …
India Song, Marguerite Duras, France
Xala, Ousmane Sembene, Senegal
Jeanne Dielman, 23 Commerce Quay, 1080 Brussels, Chantal Akerman, Belgium
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IMDB only lists the Simpsons and some other TV show.
Your Favourite Foreign Language Films
in Your Favorites
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Breaking With Old Ideas - standard film from China of this era. It is about a backwards village that the party tries to "revolutionize." It shows how they set up the apparatus in each area to get to the people. An interesting time capsule from China of this era.
The Irony of Fate - a man and woman stumble upon one another on New Year's Eve. Love begins to bloom but it is tinged with sadness. This is one of those sentimental films. It was pretty meh but the acting and camerawork was decent.