Only one Tsai, otherwise it would be too much trouble uploading pictures. Also the Dogville “map” should be here too, but it’s already posted. And there’s a lot more memorable images from Primer, The Man Who Wasn’t There, Eureka and a huge etc.
Fincher’s masterpiece in my opinion, one of the 90s best: intense, nerve-wrecking, beautifully photographed/directed, Freeman and Pitt in great performances. And I think Fincher as one of the greatest image-creators of our time.
I’m one of the two or three persons around the world that think Scorsese is on his top form right now. The Departed is his masterpiece. But I’m kind lonely here – also like a LOT Gangs, The Aviator and Bringing Out The Dead (and, yes, I’ve seen his well-know films from the 70s and 80s). Really high hopes for Shutter Island.
When I first saw Lebowski i thought it was the most perfect comedy ever – even better than old Hawks’ and Sturges’ masterpieces. I laughed through the entire film, and it’s visually amazing in certain moments – especially Lebowski’s trip. Now i’m between Lebowski and The Man Who Wasn’t There – the ending of Man is harrowing.
01. The Big Lebowski
02. The Man Who Wasn’t There
03. Miller’s Crossing
04. Blood Simple
05. Burn After Reading
06. Barton Fink
07. O Brother Where Art Thou
08. The Hudsucker Proxy
09. Fargo
10. Raising Arizona
11. Intolerable Cruelty
12. No Country For Old Men
Didn’t see: The Ladykillers
Have to see: A Serious Man
Also they are among my five favorite directors still working.
I don’t think it’s a question of love and hate. I like a lot Terminator. Terminator 2, The Abyss, Titanic are somewhat good. Aliens is passable, as is True Lies. And i don’t give a shit for Avatar.
I’ll see Infernal Affairs, and I know that it will not reduce my appreciation for Scorsese’s cover – also Lau made a trilogy out of it. Nirvana cover of Meat Puppet’s songs are better than the original, and they transformed The Man Who Sold The World into a fantastic song – and that was a David Bowie’s music.
What counts in Dazed and Confused is the performance. Electrifying by Zeppelin.
@Roscoe
“THE DEPARTED is Scorsese’s masterwork onlyt to those who’ve never seen RAGING BULL or TAXI DRIVER.”
I’ve seen both, in those times Scorsese’s way to show their protagonists’ emotions was through adolescent violence. Raging Bull has a captivating protagonist, among his top 5. Taxi Driver is very good, but Travis Bickle is a fuckin’ loser that can’t get much of my attention, the climax is stunning, though. Also The King Of Comedy is better than these two, De Niro is awesome.
@Mike Spence
“The Bowie original is more fantastic. Cobain’s rough vocals don’t work as well, for me.”
The opposite happens to me. Love Cobain as a singer – when he was not too drugged.
Explosive without much thinking, just reacting to the world around them with violence, afflicted like adolescents that can’t help but been the way they are. Also Bickle is a sociopath that succumbs to his own problems – he is the center of his world and the world is plain disgusting for him. Not exactly a stupid view from Scorsese, just one that doesn’t affect my emotions. Used to like it a lot more some years ago.
And how been “ahead of the cops” will help to catch the killer? Freeman’s character predicts that will be more crimes in the beginning of the film. But how they’ll know where and when and who?
You can predict that will be more deaths. Like every serial-killer film. And the ending is not predictable, by no means. Unless you stop watching in a certain moment and start an investigation about every possible direction the script can take.
South Park is my favorite, by far. But I’ve never seen another one. To compensate I’ve seen every episode of South Park. The series evolved from a plain nonsensical black comedy to a more sociopolitical almost-nonsensical black comedy, but they like to add focus to some important media-related events too. Also they like to destroy some famous people. And they love to explore the main characters and their personalities to an extreme degree.
Don’t know if Simpsons count, but the last years are not as good as the first 8-10 years.
I didn’t like the trailer for Shutter, but who knows, maybe a change can be good. Van Sant changed and made great films (Elephant, Gerry, Last Days and, especially, Paranoid Park).
Well, I was too immersed holding tight in the chair to think at this part of the film. And even that doesn’t make the film any worse. Also they drive to the middle of nowhere in the ending, that gives many opportunities.
But maybe Charlesdegaulle won’t like to know anything that happens in the film. I prefer to be complete stupid about the plot before I’ve seen any film.
Also I’m from Brazil and I don’t know if I’m writing correct sentences here.
It depends. Some people can say a lot about a film without mentioning the plot, they just create expectation through wise words. Usually I don’t even see the trailer of a film i’m planning to see.
“I used the secrecy and paranoia of the cinema of the time [such as] ‘Laura,’ ‘Out of the Past,’ and ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’ as a reference point”
Let’s hope he achieve the quality of these films, especially Out of the Past.
In the 70s he was working at an incredible quality.
01. Apocalypse Now (the film that introduced me to Cinema)
02. The Godfather I (Gorgeous, REALLY gorgeous photography, especially the interiors)
03. The Godfather II
04. Dracula
05. The Conversation (didn’t like much on first viewing, but some scenes never got out of my mind, should see it again)
Jack is shit. Robin Williams is shit. Robin Williams as a kid is shittier.
In theater: Brazilian terrible kid’s movie Lua de Cristal (Crystal Moon)
In VHS/TV is harder to remember, but maybe Home Alone, which I loved as a kid, saw it a dozen times, or Romancing the Stone (which I loved too). Or Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. This is hard.
Brazil
1- Limite (Limit, 1931)
2- Central do Brasil (Central Station, 1998)
3- Ônibus 174 (Bus 174, 2002)
4- Cidade de Deus (City of God, 2002)
5- Abril Despedaçado (Shredded April, 2001)
6- O Homem Que Copiava (The Man Who Copied, 2003)
7- Diários de Motocicleta (The Motorcycle Diary, 2004)
Can’t get to ten, Brazilian cinema died for a long period.
The Auteurs Best of the Decade Poll over 2 years ago
My number 1 is not listed on this site: Wen Jiang’s Devils on the Doorstep.
01. Dogville (Lars Von Trier, 2003)
02. Primer (Shane Carruth, 2004)
03. The Man Who Wasn’t There (Coen Bros., 2001)
04. Brick (Rian Johnson, 2005)
05. Memento (Christopher Nolan, 2000)
06. Irreversible (Gaspar Noé, 2002)
07. I Don’t Want to Sleep Alone (Tsai Ming-Liang, 2006)
08. WALL*E (Andrew Stanton, 2008)
09. Mystic River (Clint Eastwood, 2003)
10. George Washington (David Gordon Green, 2000)
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THE AUTEURS BEST OF THE DECADE: IMAGES over 2 years ago
Brick – Rian Johnson
Hidden – Haneke
Demonlover – Assayas
Down In The Valley – David Jacobson
Ghost World – Zwigoff
Gone Baby Gone – Ben Affleck
Harmful Insect – Akihiko Shiota
The Matador – Richard Shepard
The New World – Malick
The Wayward Cloud – Tsai
Only one Tsai, otherwise it would be too much trouble uploading pictures. Also the Dogville “map” should be here too, but it’s already posted. And there’s a lot more memorable images from Primer, The Man Who Wasn’t There, Eureka and a huge etc.
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How is Seven as a film over 2 years ago
Fincher’s masterpiece in my opinion, one of the 90s best: intense, nerve-wrecking, beautifully photographed/directed, Freeman and Pitt in great performances. And I think Fincher as one of the greatest image-creators of our time.
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is anybody excited for shutter island over 2 years ago
I’m one of the two or three persons around the world that think Scorsese is on his top form right now. The Departed is his masterpiece. But I’m kind lonely here – also like a LOT Gangs, The Aviator and Bringing Out The Dead (and, yes, I’ve seen his well-know films from the 70s and 80s). Really high hopes for Shutter Island.
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Haneke's new film will be about the Internet over 2 years ago
Haneke can do a film about anything and it’ll probably be haunting.
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The Coen Bros. -- Best film over 2 years ago
When I first saw Lebowski i thought it was the most perfect comedy ever – even better than old Hawks’ and Sturges’ masterpieces. I laughed through the entire film, and it’s visually amazing in certain moments – especially Lebowski’s trip. Now i’m between Lebowski and The Man Who Wasn’t There – the ending of Man is harrowing.
01. The Big Lebowski
02. The Man Who Wasn’t There
03. Miller’s Crossing
04. Blood Simple
05. Burn After Reading
06. Barton Fink
07. O Brother Where Art Thou
08. The Hudsucker Proxy
09. Fargo
10. Raising Arizona
11. Intolerable Cruelty
12. No Country For Old Men
Didn’t see: The Ladykillers
Have to see: A Serious Man
Also they are among my five favorite directors still working.
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James Cameron love/hate over 2 years ago
I don’t think it’s a question of love and hate. I like a lot Terminator. Terminator 2, The Abyss, Titanic are somewhat good. Aliens is passable, as is True Lies. And i don’t give a shit for Avatar.
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is anybody excited for shutter island over 2 years ago
Zeppelin remade Dazed and Confused and transformed it into one of the greatest songs ever.
And who is Andrew Lu?
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Mission Impossible 1 vs Bourne Supremacy over 2 years ago
No one.
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is anybody excited for shutter island over 2 years ago
I’ll see Infernal Affairs, and I know that it will not reduce my appreciation for Scorsese’s cover – also Lau made a trilogy out of it. Nirvana cover of Meat Puppet’s songs are better than the original, and they transformed The Man Who Sold The World into a fantastic song – and that was a David Bowie’s music.
What counts in Dazed and Confused is the performance. Electrifying by Zeppelin.
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is anybody excited for shutter island over 2 years ago
@Roscoe
“THE DEPARTED is Scorsese’s masterwork onlyt to those who’ve never seen RAGING BULL or TAXI DRIVER.”
I’ve seen both, in those times Scorsese’s way to show their protagonists’ emotions was through adolescent violence. Raging Bull has a captivating protagonist, among his top 5. Taxi Driver is very good, but Travis Bickle is a fuckin’ loser that can’t get much of my attention, the climax is stunning, though. Also The King Of Comedy is better than these two, De Niro is awesome.
@Mike Spence
“The Bowie original is more fantastic. Cobain’s rough vocals don’t work as well, for me.”
The opposite happens to me. Love Cobain as a singer – when he was not too drugged.
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is anybody excited for shutter island over 2 years ago
Explosive without much thinking, just reacting to the world around them with violence, afflicted like adolescents that can’t help but been the way they are. Also Bickle is a sociopath that succumbs to his own problems – he is the center of his world and the world is plain disgusting for him. Not exactly a stupid view from Scorsese, just one that doesn’t affect my emotions. Used to like it a lot more some years ago.
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How is Seven as a film over 2 years ago
@Roscoe
And how been “ahead of the cops” will help to catch the killer? Freeman’s character predicts that will be more crimes in the beginning of the film. But how they’ll know where and when and who?
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CINÉMA 21: Apichatpong Weerasethakul over 2 years ago
Tropical is a great film, but I’m among the few who think the first part is far better than the second.
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How is Seven as a film over 2 years ago
You can predict that will be more deaths. Like every serial-killer film. And the ending is not predictable, by no means. Unless you stop watching in a certain moment and start an investigation about every possible direction the script can take.
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best basic cable comedy show? over 2 years ago
South Park is my favorite, by far. But I’ve never seen another one. To compensate I’ve seen every episode of South Park. The series evolved from a plain nonsensical black comedy to a more sociopolitical almost-nonsensical black comedy, but they like to add focus to some important media-related events too. Also they like to destroy some famous people. And they love to explore the main characters and their personalities to an extreme degree.
Don’t know if Simpsons count, but the last years are not as good as the first 8-10 years.
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is anybody excited for shutter island over 2 years ago
I didn’t like the trailer for Shutter, but who knows, maybe a change can be good. Van Sant changed and made great films (Elephant, Gerry, Last Days and, especially, Paranoid Park).
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best basic cable comedy show? over 2 years ago
@ROCKY AND BULLWINKLE
Have you seen the Imaginationland trilogy and Woodland Critter Christmas? Two of my favorites.
Awesome quote from AWESOM-O
“Ms. Cartman: Eric is still supposed to be grounded for trying to exterminate the Jews two weeks ago.”
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How is Seven as a film over 2 years ago
SPOILERS
Well, I was too immersed holding tight in the chair to think at this part of the film. And even that doesn’t make the film any worse. Also they drive to the middle of nowhere in the ending, that gives many opportunities.
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best basic cable comedy show? over 2 years ago
http://www.southparkstudios.com/
Official site, you can see every episode in high quality flash. Woodland is 8-14, Imaginationland 11-10, 11-11 and 11-12.
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best basic cable comedy show? over 2 years ago
I normally didn’t see in order, only in the last four years I started doing that.
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How is Seven as a film over 2 years ago
Yeah, i should have warned in my posts, but I can’t edit all of them.
@Charlesdegaulle
DON’T READ THIS THREAD, IT IS FULL OF SPOILERS.
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How is Seven as a film over 2 years ago
Depends on what you consider a spoiler.
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How is Seven as a film over 2 years ago
But maybe Charlesdegaulle won’t like to know anything that happens in the film. I prefer to be complete stupid about the plot before I’ve seen any film.
Also I’m from Brazil and I don’t know if I’m writing correct sentences here.
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How is Seven as a film over 2 years ago
It depends. Some people can say a lot about a film without mentioning the plot, they just create expectation through wise words. Usually I don’t even see the trailer of a film i’m planning to see.
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is anybody excited for shutter island over 2 years ago
“I used the secrecy and paranoia of the cinema of the time [such as] ‘Laura,’ ‘Out of the Past,’ and ‘Invasion of the Body Snatchers’ as a reference point”
Let’s hope he achieve the quality of these films, especially Out of the Past.
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Top 5 Coppola over 2 years ago
In the 70s he was working at an incredible quality.
01. Apocalypse Now (the film that introduced me to Cinema)
02. The Godfather I (Gorgeous, REALLY gorgeous photography, especially the interiors)
03. The Godfather II
04. Dracula
05. The Conversation (didn’t like much on first viewing, but some scenes never got out of my mind, should see it again)
Jack is shit. Robin Williams is shit. Robin Williams as a kid is shittier.
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WHAT'S THE FIRST FILM YOU REMEMBER SEEING AS A CHILD? over 2 years ago
In theater: Brazilian terrible kid’s movie Lua de Cristal (Crystal Moon)
In VHS/TV is harder to remember, but maybe Home Alone, which I loved as a kid, saw it a dozen times, or Romancing the Stone (which I loved too). Or Honey, I Shrunk the Kids. This is hard.
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What IS Cinema? over 2 years ago
Two quotes I really like:
Michael Haneke
“A feature film is twenty-four lies per second.”
Robert Altman
“Filmmaking is a chance to live many lifetimes.”
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top 10 favourite films from your home country over 2 years ago
Brazil
1- Limite (Limit, 1931)
2- Central do Brasil (Central Station, 1998)
3- Ônibus 174 (Bus 174, 2002)
4- Cidade de Deus (City of God, 2002)
5- Abril Despedaçado (Shredded April, 2001)
6- O Homem Que Copiava (The Man Who Copied, 2003)
7- Diários de Motocicleta (The Motorcycle Diary, 2004)
Can’t get to ten, Brazilian cinema died for a long period.
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