I believe the film is meant to be read as a sort of fantasy. It seems a rather awesome example of what could happen if society accepted difference with compassion and understanding. Lar’s community helped him get back from a hard place. As a person suffering from mental illness, “standing on the fence” the way he was treated by his friends and family enabled him to go through a process of examination and reintegrate back into “normal” society. Bianca was a catalyst for emotional communication.
I found the film to be rather simple in its technical achievements, but the real beauty of the film is in the story.
Films that made me love Film:
Seven Samurai
Fantastic Planet
Aguirre: The Wrath of God
The Shining
Dr. Strangelove
Boogie Nights
Notorious
Vernon, Florida
They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
Tampopo
My Dinner with Andre
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I would like to think that my opinion of a director/ artist would remain unfettered regardless of how their behavior or opinion differed from my own. But within my own perception of art, I cannot ignore my interest in personal philosophies, motivations, and inspiration in a directors work. I watch the special features, the interviews, the promotional shit on TV. And, I have to wonder how the behavior and opinions of my idols influences my own process and art, and by extension my life.
The term hipster is being thrown around so much it makes me want to puke. Any fashionable 20 something year old is automatically classified as a hipster. Older people calling the culture of a younger generation “hipster”. Anyone with tight jeans, greasy hair, vintage hats, white belts, baristas, bartenders, rude servers. OMGD. Its endless. I find these back and forth accusations to be meaniless and totally unacceptable. Why is it OK for you to be shamelessly calling people out as hipsters based on the music they like or the clothes they wear. How many people can even define the word “hipster” and if they could, how many other people would agree? Its just sooooooooooo stupid.
I was reading about Sergei Eisenstein today. I am wondering about his philosophy that film has a deeply consequential power and it is not entertainment…
The Shining
Doubt
Ivan’s Childhood
Hidden Fortress
The Wire season 3
Straw Dogs
Ichi the Killer
Aguirre: Wrath of God
The Godfather
Blade Runner (directors cut) don’t ask me which one. I think there are like ten of them…
The production and exhibition of cinema have a long history of technological changes. Now that the digital era is well underway, the differences between film, television, radio, telephone, and computers are quickly diminishing. This holds true for both production and reception. In 1964, Marshall McLuhan stated “the medium is the message,” which worked to invoke the unique form and meaning of different mediums. As the cinema is taken over by the cross-purpose convenience of multimedia technologies, I continuously notice changes in pacing, patterns, length of shots, the ratio of marketing to content, and the increasingly imposing force of the multinational corporate franchise. If the once distinct lines of separate mediums are increasingly being erased, what is the future of film? How will spectatorship change as a result of watching a movie privately/publicly on one’s phone, laptop, watch, etc? The cultural anxieties raised by this kind of technological change articulate not only the inner workings of the modern ideology, but also societies acknowledgment of the power of interface.
I am curious to hear what people think about the future of film (celluloid) in the digital age. I don’t argue that the changes in technology have created greater access both to the viewing audience and to filmmakers, but I do wonder about how this effects the ways in which people watch films. I recently read studies that suggest film audiences find comedies to be funnier when watched in the large dark room with other people, horror movies feel scarier, etc, as opposed to watching a movie on a tiny screen alone, or on the bus. It seems it is not just the medium that is changing but the positioning of the audience.
Old Boy
The Seventh Continent
Visitor Q
Three… Extremes
Fando Y Lis
Vernon, Florida
Dead Ringers
Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome
Gozu
Palindromes
Sex: The Annabel Chong Story
I got the impression that Ponyo, while great, was directed for a slightly younger audience than some of Miyazaki’s other films. Or maybe it was just because when I saw it in the theater there were hundreds of small crying children.
I got the impression that Ponyo, while great, was directed for a slightly younger audience than some of Miyazaki’s other films. Or maybe it was just because when I saw it in the theater there were hundreds of small crying children.
I just watched Fantastic Mr. Fox.
For me, it was very disappointing.
In my opinion, Wes Anderson is beating the “daddy issues” theme with a stick.
The film positions all the female characters in the roles of either a mother or a love interest. Without much character development, the perpetuation of these stereotypes is exhausting.
The story was overly simplistic and predictable.
Anderson’s cinematic style, which once defined him as an amazing new talent, now feels like a crutch.
On some level, there seemed to be a half hearted attempt to comment on consumer culture and the current state of our economy. But mostly, the story revolved around the usual themes of insecurity, “I’m different and its hard,” and the dysfunctional family.
Also, some great series available.
30 Rock
Battlestar Galactica
Ghost in the Shell
Shelley Duvall’s Faerie Tale Theater
For films:
In the Mood for Love
Three…Extremes
Let the Right One In
The Thin Blue Line
The Last Detail
Metropolis
I Like Killing Flies
Fear of Fear
Deliverance
Little Otik
Delicatessen
Lars and the Real Girl over 2 years ago
I believe the film is meant to be read as a sort of fantasy. It seems a rather awesome example of what could happen if society accepted difference with compassion and understanding. Lar’s community helped him get back from a hard place. As a person suffering from mental illness, “standing on the fence” the way he was treated by his friends and family enabled him to go through a process of examination and reintegrate back into “normal” society. Bianca was a catalyst for emotional communication.
I found the film to be rather simple in its technical achievements, but the real beauty of the film is in the story.
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Greatest Police/Detective Movies (Crime Genre Part 1) over 2 years ago
My favorites include:
Chinatown
Blade Runner
The French Connection
Gosford’s Park
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Out with a whimper: final films by great directors over 2 years ago
Generational Malaise
Higher Audience expectations
Studio interference
but
many directors greatest films were their last.
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Ok, admit you dozed off or slept while watching.... over 2 years ago
The Crying Game
Midnight Cowboy
Cries and Whispers
Strangers on a Train
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films that made you love film over 2 years ago
Films that made me love Film:
Seven Samurai
Fantastic Planet
Aguirre: The Wrath of God
The Shining
Dr. Strangelove
Boogie Nights
Notorious
Vernon, Florida
They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?
Tampopo
My Dinner with Andre
Visitor Q
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Does the character/behavior of a director affect on how you see his work? over 2 years ago
I would like to think that my opinion of a director/ artist would remain unfettered regardless of how their behavior or opinion differed from my own. But within my own perception of art, I cannot ignore my interest in personal philosophies, motivations, and inspiration in a directors work. I watch the special features, the interviews, the promotional shit on TV. And, I have to wonder how the behavior and opinions of my idols influences my own process and art, and by extension my life.
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Hipsters take over the cinema over 2 years ago
The term hipster is being thrown around so much it makes me want to puke. Any fashionable 20 something year old is automatically classified as a hipster. Older people calling the culture of a younger generation “hipster”. Anyone with tight jeans, greasy hair, vintage hats, white belts, baristas, bartenders, rude servers. OMGD. Its endless. I find these back and forth accusations to be meaniless and totally unacceptable. Why is it OK for you to be shamelessly calling people out as hipsters based on the music they like or the clothes they wear. How many people can even define the word “hipster” and if they could, how many other people would agree? Its just sooooooooooo stupid.
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Is propaganda as propaganda really any different than film entertainment as propaganda? over 2 years ago
I was reading about Sergei Eisenstein today. I am wondering about his philosophy that film has a deeply consequential power and it is not entertainment…
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Top Ten Favorite Special Features disc based on your current mood and temperature... over 2 years ago
Just to piss off the guy who doesn’t like lists……
The Shining
Doubt
Ivan’s Childhood
Hidden Fortress
The Wire season 3
Straw Dogs
Ichi the Killer
Aguirre: Wrath of God
The Godfather
Blade Runner (directors cut) don’t ask me which one. I think there are like ten of them…
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"The Medium is the Message" over 2 years ago
The production and exhibition of cinema have a long history of technological changes. Now that the digital era is well underway, the differences between film, television, radio, telephone, and computers are quickly diminishing. This holds true for both production and reception. In 1964, Marshall McLuhan stated “the medium is the message,” which worked to invoke the unique form and meaning of different mediums. As the cinema is taken over by the cross-purpose convenience of multimedia technologies, I continuously notice changes in pacing, patterns, length of shots, the ratio of marketing to content, and the increasingly imposing force of the multinational corporate franchise. If the once distinct lines of separate mediums are increasingly being erased, what is the future of film? How will spectatorship change as a result of watching a movie privately/publicly on one’s phone, laptop, watch, etc? The cultural anxieties raised by this kind of technological change articulate not only the inner workings of the modern ideology, but also societies acknowledgment of the power of interface.
Go to Comment
"The Medium is the Message" over 2 years ago
I am curious to hear what people think about the future of film (celluloid) in the digital age. I don’t argue that the changes in technology have created greater access both to the viewing audience and to filmmakers, but I do wonder about how this effects the ways in which people watch films. I recently read studies that suggest film audiences find comedies to be funnier when watched in the large dark room with other people, horror movies feel scarier, etc, as opposed to watching a movie on a tiny screen alone, or on the bus. It seems it is not just the medium that is changing but the positioning of the audience.
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Yearh Right - The Problem with Action Films over 2 years ago
I can think of one truly great action movie.
Hard Boiled by John Woo
Let the blows rain down upon me…
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Last movie you saw and rate it over 2 years ago
Hard Boiled by John Woo 3 out of 5
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What is the greatest film title ever? over 2 years ago
Soylent Green
The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Ali: Fear Eats the Soul
Aguirre: Wrath of God
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Who do you think the most overrated director is? over 2 years ago
Wes Anderson. Get over the lost boy syndrome already.
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Swiss court grants bail to Polanski over 2 years ago
I love Polanski films. He’s a criminal sex offender. I hope he rots in jail.
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Mindfuck Films over 2 years ago
Old Boy
The Seventh Continent
Visitor Q
Three… Extremes
Fando Y Lis
Vernon, Florida
Dead Ringers
Inauguration of the Pleasure Dome
Gozu
Palindromes
Sex: The Annabel Chong Story
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Who do you think the most overrated director is? over 2 years ago
and Gus Van Sant, at least in Portland.
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favorite short film. over 2 years ago
Kenneth Anger’s Eaux d’ Artifice
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What films do you always catch shit for for not liking? over 2 years ago
The Crying Game
Brown Bunny
It is not worth sitting through two hours of nothing for 15 minutes something at the end.
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Directors that consistently make terrible films over 2 years ago
Peter Bogdonavich
The Last Picture Show was great, everything else he made after leaving Polly Platt is worthless.
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What is your favorite animated film, excluding all of Disney? over 2 years ago
I am looking for some new animated films to watch. I would love to hear your suggestions.
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What is your favorite animated film, excluding all of Disney? over 2 years ago
I love Miyazaki’s work. I think I’ve seen them all.
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What is your favorite animated film, excluding all of Disney? over 2 years ago
I really loved Jan Svankmajer’s “Little Otik” but I think that’s the only one I’ve seen.
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What is your favorite animated film, excluding all of Disney? over 2 years ago
I got the impression that Ponyo, while great, was directed for a slightly younger audience than some of Miyazaki’s other films. Or maybe it was just because when I saw it in the theater there were hundreds of small crying children.
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What is your favorite animated film, excluding all of Disney? over 2 years ago
I got the impression that Ponyo, while great, was directed for a slightly younger audience than some of Miyazaki’s other films. Or maybe it was just because when I saw it in the theater there were hundreds of small crying children.
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Remake of "Fantastic Planet" in 2010? over 2 years ago
I heard a rumor, does anyone know for sure?
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What is your favorite animated film, excluding all of Disney? over 2 years ago
I just watched Fantastic Mr. Fox.
For me, it was very disappointing.
In my opinion, Wes Anderson is beating the “daddy issues” theme with a stick.
The film positions all the female characters in the roles of either a mother or a love interest. Without much character development, the perpetuation of these stereotypes is exhausting.
The story was overly simplistic and predictable.
Anderson’s cinematic style, which once defined him as an amazing new talent, now feels like a crutch.
On some level, there seemed to be a half hearted attempt to comment on consumer culture and the current state of our economy. But mostly, the story revolved around the usual themes of insecurity, “I’m different and its hard,” and the dysfunctional family.
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Good Movies to Watch Instantly On Netflix over 2 years ago
Also, some great series available.
30 Rock
Battlestar Galactica
Ghost in the Shell
Shelley Duvall’s Faerie Tale Theater
For films:
In the Mood for Love
Three…Extremes
Let the Right One In
The Thin Blue Line
The Last Detail
Metropolis
I Like Killing Flies
Fear of Fear
Deliverance
Little Otik
Delicatessen
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what actors do you consider creepy? over 2 years ago
Peter Falk in " A Woman Under the Influence"
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