Almost all of Robert Wise’s “The Haunting” but particularly the “breathing” door, the wall paper zoom and the room with the statue. Also the meeting between PSH and JJL in the German cafe in Synecdoche, New York.
I once heard / read about a Hitchcock documentary which he never got made. It starts in the morning and tracks all the food and water and other resources pouring into Las Vegas. It follows their production and serving and consumption, following it all to its conclusion in the sewers and back out into the desert. That would be super interesting…
Absurdly romantic movies - Suggestions? almost 3 years ago
Powell’s “I Know Where I’m Going”. Don’t know if it’s under your radar though…
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What scene or moment in any given film scared you the most? almost 3 years ago
Almost all of Robert Wise’s “The Haunting” but particularly the “breathing” door, the wall paper zoom and the room with the statue. Also the meeting between PSH and JJL in the German cafe in Synecdoche, New York.
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Films that made you physically ill after watching almost 3 years ago
Dans ma Peau. Not just after but also during.
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The Last Days of Disco: REALLY? almost 3 years ago
@TJ Geronimo The same characters pop up in them but you’ll not miss much by watching then out of order.
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What scene or moment in any given film scared you the most? almost 3 years ago
@Harry Long – I’d forgotten about that. I remember when I first watched it and didn’t realise how tense I was until it ended. My whole back was stiff…
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Documentaries that need to be made almost 3 years ago
I once heard / read about a Hitchcock documentary which he never got made. It starts in the morning and tracks all the food and water and other resources pouring into Las Vegas. It follows their production and serving and consumption, following it all to its conclusion in the sewers and back out into the desert. That would be super interesting…
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Best Film You've Discovered Within the Past Month almost 3 years ago
Fear Me Not at the Edinburgh Film Festival. Oh, and The September Issue at the same…
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