Hate it or love it, Gummo is still making quavering, argumentative and defensive discussion over ten years after it’s release. Art is never to be loved nor hated, just simply appreciated. As long as it evokes humanity and provokes emotion, the artist has done his job. Korine may he be in a recent Marc Jacobs ad and sporting the most trendiest of plaid shirts and making the most proverbial of trendy “indie” films still has the artistic integrity and guttural precision to dissect the most twisted and awful beings without alienating their world or judging their actions
is a thing in itself to admire. Gummo to me is and always will remain a visceral and compelling masterpiece.
Don’t Look Back
Thelma and Louise
Metropolis
The Color Purple
Gummo
Kids
Heathers
LOST IN TRANSLATION
John Carpenter’s Halloween
Toby Hooper’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Midnight Cowboy
The Last Picture Show
Paper Moon
Ciao Manhattan
Manhattan
Everyone Says I Love You
Ghost World
Happiness
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Chicago
The Blair Witch Project
American Beauty (overrated, yes. Wonderful film, absolutely)
The Virgin Suicides
Pulp Fiction
Crash (1996, fuck Crash 2005)
Brokeback Mountain (it’s in a way historically monumental)
The Holy Mountain
El Topo
The Cremaster Trilogy
Bubble
Me, You and Everyone We Know
All About Lily Chou Chou
La Mala Educacion (OR SOME FUCKING ALMODOVAR)
Some more Kubrick
Little Children
In The Bedroom
I think Criterion should continue to enrich their modern film selection and go with some of these. I’ll add more later.
Just like honey in the end of Lost in Translation still brings tears to my eyes, Sometimes by My bloody valentine was also great in Lost in Translation.
In dreams – Blue Velvet, supremely haunting.
These Days – The Royal Tenenbaums
Sofia Coppola’s films have an eloquence and feminity so astonishingly beautiful and efftective, which is virtually unmatched by any other female director in modern cinema, with the exception Joan Champion or Lynn Ramsey for whom are both in the Collection. She’s a definite rising auteur and just like Wes Anderson, Richard Linklater, Walt Whitman etc. she deserves an early recognition.
Paul Thomas Anderson is always an unpredictable delight, he’s a true master.
Woody Allen, regardless if he is apart of the films being selected, his work deserves recognition as he is one of the greatest filmmakers of our time.
Of course Kubrick, Full Metal Jacket, The Shinnin, Eyes Wide Shut, 2001 are all spectacular pieces of cinema and he deserves a lot more recogniton.
Tim Burton, John Waters, Steven Spielberg, Harmony Korine, Pedro Almodovar, Sergio Leon, Francis Ford Coppola
the list goes on.
I thought I was the only nerd who thought his CC films looked beautiful just sitting on his shelf. I cannot wait for this sale, I am finanlly going to get my hands on more of Godard, Do the Right Thing and Carnival of Souls.
I hate to argue and debate about why I find a film to be great, so I won’t bother.
All I want and even care to say about this film is that I connected to it in a very profound way.
I was a confused and alienated 13 year old, baffled by the disposable culture he experience everyday in school and at his highly relegious home and alienated because there wasn’t a soul in sight who would understand the muttered and confused emotions I would try to relenquish.
Coppola, whether she is an original or not, has crafted a delicate and intimate film about alienation in modern urban society and the warmth of the realization that there are in fact others with whom you can relate.
I hate to argue and debate about why I find a film to be great, so I won’t bother.
All I want and even care to say about this film is that I connected to it in a very profound way.
I was a confused and alienated 13 year old, baffled by the disposable culture he experience everyday in school and at his highly relegious home and alienated because there wasn’t a soul in sight who would understand the muttered and confused emotions I would try to relenquish.
Coppola, whether she is an original or not, has crafted a delicate and intimate film about alienation in modern urban society and the warmth of the realization that there are in fact others with whom you can relate.
everyone needs to shut the fuck up, this is ridiculous.
This a blog post for film lovers, not metacritic.com or rotten tomatoes or some shit, we’re not film critics.
No one is buying a newspaper to read your reviews. Does all this debate really do anything?
Rachel Getting Married will always remain what it is, whether you like it or not.
State an opinion and move on.
Here’s mine:
I loved it and fucking LOVED Anne Hathaways performance.
The Social Network deserves the top spot. A mainstream film it might be, but it is as socially and culturally relevant as any on the list. Technically the film is flawless. The acting is great, even from pop star Timberlake and Disney Channel’s run-to-girl, Brenda Song. David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin have painted a provocative portrait of post-modern existence, all while keeping ageless morale and wit to spare.
I felt it said very much on the impact of the internet on the way we as a people socialize; in every sentence of dialogue and every little, last detail of each and every shot. For example: the debasement of young women through the “which one’’s hotter” site. The demise of Mark and Eduardo’s friendship I felt was used very well as a symbol for the decaying of “real life” friendships as more and more people connect via the www. Also I felt the film had no moral guide. It is a very non-judgmental dissection of it’s story; so I felt no “misunderstood/misunderstanding” element. I felt as if the movie commented not just on the impact of the internet and technology in general, but on the moral loss of post-modern society. Maybe I read too deeply into the film, but this is simply what I thought.
I remember being an alienated 13 year old without a single friend in the world; and when I saw Lost in Translation then, it gave me hope…not to mention, it made me fall in love with film. Her body of work is so dreamy, and so grand in scale for a young modern filmmaker to have undergone; yet all of her work is marked with her own distinct vision.
The Virgin Suicides was a faithful adaptation and a wonderfully cold 1970’s period piece. It’s beautifully crafted. Hypnotizing. It managed to execute the same thoughts the novel did.
Lost in Translation is no doubt a modern masterpiece (unless you find it to be “racist” or “boring”).
Marie-Antoinette I found to be rather anarchic in it’s approach to portraying history. I felt as if Sofia was commenting on how we consume and romanticize history, and how we can do so so easily. Plus, it’s wonderfully done.
Somewhere is finally playing in Albuquerque this weekend. I am excited to see it.
Thoughts on "Gummo" about 3 years ago
Hate it or love it, Gummo is still making quavering, argumentative and defensive discussion over ten years after it’s release. Art is never to be loved nor hated, just simply appreciated. As long as it evokes humanity and provokes emotion, the artist has done his job. Korine may he be in a recent Marc Jacobs ad and sporting the most trendiest of plaid shirts and making the most proverbial of trendy “indie” films still has the artistic integrity and guttural precision to dissect the most twisted and awful beings without alienating their world or judging their actions
is a thing in itself to admire. Gummo to me is and always will remain a visceral and compelling masterpiece.
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Favourite film of the decade (so far)? about 3 years ago
There Will Be Blood
Little Children
Children of Men
Pineapple Express (ridiculous hilarity)
I’m Not There
Frida
LOST IN TRANSLATION
more later
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YOUR CHOICE OF ACTORS/ACTRESSES/DIRECTORS YOU'D LIKE IN A MOVIE TOGETHER! DEAD OR ALIVE! about 3 years ago
Woody Allen needs to cast Mary Kate Olsen.
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Movies That Should Be In the Criterion Collection almost 3 years ago
Don’t Look Back
Thelma and Louise
Metropolis
The Color Purple
Gummo
Kids
Heathers
LOST IN TRANSLATION
John Carpenter’s Halloween
Toby Hooper’s Texas Chainsaw Massacre
Midnight Cowboy
The Last Picture Show
Paper Moon
Ciao Manhattan
Manhattan
Everyone Says I Love You
Ghost World
Happiness
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Chicago
The Blair Witch Project
American Beauty (overrated, yes. Wonderful film, absolutely)
The Virgin Suicides
Pulp Fiction
Crash (1996, fuck Crash 2005)
Brokeback Mountain (it’s in a way historically monumental)
The Holy Mountain
El Topo
The Cremaster Trilogy
Bubble
Me, You and Everyone We Know
All About Lily Chou Chou
La Mala Educacion (OR SOME FUCKING ALMODOVAR)
Some more Kubrick
Little Children
In The Bedroom
I think Criterion should continue to enrich their modern film selection and go with some of these. I’ll add more later.
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The Auteurs' Fake Criterion Covers almost 3 years ago
can someone please do one for any of the following:
Thelma and Louise
Gummo
The Color Purple
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WHAT MODERN...AMERICAN...HORROR FILMS SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE CRITERION COLLECTION? almost 3 years ago
HALLOWEEN!
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Favorite use of a song in a film. almost 3 years ago
Just like honey in the end of Lost in Translation still brings tears to my eyes, Sometimes by My bloody valentine was also great in Lost in Translation.
In dreams – Blue Velvet, supremely haunting.
These Days – The Royal Tenenbaums
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What films have you walked out on and why ? almost 3 years ago
The Reader, which was a piece of melodramatic, formulaic bull shit. Winslet should of lost the Oscar to Hathaway, fucking Oscar politics.
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WHICH DIRECTORS...NOT...CURRENTLY REPRESENTED IN THE CRITERION COLLECTION DO YOU WANT TO SEE INCLUDED? almost 3 years ago
Sofia Coppola’s films have an eloquence and feminity so astonishingly beautiful and efftective, which is virtually unmatched by any other female director in modern cinema, with the exception Joan Champion or Lynn Ramsey for whom are both in the Collection. She’s a definite rising auteur and just like Wes Anderson, Richard Linklater, Walt Whitman etc. she deserves an early recognition.
Paul Thomas Anderson is always an unpredictable delight, he’s a true master.
Woody Allen, regardless if he is apart of the films being selected, his work deserves recognition as he is one of the greatest filmmakers of our time.
Of course Kubrick, Full Metal Jacket, The Shinnin, Eyes Wide Shut, 2001 are all spectacular pieces of cinema and he deserves a lot more recogniton.
Tim Burton, John Waters, Steven Spielberg, Harmony Korine, Pedro Almodovar, Sergio Leon, Francis Ford Coppola
the list goes on.
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Heads up!!!! 50% off Criterions almost 3 years ago
I thought I was the only nerd who thought his CC films looked beautiful just sitting on his shelf. I cannot wait for this sale, I am finanlly going to get my hands on more of Godard, Do the Right Thing and Carnival of Souls.
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Why I didn't like the film almost 3 years ago
I hate to argue and debate about why I find a film to be great, so I won’t bother.
All I want and even care to say about this film is that I connected to it in a very profound way.
I was a confused and alienated 13 year old, baffled by the disposable culture he experience everyday in school and at his highly relegious home and alienated because there wasn’t a soul in sight who would understand the muttered and confused emotions I would try to relenquish.
Coppola, whether she is an original or not, has crafted a delicate and intimate film about alienation in modern urban society and the warmth of the realization that there are in fact others with whom you can relate.
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Why I didn't like the film almost 3 years ago
I hate to argue and debate about why I find a film to be great, so I won’t bother.
All I want and even care to say about this film is that I connected to it in a very profound way.
I was a confused and alienated 13 year old, baffled by the disposable culture he experience everyday in school and at his highly relegious home and alienated because there wasn’t a soul in sight who would understand the muttered and confused emotions I would try to relenquish.
Coppola, whether she is an original or not, has crafted a delicate and intimate film about alienation in modern urban society and the warmth of the realization that there are in fact others with whom you can relate.
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Can we talk about Rachel Getting Married? almost 3 years ago
everyone needs to shut the fuck up, this is ridiculous.
This a blog post for film lovers, not metacritic.com or rotten tomatoes or some shit, we’re not film critics.
No one is buying a newspaper to read your reviews. Does all this debate really do anything?
Rachel Getting Married will always remain what it is, whether you like it or not.
State an opinion and move on.
Here’s mine:
I loved it and fucking LOVED Anne Hathaways performance.
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Meryl Streep Great Actress or Just an doing an inpression almost 3 years ago
Totally impressive. She could play a tree and be nominated for an Oscar.
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My Sister's Keeper over 2 years ago
It was not as awful as this forum is suggesting, the film is actually interesting on some levels…it can also make any stone-hearted prick cry.
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Faux Hipster Trash over 2 years ago
WE’RE ALL FUCKING HIPSTERS.
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Sight & Sound Best Films of 2010 over 1 year ago
The Social Network deserves the top spot. A mainstream film it might be, but it is as socially and culturally relevant as any on the list. Technically the film is flawless. The acting is great, even from pop star Timberlake and Disney Channel’s run-to-girl, Brenda Song. David Fincher and Aaron Sorkin have painted a provocative portrait of post-modern existence, all while keeping ageless morale and wit to spare.
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Sight & Sound Best Films of 2010 over 1 year ago
I felt it said very much on the impact of the internet on the way we as a people socialize; in every sentence of dialogue and every little, last detail of each and every shot. For example: the debasement of young women through the “which one’’s hotter” site. The demise of Mark and Eduardo’s friendship I felt was used very well as a symbol for the decaying of “real life” friendships as more and more people connect via the www. Also I felt the film had no moral guide. It is a very non-judgmental dissection of it’s story; so I felt no “misunderstood/misunderstanding” element. I felt as if the movie commented not just on the impact of the internet and technology in general, but on the moral loss of post-modern society. Maybe I read too deeply into the film, but this is simply what I thought.
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SOFIA COPPOLA'S SOMEWHERE over 1 year ago
I remember being an alienated 13 year old without a single friend in the world; and when I saw Lost in Translation then, it gave me hope…not to mention, it made me fall in love with film. Her body of work is so dreamy, and so grand in scale for a young modern filmmaker to have undergone; yet all of her work is marked with her own distinct vision.
The Virgin Suicides was a faithful adaptation and a wonderfully cold 1970’s period piece. It’s beautifully crafted. Hypnotizing. It managed to execute the same thoughts the novel did.
Lost in Translation is no doubt a modern masterpiece (unless you find it to be “racist” or “boring”).
Marie-Antoinette I found to be rather anarchic in it’s approach to portraying history. I felt as if Sofia was commenting on how we consume and romanticize history, and how we can do so so easily. Plus, it’s wonderfully done.
Somewhere is finally playing in Albuquerque this weekend. I am excited to see it.
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Cinema as an art: Everyone post 5 Greatest Films 7 months ago
Lost in Translation
2 or 3 Things I Know About Her
Mulholland Drive
Children of Men
Zodiac
and I’m breaking the rules
The Tree of Life
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