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There's a decent film.
Serving up Cailles en Sarcophage to the good burghers of Jutland.
The last scene where she sits outside smoking a fat cigar and a glass of cognac is the perfect end to a lovely tale.
To bring the thread back on track again.
Since we're talking about Isak Dinesen, I really did not like the very Hollywood Out of Africa.
By then we all knew Meryl Streep was magic with accents, but Robert Redford just didn't work.
Mind you, it was the eighties, and we did things differently there.
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Keeping to a food theme, Peter Greenaway's The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover is a decent *cough* shot *cough* at a controversial subject. And of course Michael Nyman soundtrack makes it brilliant.
Agree re Robert Redford and "Out of Africa" - he didn't work - or seem remotely credible - in that part, which undermined the credibility of the movie as well.
And - ah - as for The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover: Wow. What a cast, what surreal and mesmeric cinematography, what a tale, and - yes, agreed, again - what a stunning soundtrack.
It should come as no surprise to you that I have this on my iPod.
Sorry. I think I derailed it! I think we used to have a marmite thread on here somewhere.
Neither me nor my wife liked Out of Africa, one of the artsey films.There's a decent film.
Serving up Cailles en Sarcophage to the good burghers of Jutland.
The last scene where she sits outside smoking a fat cigar and a glass of cognac is the perfect end to a lovely tale.
To bring the thread back on track again.
Since we're talking about Isak Dinesen, I really did not like the very Hollywood Out of Africa.
By then we all knew Meryl Streep was magic with accents, but Robert Redford just didn't work.
Mind you, it was the eighties, and we did things differently there.
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Keeping to a food theme, Peter Greenaway's The Cook, the Thief, His Wife & Her Lover is a decent *cough* shot *cough* at a controversial subject. And of course Michael Nyman soundtrack makes it brilliant.
That - I suspect - is not because the film (movie to Our Transatlantic Cousins) is "artsy', but, rather, I would argue, because Robert Redford is simply not believable in any role that where he does not play an American.
I've also had an issue with Robert Redford in his later works, look at me, I'm Robert Redford!
I enjoyed him in Butch Cassidy and in Jeremiah Johnson.
I've also had an issue with Robert Redford in his later works, look at me, I'm Robert Redford!
And The Sting.
Never saw Out of Africa but my sister did and loved it. Especially the music.
She bought the soundtrack and was playing it and going on and on about the wonderful music.
I listened for awhile and said it sounds the same as the music from Moonraker.
Well that set her off and she went on a rant about what a philistine I was and what a genius the composer John Barry was and how Out of Africa couldn't even begin to be compared to silly old James Bond.
We went out that very evening to a used record store where I just happened to come across the soundtrack to Moonraker only to discover that it too was written by John Barry.
Boy was she embarrassed. At least she should have been if she'd had the intellectual honesty to admit that the two works sound very similar despite their wildly differing subject matter.
Anyway..........
I just watched Raise the Titanic.
I really like Clive Cussler's books but only recently learned of this movies existence.
They did a pretty good job of following the book but I would't really recommend the movie except as a Clive Cussler curiosity piece.
The music though is very similar to the music from both Out of Africa and Moonraker.
And you'll never guess who wrote it.
She bought the soundtrack and was playing it and going on and on about the wonderful music.
I listened for awhile and said it sounds the same as the music from Moonraker.
Well that set her off and she went on a rant about what a philistine I was and what a genius the composer John Barry was and how Out of Africa couldn't even begin to be compared to silly old James Bond.
We went out that very evening to a used record store where I just happened to come across the soundtrack to Moonraker only to discover that it too was written by John Barry.
Boy was she embarrassed. At least she should have been if she'd had the intellectual honesty to admit that the two works sound very similar despite their wildly differing subject matter.
Anyway..........
I just watched Raise the Titanic.
I really like Clive Cussler's books but only recently learned of this movies existence.
They did a pretty good job of following the book but I would't really recommend the movie except as a Clive Cussler curiosity piece.
The music though is very similar to the music from both Out of Africa and Moonraker.
And you'll never guess who wrote it.
Never saw Out of Africa but my sister did and loved it. Especially the music.
She bought the soundtrack and was playing it and going on and on about the wonderful music.
I listened for awhile and said it sounds the same as the music from Moonraker.
Well that set her off and she went on a rant about what a philistine I was and what a genius the composer John Barry was and how Out of Africa couldn't even begin to be compared to silly old James Bond.
We went out that very evening to a used record store where I just happened to come across the soundtrack to Moonraker only to discover that it too was written by John Barry.
Boy was she embarrassed. At least she should have been if she'd had the intellectual honesty to admit that the two works sound very similar despite their wildly differing subject matter.
Anyway..........
I just watched Raise the Titanic.
I really like Clive Cussler's books but only recently learned of this movies existence.
They did a pretty good job of following the book but I would't really recommend the movie except as a Clive Cussler curiosity piece.
The music though is very similar to the music from both Out of Africa and Moonraker.
And you'll never guess who wrote it.
I like the music of John Barry; he was one of those guys who cracked the Zeitgeist of the 60s, and was able to stay relevant - musically - for another few decades.
In fairness (to your sister) every composer has their own musical 'tics' or personal preferences re chords and sequences - which recur often in their music - even my adored W. A. Mozart, who was a god almighty genius; you hear a piece you had never come across before, and you just know - ah, 'Mozart'.
Baywatch
Mindless movie on a Saturday night at home. It's better than I thought and my wife liked it too, minus the slow motion bikini running.
Mindless movie on a Saturday night at home. It's better than I thought and my wife liked it too, minus the slow motion bikini running.
I walked into Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) not knowing anything about it and near the beginning, there was Paul Newman and Catherine Ross riding around on a bicycle with Rain Drops Are Falling On My Head being sung, and I was huh? But then it got good, the right balance of humor and drama. If you've not seen it, you should.
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I walked into Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) not knowing anything about it and near the beginning, there was Paul Newman and Catherine Ross riding around on a bicycle with Rain Drops Are Falling On M Head being sung, and I was huh? But then it got good, the right balance of humor and drama. If you've not seen it, you should.
An intelligent and subtle movie, beautiful filmed and shot, and with a lovely soundtrack.
Not sure I have seen it TBH.I walked into Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969) not knowing anything about it and near the beginning, there was Paul Newman and Catherine Ross riding around on a bicycle with Rain Drops Are Falling On M Head being sung, and I was huh? But then it got good, the right balance of humor and drama. If you've not seen it, you should.
Great movie, subtle, clever, funny, historically not impossible, well acted with an excellent cast, (not the sort of movie that mindless fans of shoot-em-ups would like) well attuned to historical appearance (i.e historically accurate costuming), and a seriously good soundtrack.
Check it out.
Now, it is possible that Robert Redford looks better (as an actor) when cast with an outstanding actor such as Paul Newman; that doesn't matter - Redford does well in US historical stuff (Butch Cassidy, The Sting, All The President's Men) but - to my mind - (unlike - say - Kevin Spacey) - as an actor - he is unable to move credibly outside the sphere of the US experience of history and culture.
This...
... or, with all the Redford talk, one of my favorite films in recent years; a nearly wordless film in which behavior and urgency make exposition extraneous...
I'll be flipping a coin shortly.
... or, with all the Redford talk, one of my favorite films in recent years; a nearly wordless film in which behavior and urgency make exposition extraneous...
I'll be flipping a coin shortly.
Les Ex, a French comedy about how our exes leave marks on us and what happens when you meet them again, live with them or dump them. It's been a long time since I laughed so much at the movies!
Ah, Cinema Paradiso - an excellent movie.
Now, that sounds interesting.
After watching Guardians of the Galaxy vol. 2 and loving Kurt Russell and Michael Rooker, but not much else...watched this favorite for the first time in a while.
So much fun.
Local cinema is having a screening either later this month or in early October. Hope I can get tix and not miss out like I did with Suspiria.
So much fun.
Local cinema is having a screening either later this month or in early October. Hope I can get tix and not miss out like I did with Suspiria.
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)- Outstanding first episode of the franchise. I read all the books! Has it been 16 years?
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Has it been 16 years?
I might have to watch this again to see if I've already seen it.
After all these years I just notice a rather big gaff on that Big Trouble in Little China poster: that's Rain shooting lightning from his fingertips NOT Lightning! D'oh!
Opera (1987) The last decent movie Dario Argento made is this second tale that takes an obsessed fan's admiration way too far. Our killer puts opera understudy Betty into the spotlight by injuring the diva and soon all the killer wants is Betty for himself. Typical for Dario there are some unbelievably awful murders (and even more typical for him from Phenomena onwards), his leading ladies have to go through utter hell to hopefully come out alive. The sadism here matches Lucio Fulci's pre-zombie loathing, and frankly, I am not sure why I even bothered. For me, Dario's great movies end with Tenebrae (1982). So I'll just end this here.
Keoma (1976) This is my favorite performance by Franco Nero in a spaghetti western. It's a brilliant tale of prejudice, standing up for yourself and others and how some people are forcing to be at war all their lives. Franco is the title character, a man of two worlds (Native American and White) who returns to his poop-hole of a hometown after serving the Union in the Civil War. Things have gone way south, with a gang locking up plague infected citizens into a mine. Of course, Keoma stands up for a young pregnant widow who is probably infected and this sets the baddies' triggers on his sights. The only thing that ruins this otherwise great movie is the craptastic folkie score making the man and woman sound like a drunk and dying old couple who are playing Greek Chorus. So I watch this silently and enjoy it even more, because like many of director Enzo Castellari's movies, he tells such a visually on point story you can follow without any dialog. Now can someone please release The Heroin Busters on blu ray?
I revisited The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh again today. Mrs. Wardh has man problems and then some. Her sadistic ex boyfriend Jean keeps stalking her, her seemingly wimpy husband barely stands up for her and the cousin of her best friend flirts with her. Soon, she's the target of a murderer who is killing women in the city and she realizes nothing is as it seems. Is Jean that killer? Is it her husband? The Cousin or someone else?
Only Edwige Fenech & Ivan Rassimov can make such unpleasant sex scenes feel sexy as all heck and both are quite squirm inducing. These would be her strange vice as it were (and, yeah, the blood fetish is very kinky.)
Quite a good giallo, but my Ivan Rassimov fan woman still curses up the whazoo when he dies here (and even more in the subsequent All The Colours of the Dark.) I just got the limited edition blu ray from Shameless Films in the U.K. and it is great to have all the extras from the 2005 No Shame release ported over too. Happy I picked this and All the Colours of the Dark up as the upgrades look very nice.
Opera (1987) The last decent movie Dario Argento made is this second tale that takes an obsessed fan's admiration way too far. Our killer puts opera understudy Betty into the spotlight by injuring the diva and soon all the killer wants is Betty for himself. Typical for Dario there are some unbelievably awful murders (and even more typical for him from Phenomena onwards), his leading ladies have to go through utter hell to hopefully come out alive. The sadism here matches Lucio Fulci's pre-zombie loathing, and frankly, I am not sure why I even bothered. For me, Dario's great movies end with Tenebrae (1982). So I'll just end this here.
Keoma (1976) This is my favorite performance by Franco Nero in a spaghetti western. It's a brilliant tale of prejudice, standing up for yourself and others and how some people are forcing to be at war all their lives. Franco is the title character, a man of two worlds (Native American and White) who returns to his poop-hole of a hometown after serving the Union in the Civil War. Things have gone way south, with a gang locking up plague infected citizens into a mine. Of course, Keoma stands up for a young pregnant widow who is probably infected and this sets the baddies' triggers on his sights. The only thing that ruins this otherwise great movie is the craptastic folkie score making the man and woman sound like a drunk and dying old couple who are playing Greek Chorus. So I watch this silently and enjoy it even more, because like many of director Enzo Castellari's movies, he tells such a visually on point story you can follow without any dialog. Now can someone please release The Heroin Busters on blu ray?
I revisited The Strange Vice of Mrs. Wardh again today. Mrs. Wardh has man problems and then some. Her sadistic ex boyfriend Jean keeps stalking her, her seemingly wimpy husband barely stands up for her and the cousin of her best friend flirts with her. Soon, she's the target of a murderer who is killing women in the city and she realizes nothing is as it seems. Is Jean that killer? Is it her husband? The Cousin or someone else?
Only Edwige Fenech & Ivan Rassimov can make such unpleasant sex scenes feel sexy as all heck and both are quite squirm inducing. These would be her strange vice as it were (and, yeah, the blood fetish is very kinky.)
Quite a good giallo, but my Ivan Rassimov fan woman still curses up the whazoo when he dies here (and even more in the subsequent All The Colours of the Dark.) I just got the limited edition blu ray from Shameless Films in the U.K. and it is great to have all the extras from the 2005 No Shame release ported over too. Happy I picked this and All the Colours of the Dark up as the upgrades look very nice.
The Incredibles (2004)- Incredible! Outstanding cinematography and 60s spy vibe, great Dash chase scene, nice jungles too...
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2001)- Outstanding first episode of the franchise. I read all the books!
We just recently purchased all 8 movies digital, we made it through 5 as part of our hurricane lock down
They're really terrific, and watching them back to back, the series plot arc is way more intense, and that part of the narrative is connected much better - seeing them spread out across months/years, the individual movie plot points resonate more.
They're really terrific, and watching them back to back, the series plot arc is way more intense, and that part of the narrative is connected much better - seeing them spread out across months/years, the individual movie plot points resonate more.
Shameless plug: I've got the first 6 movies, bundled, on BD for sale in the Marketplace So much fun, and the writer/director who also played Viago, Taika Waititi, got on the radar and directed Thor: Ragnarok (which should be huge and let him do whatever he wants in the future)