It's based on the filming of the unfilmable novel. So yes and no.
Exactly like Naked Lunch then!
Well, quite a lot of fuss. If I didn't know better, I'd think we were dangerous.
Mal ,'Bushwhacked'
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DavidS - Jan 29, 2006 8:06:07 pm PST #183 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Beverly - Jan 29, 2006 10:29:16 pm PST #184 of 10001
Days shrink and grow cold, sunlight through leaves is my song. Winter is long.
I love Dark City. It's not a great movie, but it's stayed with me.
Mikey - Jan 30, 2006 2:09:30 am PST #185 of 10001
All this time, I thought Hunter was a bitch. Turns out she was just hungry.
Patrick Kake. Narnia was very enjoyable to me last night, but when I saw Oreius, I went, "Damn, that's Mauser." Time to re-watch the adventures of Hel, Sarge, Cleo and Mauser, in Cleopatra 2525.
Volans - Jan 30, 2006 6:37:10 am PST #186 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Same as Beverly (as usual) about Dark City.
And it always seems to prompt a discussion about which character was the God analogue.
Sean K - Jan 30, 2006 8:51:48 am PST #187 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I loved Dark City. Agreed, it's not a great movie, but a good one, that sticks with you.
And the various little tricks the filmmakers used are amazing. My personal favorite is that, until Jennifer Connelly's character "wakes up," she has no key light. She's lit entirely by fill (not counting her torch-singer segments, which are lit differently for different reasons).
Jessica - Jan 30, 2006 9:00:08 am PST #188 of 10001
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?
I found Dark City very dull and repetitive. I wanted to like it -- stylistically, it's right up my alley -- but...no. Just didn't click.
DavidS - Jan 30, 2006 9:01:50 am PST #189 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
And the various little tricks the filmmakers used are amazing. My personal favorite is that, until Jennifer Connelly's character "wakes up," she has no key light. She's lit entirely by fill (not counting her torch-singer segments, which are lit differently for different reasons).
I love learning the subtle filmmaking techniques that can be used to work the narrative. Like the intentional continuity errors in The Stunt Man or the way Phillip Kaufman did innovative sound mixes on The Right Stuff (locust chatter mixed in whenever the reporters surround the Astronaut's wives; the sound of the jets were mostly organic sounds like lion roars which were altered).
Sean K - Jan 30, 2006 9:41:52 am PST #190 of 10001
You can't leave me to my own devices; my devices are Nap and Eat. -Zenkitty
I found Dark City very dull and repetitive. I wanted to like it -- stylistically, it's right up my alley -- but...no. Just didn't click.
It's definitely one of those movies that either works for you or it doesn't, though I was sort of on the fence about it for a while, but a second viewing drew me into it.
Frankenbuddha - Jan 30, 2006 9:46:38 am PST #191 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
It's definitely one of those movies that either works for you or it doesn't, though I was sort of on the fence about it for a while, but a second viewing drew me into it.
I liked it a LOT better the second time I saw it. There were a lot of details to pick up that you wouldn't have noticed the first time around, I think, where something in the background comes center-stage at a later point. Also, not having to figure out what's going on lets everything sink in a little better.
My biggest problem with the movie was that it basically wound up with a big fight scene - it was a little too conventional for a movie that otherwise kept pulling the rug out from under me.
Strega - Jan 30, 2006 10:24:38 am PST #192 of 10001
If I remember right, there's a commentary where one of the writers says the climactic fight is hackneyed. Which, yup. It's a very pretty movie, though. And Kiefer is hilarious.
I do still want to know if the Cat People homage was intentional or all in my head.