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Buffista Movies 5: Development Hell

A place to talk about movies--old and new, good and bad, high art and high cheese. It's the place to place your kittens on the award winners, gossip about upcoming fims and discuss DVD releases and extras. Spoiler policy: White font all plot-related discussion until a movie's been in wide release two weeks, and keep the major HSQ in white font until two weeks after the video/DVD release.

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megan walker - Sep 17, 2006 7:06:51 am PDT #4382 of 10001

"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

Another less-appreciated current French director I like a lot is Cantet. His movies Time Out and Human Resources were just freakin' brilliant.

He's very good. I loved Time Out, but I'm a big fan of Karin Viard. Have you seen Vers le sud ? Because it looked like a train wreck to me and I was surprised when I realized it was him.

Gris - Sep 17, 2006 12:08:02 pm PDT #4383 of 10001

Hey. New board.

I am working my way through all of the movies in the International One-Minute Film Festival

It's fun.

Hayden - Sep 17, 2006 2:31:30 pm PDT #4384 of 10001

aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."

Have you seen Vers le sud ? Because it looked like a train wreck to me and I was surprised when I realized it was him.

I have not, but someone elsewhere (I think on Matt Zoller Seitz's blog) mentioned that Viard's been in some real dog turds.

megan walker - Sep 17, 2006 6:22:54 pm PDT #4385 of 10001

"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

I'm surprised no one's mentioned Luc Besson's Nikita from my list, because I would think that buffistas would have seen (and liked) that.

DavidS - Sep 17, 2006 6:23:57 pm PDT #4386 of 10001

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I'm surprised no one's mentioned Luc Besson's Nikita from my list, because I would think that buffistas would have seen (and liked) that.

I think it's sort of an honorary Not!Foreign film. I'm sure a majority of Buffistas have seen it.

Scrappy - Sep 17, 2006 6:49:10 pm PDT #4387 of 10001

Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.

Man, Black Dahlia got wretched reviews. I don't even know if I want to see it now.

DavidS - Sep 17, 2006 8:11:07 pm PDT #4388 of 10001

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

I don't even know if I want to see it now.

k.d. lang crooning! Rose Magowan in exotic costume! Aaron Eckhert being a bastard!

He's the best bastard in cinema since Vic Morrow had a little off the top.

DavidS - Sep 17, 2006 8:23:28 pm PDT #4389 of 10001

"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

Speaking of retro-noirish things...

God, I love Miller's Crossing! Why doesn't Marcia Gay Harden get any work? She's such a badass. Plus Gabriel Byrne's best role by far. He just burns a hole in the screen. That's what I think of when I think of Black Irish.

P.M. Marc - Sep 17, 2006 9:23:50 pm PDT #4390 of 10001

So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

Why doesn't Marcia Gay Harden get any work?

Curse of the Best Supporting Actress award?

Matt the Bruins fan - Sep 18, 2006 5:55:42 am PDT #4391 of 10001

"I remember when they eventually introduced that drug kingpin who murdered people and smuggled drugs inside snakes and I was like 'Finally. A normal person.'” —RahvinDragand

Thankfully Judi Dench seems immune to that particular hex. Maybe it was the brevity of the role she won it for?

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