This may have been mentioned before...and may not even fit the bill, but I immediately thought of Closet Land, Amnesty International's film with Alan Rickman and Madeline Stowe. Psychological torture and stripping away of personal rights...like whoa.
And boys -- let's watch the swearing.
Mayor ,'Chosen'
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beekaytee - Dec 09, 2006 1:12:07 pm PST #6397 of 10001
Compassionately intolerant
Ailleann - Dec 09, 2006 5:31:55 pm PST #6398 of 10001
vanguard of the socialist Hollywood liberal homosexualist agenda
"Andrew? Are you going to bring me my lemon or do I have to squeeze it from my hat?"
Hayden - Dec 09, 2006 7:16:14 pm PST #6399 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
I don't know why it didn't occur to me until now, but international law is the backdrop for the protagonist's web of lies in Time Out, which is smart, left-leaning, and French.
Theodosia - Dec 10, 2006 3:32:49 am PST #6400 of 10001
'we all walk this earth feeling we are frauds. The trick is to be grateful and hope the caper doesn't end any time soon"
Did The Third Man get mentioned in this context?
DavidS - Dec 10, 2006 9:10:46 am PST #6401 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Emmett's watching A Series of Unfortunate Events and it is like an unceasing itch that everything is perfect. The production design is fantastic. The costumes are gorgeous. The look and feel, amazing. The children and and all the supporting actors are perfectly cast except... Jim Carrey. Who is not perfect.
But damn it looks great. And all of Violet's inventive escapes are perfectly put together and thought out. And the script is well made and Billy Connolly and Meryl Streep are great.
But...Jim Carrey.
And you just want to move into each and every set they show - that's how perfect they are. Even Olaf's ratty house has ratty gothic splendor.
And yet.
Volans - Dec 10, 2006 9:47:40 am PST #6402 of 10001
move out and draw fire
Sadly, I've still never seen Escape from New York.
But, but...you're missing Chef/Audrey II as the Duke of New York!
ITA with FKB's comments on the Carpenter score. And with Hec's comments on A Series of Unfortunate Casting Choices, Or Just the One, Really.
We're batting about .250. PotC 2 Friday night, which was not good. Pretty, in parts. Art Direction after my own heart, but it's always embarrassing when somebody bruckheimers all over the place like that.
Tonight, Monster House. What a pointless waste of celluloid. It's kind of a Stephen King story, is the best I can say about it. And great particle effects in the animation.
Narrator - Dec 10, 2006 10:32:53 am PST #6403 of 10001
The evil is this way?
But...Jim Carrey.
Exactly. Even he would have been tolerable if there had been less of him and if he hadn't over-acted quite so much. Those were beautiful sets and it felt like he tried to eat all of them.
erikaj - Dec 10, 2006 11:03:00 am PST #6404 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Not related to Carrey, but I have to give "Nashville" another shot when it is not so late that I am passing out. But it held my attention surprisingly well considering I'd like the music better if it were "Chicago" or "Detroit"
Atropa - Dec 10, 2006 1:08:29 pm PST #6405 of 10001
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
Emmett's watching A Series of Unfortunate Events and it is like an unceasing itch that everything is perfect.
Jim Carrey ruined that movie for me. And I really do mean ruined, because it should have been something I adored and wanted to watch over and over. But every time Jim Carrey was on screen, I started grinding my teeth. I'm still trying to decide if it's worth buying it on DVD and just watching it with the sound turned off.
Hayden - Dec 10, 2006 3:49:49 pm PST #6406 of 10001
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Nashville's not my favorite Altman, but people have pretty varied reactions to it. The music isn't all that great, for one thing, although I don't think it was meant to show the contempt that the movie's detractors hear.
On a similar note, I watched A Prairie Home Companion last night, and liked it despite my general indifference-to-annoyance with Garrison Keillor.