Some interesting movies coming out on Criterion editions soon.
Zazie Dans Le Metro (Malle), 6/28
Something Wild (Demme), 5/10
Solaris (Tarkovsky), 5/24
Insignificance (Roeg), 6/14
Blow Out (De Palma), 4/26
Black Moon (Malle), 6/28
Wesley: We're going to bring Angelus in alive. Connor: No we're not. Gunn: I thought you said capturing him wasn't an option. Wesley: Changed my mind. Connor: Change it back.
'Why We Fight'
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DavidS - Apr 25, 2011 1:55:11 pm PDT #14246 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Frankenbuddha - Apr 25, 2011 1:59:15 pm PDT #14247 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
So I saw SUPER this weekend. Wow, was that NOT a comedy. There were humorous moments, but dear lord, anybody expecting a LOL comedy is going to be driven out of the theater by around the halfway point, if not sooner.
That said, I really liked it because it was so disturbing, and I went in knowing that is was in no way a full-blown comedy, given the reviews and references to TAXI DRIVER thrown out by the director and Rainn Wilson.
But, damn, that was pretty damn dark. And then there's the coda, which I still can't figure out how to read. However, that's OK. I feel the same way about TAXI DRIVER (and STRAW DOGS to reference another movie with a very confusing climactic "cathartic" blood-bath).
Frankenbuddha - Apr 25, 2011 2:03:20 pm PDT #14248 of 30000
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
Some interesting movies coming out on Criterion editions soon.
Well, there goes my allowance for the foreseeable future. I already had Blow Out on order, but DAMN, the only one I don't know is the first one. And Black Moon is something I've never seen but been hearing about for years. Not that it's a great movie, but definitely an interesting bump in Malle's career.
Matt the Bruins fan - Apr 25, 2011 2:16:03 pm PDT #14249 of 30000
"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
So I saw SUPER this weekend. Wow, was that NOT a comedy.
Hearing that it stars Rainn Wilson tipped me off to that fact without ever seeing a trailer.
Kathy A - Apr 26, 2011 5:34:24 am PDT #14250 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I remember seeing Blow Out in the theater with my dad, and being rather impressed by how good it was.
DavidS - Apr 26, 2011 6:51:59 am PDT #14251 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Blow Out is a great movie. Makes a great double feature with The Conversation.
sumi - Apr 26, 2011 8:06:03 am PDT #14252 of 30000
Art Crawl!!!
From LOTR Announce:
Come June and Lord of the Rings fans will have much reason to celebrate, for in anticipation of the BluRay release of the Extended Editions of the Lord of the Rings films, AMC Theatres will be screening the very same director’s cuts of the films over three weeks in June.
Begin the epic journey of The Fellowship of the Ring (Extended Edition) on June 14th 2011, experience the union of The Two Towers (Extended Edition) on June 21st 2011, and behold the end of all things with The Return of the King (Extended Edition) on June 28th 2011.
And that’s not all…
Check back at theOneRing.net for an EXCITING ANNOUNCEMENT about these events in the coming weeks!
http://tinyurl.com/3eaj8aa
§ ita § - Apr 26, 2011 8:07:25 am PDT #14253 of 30000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Waah. The people I saw the last two with don't live in LA anymore. No recapturing the past for me.
Jesse - Apr 26, 2011 8:13:34 am PDT #14254 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
You should be proud of me! I just saw a preview with Chris Evans in it and recognized him all by myself! For the first time, possibly.
DawnK - Apr 26, 2011 10:16:05 am PDT #14255 of 30000
giraffe mode
Set picture from The Avengers (casting spoilers in the article but the picture is at the top so don't read if you don't want to know)