The Class is by Laurent Cantet, and it is indeed an amazing movie. Cantet's one of the best working today.
Giles! I accidentally killed Spike. That's okay, right?
Buffy ,'Never Leave Me'
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Hayden - Apr 11, 2010 4:12:38 pm PDT #7522 of 30000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
megan walker - Apr 11, 2010 4:25:28 pm PDT #7523 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Meanwhile, I'm trying to watch I pugni in tasca (Fists in the Pocket) in preparation for Bellocchio's Vincere tomorrow, but I just can't get into it.
Hayden - Apr 11, 2010 4:33:52 pm PDT #7524 of 30000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Never seen it! I'm watching Ophuls' Lola Montes right now. Ah, so sumptuous.
Polter-Cow - Apr 11, 2010 4:34:31 pm PDT #7525 of 30000
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!
You guys are just making up movies now.
Steph L. - Apr 11, 2010 4:39:05 pm PDT #7526 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I'm watching the director's cut of Hot Taco on a Cold Night. The Proustian beauty and chiaroscuro are stunning.
t /fullofshit
Hayden - Apr 11, 2010 4:40:32 pm PDT #7527 of 30000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Nah, all the movies I make up are in Czech.
Hayden - Apr 11, 2010 4:41:14 pm PDT #7528 of 30000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Hot Taco on a Cold Night
Dirty!
megan walker - Apr 11, 2010 4:42:14 pm PDT #7529 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
Hot Taco on a Cold Night
I bet if this had been written in Czech we would have totally bought it.
Steph L. - Apr 11, 2010 4:44:59 pm PDT #7530 of 30000
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Hot Taco on a Cold Night
Dirty!
The title in Czech is even dirtier. It involves a sousaphone. (Which makes no sense, but hey, *I* didn't translate it.)
Hayden - Apr 11, 2010 5:00:53 pm PDT #7531 of 30000
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Horký Sousaphone Chlad Noc
We open on a filthy, tiny apartment crammed full of boxes of contraband salsa. A man and women lie amidst the filth, paralyzed with ennui. On an ancient turntable, a warped LP is playing out-of-phase marching band music
MAN: (subtitled) The sousaphone. So... unappreciated. So... beautiful. Like an enormous flower. Or a taco grande.
WOMAN: (subtitled) The night is colder when I hear your hateful words, Vrksk. Speak to me no more.
MAN: (subtitled) All is misery.
WOMAN: (subtitled) Aaaah! I should kill myself!
MAN: (subtitled) All is misery.
They have listless sex. The screen fades, far too slowly, to black, although the annoying and diffident sounds of the hate-sex continue to assault the viewer's will to live. Eventually, from the hellish dark, rises the word:
FIN