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Post by Tim on May 12, 2024 16:42:27 GMT
Have you seen his film Rock N Rolla? I think it's his best work. Released in 2008. 10/10 imo. I haven't and having just watched the trailer, I can say for sure it's not my thing - might have been back in the day, but my tastes are different now.
I do agree about the hare coursing scene in Snatch though, I remember that well
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Post by julesd68 on May 13, 2024 0:12:13 GMT
They don't care or more likely just don't have the ability to see I have mentioned it before, but quite a few years ago and this is aimed mostly at julesd68 as I'm not sure who else might enjoy it? Finding it might be harder, it is on MUBI and BFI but not Netflix.
2018's South Korean film by Lee Chang-dong called Burning. Thanks Tim, yes I'd really like to see that, just need to work out how ...
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Post by Tim on May 13, 2024 8:34:04 GMT
Thanks Tim, yes I'd really like to see that, just need to work out how ... No guarantee you'll enjoy it Jules, but out of everyone here who comments on films, I think you're the only who might?
It has got 95% on Rotten Tomatoes if you pay any heed to the their ratings. Having just rewatched Parasite I would put it below that, but not by much - guess it depends on my mood
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Post by MartinT on May 13, 2024 10:18:02 GMT
Having just rewatched Parasite I tried twice with Parasite but didn't get drawn in that much. On the other hand, I absolutely loved Everything Everywhere All at Once. I also thought Under the Skin was a superb shocker. We're all different.
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Post by Tim on May 13, 2024 10:30:28 GMT
I tried twice with Parasite but didn't get drawn in that much. Yeah, Parasite isn't really in your wheelhouse Martin . . . like you say, suum cuique
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Post by julesd68 on May 13, 2024 10:33:46 GMT
Having just rewatched Parasite I tried twice with Parasite but didn't get drawn in that much. On the other hand, I absolutely loved Everything Everywhere All at Once. I also thought Under the Skin was a superb shocker. We're all different. Absolutely, vive la difference - I couldn't stand "Everything Everywhere" but certainly enjoyed Parasite.
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Post by Tim on May 13, 2024 10:42:35 GMT
Haha snap Jules, I thought that was dreadful nonsense - tried twice too as I'm an A24 fan
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Post by MikeMusic on May 13, 2024 14:50:49 GMT
Sicario
Thought it was Sicario 2 we saw. Duh
Anyway, start watching, remember as I go along. Madam can't remember it It is a very good film, well made and no problem to see it again. Better than a lot on Madam's conveyor belt
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Post by MartinT on May 13, 2024 14:59:47 GMT
It is a very good film, well made and no problem to see it again. Better than a lot on Madam's conveyor belt Sicario is brilliant. Denis Villeneuve directing and the lovely Emily Blunt starring. Super-realistic and very grim cartel scenes that makes you want to never visit Mexico.
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Post by speedysteve on May 13, 2024 15:53:46 GMT
I've visited Mexico. Didn't get into the murkier side of things though🙂 Strictly www.ericsson.com/en/about-us/company-facts/ericsson-worldwide/mexicoThey don't make movies about real life😂 What got me was the sheer number of people living on the roadside. Trunk road size roads. They'd light big bonfires at night to keep warm I suppose. Also coming into land at Mexico city, you could see the pollution hanging ahead of you, yellowish colour huge cigar shaped, above the dense urban spawl. Flew right into it! Deep breath😂 We flew down to the then local offices in Saltillo. Pretty rural hotel location I remember. Back to Mexico city for a long weekend siteseeing. Pyramids were quite something. As was wormy tequila.
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Post by MikeMusic on May 13, 2024 17:09:58 GMT
Millions of illegal guns courtesy of their northern neighbour
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Post by julesd68 on May 14, 2024 9:07:30 GMT
Not seen that Tim, so added to my Amazon watchlist thanks! It's very good . . . the below is a good example of why I dislike a lot of mainstream cinema. It's not really a spoiler as every trailer for either Force Majeure or Downhill has this scene, but if you want to watch it blind, maybe leave it until after? Force Majeur is an excellent film and well worth seeking out. It shows off this director's signature style very well. These kind of films really depend on understated performances and these are just that. It's about what isn't said as much as what is ... Superb use of sound to crank up the anxiety. Also some lovely shots and framing. An all round thumbs up ... Cheers Tim!
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Post by Tim on May 15, 2024 8:06:22 GMT
It's about what isn't said as much as what is ... Absolutely, too few directors these days trust their audience enough, especially long form TV.
I thought you would enjoy it if you liked Triangle of Sadness. It's a fantastic film and his camera techniques, with long static takes and centrally fixed framing really helps draw you into the scene, creating a sense of realism that really builds the tension. But as you say, it's what's not said most of the time that elevates that sense of tension. I've seen it 3 times now I think, once at the cinema . . . I have seen the remake too, Downhill, which is a shocker compared to the original!
And rfan8312 I watched RocknRolla too . . . unfortunately I have a new least liked Guy Ritchie film, so the more I see of his work the less I like . . . sorry
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Post by rfan8312 on May 15, 2024 9:35:57 GMT
Unbelievable, Tim. Unbelievable.
Thank you for watching it though. Johnny Quid is one of my favorite movie characters.
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Post by julesd68 on May 15, 2024 15:58:47 GMT
Enys Men is a remarkable 2022 film shot and directed by Mark Jenkin. It takes you inside the mind of a lone volunteer on a stone Cornish island whose daily observation of a rare flower coincides with disturbing visions of people from her own past and those of the island.
Beautifully shot and edited, this is a time capsule of a film which really got under my skin, I will attempt to explain why. It's shot on 16mm film and utilises all the nebulous qualities of the format including heavy grain at times and the negative is deliberately not entirely clean so you get all kinds of speckles and artefacts. The effect of this and the most studious use of production design contemporary to the 1970s was to plunge me back in time to my early and elusive childhood. I found this very moving and nostalgic, remembering my father, a privileged existence and sense of peace that I will never have again.
The daily experience of the woman on the island - starting her generator, making tea, talking on the radio, walking on the island, observing the flowers; all this is repeated multiple times so that it begins to take on a really hypnotic quality. This makes her repeated visions, from which she cannot escape, all the more powerful and haunting.
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Post by Tim on May 15, 2024 20:49:52 GMT
Unbelievable, Tim. Unbelievable. Thank you for watching it though. Johnny Quid is one of my favorite movie characters. Well you have to try these things, don't knock it till you try it as they say . . . but I think I'm done with Mr. Ritchie.
I still think he's made 2 good films though - I've seen 8 now but haven't really enjoyed anything after Lock Stock and Snatch.
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Post by julesd68 on May 16, 2024 8:01:43 GMT
Unbelievable, Tim. Unbelievable. Thank you for watching it though. Johnny Quid is one of my favorite movie characters. Well you have to try these things, don't knock it till you try it as they say . . . but I think I'm done with Mr. Ritchie.
I still think he's made 2 good films though - I've seen 8 now but haven't really enjoyed anything after Lock Stock and Snatch. His first Sherlock Holmes was rather entertaining and stylish. Not Oscars material though ...
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Post by Tim on May 16, 2024 8:48:38 GMT
His first Sherlock Holmes was rather entertaining and stylish. Not Oscars material though ... I seem to remember Mark Kermode liked that one too - I think that's my problem with Guy's work, the 'stylish' bit. He has a very distinctive style which has got a bit old for me as he doesn't really do anything else.
Enys Men is a superb film Jules, was lucky enough to be at a screening of that with the man himself for a Q & A. Have you seen Bait?
After reading your post you might like La Chimera, which uses both 35 and 16mm Kodak stock and various aspect ratios - I loved it, really quirky with a vast array of eccentric, interesting characters. It's very Fellini ish in style and you have no real idea where the story's going, until you reach the destination. I liked it a lot and would see it again.
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Post by julesd68 on May 16, 2024 9:38:40 GMT
His first Sherlock Holmes was rather entertaining and stylish. Not Oscars material though ... I seem to remember Mark Kermode liked that one too - I think that's my problem with Guy's work, the 'stylish' bit. He has a very distinctive style which has got a bit old for me as he doesn't really do anything else.
Enys Men is a superb film Jules, was lucky enough to be at a screening of that with the man himself for a Q & A. Have you seen Bait?
After reading your post you might like La Chimera, which uses both 35 and 16mm Kodak stock and various aspect ratios - I loved it, really quirky with a vast array of eccentric, interesting characters. It's very Fellini ish in style and you have no real idea where the story's going, until you reach the destination. I liked it a lot and would see it again. I don't know either of those two films you mention so will investigate. Yes Guy Ritchie relies on a couple of camera techniques he first used in Lock Stock - ever since then they have become his "trademark". But I rather liked the atmosphere he created in Sherlock, it felt appropriate in a Victorian comic strip way ...
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Post by Tim on May 16, 2024 9:59:23 GMT
Bait is also by Mark Jenkin, from 2019 and his film before Enys Men
La Chimera is in cinemas right now - likely just arthouse cinemas though, doubtful it'll be at a Cineworld
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