Italian Neo-realism is a big blind spot for me. I finally watched De Sica's canonical Umberto D., and everyone who's lauded the movie for seven decades knows what they were talking about. Who knew?
All of the film's moving sequences with Umberto Dominico Ferrari and his little pup Flike have been explicated to the nth degree, so I just wanted to highlight the quiet morning scene with Maria, the young pregnant maid, awoken by a stray cat walking over a skylight before beginning her morning kitchen duties. It's quotidian and breathtaking. It serves no function in the plot and it's indispensable to the greatness of the movie. _________________ Under New Management
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Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2021 10:26 am Post subject:
Saw the trailer for the new M. Night movie Old.
You couldn't pay me to watch it. _________________ "Every hurt is a lesson, and every lesson makes you better”
Saw the trailer for the new M. Night movie Old.
You couldn't pay me to watch it.
It looks TRULY horrible.
I'm going all in opening night. Looks like the perfect movie to watch high.
Make sure you take enough.
I'll take Vicky Krieps and an exotic location over Bruce Willis and Sam Jackson phoning it in in an unintended sequel in a pink box any day of the week even without edibles. But with edibles..? _________________ Under New Management
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Posted: Tue Jun 15, 2021 7:58 pm Post subject:
Baron Von Humongous wrote:
jodeke wrote:
Baron Von Humongous wrote:
Cutheon wrote:
kikanga wrote:
Saw the trailer for the new M. Night movie Old.
You couldn't pay me to watch it.
It looks TRULY horrible.
I'm going all in opening night. Looks like the perfect movie to watch high.
Is this film subtitled?
No, it's only subtexted*
* the subtext is about getting old
I meant. Closed Captioned. Subtext. _________________ Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
Joined: 10 Jul 2009 Posts: 12205 Location: Bay Area
Posted: Thu Jun 17, 2021 8:48 am Post subject:
Baron Von Humongous wrote:
Italian Neo-realism is a big blind spot for me. I finally watched De Sica's canonical Umberto D., and everyone who's lauded the movie for seven decades knows what they were talking about. Who knew?
All of the film's moving sequences with Umberto Dominico Ferrari and his little pup Flike have been explicated to the nth degree, so I just wanted to highlight the quiet morning scene with Maria, the young pregnant maid, awoken by a stray cat walking over a skylight before beginning her morning kitchen duties. It's quotidian and breathtaking. It serves no function in the plot and it's indispensable to the greatness of the movie.
Italian Neo-realism is a big blind spot for me. I finally watched De Sica's canonical Umberto D., and everyone who's lauded the movie for seven decades knows what they were talking about. Who knew?
All of the film's moving sequences with Umberto Dominico Ferrari and his little pup Flike have been explicated to the nth degree, so I just wanted to highlight the quiet morning scene with Maria, the young pregnant maid, awoken by a stray cat walking over a skylight before beginning her morning kitchen duties. It's quotidian and breathtaking. It serves no function in the plot and it's indispensable to the greatness of the movie.
Are you a giallo fan?
Becoming one. I'm behind on a number of the classics.
You? Any recs? _________________ Under New Management
So Buster Keaton being a genius isn't a new thing, but my Lord, Sherlock, Jr. is one of the greatest movies ever made. _________________ Under New Management
Joined: 10 Jul 2009 Posts: 12205 Location: Bay Area
Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2021 9:30 am Post subject:
Baron Von Humongous wrote:
Cutheon wrote:
Baron Von Humongous wrote:
Italian Neo-realism is a big blind spot for me. I finally watched De Sica's canonical Umberto D., and everyone who's lauded the movie for seven decades knows what they were talking about. Who knew?
All of the film's moving sequences with Umberto Dominico Ferrari and his little pup Flike have been explicated to the nth degree, so I just wanted to highlight the quiet morning scene with Maria, the young pregnant maid, awoken by a stray cat walking over a skylight before beginning her morning kitchen duties. It's quotidian and breathtaking. It serves no function in the plot and it's indispensable to the greatness of the movie.
Are you a giallo fan?
Becoming one. I'm behind on a number of the classics.
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Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2021 8:30 pm Post subject:
Halflife wrote:
Rob zombie doing a movie version of the munsters should be fun.
Maybe I have a strange definition of fun, but there is very little I would add Rob Zombie to. He has the artistic nuance of a psychotic with a chainsaw. _________________ “We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.” ― Elie Wiesel
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Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2021 7:08 am Post subject:
Two of the stupidest movies I've seen in a while.
Meet The Blacks
Meet The Blacks II (The House Next Door) _________________ Be who you are and say what you feel because those who mind don't matter and those who matter don't mind.
America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.
Italian Neo-realism is a big blind spot for me. I finally watched De Sica's canonical Umberto D., and everyone who's lauded the movie for seven decades knows what they were talking about. Who knew?
All of the film's moving sequences with Umberto Dominico Ferrari and his little pup Flike have been explicated to the nth degree, so I just wanted to highlight the quiet morning scene with Maria, the young pregnant maid, awoken by a stray cat walking over a skylight before beginning her morning kitchen duties. It's quotidian and breathtaking. It serves no function in the plot and it's indispensable to the greatness of the movie.
Are you a giallo fan?
Becoming one. I'm behind on a number of the classics.
Nice, thanks for the recs! I hadn't even heard of Who Saw Her Die.
I've gotten stuck on Lucio Fulci's ugly pretty late-70s/80s movies after his wife died and he was pumping out low budget brilliant schlock in an alcohol fueled haze along with Argento's output from the same time period. I need to catch up with Bava and a lot of the classic Gialli from '65-75. _________________ Under New Management
Heh at for Father's Day. Bold move slicing your leading man's nostril open so he could wear a substantial bandage over it for much of the film. Polanski just threw caution to the wind. Wonder if he lived dangerously in his private life. _________________ GOAT MAGIC REEL SEDALE TRIBUTE EDDIE DONX!
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