/film/ - FILM

>>3075

I love the filming style of that Clarke short. No wonder GVS copied it. The wide angle lens and agile camera is a perfect complement to the cavernous industrial locations.

First I thought Elephant took place in Northern England. And I admit I was confused by the film. I sat stunned watching the credits roll as if some answer would appear. At the very end were the words "BBC Northern Ireland" which made the preceding 37 minutes of random remorseless murder finally begin to make sense.

>>14507

Now with audio which comes from the center image

A wild Hitchcock giallo appears!

A new article lobs accusations of wrongthink at the giallo genre: misogyny of course, homophobia for negative portrayals of lesbians (as if Italian Catholics take kindly to homewrecking dykes)

https://brightlightsfilm.com/wp-content/cache/all/design-killing-giallo-bava-argento-blood-fetish/

I'm generally unsatisfied when horror films are condemned as misogynistic. It strikes me as lazy and simplistic analysis: "The director kills women... because he hates women!" Deeper in the article I think they stumbled upon a better explanation:

Victims must always be enviable: either beautiful and sexy or rich and swellegant, or all of the above, so the average moviegoer can rejoice in their dismemberment with a clear conscience.

This fits into my personal theory that ghoulish horror directors "kill" gorgeous women as revenge for rejecting them earlier in life. Just look at pictures of some of those directors, what decent girl would date such creeps? If true, this is slightly different (and more complex) than boring old misogyny.

maybe you would like Taking Tiger Mountain for a ScaryFuture film

the first four words of the synopsis sell it: " militant feminist scientists brainwash … "

>>2689

ZPG / Zero Population Growth is similar to Logan's Run in aesthetics, setting and theme. The film imagines a near future where humanity is plagued by overpopulation, pollution, and other relics of 1970s alarmism (nuclear fallout, peak oil, etc.). Since the urgency of most of these problems has diminished, the film's basic weakness is that it invested too heavily in the theories of its time.

However, this film is still somewhat prophetic. Like Logan's Run, ZPG features an authoritarian government which tightly manages the life and death of its citizens. To fight overpopulation, the rulers have issued an edict banning childbirth for a period of 30 years. This "solution" mirrors reality a bit -- of course it's resembles China's One Child Policy, but also recent controversies where Britain's NHS made end-of-life decisions for a child against the wishes of the parents. Allowing domineering bureaucrats to become arbiters of your child's life is certainly frightening.

A dystopian film often involves a rebellion against the established order, so (as you can guess) the protagonists of ZPG ignore the edict and conceive a child. Starting a family is an affirmation of traditionalism, self-determination, individualism, and freedom -- ideals which had been cast aside to make way for the stifling conformity of their centrally-planned society. Logan's Run frames the issues in the same way.

Given the all similarities, I initially thought this film was a knockoff of Logan's Run. Actually ZPG was released a few years earlier. So perhaps it was an inspiration for the later, more popular film.

>>12170

Gene Roddenberry's Genesis II is another example of 1970s fears of a dystopian future. The story involves a New Age-y authoritarian

society where (among other things) sexuality is frowned upon as barbaric. And yes, the main characters rebel and try to escape.

I had never thought to compare Star Trek to 70s dystopian films, but now it stands out that the Enterprise existed in a utopian future. In the 1960s, stories about the future were generally optimistic. Space movies glorified humanity's triumph of science. Several years later, movies reflected a general pessimism about where things were headed.

A couple days ago Japan announced the name of their new era - Reiwa 令和

>>14516

>>4401

>Szőts István: Emberek a havason

Sentimental social realism about mountain folk, in a similar vein as How Green Was My Valley.

It's an unexpected Christmas film too. In fact it's very Catholic.

Top 100 based on what method? Why so many ties, only a few differences in rank?

I feel like coming-of-age films could be in a different category than Kid Kino, but here's a comfy one from the USSR. A boy aspires to be a drummer while struggling with his first romantic relationship.

I particularly like the mellow groove here, music that's right up my alley. I still haven't figured out the name of this band.

Here's a clip from Elyer Ishmukhamedov's debut film. I like hos this delightful sequence is constructed, beginning with a rush through the neighborhood streets.

Russophiles Unite! Movie Podcast

<Every fortnight former Moscow resident Ally Pitts is joined by a guest to discuss a Russian film, or a film with a Russian connection.

Recent episodes: The Cranes Are Flying, The Diamond Arm, War and Peace (King Vidor version)

https://radiopublic.com/russophiles-unite-movie-podcast-GMN3Rj

>motherboard audio has a history of shitting itself if two programs play sound at once

>start watching a movie with a friend

>instant earrape and clipping

>assume it's my motherboard acting up again

>test the film by itself

>it sounds exactly the same

>audio quality is so fucking bad I mistook it for hardware troubles

>resume movie and lower volume

>scene ends

>raise volume again

>mixing spontaneously shits itself and returns to normal several times throughout the film

>the director's next film has more clipping

>even regular dialogue clips

>>14321

>Why are americans so obssessed with this cringe shit?

I'm the only American who posted ITT and I know very little about them. Merely trying to contribute.

>>14326

> A tad disappointing overall, felt less kinnetic than Raid

Figured with those films listed in OP you would've liked it more, damn. I was the opposite, I loved it, was in a stupid giggly trance when I watched it. The fights were gorgeous. Could've used more Iko and thats about it. Can't wait to see "Parabellum" aka JW3.

You might also want to put this in your watchlist

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6643972/

>>14339

>Devereaux

Ah, Jai or the director giving a tribute to Van Damme? Sounds fun, obviously along with having the top stuntstars around, but i don't trust the director a lot after seeing The Sentinel, but that's without seeing Accident Man.

>>14336

I meant the first one, haven't bothered with the second but i found the some still shots great.

I bet there's a couple of other great stuff around but i'm not as versed as i would like in this field, hope some others can throw you some more suggestions. If you want historical or essential data, >>14318 is an obligatory view, it possesses some of the most infamous executions, it's the main inspiration for one of the most famous hyperviolent products around and it has Yukari Oshima in it.

>>14317

Thanks for the recommendation, I think the plot and characters were a bit nonsense at times but the fight scenes more than made up for it.