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What are you watching today?
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>>50 (OP)nothing today but watched this yesterday.
Was very good, worth the watch, some nicely done realistic cinema with some interesting points.
▶ No.61>>63 >>175
>>50 (OP)Matka Joanna od Aniołów (Mother Joan of the Angels). I wanted to rewatch this since forever, because I didn't liked it the first time I saw it - unlike the play or the short story both of which I loved immediately
▶ No.63>>70 >>175
>>61Try finding a high quality copy, the camerawork is quite rewarding and I was lucky enough to watch it in a theatre.
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>>63Damn, that must've been quite an experience. From the visual standpoint the scene with nuns lying in the church was incredible.
How did you managed to see it in cinema, it's quite a niche film, forgotten nowadays.
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>>70Scorsese foundation recently funded a refurbishing and limited release in art theatres across North America in the last year. Managed to watch it along with other Polish films while it was in town during the spring.
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>>85Lucky you. That one time I regretted living in Poland, because I couldn't see all these remastered classics. Shame it was limited only to US, you'd be surprised how many of those films are unknown to Polish people.
But then, I understand them without subtitles, so it's not that bad.
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I was going to watch A Visitor to a Museum, then I found that every sub file I try to use is exactly 6 seconds behind.
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>>126>>133Try SMPlayer.
It maybe not perfect, but will do the job.
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>>61>>63Been wanting to see this myself. I heard about the theatrical run, so hopefully it gets released on bluray soon. Right now I think it's only on Second Run DVD?
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>>126Why don't you just adjust the sub track sync?
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Subtitle Workshop is a handy program for retiming subs
http://www.videohelp.com/tools/Subtitle-Workshop▶ No.237
>>236I've always used Aegisub (
http://www.aegisub.org/) when making or translating subs, it's pretty intuitive after some time, but I guess for simple retiming your tool will be better. Both programs are worth checking.
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>>126Great film. Try syncing the subs up in whatever player you are using. I think KCP for mpc has something that gives extra sub options but mpc should do it fine as well.
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>>300Is it that good? I watched Dead Man's Letters a couple of months ago, which I didn't find to be great was great —a bit too melodramatic and over-the-top—, even if I enjoyed it. I might catch up with this movie soon.
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>>306>Is it that good?I'm not saying its the best film of all time but a solid 8/10. very beautiful too.
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>>50 (OP)>>>/tv/Capeshit pls go
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Rewatching M, since I have to do a college essay on it.
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A few days ago I started watching all of Herzog's films in order.
Today I watched Fitzcarraldo, fuck he's good
▶ No.528>>631
>>52Fantastic, what was the film like and where did you see it? I wanted to go to my local art picture house to see it but I had no money and now it's not showing.
I'm not sure what I will watch today, here's my back catalog:
Bernie
Killer Joe
Looper
Lost in Translation (I enjoy Scarlett Johansson so this is likely)
Mistaken For Strangers
Night Moves
Once Upon A Time In The West
Spartacus
The Godfather, Part II
The Deer Hunter
The Terminator
Vertigo
Winchester 73
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Today I watched two films in theaters because it's my off day.
Guardians of the Galaxy
This film came out in my country three months after everyone else, so I have been anticipating it after hearing how good it was. I expected a good adventure story and that is what I got. I liked the characters and there was a strong sense of "nakama" (dont know how to say, like companionship) between them. The dialogue felt much more realistic than the made-for-tv style of witty one liners that I heard from Joss Whedons 'The Avengers' and every character changed by the end of the movie.
I think this movie will be a classic for years to come. It has a lot of charm and never feels stupid or patronizing.
Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
This film, I enjoyed, but not as much as Guardians of the Galaxy. I have not seen the first movie, but it did not seem necessary. I feel like the sign language and subtitles was a good choice because ape-speaking can feel very tired in long stretches of time.
The movie is simple in structure, but it works very nicely. Every character seems to have a ape/human counterpart. I wish there was more focus on Caesars son and the human main characters son. They seemed to be so similar and it would have been nice to have a scene of them bonding over their similar situation.
The bad guys in the movie, kobo and the glasses man were not very fleshed out. The scene where the glasses man looks at a picture of his family on his ipad and cries, which was touching, but nothing of it is mentioned again. He dies in a very bizzare and unsatisfying way. We also never hear why kobo is so angry at humans besides vague implications that humans had given him his wounds.
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>>547I enjoyed Dawn of the Planet of the Apes too. I was surprised by how well-carried the narrative was (for a big-budget movie with loads of CGI, most of which turns out being indigestible shite these days), achieving epic proportions. It's even interesting and self-reflecting at some point. I owe it to the fact that the film took its proper time building characters and introducing a context. I still feel it could have been better, though. I wish
they showed a bit more of the apes' culture and lifestyle, a wider character development, plus more behind-the-action scenes. ▶ No.613
>>547Where are you working at, Japanese friend?
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>>522He is a fucking great director, love his early documentaries too and the films set in the 1800s (Woyzeck, The Enigma of Kaspar Hauser and Nosferatu) which all seem to have a great aesthetic.
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>>528Just went to the local arthouse, it was really good. Just a generally solid realist film with some nice ideas and some really beautiful emotional moments. I suppose you could consider it quite unremarkable but I thought despite being somewhat uninteresting everything it did, it did well.
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>>612I enjoyed the action but I personally just found the whole story and characters to be entirely predictable, and I know that's to be expected from this genre but, for me at least, it went too far with that.
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>>631Where do you live, out of interest?
I've got no issue with a realistic film, I mean I thought Locke was great and that is almost entirely realism.
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>>660up north in the middle of nowhere, making it a pain in the arse to get to the closest arthouse, which is still kind of shitty in terms of the selection it shows.
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>>632Agreed but I am still glad hollywood seems to be raising their standards as of late. It's not an amazing movie but it certainly has most blockbuster type of movies beat when it comes to quality in storytelling, characters etc.
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>>673Yeah ok, fair enough, but I personally preferred GotG, just cos Dawn took itself a bit too seriously whereas, although GotG was far more silly, it wasn't trying to be serious.
Nonetheless agreed, it's still better than the blockbuster average.
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>>676I still haven't seen GotG but I've heard a lot of great things. Sadly I have to wait for the bluray release because I refuse to watch the german dub. How I wish there were more cinemas that showed films with the original audio.
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>>682great is a bit of an over exaggeration, but as blockbusters go it is very very good.
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>>684Maybe I'll wait around until the price drops then or a friend of mine buys it. Pity. I was really looking forward to the release.
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What did OP watch?
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I just finished watching Rashomon for the first time ever today, and I have to say that the movie was beautiful. I've always been a fan of Kurosawa, yet somehow I'd never seen this, mostly due to a mixture of bad timing and finding no one willing to watch it with me until now. (I like to watch movies with people who don't mind talking about the film afterwards, just so we can see opinions and such)
Honestly, I can't say I can think of anything I disliked about the movie. The story was engaging, the camera-work was interesting and simple, and the message at the end is one that resonated with me a lot.
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>>740I too am quite a big Kurosawa fan who hasn't yet seen Rashomon, would you say it's his best?
My favourites at the moment are Red Beard and Dodes'ka Den which I think was under rated then and still is now, although to a lesser extent.
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>>757I can't say if it's his absolute best, but it's at the very least in his top 3 films ever.
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>>815I really do need to see it then. What are your favourite Kurosawas then? (other than Rashomon)
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>>50 (OP)La dolce vita and on the silver globe
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>>818Dersu Uzala best Kurosawa
different anon ▶ No.829>>906
>>825La Dolce Vita is amazing.
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>>818Seven Samurai is an easy one, for sure, probably followed by Yojimbo. Drunken Angel, his first post-war film, is also very good
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▶ No.898>>1046
After Jodorowsky's Dune, Dark Star, and Alien I was in the mood for another 70s space flick.
This was surprisingly bad, mostly due to poor writing IMO. Half of the movie is an interminably slow camera pan across some space object, then an overlong reaction shot from a character trying to appear amazed. The plot itself was nonsensical, with characters pulling complicated explanations out of nowhere.
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>>828>>830Not seen Drunken Angel but Seven Samurai is great, found Yojimbo a bit too simplistic and I think I'd recently watched A Fistful of Dollars too which probably made it seem worse. I've heard a bit about Dersu Uzala, but I was a bit skeptical since it was his first film after his mental breakdown, but I'll give it a go.
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>>829I do want to watch the human condition but I need a good day off to watch it all Highschool in the crosshair is pretty good though
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>>898the first star trek film is "fan service". the second one is much better written.
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What a fantastic film this was.
Probably will watch again soon as I think half the symbolism passed by me.
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Think I'm going to watch Bergman's Persona tonight, followed by the Howling as a palette cleanser.
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>>1053Agree, this is amazing
If you've seen Fehérlófia, then I'm assuming you've seen Rene Laloux's films, such as The Fantastic Planet, Gandahar, and Time Masters. But if you haven't then check them out, I think you'd like them.
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Watched Sto dney do prikaza AKA 100 Days Before the Command today, a pretty interesting non-narrative depiction of the life in the russian army, at times pretty bizarre, at times slightly homoerotic, at times even kind of touching and poetic.
Worth looking into, especially since it's only slightly over an hour long.
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Something by Reha Erdem, maybe Jin.
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>>1337leet get
Jin just wasn't for me. Unoriginal
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>>1196Fantastic Planet is one of my all time favorite underrated movies. The ending in my opinion is a bit disappointing but some of the elements of the movie are rarely seen elsewhere. Seeing humanity being portrayed in a larger world where they seem quite insignificant and disposable is marvelous. The soundtrack is also quite good.
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I saw Close-Up (1990) today. I found it surprisingly emotional as I could sympathise heavily with the main character.
>>1588Yeah, definitely his best work. I mean, his other work is good, but The Fantastic Planet seems to be on another level due to the perfect mix of visual, sound effects, and music/soundtrack.
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YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play.
>>1602For you. I'm going to re-watch Close Up now.
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Saw Faust (1994) today
I'll be watching Dong (1998) tomorrow
>>1606Nice, I'll favourite that vid. Thanks.
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>>1640murnau's faust is perfect.
try that out as well.
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>>1660Agreed, it's essential viewing. Beautiful and frightening.
I like how Faust showed up frequently in Room 237.
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Solid Australian Outback film with plenty of gorgeous scenery, even if it wasn't quite as mindblowing as Wake in Fright or Picnic at Hanging Rock.
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Saw Dong and The Fifth Seal a few days ago
Saw Man Bites Dog today, but I feel in the mood for another film, so I might watch something that I can zone out to, like Brat 2
>>1660>>1661Thanks, I'm going to download it now.
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>>1839Sokurovs Faust is pretty good as well, but a bit tiring if you don't know German.
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>>1839I really liked The Fifth Seal. Seems like the film is still a little under the radar? Or did you watch it in HD?
I was distracted by the odd formatting of the fansubs I had (from KG?). Many subtitles were only 3 words long, with single sentences split across 5 subtitles.
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>>1846I think it's becoming more and more known.
As for the subtitles, I didn't have that problem. I found the subtitles quite well written, formatted and easy to read; see pic.
I think I downloaded it from tpb. I'm pretty sure it was this one:
torrindex.info/torrent/9641709/The_Fifth_Seal_(Zoltan_Fabri__1976)
Anyway, I liked it a lot and I will definitely rewatch sometime soon.
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Saw The Adversary and Revenge during the past 2 days
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Probably either The Lady Eve or Eyes Wide Shut. I haven't been keeping up with my backlog.
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Saw Simon of the Desert today. Enjoyed it a lot and was saddened to read the reason for such a short length was because investors backed out or something like that
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Just saw The Seventh Horse of the Sun
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I like how Chaplin stubbornly insisted on making a silent film when talkies were taking off everywhere.
This is one of his best works with solid laughs and real feels.
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Apparently the inspiration for the new season of American Horror Story.
It was an alright film with good acting, let down by the score, which should have been less "eerie" and more "haunted carnival".
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>>2028Which version did you see? Looks like you posted a screenshot from the colorized version.
I'm planning to watch the B&W theatrical cut first, even though the director's cut is longer.
Criterion seems to put the "best" version of a film on "Disc 1". They did that with The Leopard and Mr. Arkadin anyway.
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Fantastic Mr Fox
Submarine
might watch Blue Ruin or Bad Lieutenant later
yesterday i saw Cape Fear, Dog Day Afternoon and Raising Arizona
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>>2030Colorized version. A couple scenes in the church looked strange, particularly the skin tone of the minister's face, but the rest of the film was fine.
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Eyes without a face.
I find it odd that I like it so much while recognizing it as only above average.
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>>2032Recent colorizations actually look pretty amazing. One company does most (or all) of them. At minimum it's an interesting alternative to the original print.
And while it was extremely controversial among film fans, the primitive 80's colorization of Casablanca is actually kind of interesting in it's own way. The bold hues applied with paint bucket make the movie resemble a comic book at times.
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I tried watching A Million Ways to Die in the West but it's fucking awful.
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>>2039I like that film a lot, and generally find Franju interesting because of the unique atmosphere he creates.
Thérèse Desqueyroux and
Judex are both quite good as well. The first features a noteworthy performance from Emmanuelle Riva, and the second presents the primitive beginnings of the modern superhero story.
La Tête contre les murs – which follows a patient in a mental ward – was okay, but not as compelling as the others.
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>>2050Would you be kind enough to provide a link to Therese?
I'm having difficulty finding it.
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>>2068I watched a custom DVD but it looks like those links are dead.
If you can't torrent there's a avi here:
c4mbhqdtya [dot] 1fichier [dot] com
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The Collector is a great film. It has an engrossing story, as the characters evolve you aren't sure until the last ten minutes if they can reconcile their differences. I love the way William Wyler uses posture and lighting to show two sides of Freddie Clegg.
The title sequence of Lady in a Cage was interesting - filmed in a sharp, modern style - but the rest of the film hasn't aged well.
It's still an enjoyable film because it's pure thriller, with the looming suicide moving things along, but certainly not a great film with all the plot holes.
You expect me to believe a woman who has a personal elevator installed in her house wouldn't have the steps out the front turned into a ramp?
You expect me to believe a wealthy woman only has one telephone?
I don't see why the gang of hoodlums can murder someone so casually - they make a game out of it - yet they are sexually inexperienced and don't think of raping the prostitute they hold captive?! Obviously you couldn't show rape on screen in the 1960s.
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>>2097Haven't seen Lady in a Cage, but The Collector is remarkable. Love the beautiful outdoor photography.
Another interesting title in this vein is Obsession AKA The Hidden Room (1949), a noirish thriller directed by Edward Dmytryk.
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I just watched The Legend of Hell House.
I was intrigued after seeing the opening credits on TCM a while back. I'll watch any 70s British horror featuring a qtπ actress and music from the Radiophonic Workshop crew. Oddly enough, it turns out this actress (Pamela Franklin) was the little girl in The Innocents.
Nothing worldshattering in this second-tier spooky house story, although Roddy McD's entertaining performance stands out.
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Terrible ending, didn't resolve anything.
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i wanted to see for quite a while, as the original story is remarkable. but i was bored by this movie. like many other early 30s horrors, they censored the most horrific elements.
what's left is uneven … some great visual moments mixed with suspect writing and some cringey stage acting.
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>>2300
> they censored the most horrific elements.That sounds a bit like The Black Cat with Karloff and Legosi.
The movie is okay as it exists, but apparently the censors cut out a bunch of stuff that would have made it amazing.
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>>2306currently showing Phase IV.
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Dr Strangelove
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