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inconnu 01/08/17 (Sun) 01:00:36 No.8595

Is anyone familiar with the work of Vincent Ward? If you are, what do you think about his films. If anyone could suggest films that carry a similar aesthetic to his work I would appreciate that too.

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inconnu 01/08/17 (Sun) 01:17:16 No.8597

>>8595

I haven't seen any of his films, but Navigator: A medieval odyssey is available right now on mubi

is it worth watching? have you seen it?

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inconnu 01/08/17 (Sun) 01:41:22 No.8598

>>8597

Yes, definitely watch it. Let me know what you think after.

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inconnu 01/08/17 (Sun) 08:48:26 No.8600

I never knew the name but now you've got me thinking about watching Alien 3. Not now but maybe sometime. I tapped out after the second one which was so stupid and cartoonish.

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inconnu 01/08/17 (Sun) 20:14:20 No.8609

>>8600

I often think about Alien 3. I'll watch it one of these days. I wonder what the differences were in Vincent Ward's script.

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inconnu 01/08/17 (Sun) 23:14:54 No.8610

>>8597

Do you need an account to watch this? I didn't see it on their front page.

Maybe I'll watch Vigil instead.

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inconnu 01/09/17 (Mon) 02:31:04 No.8611

>>8610

yeah you can only watch movies on mubi if you have a subscription, but every country has a different catalogue, and i'm not american so i wouldn't know

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inconnu 01/09/17 (Mon) 02:57:24 No.8612

>>8611

> every country has a different catalogue

Hm that makes sense. It's tricky to get licensing rights in different countries. I heard TCM is not very good outside of the United States because their catalog is much more limited.

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inconnu 01/14/17 (Sat) 07:34:59 No.8654

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Vigil and Navigator are both excellent, both deal with spirituality, both contain many striking visual moments.

Vigil has a timelessness similar to films from Europe that take place in rural, isolated, or preindustrialized villages. The clothing in the film does not seem modern at all, making me wonder if kiwis actually dressed like that in the 20th century. Vigil places more emphasis on visual storytelling (or moodsetting) because the dialogue often seems incidental.

Navigator has plenty of dialogue and a clearly defined plot. Of course it's still unconventional compared to typical cinema offering. And Navigator probably has stronger imagery than Vigil, with many beautiful scenes like the one in this clip.

So certain aspects of Vincent Ward's early work reminds me of Bergman, Tarkovsky, Valley of the Bees, Witchhammer, maybe Hard to be a God as films with a similar aesthetic and content. That's the first things that came to mind, I'm sure there are other comparisons to be made...

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inconnu 01/15/17 (Sun) 03:34:26 No.8659

>>8654

nice webm for a great scene

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inconnu 01/22/17 (Sun) 18:48:19 No.8740

I just saw the Navigator, I really liked the use of color in the film, honestly didn't think it'd look that good, and it was pretty fun seeing them discover the 20th century

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inconnu 12/27/17 (Wed) 11:03:46 No.11393

I just view The Navigator and thoroughly enjoyed it. It is weak in many ares but still definitely more than worth a sit-through. I loved the acting, costumes, lighting, and cinematography. A friend let me borrow the DVD and now I'm torrenting Vigil.

>>8740

I agree! The transitions from B&W to color were really well done. It didn't feel cliche or forced.

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