What's The Latest Film You Have Seen?

~~bungalow~~ · 08-09-2009, 12:23 PM

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Originally Posted by sleepy jack

I saw that recently - I loved it. Some of the stuff in there was just brilliantly done. The first sex scene when they get into the new apartment made me laugh.

Did you love the male lead? Cause that man is my hero.

sleepy jack · 08-09-2009, 12:29 PM

He was great. Both him and the female lead were oddly believable as a couple (one of the reasons the sex scene made me laugh because it was so unsexy/realistic) and did their parts well. This is ignoring all the things that obviously complicate it.

~~bungalow~~ · 08-09-2009, 12:31 PM

You should watch some of the films he directed on his own as well, the man was an absolute genius.

sleepy jack · 08-09-2009, 12:34 PM

What should I start with?

~~bungalow~~ · 08-09-2009, 12:40 PM

One of the most popular "arthouse" films of all time--so it doesn't really need me to come in here saying how great it is but--what a fucking film! It's funny, the more Bunuel I watch the more I realize how pervasive his influence on cinema has been. I initially associated him as an influence on the big-name decidedly weird directors like Jodoworsky and Lynch (Bunuel is a huge influence for both), but watching more you see just how much impact Bunuel has had on modern cinema as a whole, not just the niche weird stuff. Anyway...brilliant surrealist satire.

sleepy jack · 08-09-2009, 12:41 PM

Sounds like I'll dig it - I'll try and get it this evening.

~~bungalow~~ · 08-09-2009, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by sleepy jack

What should I start with?

My favorite is Husbands, but I don't know that that would be my recommendation for a first film. I'd say start with The Killing of a Chinese Bookie, it's an unconventional neo-noir gangster film with the Cassavetes twist. I think you'd like it.

~~bungalow~~ · 08-09-2009, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by sleepy jack

Sounds like I'll dig it - I'll try and get it this evening.

Oh that was just the last film I watched. It is awesome too, and a masterpiece. Not Cassavetes though, I recommended a Cass to you ^^^ up there.

sleepy jack · 08-09-2009, 12:44 PM

*knowing names probably helps* Okays, I'll get that.

~~bungalow~~ · 08-09-2009, 12:47 PM

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Originally Posted by sleepy jack

*knowing names probably helps* Okays, I'll get that.

Haha, John Cassavetes. Sorry.

08-09-2009, 12:31 PM	#3803 (permalink)
~~bungalow~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hot-lanta Posts: 3,140	You should watch some of the films he directed on his own as well, the man was an absolute genius.

08-09-2009, 12:40 PM	#3805 (permalink)
~~bungalow~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Hot-lanta Posts: 3,140	One of the most popular "arthouse" films of all time--so it doesn't really need me to come in here saying how great it is but--what a fucking film! It's funny, the more Bunuel I watch the more I realize how pervasive his influence on cinema has been. I initially associated him as an influence on the big-name decidedly weird directors like Jodoworsky and Lynch (Bunuel is a huge influence for both), but watching more you see just how much impact Bunuel has had on modern cinema as a whole, not just the niche weird stuff. Anyway...brilliant surrealist satire.