R.I.P.
Chantal Akerman has passed away. I've only seen News from Home and Hotel Monterey but I appreciated her unique style, even if it required patience.
http://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/07/arts/chantal-akerman-belgian-filmmaker-dies-65.html
What's interesting about her personality is how she rejected the title of feminist film maker even though everyone wanted to put her in that box. Most obits you'll read today are quick to include that label in their descriptions of her. I remember hearing that she did not like doing "women's film festivals" and preferred regular festivals instead.
> I won't say I'm a feminist film-maker ... I'm not making women's films, I'm making Chantal Akerman's films. (London, 1979)
Guess the Film Still
So I'm in this fb group that posts film stills and the lets people guess what it's from. I thought this would be a fun thing to start on this board.
Rules:
- Film stills in this situation are excerpts DIRECTLY from the movie. No production stills, no behind the scenes footage, NO CROPPING (ratio is important) and no posters or similar material.
- GIFs are encouraged, OC GIFs even more.
- Please post films only. No series, music videos or youtube stuffs.
- Of course you can google but that takes the fun out of it so please don't.
- Hints can be given in any form. Extra stills, music, release date etc.
- Please try to wait with posting a new still until the previous one is guessed. Let's do one at a time to keep it organised.
- When you post a still, keep track of it and let us know when it had been guessed. I suggest we post imdb links along with the 'you guessed right!' post so it is easy to find out wether a still has been guessed right or not.
- Please link correctly and add 'Hint' to your post when you post a hint.
Tips:
1. Make your own stills in VLC or anything similar, they have a direct screenshot option in VLC so you don't have to printsceen your movies, printscreening results in worse quality most of the time. This also prevents reverse image searching and stuff.
2. It's a lot of fun to post well known movies with unrecognizable stills.
3. Watch out for filenames!
I guess that's it. I suggest harder stills than the one I'm posting now but let's start off easy.
Comment on the last film you watched
New thread, old one's too big alredy.
What was the last thing you watched, and what did you think of it?
Old thread here: >>2428
NEET
Which films would you consider to be essential NEETcore?
/webm/
Post your /film/ related webm here!OC is best … but share any clips that you find mindblowing, funny, bizarre, unique, etc.
I think the only limit imposed by the site is that files must be < 8 MB.
Kino thread
Post em
Hollywood Babylon
I've been reading Kenneth Anger's infamous book on the lurid history of Hollywood. What do people here think of it?
I don't know Anger's own biography. But I'm surprised an experimental filmmaker would be so obsessed by celebrity culture. Granted he's gay...
As for the book itself, it's more a collection of popular folklore than a rigorous investigation of facts. Fresh-faced starlets are said to live dark private lives of drugs, sex, and death. Often the stories do not ring true, but IMHO they still resonate because of peoples' desire to project cinematic fantasy into reality.
Anyway here's a couple links if you want to take a look. The book is pretty cheap on Amazon too.
Original book: https://1fichier.com/?6agrfb533n
Part II: http://monoskop.org/File:Anger_Kenneth_Hollywood_Babylon_II.pdf
(Post your obscure scandals, rumors, any other strange tidbits)
ITT: we post 10/10 movies
http://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/2xt958/the_votes_have_been_counted_and_the_list_has_been/
What do you guys think of Reddit top 250 favorite films?
Knight of Cups
Is this good or is Terry Malick finished?
I've read nothing about it
ITT great soundtracks
I know I've mentioned Drowning with Numbers recently since I watched it recently but damn it's got a hell of a soundtrack.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3NRzj0JZk9M
Have the Akira soundtrack as a bonus:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Owm7GUhogk
Film request
ITT: Request certain premises, concepts and etc. that you'd like to see in a film, and others will suggest films fitting, or similar to, those ideas.I'd like to see more Muay Thai related film, but stuff that's not just about the fighting; With actual drama going on, with the fights being sort of a glue holding it together. OGF was the closest to this I found, but I wish there was more fighting throughout, not necessarily just for the sake of having an action scene, but to pose a setting in which further exposition could be presented and to make a cohesive pattern out of the few fight scenes that are actually there, so they don't feel so sudden.
/film/ Resource Library
Since we have the ability at 8chan to upload pdfs, here's a thread for sharing interesting books, magazines, and articles related to film.You can also link to databases and other online resources, such as the Media History Digital Library:
http://mediahistoryproject.org/
> We are a non-profit initiative dedicated to digitizing collections of classic media periodicals that belong in the public domain for full public access. The project is supported by owners of materials who loan them for scanning, and donors who contribute funds to cover the cost of scanning. We have currently scanned over 1.3 million pages, and that number is growing.
> Our Collections feature Extensive Runs of several important trade papers and fan magazines.
Film Club #7 - Guizi lai le AKA Devils on the Doorstep (Wen Jiang, 2000)
This month Film Club features a pair of films set during the winter holidays. First up is this Chinese wartime black comedy, which won the Cannes Grand Prize of the Jury in 2000.> This second feature by actor-turned-director Jiang Wen—set in the shadow of the Great Wall during the final months of the Japanese occupation—keeps up a pummeling tempo and bawdy, throttling energy that prompted the disapproving Beijing Film Bureau to remark, "In general, the style of the film is vulgar." Indeed, this is a Chinese period piece more inclined to burn barns than raise red lanterns. Scored to farmyard squawks and a marching band, the movie barrels from frisky Ealing horseplay to cackling Kusturica farce. ~~ Dennis Lim, The Village Voice
> With its vertiginous black-and-white cinematography, narrative leaps and starts, twisty story and large pool of characters, Devils on the Doorstep, […] is not an easy movie. But in its dry and forceful way, it delivers the same message as Jiri Menzel's Closely Watched Trains and Danis Tanovic's No Man's Land. While acknowledging that war is hell, it goes further to suggest it is ludicrous. ~~ Stephen Holden, New York Times
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0245929/reference
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devils_on_the_Doorstep
OK /film/, let's get this going with some posters
BEST OF THE YEAR (2015)
What are the best new films you watched this year?
Or if you don't have access to a world class arthouse theatre, discuss the best old films you discovered in the current year.
Help me out, /film/. I can't think of any really great "American cinema". By that I mean films that show something of the "American spirit", and American history. Something you would watch and make you damn proud to be an American; either because of the quality of the film making, or the presentation of the subject matter, or both. I'm mainly looking for films that take place before 1900. One or two that already come to mind:
- Young Mr. Lincoln (by John Ford, not sure if that's the title)
- Birth of a Nation
- The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (although I'm not teally looking for Westerns, and I'd prefer historical subject matter)
Bonus points for an actual quality film about Andrew Jackson. pic kind of maybe not related
How to stream?
I'm trying to get a friend of mine into patrician films, I told him we'd watch Werckmeister Harmonies but I want him to see it in good quality and he doesn't have a KG account or anything... I remember we streamed a couple of films back in the film club days, can anyone tell me how to do that? What's a good site? ty
ITT: Movies with epic card games, or other kinds of gambling.
Films of the Third Reich
discuss
/criterion/
Surprised there's no Criterion thread yet.I'm interested to see some of the Fassbinder blurays coming out. I've also got John Ford's My Darling Clementine ready to watch whenever I have time. And I'm happy to see my favorite Todd Haynes movie getting an HD upgrade in the near future.
http://www.criterion.com/library/expanded_view?f=1&s=release_date
http://www.criterion.com/library/expanded_view?f=2&s=release_date
The last Criterion I saw was the Ray Milland supernatural mystery The Uninvited. As I expected, it was good but not great. It rates about the same as Ministry of Fear, another decent Milland Criterion.
Tried asking this on the other chan a couple times in vain, but I've always wondered about this line in Daisies - “This film is dedicated to those whose sole source of indignation is a messed-up trifle.” What exactly does this mean? What was it referring to? And how would you interpret the film as a whole? Also, post Czech new wave
Shots/stills you like thread.
Israeli Cinema
Hey /film/, given the significant role of Jews in American and European film making over the years, why do you guys think Israeli cinema is so inconsequential by comparison?
Post good films from Israel if you know any.
Is anyone seeing this?
I know it's being played currently in a lot of cities.
Film Blog
Hi /film/. I've been thinking about starting a film blog, which I've done a few times before but I always give up on it. This time I'm going to try to be more committed to it, and as most people here seem to watch good movies and have interesting thoughts on them, I thought it might be kind of cool to reach out to you guys and see if anyone was interested in contributing some film writing.
I don't have any specific angle in mind, I was probably just going to write a few hundred words on whatever movies I've been watching recently, but I would be open to more structured ideas for recurring columns (i.e. a column covering all the Zatoichi movies or films of a certain director or country, whatever). I would also be open to making the whole thing more focused if anyone would be interested, one potential idea I had was covering "New Waves" of various countries. But I'll see what everyone wants to do.
As long as the writing is thoughtful and interesting I don't really care what the movies are, only restriction would be none of the really mainstream Hollywood stuff like Star Wars and Superhero movies, but I doubt anyone would want to write about that anyway. I don't expect this to go anywhere but I think it could be fun. If any of you are interested, let me know, I'm flexible and open to suggestions. Here's the initial site I made, subject to change: https://moviesfilmscinemablog.wordpress.com/
Weird Asia
Can we get some discussion and recommendations of the wonderful kind of weirdness that only Asia can provide?
All genres welcome. Please melt my face!
Lost and Unobtainable Films
Excluding new releases, which films do you want to watch but cannot find?I'm intrigued by Once, an allegorical dialogue-free feature that premiered at Cannes in 1974. The film could be fascinating or boring as hell, but the soundtrack of lo-fi ambient electronics would make it worthwhile to find out.
http://martakristen.com/marta/film/once/index.html
http://filmscoremonthly.com/board/posts.cfm?threadID=97678&forumID=7&archive=0
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0071941/
It's reasonable to assume the film still exists somewhere. Hopefully it becomes publicly available eventually.
Films from other cultures
Away from hollywood, can anyone here give me some recommendations for good films from different places in the world?
I really want to get into Ho Hsiao Hsien's work, but I have no idea what to start with. A City of Sadness or Millenium Mambo? Or do I do it chronologically?
What are your favorite giallos? What should I watch, other than Argento and Bava's well known films?
Abel Gance - Napoleon (1927)
So did any of you guys get to see Napoleon when it played in San Francisco or London?
Seems like it would have been an amazing experience. I've never even seen a silent film with a live orchestra. I'm holding off watching this film just in case I get the chance to attend one of these screenings someday.
Was the 1970s the best time for cinema?
Silent Films
I've only recently gotten into the silent era. Over time I found myself watching older and older films. Now I'm close to the beginning. Is anyone else interested in silents?This video piqued my curiosity quite a bit: http://youtu.be/yS37kyfnGy4?t=2m15s
What do you like? What don't you like?
What do you want to see? Has anything surprised you?
etc., etc.
As an intro to David Lynch, should I watch Mulholland Drive or Blue Velvet?
2016 Sundance Film Festival
Anyone on /tv/ attending? I was thinking about going this year, but decided next year would be better so my buddy can come with.
Which movies are you most excited about? Which movies are getting positive buzz? Which one will be the crown jewel?
Discuss all things Sundance and Robert Redford.
The ones I'm interested in so far:
>Goat (frat-hazing drama featuring Nick Jonas)
>Other People (black comedy featuring Jesse Plemmons and Molly Shannon)
>Manchester by the Sea (community/family drama featuring my boy Kyle Chandler; also Casey Affleck)
>Christine (Rebecca Hall plays an anchor who an heroes on a live broadcast)
I'm really rooting for Rebecca Hall. She's a very underrated actress who has never relied on looks to get a role. Then again, I'll always root for a movie to be good—it's a win for the fans of the medium.
VHS
Is anyone into VHS collecting? I've noticed it gaining popularity lately. Just enough time has passed for a nostalgia appeal.
What are the best movies shot on VHS? Do you even have the patience to watch a full production shot on VHS?
I will recommend the shot-for-shot remake of Raiders of the Lost Ark.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raiders_of_the_Lost_Ark:_The_Adaptation
/film/ Has Migrated to Infinity Next
8chan migration is nearly 2/3 complete. Once migration has finished, we will begin using the new site. You can monitor the progress at https://twitter.com/8ntech/ and >>>/next/3556
Posts on /film/ after No. 6502 will not be on the new site when we switch, so you might want to hold off on posting for about a day. That said, we will try to manually recreate whatever gets posted in the interim and feel free to ask questions here if you have any.
Crowdfunding
What's your impression of the crowdfunded projects you watched? Amateurish or shades of greatness?I've only seen Blue Ruin and Indie Game: The Movie. Blue Ruin raised the bar IMO. I didn't even know it was crowdfunded until afterwards. It was on par with other enjoyable low budget thrillers.
Indie Game was not perfect but still interesting enough. I don't think it's as difficult to make a documentary, but it's cool that crowdfunding allows niche ideas or topics to be promoted.
watch my short
Hey, /film/, this is basically the only internet community on film that I enjoy visiting, maybe you guys can give me feedback on the short film I made recently. It was made with zero budget and I was the only crew, so don't expect too much. But I'm reasonably happy with how it turned out, other than not having a tripod/steadicam.
Here it is: https://vimeo.com/138888895
/film/ request
Does anyone know where I can watch La nuit fantastique? It isn't on thepiratebay and I really want to see it.http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0041705/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1
Melodramas
I've been really obsessed with Douglas Sirk and the lineage of directors he influenced. Rainer Werner Fassbinder, Pedro Almodóvar and Todd Haynes specifically. Could someone recommend some modern or classic melodramas or comedies with strong colors, aesthetics similar to 50's Hollywood and central female characters? This can also be gen. discussion thread for Sirk and his style.
ITT: GOAT Documentaries
Titles Thread
Anyone know the titles?
I believe middle row right column is My Name is Oona. But the rest I do not know.
ITT: Western films
What are your favorite westerns?
Netflix
What should I watch.
CG Horror Freeleech
What are you grabbing?
ITT: Christmas films you're planning to watch / you like to watch every year / you think others should know about
I plan to watch the first animated TV special, Mr. Magoo's Christmas Carol (1962). The UPA style is a lot of fun. Although it's had many home releases (including Blu-Ray), over the years it's been greatly overshadowed by the Grinch and Charlie Brown.
I may watch Blast of Silence or The Apartment too. Both take place during Christmas and they're both great for different reasons.
If I could find it I'd like to see the colorized version of It's a Wonderful Life, just for (morbid?) curiosity's sake.
A couple other interesting picks: Wake in Fright (easy to forget it takes place during Christmas) and Lady in the Lake (the POV gimmick is notable despite the film's flaws)
White Christmas … pretty much stinks.
Film Composers
Do you have any favourite film composers, /film/?
LOVE
so what do you guys think of this? did anyone see in in 3D?
i'm probably gonna watch it this week. gaspar is my one of favourite degenerate filmmakers. but i hope it's more than cheap sex scenes.
the LOVE poster reminds me of marilyn minter, a very cool artist. either she designed it or they ripped off her style.
http://camh.org/exhibitions/marilyn-minter-prettydirty#.VlTn5narSM8
>I suggest you both go outside and discuss it sensibly in the street
Why was Withnail such a coward bastard?
Samurai Cinema
What are your favorite Samurai films, /film/? I'm a huge fan of the genre, Harakiri is my favorite. I also like the Zatoichi series, all of the Kurosawa ones, Lone Wolf and Cub, and Sword of Doom. I'm looking for lesser known Samurai flick recommendations, so let me know what you guys's favorites are
Four Nights of a Dreamer
Anyone know where I can watch this? I've searched ebay, jewtube and amazon with no luck ;__;
I hear that this is one of Bressons best films too...
>ITT: favourite war films from.
>WW1
Lawrence of Arabia
>WW2
Schindler's list (fuck off I like it)
>Vietnam
Apocalypse now
Is filmmaking discussion welcome here?
So, I'm about to buy my first entry-level professional camera. I can't decide between getting a Panasonic GH2, hacking it and buying some lenses or getting a GH4 with a single lens.
People online worship the hacked GH2, and I've seen some amazing results with it (Upstream Color by Shane Carruth being a hell of an example), however it seems that the GH4 truly is the future of DLSR entry-level cameras, with my only problem being the $600 difference in price.
What do?
>Not admiring directors who disregard the mental and physical safety of their actors and/or audience
Also a reminder that Spielberg is for normies.
Horse Money
i remember kg having horse money up for a bit before it was removed.
does anyone still have that copy or a mega link to it? really been meaning to watch it and would appreciate it.
Should I go see Cul-De-Sac in 35mm?
Eiseinstein in Guanajuato
Anyone seen this?
>Venerated filmmaker Sergei Eisenstein (Elmer Bäck) travels to Mexico to shoot his new film after being shunned by Hollywood. There he has a sensual experience that becomes a significant turning point in his life and career.
>Dir. by Peter Greenaway
I think it could be a good idea to start this board off with some OC, what do you think?
I've made this, it's a work in progress and I think it should be a group endeavor to include the most diverse tastes, so if you think something should be edited/added/removed feel free to contribute.
I've also made a template if someone else feels like making their own grid (I'm also looking for suggestions on other themes), you can download it here:
http://www26.zippyshare.com/v/2717201/file.html
It's very easy to edit: I've grouped the titles and the posters together, to add a poster (or a screenshot if the latter is not available) simply copy the image, select the grey rectangle with magic wand and paste into (Ctrl+Alt+Shift+V) so you don't have to worry about them being aligned.
Hey /film/. I'm really liking this board, so I'll do my part to help keep it alive. Does anyone know of any films similar to The Parallel Street (1961)? I'm thinking of sort of globe-trotting fiction/documentary hybrids with experimental structures and stuff like that. The only one I can really think of is Sans Soleil, so if anyone knows of anything similar to either of these, it would be much appreciated
Just watched a Japanese movie, "Watashi wa nisai". Was very relaxing as it was slow paced, simple, and barely anything happened. Are alot of Japanese films that way? How can I into Japanese movies? And what are some simple, calming films from any country?
Anyone know where i can find and download the original cut for Salò?
/meta/ - future of this board
I've been thinking about the purpose of this board. What is your opinion:Do you think this should be a place to talk only about "high cinema", with words like "movie" or "director" forbidden (there are only "films" and "auteurs") with no "capeshits" and blockbusters and allowed,
Or, a place for discussion about every single film with no prejudices, as long it is a film and there is a discussion, not spamming pictures of Aiden Gillan. (there's >>>/tv/ for that)
Discuss, state your mind.
/film/'s Viewing Habits
How many films do you watch per week? Per year?
Do you still go to the cinema?
Do you track your viewing on a website or spreadsheet?
Do you try to complete viewing lists and filmographies, or do you just watch random stuff?
What are some movies with evil, irredeemable, merciless protag(s)
i'm talking william munny levels of bitterness and hatred
Vintage Publicity Stills
The Bride of Frankenstein (Universal, 1935)
What movie is this?
never seen this before
Peter Greenaway
Why isn't Peter Greenaway discussed more often? I think he is one of the best filmmakers to ever live. He takes Lynchian surrealism to an extremely cerebral level.
What's your favorite film by him? What do you or don't you like about him? General discussion thread
shorts
Dumping links to some of my favorite shorts, feel free to add yours.> Winner of the Acadamy Award for Best Animated Short Film and Short Film Palme d'Or in 1987, this is a charming animated masterpiece about a man who devotes his life to planting trees.
> Directed by Frederick Back and edited by Norbert Pickering, this is the full English language version translated by Jean Roberts and narrated by Christopher Plummer (the orginal version is in French language narrated by Philippe Noiret).
> Jean Giono, the author of the short story upon which the movie is based, wrote the story after American editors in 1953 asked him to write a few pages about an unforgettable character. They intended him to write about a real unforgettable character, but he created the fictional Elezeard Bouffier. When the editors objected that no Bouffier had died in Banon, he donated the story to all humanity. It was soon after published by Vogue in 1954. Many people have assumed that Bouffier is a real person.
The Mountain (1956)
Thoughts on this film? I enjoyed it, and thought it was both enjoyable to watch and also had deeper storytelling elements that I enjoyed. I thought the ending was powerful, and I appreciated that some of the climbing was done actually on a mountain (I think).
Question
If any of you have seen The Wild Angels, why does Blues let himself get arrested in the end?
What kind of movies did you enjoy as a child, and do you still think any of them have merit?
Topos
The Deserter and the Nomads
The Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting
Entranced Earth
The Counterfeit Coin
Electra, My Love
La Terra Trema
Macario
Burying Old Alive
The Temptation of St. Tony
Let’s Go with Pancho Villa
Limite
Black Cross
Alexander the Great
Daily reminder
Cinema's most important aspect is the aesthetics.
It's the logical axiom of cinema, the first and therefore absolute truth to the medium. Meaning that, in a rough manner, sounds and storyline coherence are secondary to the will of aesthetic.
Following the systematic distribution of categories within cinema, it's logical to affirm that the diegetic structure of the mimesis is what matters the most, as it's closely vinculated to the roots of the medium itself.
city movies
I've been watching old "city movies" recently, by which I mean movies (preferably documentary) that focus on the daily life of a city. Some favorites so far have been Duoro Faina Fluvial, Berlin: Symphony of a Great City, and A Propos de Nice. Any recommendations of similar films would be appreciated, maybe we could even work on a city-core chart
ITT classic movies that you didn't understand the hype for. Pic related, my ones (Les 400 Coups, Battleship Potemkin and The African Queen), also a lot of Hitchcocks films. Can anyone explain what makes these more than just pretty good? And what classics did you lot not really get?
Slavic animation
What are your favorite slav animation?www.youtube.com/watch?v=r16GL3N4PdM#t=274
War films that emphasizes story and character arcs. The most aesthetically relevant, the better.
We pitch a premise for a short film. Preferably something that won't take a lot of production and can be done with few to none extra-resources.
>character is trapped into a room with a ghost
Where can I buy Guido's glasses?
/nacht/ closes, then opens for /grim/, October 24
First, I'll run another Afterparty movie for the next session. While dependent on any delays in the /grim/ program, the 15 minute break should start around 0742 UTC (or 12:42 am Pacific), which puts the movie start at 0757 UTC (or 12:57 am Pacific). This movie will be Halloween III: Season of the Witch.
Because hardly anyone showed up for the first warm-up movie this week, I'm only running two this Saturday afternoon. I have a special feature in store for the last (handoff) bumper though!
All times UTC:
• 2200 - Music begins
• 2226 - The Shining (1980)
• 0105 - The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975)
• 0245 - Souper Spoopy Speshul Feeture!
including 15 minute breaks between all films.
Where:
When:
Saturday, 2015/10/24 at 2200 UTC (3 pm Pacific, 6 pm Eastern).
Why:
This is just the opening act for >>>/grim/ and their Slasher Films presentation. You are highly encouraged to join them after we're done here.
Filling the chat with MST3K-style riffing and snarking about the films is not only allowed, it is expected.
Official threads at >>>/nacht/184 and >>>/grim/320
This is the >>>/grim/ announced line-up (with 15 minute breaks included):
Streams at: http://connectcast.tv/n1x_
1960/70's Counter Culture: 10/23/15
(no /nacht/ opener)
• Night of The Living Dead - 20:00 PST (03:00)
• Texas Chainsaw Massacre - 21:40 PST (UTC 04:40)
• Shivers - 23:15 PST (UTC 06:15)
Slasher Films: 10/24/15
This is the show /nacht/ is opening for.
• Halloween - 20:00 PST (03:00)
• Friday the 13th - 22:40 PST (UTC 05:40)
• Nightmare on Elm Street - 23:30 PST (UTC 06:30)
It was requested that I break this thread off from >>4180 and start new, so here goes.
Films with similar aesthetic to Chungking Express?
>The film uses slower speed frame rates with the camera shutter open more (to show the “flashes of light”) to create a dream-like motion with all the blurriness.
I'm looking for films that make use of this same technique but in a more throughout manner. Thank you.
L' Atalante (1934)
I thought it was aesthetically efficient. I liked the offbeat tone and the disregard to standard filmic narrative. I also liked the combination of a sterile and gritty dreamlike Paris (devoid of any charm and magic) habited by marginal and borderline grotesque characters, going opposite to what is often being promoted by the media. But at the end of the film I realized it was nothing to write home about. A very simplistic and carefully constructed story done with occasional doses of flare and passion, surprisingly never losing the diegetic ground for unconvenient mistakes that might've prejudiced viewing immersion. A precise film.
I'd like to hear what you folks thought about this one.
What does /film/ think of anime film?
Personal I never cared for a lot of them, found some studio ghibli films charming but have never come across something I would recommend to a friend.
Searching for legit horror films
I just watched Begotten and I'm not sure if I liked it or hated it. It was definitely different! I loved the no dialog aspect and some of the visuals.
Anyone else have any recommendations like this flick?
what does /film/ think of this movie? has anyone here even seen it?
Outdated film tecniques
For me, is the fade away. It is useless. Other than expressing a relation of brief temporal/spatial shift between a two determined events (A and B) it is succintly limited and archaic as a form of communicating ideas.
A fade away inside the current filmic system is bound to failure. A modern hollywood film averages 2000-3000 cuts. In this case a fade might even break a film's diegetic reality.
A filmmaker that indulges with this technique is deriding the medium, attempting to prove something by asserting a domain of montage which he clearly does not retain. Thus the use of this technique should be energetically disencouraged.
Tarkovksy
What would his style had been like if he grew up in America?
Do you think he would've found any success?
Does anyone know where I can find a subbed torrent for Hard to be a God? I've given up trying to find a way to watch it legally
Walt Disney Documentary on PBS
Is anyone else checking this out? I never knew the kind of hardships this man had and overcame.
Walt Disney is a legend.
smart-ish humor
whqt movies made you laugh without using comedian actorsjust plain old good writing
Why do so many people seem to dislike Tom Cruise films?
I realize he's a terrible person and a Scientologist, but he's a great actor and is fantastic to watch on the screen.
What did you guys think of this movie?
How /film/ got /film/
So how did you enter the world of non-mainstream cinema? Did you make a deliberate push to watch more alternative films, for example? And when?
Serials, Mini-Series, Extra Long Films
Let's have a thread specifically for longer content.
I don't watch television series since I'd prefer spend that time on, say, 10 completely different films. But I'm open to watching mini-series, a format situated between regular feature films and TV series. (It's just rare that I actually do it.)
Has /film/ seen any good mini-series (or old serials)? What long films have you seen, did you watch them in one day, and were they worth the time?
Hello, /film/
This board is probably infinitely more dedicated to watching rather than making films, but it is the closest thing, this chan has to offer,
so I'm going to ask anyways.
on /mu/, we're having this long running project, called "Autistic Rage Festival", which is a not too serious collab of anons making music.
It will not take much listening time to pinpoint the effort in the entire discography, but it would nevertheless be fucking fantastic,
if someone could make a music video for basicly ANY track. There are no expectations to it, and therefor no limits either. As mentioned,
the whole ARF project is not too serious, in case anyone is determined to make a video, and said person should really not put too much ambition or time into to it, but anyways.
also sorry, if this post is a duplicate
Animated films
Does anyone here on /film/ think certain animated works are worthy topics of discussion? Work like pics relatedor am I better off at /ani/?
Film Club Suggestions
At /film/ we have an ongoing Film Club which features titles suggested by the board. Usually there's a different theme each month. The tentative plan for March was to start Concerning Violence in a few days while choosing two other films for later in the month.However since Concerning Violence is not yet widely available outside private sites, many members may not be able to watch it. If anyone has a link, we can still do it. Otherwise we'll wait until later.
Either way, the floor is open to suggest interesting films to be featured this month and beyond. We can continue February's theme of newer releases, or look at political documentaries, or perhaps there's another theme you'd like to explore. Let's hear your ideas.
Spooktober Suggestions
Hey /film/ I'm gathering a bunch of movies for October. I stream them on a chat site and am aiming for less populists films that a general audience may have not seen. I should probably add a few crowd-pleasers but what do you think thus far and what would you add?
Here's the link to the spreadsheet, all the movies are hyperlinked to their letterboxd profiles.
Shows
Has there ever been a good movie based on a TV show or a good movie that spawned a TV show? If so, what?
Also really sorry for shilling but I'm running >>>/tele/ for people who want to talk about shows/movies/cartoons/etc. without all the braindead shitposting on /tv/
What's you guys' favorite Orson film? Mine are on the attached webm's.
What's your favorite trend/era of sci-fi?
Советский и русский фильм
I think Soviet/Russian cinema is sometimes overlooked compared to countries like France and Italy. How about a dedicated thread here at /film/?
Russia has more to offer than the dozen titles that everyone knows about. Talk about your faves here, but also the films below the radar in the West. New releases and former Soviet states are welcome too.
A couple links to get the ball rolling…
Russian Guild Top Films: https://mubi.com/lists/russian-guild-of-film-critics-100-best-russian-films-1908-2000
Mosfilm on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Mosfilm
Behind the Scenes Photos
Post 'em if you got 'emBut maybe not the same Star Wars images that always show up
In this thread I will post links to interesting looking films from KG.
You can post too, but if they look like crap I will call you out on your shit taste.
Anybody know where I can get a copy (digital or physical) of A Fugitive from the Past (1965) with english subtitles? Been meaning to watch it forever.
Sleezy Films
Films made fore the specific purpose of selling tickets through titillation. Not porn of any kind, but that kind slasher/giallo approach to sparking interest.
The Duke of Burgundy
The new movie from Peter Strickland is just out on bluray. Thoughts?
Screenwriting
Does anybody here have an interest in screenwriting? Or experience selling their script(s)?
I'm thinking of banging out 3 or 4 ideas I've had bouncing around my head, but considering that I'm an American (not film) student living in Europe with no funds for a trip to LA–how fucked am I?
/fringe/ films
looking for films including matters pertaining to; Magic : Philosophy : Paranormal : Dreams : Religion : Occult : Symbolism : Aliens : Demons & Angels : Metaphysics : Conspiracy : Secret Societies : Mind Control : Morality & Ethics : Mysticism : Qualia : Psychic Abilities – Anything that is fringe in some respect>inb4 The Holy Mountain or The Matrix
ITT: Academic /film/ related stories
I assume i wasn't the only person who was lucky enough to study Film/Motion Pictures in the pre SJW times. Did you ever experience anything interesting or have stories to tell?
e.g:
>When it came to auteur theory aside from the mandatory goth chick writing about Tim Burton i was the only person in the class that didn't write about Quentin Tarantino.
>When being shown jurassic Park during a period on the history of SFX a student who was a self professed fundamentalist Christian left in outrage at this "moral degeneracy", 4 months later he would be removed from the course for attempting to rape a Lesbian girl on campus to "fix here"
>One of the final exam live study films was The Happiness of the Katakuris and one student handed in a single piece of paper with "I DONT GET IT I JUST LOVE FUCKING STAR WARS" on it. Surprisingly he was not Rich Evans.
>More than half the class fell asleep during Citzen Kane.
>The surprise hit was Perfect Blue by Satoshi Kon.
>When moving onto practical work and placement in the industry health and safety forms had to be signed swearing there was no chance of meteor strike, volcanic eruption of nearby nuclear conflict.
>Started 130 in year one, down to 5 in year 4, was one of 2 that graduated.
What was your film school time like?
>That guy whos absolutely desperate to be seen as a 'patrician' and wants everyone to know he has seen a film or two based on YMS's recommendations
>Treats none english cinema as something weird or strange hoping he gets seen as 'quirky' or worldly
>Acts like a snob about other peoples tastes
>Doesnt understand anything about the art of cinema including basic shit like mise en scene, framing and colour theory
>Acts as a judge of peoples tastes because he bought two japanese horror movies from HMV's world cinema section
>Doesnt understand world cinema is just cinema, not showing at your local theatre doesnt imbibe it with a special cred.
>Wants everyone to know his tastes and how 'patrician he is compared to mainstream plebs'
>That
>Guy
Do you know That Guy?
Sad movies
What sad movies do you like, and recommend. I usually don't watch sad films.
Film Club #14 - Concerning Violence (Göran Olsson, 2014)
Our next Film Club features the newest film so far; it's come off the festival circuit for a wider release only a few months ago. Concerning Violence is also the first documentary to be featured for Film Club.> Combining Swedish archival footage and audiovisual extracts from Frantz Fanon’s combustible 1962 tome, this is a sobering nine-part account of Africa’s struggle to emerge from the yoke of colonial oppression. Uncompromising, demanding and potently illuminating. ~~ David Parkinson, Empire
> It's a confrontational, direct and challenging piece of film-making; an illustrated lecture that muses on the legacy of European colonial rule in Africa and elsewhere and poses questions about cycles of power abuse and neo-colonialism. ~~ Wendy Idle, The Times
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3263690/reference
http://www.filmquarterly.org/2014/10/preface-to-concerning-violence/
Your suggestions and opinions for upcoming Film Club selections are always welcome. Either comment here or in the proper thread: >>3564
Recently I stopped watching films and started reading instead. Now that I want to return I find myself more picky with the films I watch. My favourite director used to be Kieslowski because of his humanity. Then I read David Foster Wallace and were underwhelmed by Kieslowskis philosophy.
I'm trying to ask for some names of directors/ films that goes beyond aesthetics and deeply studies characters and learn important life lessons through the philosophy of the film. Any ideas?
Hibakusha Cinema
Today marks the anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima, so let's get talking about Hibakusha cinema.
What films or documentaries have you seen/plan on seeing that reflect on the bombing or cope with themes relative to that event.
Hungarian Film
Hey /film/, KG's MoM is Hungarian film, I have only seen a couple films by Jancso and Tarr so I don't really know what's good when it comes to Hungary. Any recs for Hungarian films?
Art films
Am I a cunt for almost exclusively watching art films? Anything with a plainly linear point-A-to-point-B storyline will generally feel empty to me, and even movies others will tell me are great, saying I'll absolutely love them will average only like, a 3.5/10 for me. I can't enjoy a movie just for its story, I need stuff I can actively digest during and long after the film, shit like symbolism, and imagery, and allusions and allegories and all sorts of stuff of that sort.
What does /film/ think of Rotten Tomatoes and imbd scores?
One on One discussion.
Do you guys have a place to chat? An irc channel perhaps? Facebook?
250 QUINTESSENTIAL NOIR FILMS
The list is helpful to get started on NOIR with plenty of great titles waiting. I've been working through the 250 films on and off for a few years, so why not discuss it here? I hope I'm not the only one interested in this style of filmmaking.http://www.theyshootpictures.com/noir250noirs1.htm
dips bedora
/eris/ Mindfuck Movie Night, August 8
Saturday, 2015/08/08 at 2200 UTC (3 pm Pacific or 6 pm Eastern), I will screen:
• 2200 Fight Club
• 0031 Donnie Darko
• 0255 Inception
• 0531 Brazil
-=0808 Program Repeats=-
• 0807 Fight Club
• 1038 Donnie Darko
• 1302 Inception
• 1538 Brazil
-=1800 Program Ends=-
including 15 minute breaks between all films. All credits will run completely, but at several times the normal speed when possible.
Where:
When:
Saturday, 2015/08/08 at 2200 UTC (3 pm Pacific or 6 pm Eastern), though the music will start two hours prior to this.
Why:
I don't know any more, it's just fun.
The official thread can be found here: >>>/eris/686
Has there ever been a fantasy film outside of the Fellowship of the Ring that one could consider cinematic?
One could argue for Ridely Scotts Legend but it doesn't have the same epic scale as FotR.
What are some right-wing (social) movies and documentaries? What are some of these /film/ endorsed movies? Bring it on!
Can a kind inconnu drop me a Karagarga invite? I'm a whore, thanks in advance.
Cinematographers - Past and Present
Whose visual style is most appealing to you (and why)?One of my favorites is Vittorio Storaro, pic related. I never knew the name until I started watching early 70s gialli, particularly The Fifth Cord and Le Orme. Those films (and his work with Argento and Bertolucci) had a strong impact on me, more than his later movies that everyone has seen. I love his chiaroscuro of vibrant colors and deep blacks, the repeated use of parallel lines, and the scenes enveloped in light blue haze.
Looking for some classic slow burners like yi yi and foxcatcher.. I find the intense, slow 2-3 hour build-up and release to be a pretty hard hitting and powerful tool. Doesn't have to involve violence. I like the format more than the content, I think, although Yi Yi nails both - aestethics in addition to that…
Any recommendations?
Can't think of anything else to post so top 10 favourite films
1. 2001: a Space Odyssey
2. The Battle of Algiers
3. Ghost World (entirely subjective on an objective basis it's kind of above average so yeah)
4. Caravaggio
5. The Holy Mountain
6. Aguirre, the Wrath of God
7. Nosferatu (Herzog's remake)
8. Seventh Seal
9. Brazil
10. M
pic related, damn good Space Odyssey poster
Hey, /tv/
Does anyone here know how I can find the book of concept art for Mad Max: Fury Road without ordering it over amazon? I've really wanted to get my hands on this book, but haven't found a single torrent with it. Anyone have a link to a torrent site that has it? Anyone got it uploaded?
The art looks really amazing, can't wait to read it.
Let's have a thread dedicated to underrated directors.
I'll start with Teryama. Pastoral: To Die in the Country; Throw away your books, Rally in the streets; and Farewell to the Ark are all masterpieces.
Greetings, glad this kind of board exists, been aching for one since 2008
I was wondering what are your sources/ways to find or dl movies?
While looking up for flicks, especially foreign, i end up with not finding them, a bunch of Megaupload links or just downloading a 6 year old torrent with no activity at all for 3 months
There's some pesky ones that maybe only an old shop or PassThePopcorn might have
Is their a more iconic image in the history of cinema?
Just post your favorite film of all time.
Just fucking do it.
music videos
what's your stance on music videos?
can they be "art" too?
post good music videos
So I just rewatched El Topo, and I fucking loved it, even more than my first viewing.
So what are your thoughts on El Topo and Jodorowsky in general, I personally love him, think his films are visually interesting and entertaining, but I'm not one of those nutters who thinks he's some artistic and philosophical genius.
Just watched this for the 3rd time and im going to watch it for a 4th time in a couple of days. Its been the first film in years that has made me feel emotions for the characters on screen, absolute genious and one of Pixar's greatest works. Heres to a sequel since i believe the can work with the concept a lot more if Disney dosent choke them on an pg only rating. Who else watched and liked/disliked it?
Themes
What's the most interesting theme you've ever seen in a movie?
Is this the worst Best Picture lineup ever?
30th Anniversary Thread
I don't give a shit if it's simple
I don't give a shit if it's mainstream
I don't give a shit what you think of it
Back to the Future turns 30 years old today, and that's something worth celebrating
What does /film/ think of Cassavetes?
Hack or no?
Does anyone here listen to film podcasts? What's good?
Lag 99
Best japanese film of all time?
Looking for some films, such as Alajandro Jordowosky works
Any recommendations are welcome
I need some help deciding which of Tarkovsky's films to watch next.
I loved Offret, even though it took a few watches to really become immersed with the experience, and I've tried watching Solaris and Stalker a few times but they both have a weird feel to them that I can't exactly explain, and I had to stop watching because I couldn't become invested in what I was seeing.
What of Tarkovsky's films besides Offret will most help me get a better feel for his direction and stuff, so I can later dive into his more alienating films more comfortably?
Hi, I figured out this was the right place to ask.
I'm looking for these movies:
>Ukigumo - Naruse Mikio
>Woman in the Dunes - Teshigahara
>Narayama Bushikou - Kinoshita Keisuke
Any idea of where I could find them?
Italian Films
Anyone familiar with Italian cinema in general? What are some of the must-see movies (from any decade)? I've watched a small chunk going through a dedicated college class but I would like other points of view since there might be some that would trigger Californians.
From what I can remember, I've seen:
La dolce vita
La vita e` bella
Rocco e i suoi fratelli
Amarcord
Roma citta` aperta
Riso amaro
La grande bellezza
Uccellacci e uccellini
Il Gattopardo
I soliti ignoti
Ladri di biciclette
Mediterraneo
Matrimonio all'italiana
Experimental, anarchic, provactive films
I'm looking for more of this type, particularly similar in style to those of the films in the images and funeral parade of roses.
Aussie Cinema General
What are your favourite australian movies?
A Film I watched when I was younger.
Hello, /film/ - first time board user here. I was wondering if there was anyone who would be able to help me remember the name of a film that I watched when I was younger.
I really can't remember much about the film, other than that it was about a boy who ran away from home at night, had sex with a girl in a swimming pool, and got shot in the desert at the end.
Any help, even shitposting, would be great.
ITT: Low-rated films you actually like. Based on the IMDB rating or some other aggregate measure.
Why do you like them, and why do you think the masses hate them? And how low can you go ratings-wise?
Hilariously bad movies like The Room or Troll 2 don't really count since most people watch them ironically.
Just watched this in 3d Imax and it's probably the best action movie ever made.
What are your guys thoughts?
Special Film
What is your favorite special film?
Mine is Agfa 10E56 holographic film
What are the best movies of the Neuer Deutscher Film movement? I already know Herzog, but what about works from other directors? Interesting reads about this topic are also appreciated
Movie request
Artistic and not cheap, yet easy to ingest and not complex movies?
like
Only lovers left alive
Submarine
dump good films
this board is too dead, post good films that you enjoy.
talk, discuss, recommend, etc.
we need more movement on here
hi /film/
KhanTube (http://cytu.be/r/khantube) is hosting a movie stream tomorrow, we're watching Kusturica's Black cat white cat
sunday, 22 yurotime, 4PM easterntime, 20 UTC
if you're interested in joining us for Balkan Gypsy Madness, consider yourself invited
t. /intl/ (we're not /int/)
Cannes 2015
>Kurzel's Macbeth
>New films by HHH, Van Sant, Sorrentino, Jia Zhang, Villeneuve, Apichatpong, Kawase and Kurosawa
>pic related alone makes my dick diamonds
Is this the best line-up of Cannes' recent history? I'm definitely hyped.
Film questions
ITT: Ask questions you have about particular films. Be respectful and spoiler (at least seemingly) important elements to the film.>The Turin Horse
Why do the woodworms stop eating?
Why does the storm stop?
What do these things signify? I feel that they're heavily symbolic of something.
Musicals
What do you think of them?
Can you appreciate any musicals or do showtunes give you a migraine?
gif banner sauce
does somebody have the gif used in the banner that says"- I say serious things
- and people laugh at me!"
Where should I start with Akira Kurosawa?
Littlest Auteurs
Dumping..
Slow Burn
Can /film/ recommend some slow burners?Something that may take a while to develop, gradually turns on the heat and builds to a nice climax?
World’s Oldest Director, Manoel de Oliveira, Dies at 106
http://variety.com/2015/film/news/manoel-de-oliveira-dead-oldest-filmmaker-dies-at-106-1201465173/> Manoel de Oliveira, the oldest living active filmmaker, with a career that spanned nine decades from the silent era to the present, has died. He was 106. News of Oliveira’s death was confirmed on the website for the city of Porto, Portugal, where the director was born in 1908.
> Oliveira had completed only two features by age 55 but subsequently made 29 by the time he was 102. Even more unusual is that one of these films, “Memories and Confessions,” was not to be publicly shown, by the director’s expressed wishes, until his death — meaning that a new Oliveira film may be soon unveiled. The director’s most recent film, “The Old Man of Belem,” premiered at last year’s Venice Film Festival.
Ask a film expert anything about film, screenwriting, recommendations, opinions etc.
Source: Film school graduate and director/writer of two feature films and numerous short features that have been accepted into festivals.
Film Club #15 - The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears (Hélène Cattet & Bruno Forzani, 2013)
We continue to feature notable recent releases with this giallo-inspired film, the second such feature from the Belgian/French directing partners Hélène Cattet and Bruno Forzani.> It's a confrontational fever dream film told from constantly shifting perspectives, and a chilly, dizzying trip into a genre defined by violently conflicting emotions. ~~ Simon Abrams, RogerEbert.com
> The Strange Color of Your Body’s Tears isn’t something meant to be causally viewed, sure to overwhelm those who don't understand what's about to come. It’s specialized cinema … charging forward with a kaleidoscopic presentation that carries confidently and ghoulishly from beginning to end. Just relax and allow the directors to guide the experience, as any resistance will surely lead to a rejection of the whole endeavor. ~~ Brian Orndorf, Blu-Ray.com
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2733258/reference
http://cinema-scope.com/features/tiff-2013-preview-the-strange-colour-of-your-bodys-tears-bruno-forzani-helene-cattet-belgiumfranceluxembourg/
http://www.electricsheepmagazine.co.uk/features/2014/04/10/interview-with-helene-cattet-and-bruno-forzani/
To discuss upcoming Film Club selections, be sure to check this thread: >>3564
I'd like to call your attention to the board's RSS feed (https://8ch.net/film/index.rss) which can be used to conveniently monitor the activity here. I wish it was a feed of recent posts, but for now it's a feed of most recently active threads. If you add it as a Live Bookmark you should be able to view the feed as a dropdown list in your Bookmarks Toolbar.
Also the 8chan posting form has been redesigned, but I disabled most of the clutter (until it gets changed again…).
Donation Drive Episodes of Now Playing Podcast
http://www.nowplayingpodcast.com/archives.htm
I specifically want the Return of the Living Dead episodes, but any of them will do.
Does anyone have them?
best film of the year thread
what you think bout this?
have you watch it? Im not sure if I got it…
Sentimental Movies
What is your opinion on sentimental films or sentimentalism narratives in general?
Has a film ever ever made you cry out of pure sentimentality.
Why didn't he go back to the hotel and start a family again?
He had come all that way, even come back to see his ex multiple times at the club, and even had a heart to heart with her, so why did he run off again?
hell, why did he leave the message on the tape recorder with his son, instead of having him just stay away from the club again?
I swear this is the only good board left, all the other boards on here are so culturally devoid of intelligence. In the past month I've gotten a new found love for French films, as well as classic silent films. I'm a filmmaker in my spare time and some of the stuff you guys have posted has seriously inspired me to get off my fucking ass and actually film something.
Also general Kubrick thread, is his stuff before Dr. Strangelove and 2001 worth watching?
Some years ago I saw a black and white film, to my knowledge it had no verbal dialogue but I didn't actually see much of the film. Someone told me it was the greatest film they'd ever seen in their entire life.
There was a typewriter, I believe, and flowers, and the woman was walking along a stone path in what looked like post-WWII Greece, architecturally speaking.
Does anyone know what this film could be? My memory is fucked so I may just be imagining certain details.
I'm going to be in the new King Arthur film.
Ask me anything.
where can i watch?
Kumiko, the Treasure Hunte
FAMU/Film School
Hey,/film/, I'm thinking about applying for this international program (http://international.famu.cz/page.php?page=38) at FAMU, does anyone here have any experience with FAMU at all? I've heard good things but it would be nice to hear some personal experiences if anyone has any. Or experience with film school in general
Hey /film/, my ex-girlfriend who dumped me a couple months ago and who I see on a daily basis (I go to a small college) is now fucking some new guy. Anybody have any recs of films that deal with this kind of stuff, or that would make me feel better in general?
Film Club #17 - The King of Kings (Cecil B. DeMille, 1927) and Religious Films
With Easter and Passover this week, it's an opportune time to think about cinematic depictions of faith and religion. The film to spur the discussion is Cecil B. DeMille's silent account of the adult life of Jesus Christ.> In a genre that deserves the best that artists can offer but is too often plagued by mediocrity, DeMille's flawed but powerful The King of Kings remains one of Hollywood’s most remarkable achievements. ~~ Decent Films
> Whether you’re religious or not, King of Kings is a monumental technical achievement of its era. Most notable are its impressive cinematography, ghostly special effects which must have been shocking in its day, and the appearance of an early form of color in two of its scenes — a two-strip Technicolor predecessor that remains one of few uses of color in a silent film. ~~ AMC Movie Guide
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0018054/reference
http://ladailymirror.com/2011/09/27/louis-adamic-cecil-b-demille-movie-evangelist/
In addition to discussing The King of Kings, I think we should broaden the scope to evaluate other portrayals of religion onscreen. Do religious films face unique challenges that other films do not? What positive and negative traits stand out in the films you've seen? Is there a tradeoff between the sacred and the entertaining?
While I'd normally ask /tv/, any time I see them talk about this movie, half the posts are pretentious and or talking about fapping. So, I'm gonna ask you guys. Is "Blue is the Warmest Color" a good film? I'm a legitimate fan of the graphic novel, but hearing that they may have changed the ending has put me off on hatching it. Would You recommend it?
Hey guys. I recently saw The Road after reading the novel, and I was wondering if there were any other films that have themes of father-son relationships under intense circumstances. Thanks guys
Film Club #16 - Macherovgaltis AKA Knifer (Yannis Economides, 2010)
The final Film Club selection this month is Yannis Economides's third feature, a film that was well received at the Hellenic Academy Awards a few years ago.> In this artful B&W account of a decaying middle class, Nikos moves in with his brutish uncle to guard his dogs, but soon finds out that he must pull himself together in order to set things right. ~~ Los Angeles Greek Film Festival
> Dissatisfaction, silence and stagnation gradually turn into fury and destruction. The magnificently shot images in sumptuous black and white and the film’s calm rhythm form a stark contrast to the sudden outbreaks of violence. ~~ Arsenal Cinema
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1371631/reference
http://filmiconjournal.com/journal/article/2014/2/9
Remember the thread to discuss future Film Clubs is here: >>3564
What's your fav comedy?
narcissists
I would like /film/'s input on movies with manipulative narcissists. There are several lists online, but they tend to showcase a lot of painful to watch chick flicks. I thought /film/ might have some insight on more artistic/insightful works.
How and When do you watch your movies?
Hey guys, how do you balance your cinephile lifestyle with everything else? I have a full time job, a great wife and work out a lot. The movies I want to watch are completely different than what my wife watches (but she did like Beyond the Black Rainbow).Do you have a dedicated theater room? Watch on your phone/laptop while en transit to work? Single and watch whenever? Do you prefer early morning, midday or late night? What about the weather outside?
It's very difficult for me to sit still for 3 hours to watch The Bridge on the River Kwai unless I have the house to myself.
>pic unrelated but awesome
Just watched Noah. It was like Evan Almighty, but without any attempt at humour. Why did one of the few good mainstream directors make such a boring, ugly, simple, unnecessary and dumb movie? Did I miss something?
Cringe pic related. This panning comes with saucy string instrumental music and is a contrasting example of the directors' otherwise convincing use of music, montage and camera movement.
What are some good mindfuck movies?
The /film/ Intro to Film
On this board we aim for a thoughtful yet informal discussion of non-mainstream cinema. Our aim is not to be elitist or exclusionary. To that end, this thread is intended as a reference for visitors who are new to the world of film.We begin with an overview of the basics to help you get started. Feel free to use the comments as an open channel to the board regulars who will try to answer whatever questions you have.
Selecting a Film
Here are a few general film lists to familiarize yourself with "the canon" as it currently stands. There's no right or wrong way to being watching these films, and this board is certainly not limited to the scope of particular lists. But if you want to get started with the essentials, try picking something that sounds interesting and see where it takes you.
○ Sight and Sound: Critics’ Top 250 Films (http://explore.bfi.org.uk/sightandsoundpolls/2012/critics/) – from a large poll conducted once every decade, most recently in 2012
○ They Shoot Pictures, Don't They?: The 1,000 Greatest Films (http://www.theyshootpictures.com/gf1000.htm) – one of the more popular thousand-film lists
○ 101 Directors Essential Films (https://mubi.com/lists/101-directors-essential-films) – 101 important directors and a selection of their best works
Watching a Film
○ Boutique media labels license and sometimes finance new transfers of films in order to distribute high quality retail copies.
• Criterion Collection (https://www.criterion.com/) – most popular boutique label
• Masters of Cinema (https://www.eurekavideo.co.uk/moc) – similar to Criterion, based in UK
• Second Run (http://www.secondrundvd.com/) – focused on Eastern Europe
• BFI (https://www.bfi.org.uk/explore-film-tv/bfi-blu-rays-dvds) – focused on British cinema
• Warner Archive (https://www.wbshop.com/category/wbshop_brands/warner+archive.do) – rare Hollywood films
○ Streaming sites are the most convenient way to watch, with large libraries for instant viewing. Most sites offer a free trial.
• Netflix (https://www.netflix.com) – most popular streaming site, get recommendations here >>3756
• Hulu+ (http://www.hulu.com/plus) – provides online distribution for Criterion
• Mubi (https://mubi.com/) – streaming service of the popular film forum
• Fandor (https://www.fandor.com/films) – focused on non-mainstream
• Amazon Prime (https://www.amazon.com/prime)
○ Television channels still provide relevant content from time to time, so have a look at the schedule. A few of the best channels include TCM (http://www.tcm.com/), Arte Cinema (http://cinema.arte.tv/) and Film4 (http://www.film4.com/).
○ Trackers are helpful to find rarities and amateur subtitles for foreign films.
• Karagarga (https://karagarga.net/) – non-mainstream with a focus on arthouse
• Cinemageddon (http://cinemageddon.net) – non-mainstream with a focus on b-movies
• Passthepopcorn (https://tls.passthepopcorn.me/) – almost everything
• rutracker (http://rutracker.org) – Russian site with open signups
Analyzing a Film
This board is for discussion, so be sure to share your interesting observations on whatever you choose to watch. If you are seeking a deeper analysis, perhaps the links at >>2486 will lead you to worthwhile reading material.
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oldest film
What was the oldest film youve ever watched? did you liked it?for me it was Duck Soup (1925)
And it was one of the best movies ive watched
I'll be dumping stuff from old archives, feel free to join.
The Turin Horse
Could somebody explain this movie for me a bit, please? I feel that there's a lot of symbolism and metaphors going on but I can't find any analyses that can help me to make my own judgement.
What are some life changing films, or films that have had a big impact on you?
"Bad Films"
I watch many films that most people would consider bad. I do not mean overproduced films that critics hate, like Transformers, but just movies that most people dislike for objective reasons. I think watching movies that are of lower quality really inspires me and keeps my brain engaged, thinking of ways to improve the movie, what the director could be thinking and why things turned out the way they did.Isaac Asimov said that the best source of inspiration for him was through watching mildly interesting movies.
I believe an important part of being a connoisseur in anything is to consume a lot of shit. Do you agree?
Aliens
Can you recommend me a nice film about aliens?
I recently heard about this "mumblecore" trend that happened in indie film that i'm not sure if it is still happening.
But anyways, I watched "funny ha ha" and I thought it was a pleasant watch.
What do you guys think about movies like "funny ha ha" type indie films?
Last Days in Vietnam
This documentary has gotten some buzz lately, has anyone else seen it?It's essentially a great episode of Frontline. Personally I knew little about the events between American troop withdrawl and the evacuation in Saigon, so the stories are fascinating.
One peeve is the apparently cropping (at times) of 4:3 video to be widescreen, which fucks up the framing. The same thing was used throughout Senna. Just pillarbox it!
Where should I start with Pasolini?
movies similar to the game, Fight club, Memento, The usual suspects, etc. i´m stuck for things to see
/lbg/
Welcome to Letterboxd general. Post your Letterboxd profiles, follow others, call them pretentious assholes, and discuss movies.What's everyone watching today, /lbg/?
ITT Your favorite "hidden gem" type movie.
Mine's 3 O'Clock High. Nobody ever seems to remember this one. It's a shame, because it's High Noon meets John Hughes. What's not to love?
Harold and Maude
One of the girls I like introduced me to this film the other day. I must say, I really liked it; especially the ending.Anyone who has seen it: what did you think?
ALIEN SEQUEL CONFIRMED
As if the franchise hadn't already been dragged through the mud already, they're gonna give it another go!>http://variety.com/2015/film/news/new-alien-movie-confirmed-at-fox-with-director-neill-blomkamp-1201436551/
A Serbian Film
What does /film/ think of this? Is it just edgy shite?
Did anyone else get the vibe that they dumbed this down for a broader market? It feels like it was directed for the young male quadrant (14-22).
I also learned that they used laser guns in WW2 lol. Can someone explain to me why the director chose to do this? Honestly some shots felt like I was watching RotJ when Han Solo and those little faggot teddy bears were fighting the empire in that stupid forest.
Is it even possible for an American tank to defeat a German Tiger solo? Let alone 300 individual soldiers?
This whole story felt a bit ridiculous at times…
Maybe it's one of those movies where you should turn your brain off and have fun!
Am I the only one who thinks this stupid motherfucker doesn't understand any of the shit that he watches? Like, he makes some valid points once in a while but usually he's just such a fucking jackoff holy shit
American Sniper (Eastwood General)
What are your guys thoughts about Eastwood's latest and some say, greatest film?
Worst film of 2013
What do you think was the worst film of last year? They have to be legitimately bad or at most less than 50 percent of the audience enjoyed it
The Hunter
I first saw it a couple of years ago and rewatched it last week.What're your guys thoughts on this? I liked it for a couple of different reasons.
>William Dafoes performance was very strong
>Uniqueness of the story, character goals and location
>Dafoes parallel with the Tazzy Tiger (both are lonely, isolated hunters)
Best and Worst Director Affectations
I don't think it gets any better than The Eye Patch.Also…if you were a director, what would your forced fashion accessory be? Bonus points for being unique.
Do any of you own a film poster? If so from what film?
I would buy one but I am a poor fuck and don't like most film posters.
Dear /film/, we stream movies a lot in our Cytube room.
For example, we're watching the original Star Trek films right now. The Wrath of Khan is start in 40 minutes or so.
http://cytu.be/r/heinrich
If you want to suggest a film or a whole franchise to be streamed, leave your suggestions here or at >>>/heinrich/83/
or rather cult by accident?
Post films that gained cult status/ following by misinterpretation or insensitive post production, later explained by writer/director/re-cut/sequel.
ie. Donnie Darko until DC with twenty minutes of extra footage came. Turns out it was just pretty fine, albeit complicated, time travel sci-fi, but without any deeper meaning overhead that many fan theories suggested.
This is TSPDT's 10 most acclaimed films of the 21st century.
Opinions? Which is your favorite?
http://strawpoll.me/3799712
I present to you, /film/'s official fedoracore chart!
Any questions?
The new Ozu or the new Ozu?
Least favorite directors
ITT: Post your absolute least favorite directors.I want to punch these motherfuckers right in the face.
Leonard Nimoy dies at 83
RIP
You've got ten seconds to explain why Louis Jouvet isn't your husbando.
Little details
ITT: Little details that make a film so much more enjoyable for you.>mfw stylized title cards
Thoughts on this film? Watched it last night, the visuals were certainly interesting and I think Welles did a good job at capturing the themes of social alienation and bureaucracy from the novel, it was interesting how jarring the scene transitions were. Still I feel I missed out on some of the symbology, what was the significance of the story told at the beginning of the film? Reminded me a little of Brazil, but obviously this was released first. Probably a 7/10
Film Club #13 - Historia de la meva mort AKA Story of My Death (Albert Serra, 2013)
mod update Feb 24The next pair of Film Club selections come from a member who found our previous pair of featured films to be significantly lacking. He introduces his first selection as follows:
> Slow paced and aesthetically inspired by the paintings of the old masters, Historia de la meva mort talks about the transition between the age of enlightenment into romanticism though the extraordinary duo of characters of Giacomo Casanova and Count Dracula.
> No one else working today makes movies remotely like Serra, a cerebral oddball and improbable master of cinematic antiquity. Serra sets in motion contrasting ideas about pleasure and desire, alternating between winding philosophical dialogue and wordless passages of savage beauty. ~~ Dennis Lim, Los Angeles Times
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3102458/
http://sensesofcinema.com/2013/feature-articles/everything-is-dead-but-the-motor-still-turns-an-interview-with-albert-serra/
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French Crime
There are a lot of great French crime films.What are your favorites?
So I just finished watching Drowning by Numbers, and in my opinion it was damn good, probably about 8.5/10.
Really good use of colour and generally nice shots with loads of nice little details to notice and weird symbolism, excellent stuff in my book.
It's the only Peter Greenaway I've seen thus far, what do you guys think about it and Peter Greenaway's films in general?
/r/ing films with disturbing, ethereal imagery, themes, etc.
Not necessarily stuff that's meant to be scary, I just have an interest for depictions of fucked up shit that's not just there for shock value
I came upon this flick recently, by chance. I keep wondering, what's the public's deal with Beyond the Black Rainbow? It isn't nearly as bad or shallow as its reputation claims. Personally, I found it to be very enjoyable, in spite of its slow pace and all-too-known absurd plot twists. The direction and cinematography are both superb, acquiring an aesthetic display on par with arthouse cinema. Perhaps this fact led spectators to believe it would unfold a deeper meaning, even though it is, in essence, a B movie.
Has anybody in here seen it? What did you think of it?
Film Club #12 - Ida (Pawel Pawlikowski, 2013)
As we continue this month to feature standout films of the past couple of years, here is Poland's submission to the upcoming Academy Awards.> Pawlikowski has a photographer’s eye for composition, and every crisp, monochrome frame could be a postcard from Poland’s tragic, turbulent past. ~~ David Hughes, Empire Magazine
> Shot in black-and-white in the old-fashioned Academy screen ratio, with little background music and less camera movement, it's a ghostly film in more ways than one, a throwback to a largely defunct tradition of art cinema, and a story in which the characters in turn are haunted by history, personal and collective. ~~ Jake Wilson, Sydney Morning Herald
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2718492/reference
http://cinema-scope.com/spotlight/ida-pawel-pawlikowski-polanddenmark/
To make suggestions for the next Film Club, please visit this thread! >>3000
I also want to note my gratitude to the /tv/ mod for supporting our small board by linking here in his Rules post. A kind gesture on his part, so remember to visit our friends at >>>/tv/.
OSCARS 2015
Wait, the Oscars are just overhyped shit, right?That's probably true to a large degree. Usually it's disappointing to get bamboozled into watching the latest Oscar-endorsed Oscar bait.
But I think it's a mistake to dismiss the awards completely. It's always interesting to see the nominations for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Documentary, as there's probably something "new" on the list. The Shorts can be fun too.
And while I don't care for the telecast, the last few years I've timed it perfectly catch the best part IMO: the In Memoriam montage.
So, here's what I think is important:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_submissions_to_the_87th_Academy_Awards_for_Best_Foreign_Language_Film
Foreign Language Film
Ida – Poland, Pawel Pawlikowski
Leviathan – Russia, Andrey Zvyagintsev
Tangerines – Estonia, Zaza Urushadze
Wild Tales – Argentina, Damián Szifron
Timbuktu” – Mauritania, Abderrahmane Sissako
Documentary Feature
Citizenfour – Laura Poitras, Mathilde Bonnefoy and Dirk Wilutzky
Last Days in Vietnam – Rory Kennedy and Keven McAlester
Virunga – Orlando von Einsiedel and Joanna Natasegara
The Salt of the Earth – Wim Wenders, Juliano Ribeiro Salgado and David Rosier
Finding Vivian Maier – John Maloof and Charlie Siskel
Documentary Short Subject
Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press 1 – Ellen Goosenberg Kent and Dana Perry
Joanna – Aneta Kopacz
Our Curse – Tomasz Śliwiński and Maciej Ślesicki
The Reaper – Gabriel Serra Arguello
White Earth – J. Christian Jensen
Short Film – Live Action
Aya – Oded Binnun and Mihal Brezis
Boogaloo and Graham – Michael Lennox and Ronan Blaney
Butter lamp – Hu Wei and Julien Féret
Parvaneh – Talkhon Hamzavi and Stefan Eichenberger
The Phone Call – Mat Kirkby and James Lucas
Short Film – Animated
The Bigger Picture – Daisy Jacobs and Christopher Hees
The Dam Keeper – Robert Kondo and Dice Tsutsumi
Feast – Patrick Osborne and Kristina Reed
Me and My Moulton – Torill Kove
A Single Life – Joris Oprins
Thoughts?
February Film Club Discussion and Announcements
Now taking your suggestions for February Film Club. Since awards season is underway and we've had a month to reflect on the past year in film, my thought was to focus on 2014 releases. So if you've got an interesting title in mind – or a different theme entirely – let us know!There's been a slight increase in activity lately, so hopefully we can keep the momentum going. Every thoughtful post makes the board a better place, although regular posts are good too.
I've added a list of Featured Topics to highlight some of the better threads for new visitors. For now I did not include an old (saged) shitposting thread, but in case you want to go bananas without affecting the front page… it's right here: >>496
I'm also considering spotlighting Film Club with images on the sides of the Comment Box, kind of like the banner at r/TrueFilm. But we'll see if that makes the page look too cluttered.
3000 get
Banner Submission
Welcome to /film/. I tossed up a few temp banners, but feel free to add yours here.Banners must be < 500KB and have image dimensions 300px x 100px.
RIP Lasse Braun
Maybe I'm stretching the bounds of conversation here, but I think this guy was a rare instance of a smut peddler with directing talent. Yet there's been very little news coverage of his passing outside of Italy.http://www.abruzzoweb.it/contenuti/lutto-nel-mondo-del-porno-muore-il-re-lasse-braun-/563657-323/
http://therealpornwikileaks.com/lasse-braun-adult-film-pioneer-father-axel-passes-away-78/
> The March 12, 1975 issue of Variety announced that Braun’s French Blue was grossing nearly $75,000 a week. This was more than twice the earnings of The Man With The Golden Gun and Dracula.
Braun led a crazy life which would made a good biopic.
http://www.rotten.com/library/bio/pornographers/lasse-braun/
new hollywood
what are the best films of new hollywood
So what films are we watching on Valentine's Day?
Pic related, it's my V Day tradition.
Writing and Direction
Which one is more important?
Film Club #11 - Mandariinid AKA Tangerines (Zaza Urushadze, 2013)
This month we're looking back at the notable films of the past year (or two). First off is an Estonian film nominated for the Foreign Language Oscar, taking place during the 1992 War in Abkhazia.> With 83 countries in this year’s foreign language Oscar race, competition is stiff, and predictions are tricky. One of the strongest contenders is the entry from Estonia, Tangerines. Although the subject of civil war within the former Soviet countries has been tackled in other movies, this retelling is one of the most concise and affecting. Perhaps it works because it focuses on just a few characters and yet crystallizes the entire tragic history of the region. ~~ Stephen Farber, Hollywood Reporter
> Though generally categorized as a war drama, the newest picture from Georgian director Zaza Urushadze only uses war as a background to its moralizing and mightily effective story. ~~ Patryk Czekaj, Twitchfilm
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2991224/reference
http://estonianworld.com/culture/estonian-georgian-film-tangerines-wins-international-awards/
I'm trying out a new Film Club banner in the "announcement" section of the page. Let me know if there are problems with the display on your end. Also let me know if you're interested in designing future banners! Finally, to suggest films for the upcoming weeks, please do so in the proper thread: >>3000
I've seen a few Korean Horror/Thriller films and enjoyed them.
I got into the genre because I was tired of western horror and the western remakes of j-horror put me off of that.
Of the movies I've seen, they're all fairly hit and miss. There are good ones, but there are also some very simple and predictable and cliched ones that aren't as enjoyable.
Are there any other fans of Korean film out there that can recommend some things?
IMDB isn't much help because all korean films pretty much have a rating of ~6 and only a few reviews done by people who clearly have no idea what they're talking about, and I don't know what sites I should go to in order to find more accurate ratings and reviews for asian films.
Hey guys, do you know how I can get an invite to PTP? Thank you :)
Was this any good?
I really enjoyed The Return but haven't seen anything else from Andrey Zvyagintsev.
Robert Altman
what are your thoughts on Robert Altman?I've been going through his films for the past month or two, even went to NYC twice to see some of them at the retrospective at MoMA. he is certainly one of the most unique American mainstream filmmakers just in terms of style, and of his ~40 films I haven't been disappointed by a single one (although I've only seen about 16 at this point— Long Goodbye was the only one that didn't work for me as much, although I loved California Split)
my favorite right now is probably a split between McCabe & Mrs Miller and Brewster McCloud. I got to see HealtH at MoMA, which has yet to be released on home video and is certainly one of his weirdest and off-color films that deserves more attention. I also got to catch Vincent & Theo (in 35mm) recently at a local theater, and in general I've been most fascinated by his work in the 80s than any other period.
Chinese Cinema
I've seen dozens of Japanese films but very few from China. It seems like Chinese films are not as widely known, especially if you don't count Hong Kong.Anyway, which films do you like from China? Given the size of their country, why isn't their cinema more popular internationally?
Current and upcoming!
>The Romanian Carpathian mountains; a young Belgian couple. She's suffering from an illness, he tries to comfort her the best way he can. But the outcome is inevitable. After she's gone, the grief-stricken protagonist starts wandering, choosing not to speak ever again. His primitive existence consists of strange, physical rituals that fascinate the locals. But once again, the outcome is inevitable, as the man slowly disappears as well. Drift is a daring debut film by Belgian director Benny Vandendriessche, starring actor and performance artist Dirk Hendrikx. A film like no other, mixing cinema with performance art, video art and modern dance.
http://vimeo.com/72215927
Best /film/ representative?
I am going to be doing a school project very soon and it is about a director of my choice. Who do you think is the greatest representative of patrician cinematography and why? I myself cannot choose between Tarkovskij and Brakhage, to me they both represent the perfect polar opposites, one being passionate about film as a medium to express feelings only through the most artistic ways and the other perfecting the filmmaking itself and making little experiments.
Name Of The Rose
Just wondered if anyone had seen Name Of The Rose recently.I loved how well it suits the time we are living in now.
Also, great board you guys got here. Finally a place I can lurk to find good pictures.
Film Club #10 - Muriel ou Le temps d'un retour / Muriel, or The Time of Return (Alain Resnais, 1963)
Resnais’ Muriel was another title suggested this month, although (as you may expect) it's more about the past than the future. This film was the French director's third feature, his first in color.> While Marienbad’s illicitly exciting shame is appropriately opulent, Muriel’s disaffected drifters (who are as cut off from romantic fantasies as they are from political consciousness) naturally find themselves lost in a wasted fluxland, a place where train schedules seem to change daily, massive fright ships run aground, and brand new buildings sit empty on crumbling coastline, waiting to slide into the sea. As if driving their inability to collect their internal timelines and achieve stasis, Resnais follows his straightforward presentation of the visitors' arrival by showing their days afterward in a hiccupping, shredded manner. Resnais cuts the hell out of about 20 minutes of the film (in two large chunks), presenting not only mere portions of hundreds of scenes, but portions of dialogue exchanges and gestures, completely unmoored from their narrative function. ~~ Eric Henderson, Slant Magazine
> Although in no way Resnais’ masterpiece, Muriel is still a worthwhile viewing experience. It will be frustrating to some and rewarding to others. Definitely seek out this seldom seen film is you enjoy Resnais and Delphine Seyrig. She is in top-notch form and the film would be among the Resnais’ greats if the supporting acting was up to the audacious task. Although a deeply reflective and moving work, Muriel also tends to be somewhat laborious — I had to watch it in two sittings. ~~ Joachim Boaz, Science Fiction Ruminations
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0057336/reference
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muriel_%28film%29
http://sensesofcinema.com/2005/european-cinema-revisited/muriel-2/
http://www.radudavidescu.com/2009/06/montage-and-character-subjectivity-in.html
What's the best decade of film and why is it the 60's?
Cerebral films
So, me and a friend have been watching a series of films that he deems cerebral/intellectual. I'd like some recommendations and/or a discussion about some of these films.Pi
Eraserhead
Kubrick films (specifically EWS)
Beyond the Black Rainbow
Jacob's Ladder
Suspect X
Fermat's Room
The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie
Zardoz
Antichrist (and other Lars von Trier films)
January Film Club Discussion
The passing into a new month – and new year – must be accompanied by a new thread for Film Club. Here we'll nominate candidates to be featured in January on /film/. As before, you're encouraged to submit interesting theme ideas and/or individual titles that you'd like us to watch.Since the year 2015 brings to mind hoverboards and DeLoreans, one possibility is to focus on films about the future. This concept could lead to intriguing, creative titles. However at this point it's merely a suggestion to (hopefully) get the ball rolling, not an official theme.
Film Club #9 - The Baby of Mâcon (Peter Greenaway, 1993)
Next up for Film Club is one of Peter Greenaway's most savage and divisive efforts…> No other filmmaker, living or dead, could have made "The Baby of Mâcon." And no other filmmaker would have wanted to.
> Peter Greenaway's controversial and rarely-seen 1993 film saw a very limited run here in the United States, opening in New York and L.A. and then disappearing forever. Its content–your typical Greenaway excesses of murder, gang rape, disembowelment, dismemberment, full-frontal nudity, and more philosophical and allegorical allusions than you can shake a stick at–was judged too offensive, and the film failed to find a U.S. distributor.
> That's unfortunate, because it's one of the director's best. ~~ David N. Butterworth, rec.arts.movies.reviews
> [I]f you've got the stomach, this is an unusually clever and moving and angry work, keen in its examination of social roles among men, women, nobles and peasants, and deep in its satiric depiction of genuine religious impulses becoming codified into weapons of status quo authority. This is not a hopeful work, but it is a beautiful one, making the absolute most of its theatrical sets and numerous quotations from classical music. It's all a show, you see, but aren't shows supposed to mean something? ~~ Joe McCulloch, PennLive
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0106335/reference
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Baby_of_M%C3%A2con
On a slower board such as this one, the sticky may hide conversations as much as highlight them. So I'll let this thread roam free as an experiment.
How much will I miss if I watch the movie before seeing the series?
I take puppet drama rather seriously.
Hey /film/, what is this image from? I was watching Historie(s) du Cinema and this came up, I know I've seen it before but can't quite place it. Any help would be appreciated, thanks
Film Club #8 - La petite marchande d'allumettes AKA The Little Match Girl (Renoir & Tédesco, 1928)
This year's final Film Club is a silent adaptation of the classic Hans Christian Anderson children's story. It also serves to bookend our group of features with Renoir films.> All too often, Renoir has been simplistically characterised as a 'realist', poetic or otherwise. This little gem from his silent period, based on the Hans Christian Andersen story, gives the lie to both that categorisation and to the director's own oft-quoted assertion that he had only made one film over and over again. For here, as the little match girl (Hessling, then his wife) lies dreaming in the snow - her would-be customers and a gendarme become toy soldiers and a jack-in-the-box - Renoir revels both in various optical effects and in the fantastic nature of the dying girl's delirium. The imagery, an extraordinarily potent blend of impressionism and expressionism, creates a genuinely poignant magic, confirming the director's origins in the avant-garde. ~~ Timeout
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0019267/reference
http://www.jonathanrosenbaum.net/1975/04/la-petite-marchande-dallumettes/
Let's get philosophical for a moment, /film/. Over the past several years, I've been getting deeper and deeper into film, and have watched countless movies from increasingly obscure countries and directors, which veer further and further away from accessibility and closer to art. I've found that the effect of viewing so many films which, assuming you buy at least a little bit into the auteur theory, are personal expressions of the feelings of the directors and writers who created them, is my increasing realization of the subjectivity of human experience.
Essentially, being exposed to all of these differing subjective visions of these artists has stripped away my preconceptions of ideology and caused me to question the forces which govern my own life and existence. I haven't really done any hallucinogens, but I've been around people who have, and I feel like exposure to art has the same dissociating effects that drugs can, in that art makes you realize your own insignificance, and also connection to the greater whole of humanity. I'm not trying to say that I'm some sort of enlightened being just because I have watched a bunch of obscure movies, but I do feel like watching so many personal and artistic films has caused a change in myself and my perception of the world. Sorry for the rant, but if this makes any sense, does anyone else feel the same? I can also clarify what I mean in more detail if I have to, I think what I'm saying makes sense but it's kind of hard to put into words succinctly.
I watched Haider last Sunday and loved it. Can anyone recommend some other good Bollywood films? I plan to Watch Kill Dil when that comes out.
December Film Club Discussion and Suggestions
It's time again to discuss this month's Film Club. We've developed an informal system of taking submissions, voting on them, and watching the winning titles. A theme can be helpful to generating a list of ideas, but it's not mandatory that all suggestions fit into one theme.I'd also like to hear your suggestions to improve participation in Film Club, as interest has tapered off a bit lately. For starters, I'm thinking we should go back to no more than two films per month.
So weigh in with suggested titles and tweaks for Film Club. I'll take silence as a signal that people are bored with this feature.
So has anyone seen this yet? How is it?
I heard it's basically a character profile, which reminds me a little of Dirty Wars. In fact Dirty Wars was mostly style with not much (new) substance.
I remember seeing the beginning of what looked as though it was going to be an interesting watch but I cannot think of the film's title. Here's what I remember: one of the first, if not the first, shot is entirely black until a set of light bulbs are turned on, revealing that we had been looking at a pitch black public square. There is a crowd of people watching these light bulbs, which I think are hanging from some kind of sculpture, or fountain, or some kind of structure. The people are kind of awe struck, like it's the first time they've ever seen light bulbs. I believe the film has 'century' or 'millenium' in its title. Any thoughts?
Can we have a thread dedicated to Carlos Reygadas?
Personally I've found that no other director can capture reality the way he does. His films Silent Light and Post Tenebras Lux are the hands down the two most beautiful films I've ever seen.
He also has the exact same philosophy on film and storytelling as I do. He's probably my favourite dorector of all time.
Film Club #6 - Hadaka no shima AKA The Naked Island (Kaneto Shindô, 1960)
We close this month's harvest/autumnal Film Club series with another Japanese classic from the early 1960s.> Kaneto Shindo creates a visually distilled, minimalist, and understated, yet compelling and profoundly expressive portrait of human struggle, perseverance, and survival in Naked Island. Crafting a remarkably fluid and tightly edited film that is entirely devoid of dialogue, Shindo effectively exploits the characters' silence in order to capture an organic rhythm that, in turn, reflects the cycle and ritual of human experience. ~~ filmref
> The Naked Island is a fascinating early hybridization of documentary and fiction that takes to an important extreme the focus of Shindo’s early films on Japan's working classes. An epic yet intimate chronicle of the daily lives and struggles of a farmer family on a remote Inland Sea island, Shindo's internationally celebrated film revitalized the legacy of Flaherty's Man of Iran and sharply divided Western critics, with the majority embracing Shindo's poetic ethnography while others, led by Pauline Kael, critiqued the film as prurient exoticism. Today Shindo's innovative use of non-actors to restage their own lives seems ahead of its time, equally innovative as the film's use of a lush yet modernist score and near avoidance of dialogue - another remarkable updating and reinvention of Flaherty’s literary realism. ~~ Harvard Film Archive
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056049/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Naked_Island
Architectural Documentaries
Perusing the small architecture board here at 8chan made me think about the intersection of >>>/arch/ and >>>/film/ . Does anyone else like to watch these?One of my favorites architectural docs happens to be a profile of one of my favorite individuals. Visual Acoustics: The Modernism of Julius Shulman examines the career of the great architectural photographer with plenty of mid-century modern eye-candy (pic related).
http://www.juliusshulmanfilm.com/
Teshigahara's doc on Gaudi is also notable, concluding with stunning views of the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona. The film however makes a point to show you buildings without explanation, so it's up to you to discover exactly what you are looking at.
http://www.criterion.com/films/536-antonio-gaudi
I've also planned to watch the DVD series Architectures when I get time:
http://www.illuminationsmedia.co.uk/filmstobuy/category/3/product/229/bull_architectures_series.html
/tv/ has failed me and I need to know
Who are the other two besides Tarr, Weerasethakul, Tarkovsky, Parajanov and Denis?
Why did this film resonate so much with people? This is probably the first time I've seen so many write "wow, in awe, speechless, it blew me away, the best movie of all time". Like what the fuck, it's such a superficial effort. I can't even see how people would want to watch it for a second time. What the fuck could you grab a second time around that you missed the first time around? It's so straightforward it's just unbelievable how small the ambition of this mess was.
People even clapped when it ended. I've never seen that happened before.
Could we have a thread about lesser known films that are really great?
So poliziotteschi can be a lot of fun to watch, but why do so many of these films make a subtle plea for fascism? I thought Italians got that out of their system in the 40s, but decades later they popularized a film genre that wanted to bring some of it back.
Name one drama thats better than The Decalogue.
Protip: it's impossible.
How much longer can he last?
Best moment of brooding over an unfair world?
Most unnecessary shirtless scene?
Film Club #5 - Sanma no aji AKA An Autumn Afternoon (Yasujirô Ozu, 1962)
November Film Club continues with this autumn-inspired title, which is also Yasujirô Ozu's final film.> Perhaps the most personal of Ozu’s treatments of a theme evidently close to his heart, this finds both elderly widower Shuhei Hirayama (the peerless Chishu Ryu) and his daughter Michiko (Shima Iwashita) entertaining decidedly mixed emotions about the prospect of her getting married and leaving her father to fend for himself.
> As usual, Ozu’s tone is simultaneously playful and poignant, while everything – from the cherishable performances and the nuanced narrative dynamics to the quietly mischievous but significant positioning of reds within an otherwise muted pastel palette – benefits from his trademark blend of understatement and precision. Utterly exquisite. – Geoff Andrew, BFI
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056444
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/An_Autumn_Afternoon
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/sanma_no_aji/
What does /film/ think about tvtropes.org? On the money? Useful? Or shit?
Am I the only one who finds themself more emotional reflecting on film than when watching them?
I made a documentary guise
Please have a watch.
https://vimeo.com/108448047
password: mountains
r8 & h8
What are some really comfy films? I'd rather have something light and happy.
Bring me everything you've got, except Wes Anderson. I'll watch films from any time period. I was thinking about watching Louis Malles Black Moon, but I'm not sure if that's what I want.
Film Club #4 - L'albero degli zoccoli AKA The Tree of Wooden Clogs (Ermanno Olmi, 1978)
This month Film Club features a batch of films from around the world dealing with the seasonal topics of harvest and/or autumn.The most popular choice is up first, winner of both the Palme d'or and César Award for Best Foreign Film in 1978.
> Italian filmmaker Ermanno Olmi's Tree of the Wooden Clogs covers a period of twelve months, dividing its time between three peasant families, all of whom work on the estate of an all-but-absentee landlord. Special emphasis is given the interrelationships between the various family members and their neighbors. – Hal Erickson, Rovi
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077138
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Tree_of_Wooden_Clogs
http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/tree_of_wooden_clogs/
Note that the running time is right around 3 hours, so plan accordingly.
Are any of you in the industry? Or aspiring?
Stretch
Why didn't I hear about this film? Why wasn't it released in theaters? I just watched it after randomly finding it on netflix and I loved it. Thought it was some kind of Arrested Development related thing as the thumbnail looked like GOB and his limo.Thoroughly recommend it.
November Film Club Discussion and Suggestions
The floor is open for your suggestions of titles – and perhaps a theme – for this month's Film Club.The last suggestion thread worked out pretty well. We picked a loose theme, generated a long list of submissions, then watched the two highest-voted titles. The only problem is it took a couple weeks to come to a decision.
I think we can speed things up by voting just once. A theme can be part of this discussion – ideally to help to narrow the focus. But in the interest of time, it's not mandatory that every suggestion fit a single theme.
In the end we'll watch and discuss whichever 2-3 titles win the vote. Sound good?
Nov. 9: VOTING IS OPEN! SEE THREAD FOR DETAILS.
Seriously
Are there any filmmaking boards out there? I've been an avid lurker on /r/filmmakers, but their community is way too shattered (many plebs demanding ratings on their unlit shorts).
Also what are some films/ documentaries on quality filmmaking/ in-depth filmmaking?
American Movie BTFO
What are you watching today?
Pic related here.
Watch my short film
I made a short with my friends for the 48 hour film challenge (come up with an idea for a film and shoot it in 48 hours). And I want to know what you think.If you have letterboxd you can rate it here
http://letterboxd.com/film/door-to-door-2014/
here's the film itself
https://vimeo.com/109970186
This is currently the state of /tv/ at 27 Sep 2014
There're practically almost no discussions of tv shows except for a few threads with fewer than 10 replies.
I believe we should merge back, allow a bit of shit/Bane posting so we can get more users for a single board than split up.
Otherwise most users would rather go back to posting in 1/2chan.
INHERENT VICE
anybody looking forward to this? was tempted to post on /lit/ because it's based on Thomas Pynchons book by the same name, but I didn't.
Am I the only one who found this movie misandristic?
I've only seen Cache and Funny Games (original), but I want to watch more by Haneke. Any recommendations on what I should watch now?
Also why are there so few great arthouse directors working right now? All I can think of is Haneke, von Trier, Godard, Dolan and Roy Andersson. Any suggestions of more recent arthouse directors?
Pic: why is it that Haneke loves Arizona Iced Tea? Is he in love with Yung Lean?
Film Club #3 - La ville des pirates AKA City of Pirates (Raúl Ruiz, 1983)
For our third (and best) Film Club, we're exploring surreal 'horror' from Chilean director Raúl Ruiz.Synopsis:
(1.)
A surreal odyssey in which a melancholic maidservant crosses paths with a homicidal little boy, travels to a tiny island of pirates and encounters a man with multiple personalities.
(2.)
City of Pirates is (de)composed under the sign of Surrealism, with its trust in ecstasy, scandal, the call of the wild, mystification, prophetic dreams, humour, the uncanny. There is no city of course, just a spooky castle on a rocky island. There are echoes of the quintessential Surrealist film, L'Age d'or. Perhaps it should be read as a film fantastique, sharing something of the trance-like, morbid poetry of Maya Deren and the paranoid Manicheism of early '60s English SF cinema. The tumescent, terrible sexuality that drives the narrative takes on a vampirish quality. Oral sadism and cannibalism underpin its images. Much of the pleasure comes from the aesthetic means Ruiz employs to suggest the Surreality inhabited by his desiring machines. His maniacs live in, and for, contradiction. Surprise, invention, paradox are his touchstones. He believes in affirmation through irony, the clarity of enigma, deferred resolution, outlandish change of mood. What binds Ruiz's lost souls to each other's desire is an Oedipal, narcissistic quest for identity. Desire depends upon creating an unbridgeable distance to ensure infinite pursuit of the object. Cinema is the ideal location for such doomed searches for the cathartic image, for recapturing the eternal, dangerous moment of looking.
More information:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0086546/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/City_of_Pirates
Review:
http://www.rouge.com.au/2/pirates.html
Film Club #2 - Osobisty pamietnik grzesznika ... AKA Memoirs of a Sinner (Wojciech Has, 1986)
For our second Film Club, we're exploring horror with this late-career effort from Polish director Wojciech Has. The film was adapted from The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, a 1824 novel by Scottish author James Hogg.Synopsis:
In the 18th century, a recently deceased young man is exhumed by a gravedigger, suddenly revives, and then launches into the story of his highly eventful life. Brought up in a puritanical household, Robert is seduced by a mysterious stranger into killing his wine-, woman- and song-loving brother. What follows is a descent into a hallucinatory hell, where reality and illusion merge, as Robert's evil doppelganger sins with terrible abandon–and Robert stands accused.
More information:
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0091697/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memoirs_of_a_Sinner
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Private_Memoirs_and_Confessions_of_a_Justified_Sinner
>Implying The Shining isn't the best horror film ever made
hey /film/ recommend some horror movies for me tonight. seen most of the obvious good ones looking for wierd/strange horror
Which country has the best cinema, /film/? For me:
>1920s:
1. Germany
2. USA
3. France
>1930s:
1. USA
2. France
3. Japan
>1940s:
1. USA (obvs)
2. Italy
3. UK
>1950s:
1. Japan
2. USA
3. France (really tempted to say India)
>1960s:
1. France
2. Italy
3. Japan (maybe USSR)
>1970s:
1. USA
2. Germany
3. UK
>1980s:
1. USSR
2. USA
3. Hong Kong (not technically a country, but very distinct cinema industry)
>1990s:
1. USA
2. France
3. Hong Kong (Taiwan if we're talking quality over quantity)
>2000s:
1. USA, I guess
2. South Korea?
3. dunno lol
So overall USA wins by a pretty large margin.
Lady Vengeance > Old Boy > Sympathy For Mr Vengeance
>discuss
So I just came across this:
http://www.britishpathe.com/
Looks like Pathe have significant amounts of their archives online for free viewing (albeit in not the highest quality). Some interesting stuff there, especially the earliest things.
this is so dead i might as well go to a forum!!!
aright, big papa boys, spit it out!! where is the dealio going on right now? what's the HOT community for TRUE cinema <3ers at??? ???!!!!!
Film Club - Les Bas-fonds AKA The Lower Depths
Jean Renoir won by the majority of the votes in the French poetic realism poll (surprise, surprise). The Lower Depths based on the play with the same title by a soviet writer Maxim Gorky are a fairly good example of a quite underrated, yet very watchable film from Renoir's filmography that at the same time encapsulates most of the most common themes of the movement rather well.Here's a short info on what the film is about:
>A charismatic thief makes friends with a bankrupt baron who comes to live in the thief's slum. Meanwhile the thief seeks the love of a young woman, who is held emotionally captive by her slumlord family.
Objectives of the thread:
>watching the movie and sharing your thoughts about it in the thread (duh)
>possibly discussing other films by Renoir if anybody feels inclined
>discussing the future form of the film club
>suggesting the new themes and film movements for the next week
ITT: Patrician 'flicks'
Any of you guys catch this cool little film?
Thoughts on Guns of the Trees?
or Mekas in general?
What are some other good films about alienation in a foreign environment?
Strange to imagine now, but for a long time it was "illegal" to watch films in your own home.
> From 1977, here is a news story about an FBI raid on a home film collector in St. Louis! The collector, Bob Frischmann, is a friend of mine, and we recently reconnected thanks to Facebook! Bob and I both got into collecting home videos in the late 1970s. Taped from KSD, Ch. 5, St. Louis.
What does /film/ think about the works of Canadian filmmaker Norman McLaren? My personal favorite is Pas de Deux.
I can't be the only one who thought this movie was a chore to watch. It's 3hours of wall to wall expository dialogue, piss poor pacing, and goofy looking superhero's no one gives two fucks about. The sad thing is, I think this could've been a great movie if Snyder actually would've tried to find a way to work the source material into a more cohesive film rather than faithfully recreating every panel and bit of dialogue from the comic. It just seems like all this time and energy was used to recreate the comic exactly as it is on the screen without trying to see if it was worth it.
What do you think are the films everyone on /film/ (or elsewhere) should see in order to have a more valid/informed opinion on film?
Jacques Becker
His best film? Currently I've only seen (and loved) Le Trou, and at the time I had never heard of this man, despite him seemingly being responsible for several classics. I plan to eventually watch them all but what are the essentials/your favourites?
I'm interested in discussing directors and how their lives have influenced their movies. I don't think this is brought up enough in regards to film, or at the very least auteur appreciation.
Take Quentin Tarantino for instance. I get this feeling that Kill Bill is really about the abandonment Quentin feels over not having a father figure in his life. Maybe the strong female characters in Tarantino's movies, especially The Bride, comes from the fact QT wishes his mother had been a stronger woman herself.
(also testing if QT hate is going to infect 8chan too)
Turns out it's an autoban to mention 8chan on 4chin.
This board shows potential. Keep it alive.
Side note - Films like Re-Animator
U know normally I understand and accept the movie industry has no integrity at all and when I see remakes of things I love I'm normally apathetic till I actually watch it. But this…. This fills me with so much rage I wanna tear out my eyes and ears whenever it's retarded trailer pops up
>ciao Moraldo!
Is this Felini's best film? I want to watch another, but I can't decide. I feel like I started at the top and can't go any higher…
HALLO!
I AM YOUR NEW NEIGHBORRR!
Has anyone here seen life in a fishbowl?
It's an icelandic film that's flown under the radar for a while but the little press it's recieved seems almost entirely positive and now I'm intrigued.
Top 5 of 2014
show me some of some of your favorites of 2014 so far.haven't watched much from this year yet and need to play catch-up and soon.
Under the Skin
This has got to be my favourite film of the year. I know some places call it 2013 because it had festival screenings but I'd say it's 2014 because it was generally released then.What are your thoughts and feelings. Personally I loved the use of cinema verite in the opening act, before I read up after watching it I thought the performances were too genuine and realistic to be scripted and I was right.
what are some good movies with cute boys?
no lewd pls
hey /film/, i've been wrestling with a thought.
Do you necessarily have to believe that your "favourite" film is the "greatest" film. For example, when someone asks me what my favourite film is I usually say Mike Figgis' Leaving Las Vegas, mostly due to how the film it struck me on a deeply personal and emotional level, though thats not to say that i necessarily believe it to be the greatest piece of technical cinematic storytelling ever constructed.
So, is it disingenuous to call a film your "favourite" even though there are other that you may feel surpass it.
everything went better than expected
Can we discuss Apichatpong Weerasethakul's body of work?
Is there really enough traffic to justify seperate /tv/ and /film/ boards?
Shouldn't we get back together?
Did anyone ever catch this?
I saw it in the cinema during a festival, but I had trouble staying awake. Either that's the film's subject matter being very effective on me, or, the film was really boring.
Nollywood
doing a paper on Nollywood and Nigerian film in general. does anyone have any related recommedations or know of any influental films?
trackers
What film trackers are you on?
What makes a film good in your opinion?
first
Docs that make you glad you don't live in the country that the doc takes place in.
Seems /film/ is made up of mostly britbongs who don't sleep, any good films to watch to help me drift off to sleep?
ITT: We post our favourite sequences in cinema, explaining why we like them so much.
[spoiler]The ending of The Elephant Man. Honestly, I lack words to describe the exacerbated emotions conveyed in this scene. Maybe heartwarming would do. Or cathartic. Or blissful. As the film progresses, one develops a strong emotional connection with John Merrick, feeling for his boundless innocence, illusions and sorrow. I perceive that Lynch's cinema, despite everything, is patterned by an old metaphysical dualism: he's as good at representing surreal, vertiginous, hell-ish worlds, as he is arranging glimpses of heaven. Besides, I have always been subjectively affected by the theme of death: to think what The Elephant Man has undergone through his short life, facing death at last, and all of a sudden: infinite cosmos of stars, motherly embrace. Pure, undistilled beauty. Eternity. I cry like a little bitch. [/eternity]
/nolan/
Best film of the year?2001 of our generation?
Perfect blend of Kubrick and Spielberg?
Or the biggest letdown ever?
Film that doesn't hold up after few rewatches?
What is they best B movie of all time? And why is it They Live :^)
What is the opinion of the board on high quality television? Is it appropriate to discuss here?
I mean, it just seems that like The Sopranos and Twin Peaks have a lot to offer to the board. Certainly a lot more than some films, like White Chicks or more capeshit.
Need I say more?
Out of 10 how accurate is this?
http://strawpoll.me/2624560/
Official film club strawpoll.
This week we will watch something from the French Poetic Realism movement.
A bit of info about the movement:
Poetic Realism was a trend followed and utilized by many French filmmakers in the 1930s, and it possesses a certain style. Poetic Realist films generally exhibit a pessimistic view of society, as they focus on downtrodden characters who experience a brief chance at love late in life but are disappointed again and end life in squalor or premature death. The major themes of Poetic Realism are bitterness, disappointment, disillusionment, and nostalgia. They can be seen as a social critique of lower-class conditions and a general part of the ominous atmosphere in France before World War II. The “poetic” in Poetic Realism refers to the exaggeration and aestheticism of romance, doomed romance, and lower-class squalor that draws attention to uncomfortable truths about society. Rather than displaying realism in the form of a documentary, Poetic Realist filmmakers often filmed in studios and developed their own expressive forms of representation to “create new forms of visibility and new ways of thinking about the world.”
/lbg/ - Letterboxd General
/lbg/ - Letterboxd General'we patrician now' edition
Now that we've moved away from the plebs that tv inevitably brings with it, will the quality of this general finally improve?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ySWXwXlXlQU
>Oscar Isaacs confirmed for Al Pacino of our era
Are you hyped yet, /film/?