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The Duke of Burgundy inconnu 05/10/15 (Sun) 06:15:59 No.4583

The new movie from Peter Strickland is just out on bluray. Thoughts?

inconnu 05/13/15 (Wed) 23:04:37 No.4620

Lush cinematography and set design. Some nice symbolism. Storytelling is very straightforward, not much depth or subtext. Definitely refreshing if you see it for what it is, a softcore porn movie.

inconnu 05/29/15 (Fri) 07:29:20 No.4795

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The opening titles reminded me of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNWiA8_5ixA … at least there's a slight similarity. Other aspects made me think of The Collector, The Image and Innocence.

The story was indeed straightforward, with little of the elliptical editing that dominated Berberian Sound Studio. Strickland does however carry over his object fetishism, this time focused on sexuality rather than audiophilia.

I liked his unexpected take on the relationship dynamics.

inconnu 05/29/15 (Fri) 22:04:24 No.4796

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>>4795

Another film you should consider is Lorna the Exorcist. This project began as a remake of it.

inconnu 05/31/15 (Sun) 21:15:20 No.4805

YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play.

There's also some Brakhage in there

inconnu 06/15/15 (Mon) 03:10:34 No.4895

One of the most enjoyable films I've seen this year, just great on all accounts. The two leads worked beautifully together. I was glad to see the English tradition of mixing deviant sex with entomology, a la Angels and Insects, is being kept alive. The comedic moments were all undersold and genuinely hilarious. Fucking great audio work, even better than Berberian Sound Studio.

It's awesome that Ben Wheatley helped produce this, that guy is on my wavelength.

inconnu 06/17/15 (Wed) 05:24:26 No.4933

>>4895

> Fucking great audio work

It's cool the director is into field recordings. That's what people listen to when mere music has lost its appeal, ha ha. I think he actually released an LP of the sounds of mole crickets.

inconnu 09/04/15 (Fri) 22:40:42 No.5580

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